The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-08-10
TROLLEY LINES
IN COLLISION
Fast Line People Garry
the War Into the Public
Service Corporations
Camp.
REPLY YT0LATTER's STATEMENT
THE ROUTE FROM NEW YORK
THROUGH TRENTON TO PHILA-
DELPHIA A SUCCESS. NOT A
FAILURE.
Special to ..rhe Jersey city News.,,)

kSpeclal 10 7lne Jersey LILY NEWS.
TRENTON, August 10. 1905:-A
merry war is on between the Public Ser
vice Corporation and the New York
Philadelphia system. the latter controll-
ing the New Brunswick Fast Line" 1t
has been rumored for some time that it
was possible that the Public Service
Company would buy out the Fast Line"
and its actual contemplated connections,
but the sa1e- has not taken PLACE.
There came big surprise the other
day when A. B. Carlton, vice president
of the Public Service, in speaking before
the council of the city of Elizabeth, said
that the through fast line service be-
tween Jersey City and Trenton was a
failure
sThe line has only been an experi-
ment," he said. sand it has not been
crowned with success. After the novelty
of the trip wore off the line became a
failure financially, the journey evidently
proving too tedious for general USE" He
said the headway would probably be re-
duced shortly to three hours. and inti-
mated that the service might be discon-
tinued altogether
All the cars of the Public Service Cor
poration were withdrawn from the line
running out of Camden to Riyertons At
the same time the Camden and Trenton
railway put on extra cars to take the
place of those taken off by the Public
| Service. The Camden and Trenton com
pany will maintain the same schedule as
both companies have been maintaining
and cars will leave Camden for Trenton
and points north every half hour. This
| in fact is better schedule north of Riy-
| erton, as the Camden and Trenton cVs
only ran every hour above that point.
The Public Service withdrew its cars
from the line. it is said. because the re-
ceipts were almost balanced by the cost
of operation. The Camden and Trenton
| line pays to the Public Service forty per
cent of all collections made below Riv-
erton and BY giving this line the benefit
Of all the travel thereon, it is said, such
will be far more profitable to the Public
| Service. -.
The above state of affairs has evil
IDENTIFY stirred up the Fast Line" peo-
| pie, for they announce that contract
has been awarded to Cole and Tenson to
build an extension to their line from
Milltown to Elizabeth. which. when COM
pleted, will do away with wide detour
4 in the present route, and which will "cut
| in half the time between Trenton and
New York" A statement of the New
York; Philadelphia company says:
i when the through service between
Trenton and Kew York was started a
year ago, it was not expected that the
| traffic would amount to more than novel
ty' riding, and only four cars were put on
the service. In less than two months
it was necessary to increase to one hour
headway, or thirteen cars in each direc-
ton every day. These cars, at times. car
rying standing loads, prove that the in
noyation has been we'll received and is
| popular The demand for a high-speed.
through service from Trenton to New
York, and from New Brunswick to New
York will be fully realized with the com
pletion of the New Jersey Short Line
Railroad. the work on which will be
pushed to completion as rapidly as pos
sible.''
The big, handsome $4,000 Public Ser
vice parlor car went through to Burling-
ton on Tuesday nights and laid fol- i fin59E
at the Burlington ferry. The car is a
most sumptuous affair, with its rich car
pets, curtains and upholstering.
The car was manned by Conductor
Ben Hunter and carried on its initial trip
many Of the officials Of the Publis Ser
vice, including Secretary Corliss, William
Hewitt. Master Mechanic Johnson. Of the
Public Service Corporation. and Superin-
fendenf John Gilbert of the Rrrlin ofon
County Company, along with pr vii
lianl Parry and s-s.ss.sss oss;ss7s. The fas=.
A stop was made at Mt. Holly
The big car ran fine as silk over
the Burlington county line The big cal
will be used for funeral purposes as well
as for private parties and weddings Al
d funeral car the corpse win be placed