The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-06

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Company cannot be answered by the
claim that lack of rolling stock or
incompletion of the lines is the
cause.
In the first place, we expressly and
absolutely exclude from the follow
ing comments the Montgomery street
and Newark avenue lines. However
great may be the misery Of travel on
these, we concede that it is inevitable.
The work of construction cannot
progress without inconvenience, and
the bad weather supervening is SIM
ply a misfortune in which the COM
pany is "a common sufferer with the
public.
In the second place, the well found
ed public Indignation, to which WI
simply give voice, is not the result Of
the shortcomings of the service dur
ing the rush hours of the morning and
evening. The first complaints APP
piled to these periods. THE
NEWS placed on record the ex-
act facts, and it is only
fair to say the company hast
ened to alleviate the state of things.
It.cannot be said that the mo-
dations on the Green vile and Month
cello lines during these hours are
sufficient or satisfactory; but they are
greatly improved. They may be
called fair. 1t may be assumed that
they are as good as the company a
be expected to provide at this very
early stage of its history.
But now for the real ground of
present indignation
This is the preposterous lack of ac-
commodation on these two completed
lines,-the Greenville and the Month
cello avenue during the hours be-
tween nine A. NJ. and five P. NJ, and
from half-past seven to midnight on
week days, and all day Sunday.
It can only be said that the lack of
ears during these periods is an out
rage on the citizens. There seems to
be no regular schedule, no regular in
terval between cars, and there appears
to be a general concensus of opinion
that the average interval between
ears is at least fifteen minutes. We
will give some specific cases.
Last Friday, about $50 A. NJ, a
gentleman waited on Coinmunipaw
avenue, near Crescent, for eighteen
minutes to get a car to the Ferry. AS
the car preceding that which he
caught was out of sight before he
reached the avenue. there must have
been an interval of at least twenty
minutes, Three cars passed towards
Monticello avenue while he waited,
showing that the company had plenty
of rolling stock but was merely
economising trips.
The next day, Saturday, about the
same time, the anne gentleman
waited nine minutes.
On Sunday morning about 1890 a
party of ladies and gentlemen waited
Fifteen minutes at Claremont and
Ocean for a car going to-
wards the Ferry.
Yesterday, two ladies waited
TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES, actual
record by the watch, near the same
place for a car going towards the
Ferry,
W. could give perhaps a hundred
TimiIar instances in which the time is
more vaguely stated. These are just
Iamples where we are assured true
time was taken by the watch. The
whole Hill and 5reenville populations
are up in arms about it. 1t is mex
cusable, they say, because If there
are cars enough to run on five min
ntes' Roadway or ever more fire.
anently during the rush hours, it is
imply criminal to- take ~two-tnirds OF
sf them of during the other hours.
The fact is this city is now, at all
limos Of the day. ten times worse of
than it was with the old horse cars.
II is within the power of the Consol-
dated, to a certainty, to give comfort
and facility for twelve or fourteen
hours a day. and there is no sort OF
excuse for failing to do it on the ON
9ieted lines.
II we are not mistaken the rate OF
peed of the trolley cars mas been