The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-08
THEIR RAPID TRANSIT 4 FARCE.
Plain, Unprejudieed Statement
of the Condition of Affairs
on the Completed Lines.
A TWO DAYS WATCH.
Food for Reflection for Vice. -presi-
dent David Young-ls He
Equal to the Situation.

1t is not one, but hundreds aye thou
sands of citizens who are complaining OF
the wretched ssrvice given by the Con
solidated Traction Company Co q public,
which few months ago, gaye,i valu-
able franchise in consideration for
rapid and effective transit. The com =
pany has its Iranchise-ths public are
left During the work OF construction,
and an enormous work 1t WAS too, since
every line throughout the city had to be
leald or regarded. delays and incon-
veuiences were unavoidable. The people
of this city fully recognized this and
patiently endured every sort and condt-
tion of annoyance in the way Of transit.
"Only wait until wa are through and
you shall have exactly what we prom
ised: plenty of cars, short headways aud.
in fact, rapid transit" replied Week Pres
fdent Young to a bushel OF complaints
made through these columns.
Well, the public has waited, aud on
these lines where the construction work
has seen finished for nearly 4 month
there are not plenty of cars, the hsadwsys
are long and irregular, and the transit Is
OF RAJ Id instead of a rapid Kind. The COM
pany cennot, therefore, in answer to this
miserabls state of things existing par
ticularly on the Gresnyille aud Monti-
cello avenue lines. urge the excuse Oh the
work not being completed. The only
conclusion to be arrived AZ 10y any ra-
tional person is that either the company
cannot redeem its promises or else
II is Indifferent to the demands
of tile public wants. That it
can supply better service on these lines
was shown last week. 1HE JERSEY CITY
NEWS printed an exact account or tne
irregular service on these lines, and on
the following day an Improvement was
noticed oy sver portion OF the road. Inc
headway was even two minutes less than
the company promised. This went on for
a few days but gradually the company
glide back iuto its old ways. and the
last condition of the service is worse than
the frs. The company should know that
tne people are thoroughly indignant at
the preposterous lack Of even regularity
in-ths serytce of cars. to say nothing
about the scarcity OF their number.
These short comings aud absurditles.
or Whatever they may be termed. are
witnessed most during those hours of the
day when business people are hurry
ing 10 their work or returning therefrom-
say from nine 10 Ienin the morning. aud
from six to seven in the evening. aud
ageiu from ten TO mid dniGht when those
retui ming from theatres and other en-
Ragements seek accommodation. It Is
during thess times when cars ought to
be running frequently, that they run at
long and irregular intervals. That this
is not exaggeration but crystal lized fact
appears from the following tables taken
at five different hours during the day.
THE FIRST WATCH.
A representative of TIE NEWS stationed
at the Junction between lhese hours
noted precisely the time each car passed
that place ruuuing either to or from the
Ferry. There is naughJ sestlown here Ia
m lice but simply a trut, unvarnfshed
statement of figures which speaks for
itself.
Beginning with on Wednesday evening
from half-past tea to half-past eleven
here are the number of cars which
passed. with the exact time Of their arr
rival: