Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-03-17

conultloh that lucy carry passengers
for five cents to Perth Amboy or Rah-
way. His main objection seemed to
be that the trolley should not stop at
Carteret If spur was TO be put in
but should go right ON through to
Elizabeth. He claimed that if the
people made the Public Service Cor
poration build a spur only to Carteret
and stop there. it would be years be-
fore any other company would come
along and build across the meadows
to Elizabeth. The people began to cry
out. "Give us a trolley to Perth Am
boy first and we will get the other end
later" Mr.. Qdin said that most of
the signers OF his petition were the
large factory owners.
In speaking further about a trolley
line TO Cartcret from Woodbridge,
through to Elizabeth. Mr.. Quin said
that it would take only S35, 900 to
build the trolley line from Woodbridge
TO Cartcret. The chairman of the
township committee said that he could
easily raise 500 600 in bonds, if that
was the case, but Mr.. Quin said it
must bc in cold cash.
The chairman called ON c. w. Boyn-
ton. the owner of Boynton Beach and
other valuable real estate property.
Mr.. Boyntun said that he supposed
that people would say, ''Nes, certain
ly he wants it. why shouldn't hey'
The crossing of the bridge would do
me no more good than it would any
one else, three or four months in the
year, continued the speaker.
Mr. Boynton thought the company
should be allowed 10 cross the bridge
by all means As it would tend to
bring more citizens to Woodbridge.
He told how. if people came to live
in Woodbridge, real estate property
would be increased in value from
twenty TO thirty per cent He told OF
the growth of Perth Amboy and said
that 1t was so fast that IL twenty five
people wanted TO locate in certain re-
sidential sections they could not do it.
He spoke of a friend of his who works
in New York, but comes to Perth
Amboy every night who had recently
purchasd lot l10 feet in the resi-
Dental part of Perth Ambdy and had
paid nearly $1,000 for it while a piece
of property 3O0x6O0 fcet in Wood
bridge. with house that cost $50, 900
to build, went begging at from Sl0,-
900 to 81, 600. He said that by allow
ing the trolley to cross the bridge the
people of Woodbridge would be get
ting lower fares and better chances,
and further, as people wanted TO come
TO that place to settle, Woodbridge
should not keep them out. He adVo-
Gated placing some conditions ON the
trolley company that they could accept
and make them live up to their agree
ment.
In answer TO Mr.. Buynt0n, MIR.
Miles, of the Carterct Real Estate
Company, said that the people Of
Carterct wanted trolley spur from
Woodbridge to Carteret 50 that they
could connect with that place. lie
told of the great needs of Cart eret and
of how a trolley would help them not
only to get in and out of the town,
but also to get better class OF people
to reside there.
Lawyer William Spencer, who re-
presented the people OF Fords' pre-
sentcd a petition with three hundred
siguers asking the committee TO grant
permission to cross the bridge TO the
trolley company as it would greatly
benefit the people of Fords who would
receive a five-cent fare to Perth Ann
boy instead of ten cents now. lie
claimed that $50 people ride between
Fords and Perth Amboy twice n day
and this amounts to about So, 600 more
a wear than they would be compelled
to pay under the new conditions. He
begged the committee to grant the
hermit. He also said it would bene-
fit many people of Perth Amboy and
New Brunswick.
II. d. Geran, a lawyer. presen ted
a petition from the people OF Sewaren
asking that the trolley company be
permitted to cross the bridge. 1t was
signed by between 1870 and POO people