Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-08
0RDINANC E
FOR TROLLEY
Borough Council Took Up the
Matter Of the Jersey TraC-
ton Company.

t1O Aat ~
Council J. H. Gordon presided.
The clerk reported receiving fror
the N. Y. & L. B. r. r. voucher TO
$40 covering water rent; also fror
the Androvette Towing Company $
for wharfage, and from NJ. G. Byrne
account hall rem $40. The amount
were ordered turned over to the col
lector.
The report of the collector showed
balances from all sources to be 50,
1866, which report was ordered
filed.
Report of chief of fire department
dated November 6, contained the fol
lowing suggestions: That 500 feet o
hose be purchased to replace con.
demned hose that has been in service
for past fourteen years and which
burst under a test of plug pressure
and that such hose as burst under q
test of 165 pounds pressure be re-
placed. The communication was re-
ceiyed and turned over to the com
mittee on fire department with power
to purchase necessary hose.
The matter of application of Jer-
sey Central Traction Company for
franchise was next taken up and
read. Ordinance covering franchise
was offered by Councilman Hillman.
The ordinance contains the following
provisions: That the road shall not
be operated by the third rail system;
a feet, SR inch single track; poles to
be of chestnut or cedar and painted
green; supply wire shall be Is feet
above grade and when crossed by
electric wires, etc., shall be properly
insulated; that one car shall be run
in each direction at least every hour;
the rate of fare to be five cents per
passenger over five years of age; that
firemen and policemen on duty shall
be allowed toride free; that the road.
bed shall bes macadamized two feet
outside of rails, with proper pave
ment at grade crossings, etc. The
weight of the rails was not stated.
The presidents 8fkthe council stated
from any gentleman in the audience
who so desired. Mr.. Fl. e. Mack in
CURED If there was to be another
hearing upon the franchise before
final action was takeh.@'@ Upon bein,
so informed, he stated In that case h,
would like to reserve what remark
he had to make OH the subject blu
would merely say at this time tina
this trolley line proposes CONNECTING
with the bridge as he understood 1t
that 1t was avery important matte
and n that should be considered
very carefully, hat it is very doubtful
whether a franchise, should be grant
ed approaching the new bridge unit
q franchise has already been granted
over that bridge, He stated this wa
one obpectiol, not to this particula
trolley company,. but a general OBJ
lection to granting. any franchise un
til a franchise has been granted owe
the bridge. sMfq WacEi Mated there
was also another objection; namely
the carrying OF Freight through tn,
streets of our borough, but as there
would be ANOTHER public hearing hi
would like to express himself more
fully on the subject at that time.
Thomas Blown, of Mechanicsville
next took theSf1oor and stated he was
interested to the extent of 100 feet
on Ridgeway, avenue; that it was
needless for Him to warn the council
as worthy representatives of the peo-
pie to watch the latter's interests. He
stated the people of Ridgeway avenue
a suffered a decrease in lands.
damages to property, health and hap
piness on account of thel ack of i'm
provements to which they were Justly
entitled; that by their perseverance
they had kept the avenue passable,
and he thought their interests should
receive consideration. Mr.. Brown
stated Ridegway avenue would be the
mncf hIcy nnd Ion QUO, tlo..I
fare in the town, that the trolley
would in fact be a great burden to
the people, the changing of bells and
the danger to life and limb, especial
~ the children, should be considered,
and more than all the council should
consider the absolute and immediate
need OF curbing and guttering the
avenue. He remarked that corpora
Ions were not running trolleys for
the benefit of the community, but
that they We're in it for dividends and
that under these conditions he
thought a reasonable provision
should be made in the franchise that
the trolley company should be re-
quired to curb and gutter Ridgeway
avenue; that the excuse of the troll
ley company advanced as to widening
the hole-in-the-wall was not the con-
Germ OF the people, and that the mere
TACT OF their accepting the expense of
some other company in order to avoid
their W did not concern us. He
further remarked that the mere fact
OF trolley companies in the past hav-
ing conf1scated everything in their
way was no reason why they should
in this case, that this was a valuable
franchise, traversing q thickly and
settled populated community, a fran
chise worth half q million dollars,
that within a days notice the trolley
company could sell it for fifty thous-
and dollars. Mr.. Brown stated there
was an inquiry he should like to
make; namely, whether the consents
of the people of Ridgeway avenue
had been obtained, and further that
he would like the exact location OF
the poles through the borough. The
clerk stated no consents had as yet
been filed. The representative of the
trolley company stated he would have
the consents on hand at the next
meeting.
There being. no others desiring to
make any comments, Councilman