The Jersey City news., 1904-05-14
OFF TO
PHILADELP PHIA
First Car Of the Public Ser
vice Corporations Long
Service Ran Yes
day.
INCIDENTS OF the TRIP
Schedule on Which the Trips
Between Here and the
Quaker City Will Be
Made.
INCIDENTS OF the TRIP

The Public Service Corporation inau-
gurated its express trolley service be-
tween Jersey City and Trenton yester-
day, and the first cars to go over the
route in each direction left their start
ing points on schedule time. The car
from Jersey City lost eleven minutes on
the journey over the Turnpike road to
Market and Broad streets. Newark. The
loss of time was largely due to the fact
that the motorman had been instructed
to go slow over the first partsof the route
in order to become accustomed to the
car, and he confidently expected to make
up all lost time in passing through the
rural districts. Suggestions that the day
and date portended unlucky happenings
were laughed at by the crew of the car,
who announced that they would finish
the journey in good time and good order.
The car was one of the new semi
convertible vehicles with seats arranged
after the manner of a railroad car. 1t
was numbered 1915 and William Bunker
of Jersey City was the motorman, while
William Teeple. also of Jersey City, had
charge of the bell rope and collected the
fares. The car met with some delay at
the Bridge street bridge. because the
captain of a puffy little tugboat was un-
aware of the importance Of the trip and
kept it waiting while he performed some
nngnaceful manoeuvres with hisscraft in
the bridge opening to the accompaniment
Of sarcastic remarks BY the bridge
hands and the car crew.
The fifteen passengers who boarded
the cat at Jersey City were treated to
demonstration of the conversational
powers of a tugboat captain and the car
pulled away ten minutes late. Another
minute was lost at the Bridge street
switch and instead of arriving at Market
street at s.2s O'Clock, the schedule time
the car reached the -Four Corner at
9.39 o'clock. A number of persons a.
waited the car at Market and Broad
streets and the sign on the front Of the
Trenton and Philadelphia" aroused a
little interest.
-Four persons boarded the car at Mar
ket and Broad streets. One was Inspec-
or John AIcCarty,, who rode to Eliza
beth to see that everything went we'll
Another was a man who said he was go-
ing to Trenton on business and there
was a woman who was going to New
Brunswick to see her sister, and breezy
young man who declared in answer to
inquiries that he was taking a trolley
ride because his automobile was out of
order It was expected that the trip
TO Trenton from Jersey City would take
about FIVE and half hours. Most of
those who were on the cars were tray
cling for the novelty of the trip, but sew
eral were going to New Brunswick or
Trenton on business
There will be four cars day each
way. Cars leaving Jersey City will CON
meet with ferries which leave Courtland
street, New York, at $50 A. NJ, 11:20
A. NJ, 2:2o P. NJ. and $40 P. NJ, while
cars will leave Trenton at s A. NJ, Il A.
~, P. NJ. and 5 P, NJ. The cars viii
connect at Trenton with boat and trolley
cars for Philadelphia.
The first car through from Trenton to
Jersey City reached Broad and Market
streets also on time, arriving at 1875
o'clock in the afternoon. The car left
Trenton, after connecting with boat and
trolley from Philadelphia, at o'clock.
The ear number was 1912 and had about
twenty passengers aboard when it arriv-
ed at the -Four Corners
This line will not be only for the car
rying Of passengers who wish to go to
Trenton or Philadelphia. Passengers
who wish to get off at intermediate
points will be taken and charged the reg
alar fares as those paid on other cars.
The fare to Elizabeth from this city is
ten cents, and to Plaindeld fifteen cents
pne way. There Is no system Of tickets
IN the Elizabeth or Plainfeld lines. The
round trip to these points costs double
The amount Of the single trip. The fare
between Newark and Trenton is seventy