The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-08-25
Reference to the Public Ser
vice Corporation Bars
Them From Trolley Cars.
MATTER IS POLITICAL
THAT is THE REASON ASSIGNED
BY THE MANAGERS FOR THE
REFUSAL OF TEE ADVERTISE
MENT.
(spec1al to .sThe Iersey clty News. D

| Special to .sThe Jersey CITY News.sl
| NEWARK, Aug. %, 19e5.-It was
announced yesterday by the Republican
| Committee for Limited Franchises and
Equal Taxation that space in the street
cars for the purpose of advertising the
candidacy Of Everett Colby for the Sen
/ atorial nomination had been refused. APP
plication was made to the New Jersey
| Car Advertising Company, which con-
rols the space II the Public Service We
hicles, but a contract was refused until
the matter could De referred to the Off
cials of the latter company. Two days
later a representative of the Colby COM
mittee was told that the business would
have to be refused.
A short time thereafter Chairman
William p Martin, of the Colby Com
nit, sent the following letter through the
mails to President Thomas N McCarter,
President of the Public Service Corpor-
i atom
Our committee has applied to the
New Jersey Car Advertising Company
for advertising space to call the atten-
/ tion of the public to Everett Colby's can
didacy for the nomination of State SEN
4
ator at the Republican primaries on Sep
i tember Il. in the cars of your company
running in Essex County.
THE Car Advertising Company has
refused out advertisement on the ground
that it is compelled to do so because the
matter is political
in previous campaigns this space has
been used by both parties to advocate
candidates and principles. May we in
quire whether this refusal is dictated by
your eompany?"
No reply to this letter was received, it
is said and last Monday Mr.. Martin sent
an employee Of the committee to Mr.
McCarter's Office with a copy of the
epistle, the following paragraph being
added
AS the time to September u is short,
the favor of a prompt reply is requested
in order that we may seek other chan
nels for advertising in case the interdict
of Public Service is positive and final
against all political advertising in your
cars during this campaign"
Although the young man waited for
some time, he was unable to see Mr..
McCarter. The letter was left, but the
committee has not yet had reply.
Advertisements of Charles G. Black,
advocating equal taxation in his Guber-
Material campaign, were removed from
the street cars of the Public Service Cor
/ poration when called to the attention of
/ the officials of that concern. The car
/ advertising company had made no con-
tract with Mr.. Black and was able to
take the advertisements out without be-
coming liable for damages.
* President McCarter and number of
other Public Service officials, who might
be expected to know about the matter,
We're out Of town to-day. and no explana-
tion of the corporations view was forth
coming.
r. F. Kinkead, manager of the New
Jersey Car Advertising Company, denied
that the Colby advertisements were re-
fused simply because they were from
/ Colby. Mr.. Kinkead made it plain that
he was friendly to Mr.. Colby in a politi-
cal way, and would like to see in the cars
placards advising people to vote for the
West Orange man.
sThe Public Service Corporation he
said, has construed our contract with
them as giving them the right to reject
advertisements that they consider detri-
mental to the public, and all political adj
/ vertisements. While personally do not
think the contract gives the corporation
1 so broad right, Colonel Hine so con-
strued it, and rather than have trouble I
waived for the present what | considered
/ my rights. The Public Service asked me