Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-10
SOUTH AMBoY.
TROLLEY is DESIRED.
In Order 60 Cross the Bridge Mus
First Get TO lt.

In Order 60 Cross the Bridge Must
First Get to IL.
There appears to be some persons
in the borough who think that be-
cause a resident of the borough does
nto own a few feet of land in the
place he has no interests in the inn
provements, the economical eXpendi-
ture of the public money, the location
of a a4trolley road, its advantages to the
town, in fact a kind of a nonentity,
something that the town can't very
we'll get along without and yet does
not amount to much either.
Well, there is just this, if you taka
all the men out of the borough that
are not real estate owners the re-
mainder would be small Now we
want a trolley line to Perth Amboy
and we want it bad, but we have to
get the trolley to the bridge before
we can get over it. What use, COM
paratively, is the bridge to South Am
boy unless we have trolley commun-
ications with Perth Amboy.
We, for some cause, are unable tC
get any factories to locate here and
the next best thing for us 10 try tc
bring aubot is to get those who work
IN he 1dClOTlCS Oll Cl III fflhpOg oiCS
10 live in South Amboy and the only
way this can be brought about is to
have trolley line over the bridge.
Be careful in granting franchise to
have a three-cent fare for those who
cross over each day to pursue their
daily occupations and the Mechanics
Vile part of our borough would soon
be four times what it is now.
But there must be some induce
ment, cheap rents, cleap lots for
building purposes and cheap trolley
fare for those to reach their employ
ment and then, and not till then will
we have done what we could for the
advancement of our town.
The trolley will go through, then
why place obstacles in the way? Let
lis act like men and business men at
that. Study the situation fairly, not
ask what Is unreasonable OF the com
pany, but at the same time look aTter
the interest of the borough and DO
the very best we can, subservient 10
the interests of the citizen OF the
town to get the trolley line in opera
ion as soon as possible. If our people
are in favor of promoting the inter-
ests of our borough come out to the
council meeting November 20. What
we want in South Amboy is facilities
for getting in and out of the place.
The people depended so long on the
p. r. r. company and later on the n.
Y. e L. B. r. r. company in connec-
tion that many of them apparently
think it almost a sin to consider any
thing for the good of the place or peo-
pie outside of these two companies.
Let us get together and help along
this good work, and not bring up
things that make us appear ridicul-
Gus, such as the danger regarding the
children. How many children have
been injured by the N. Y. & L. B. r.
r. since its inception, or how many
have been injured since the trolley
has been running through Broadway?
There have been a number of grown
people injured by the railroad, but
the children seem able to care fol
themselves as far as accidents are
concerned We must expect opposi'
tion.
| suppose if someone should offel
a gold brick to each one in town some
would refuse it, fearing it might b'
worthless or it would not be Offered
as a gift; nevertheless we want the
trolley If there are some timid ones
and we hope our council will gram
q franchise with due regard to the
interests of the citizens of the Dor
ough without unnecessary delay.