Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-24
SOUTH AMBOY.
THE TROLLEY
ORDINANCE.
Several Important Amendments
We're Made at the Meeting
of Council Last Rishr.

O'Clock last night. Present-Mayo
Treganowan, Councilmen Dey, Dis
brow. Dewan and A. NJ. Gordon, ais
Counsel Pearse. In the absence o
Mr.. Fulton, Samuel Locker acted a
clerk of the meeting. The purpos
of the meeting was the taking up o.
the second reading the franchise o
the Jersey Central Traction Com
many. The mayor stated a little eX
PLANTATION was due on account of tn
postponement of the meeting Thurs
day evening, but the borough counse
found he had an engagement tina
could not possibly be neglected an
the meeting was therefore adjourne,
to Friday evening.
The clerk proceeded with the read
ing of section one, covering route o
trolley company. Councilman De
moved that section be laid over AM
the remainder be taken up. Thi
was done.
Councilman Dewan offered al
amendment to section 3, providin.
that the poles for supporting thu
overhead structure shall be PLACED
on the sides of the streets inside thC
curb line so that the nearest face o.
the poles shall be one foot from thC
outside face of the curb, and located
as designated by the dots on maj
attached to the petition upon which
ordinance is based. After some dis.
cussion it was finally decided thai
part of the amendment about the 10
cation of poles according to dotted
marks on map be cut out.
Mr.. Pearse suggested that the
location of the poles be fixed by res
olution of the council and changed
from time to time either on the APP
plication of the council or on the
company's own motion. This amend
ment was adopted.
After reading of section a, relating
to carrying of passengers, freight and
express matter, Mr.. Dewan offered
an amendment as follows: No
freight shall be carried except what
a passenger may carry, occupying
one seat or occupying two seats, then
two fares may be charged.
Mr.. Brown: II would just like to
say the reason we have asked for
this is to put you on a par with the
rest of the towns where we are pass
Iilk tftOuHA. NC hoNO i(aohe
franchise in the other towns. Mer-
chants in these towns can ell any
goods they wish and have them de-
livered by our line. If you do not
allow us to carry freight and a per-
son here to buy good we can
not deliver them for them and think
it would handicap you to a certain
extent as merchants. Our road is
not constructed for carrying heavy
freight, the cars are not suitable for
1t, but we would like to be able to
put on a car with two compartments
in it at certain times of the day If we
find it justifies it to carry light ex-
press natter
The mayor: 81 think that is a
very good explanation. 1t is a very
different matter from freight such
as manure, mari, coal, etc."
Mr.. Dewan: IF you leave that in
serted they have the privilege of do
ing 1t. If it is inserted "a combine
ton car for express matter and pack
ages it is a different proposition"
Mr.. Brown: 1.-THE reason l put in
freight, it is so very hard some times
to say what is freight and what is
express matter. For instance a man
might send a piano out or an organ
or anything of that kind and would
say it was freight, another might say
it was express matter; either an Or
gan or anything of that kind as large
as that would go into these cars in
the side door,"
Mr.. Dey: 81 would suggest it read
this way, express matter or small
quantity of freight be carried in a
combination car, express and passen-
ger"
Mr.. Dewan: ri believe in leaving
out freight entirely, say nothing
about freight. We will have it ex-
press"
At this point Mr.. Dey jocuously
remarked the company might charge
express rates.
Mr.. Pearse: "As a definition l
would like to ask this: Is not freight
matter and express matter exactly
the same except it is a different
method of conveying it.
The mayor: Il suppose an express
company has the right to take any
thing as express matter, manure,
coal, OF sinking meat ii they like,
but | think there should be some
dividing line, some definition be-
tween express matter and freight"
Mr.. Pearse: Don't you think it
better to put a restraint around the
kind of cars to be used rather than
what they are to carry in the cars?
Express matter is anything"
The mayor: Il think all trolley
lines are growing more or less into
that matter of carrying goods. |
think they are doing it more and
more, but we should understand ex-
actly what is meal by express mat
ter. Now | would not like to ride
FROM here to Red Bank behind an old
fresh Jersey ant pile. | would
not like it. Now if you can make a
distinction there between express
matter and freight
Mr.. Dewan: II, as an agent for
an express company, never ship a
carload of manur by express, and
another thing, we never ship a car
load of lumber by express. If they
did | would be a very rich man in
time, because l am a commission
officer"
A. M. Gordon: "How would it do
TO designate it this way: For carry
ing passengers and such freight or
express as can be carried in a COM
bination car That would cover it all
right. OF course they could nor nut