The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-07
TROLLEY PASSENGERS DILEMMA
Found Everybody Knew His Destina'
tion Better Than He Did.

Probably one OF the most aihusihS ttiitSs
| that has occurred on the Greenville troi-
lev cars for some time happened last
evening, but in order to be more explicit
| and to nave the story understood more
clearly. it is necessary to describe a GER
tain small street in G%reenville which en-
Joys the distinction of having had per-
haps more names than any other street IN
| this or any other city. This little
t~horoughfare. now called Wegman place,
runs from Ocean avenue to a swamp IN a
northwesterly direction. In all 1t is about
three hundred feet in length n lies be-
tween Bidwell avenue and Stegman ave-
nue.. When the street was first cut
| through. some years ago, Henry street
was the title conferred upon it and some
| time later this was changed to Kill
| patrick street. One resident did not like
the name and asked the Street and Water
Board to change it to Wegman place.
The Commissioners told the petitioners
that it would cost something to change
| the name of the street, but they could not
see it that way. Shortly after that the
old sign was torn down and the new sign
bearing the words Wegman place was
put up Now the conductors and neigh
uOIS dTG mOlloClinS Wtid ~ RiCSt VIII
be called next and some still insist on
calling Wegman place, while other con-
duetors sing out Fitzpatrick street. One
old timer when the car approaches that
street yells out Henry place.
Last evening, however. a gentleman
boarded a car at the Junction. Il wish
to get off at Wegman place." he said to
the conductor. The gent" what looks
after the fares replied that he did not
know where Wegman place was and that
the passenger must have gotten on the
wrong car. The gentleman assured the
conductor that he had made no mistake
in the name Of the street and car.
oh, he means Fitzpatrick street."
chimed in another passenger.
Nc. he didn't mean Fitzpatrick street, he
said, and further he knew what he was
talking about.
TT must be old Henry street he wants
to get off att volunteered another pas
senger, n by this time the gentleman
was almost crazy mad. This unsolicited
information did not seem to meet with
his approval and he told the men so.
Finally the conductor. the passengers and
the gentleman got in a war Of words
about the street and each had a different
name. and more, each was right. This
amusing wangle continued until the car
reached Bidwell g n a block AVA
from the prominent street, and the con-
ductor yelled out Fitzpatrick street,
That's the street o want" said a
passenger, but the gentleman would not
get off aud insisted that he wanted Veg
man place. Finally another passenger
spoke up and explained that the streets
name had been changed very often and
that it was known as Wegman place.
although officially 1t is Fitzpatrick street.
yyb1 oar hU f6iS time had Qana 81 hal
mile past Wegnan place and when the
gentleman saw this he got more angry
stilI and pulled the bell rope so hard that
it broke. More words were the result and
the passengers gave him the laugh when
he alighted from the car. They had been
treated to q most amusing scene and
could we'll AFFORD to smile over the
troubles Of the bewildered passenger.