Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-17


The mayor: Mr.. Dey is correct
That was their original plans to me
l said, no, you have to come to the
station They wanted to go through
Stevens avenue, but then said they
would come down John street to the
station and go up Henry street. They
expected to go right through Stevens
avenue, but / presented the matter
to them in this way, that in the de
tention of trolley cars people would
have to wait from half to an houl
, out there in all sorts of storms anC
that would not be the proper thing
Then they said we can go down John
street and up Henry street. That was
the only modification from their orig
inal plan"
A. M. Gordon: II would like to
say, your honor, we have the map
here of the proposed route If any OF
the gentlemen would like to see it,"
The mayor: The map is all right,
but the misunderstanding and false
position that people are made to oc-
cupy is not in coming down Borden
town avenue to Broadway, but the
misapprehension lies here that there
Is to be a double track for that pur-
/
In favor of a half dozen companies
on that single track"
Mr.. Dey: "If was able | would
not hesitate to lay $4,000 or any
amount that If they have franchise
to como down there they will never
lay track They will come down on
the same track that is there. 1t
would be unnecessary and insensible
for two railroad companies to do such
a thing"
Mr.. Rose: THAT map shows 1t
would come down on the westerly
side of Broadway. What | want to
say on the theory that they would
rather pay rent to another company
than build another track. l cannot
see that that is a sound argument at
all-give a man q position where he
can Jump on your neck and suppose
he will prefer to jump somewhere
else and pay for the privilege. The
argument against the double track is
not so much against the double track
or two tracks belonging to the same
company, in which case the cars
would run down one side and up the
other, but If there are to be two
tracks belonging to separate compan-
les cars would run up and down one
track for one company and up and
down the other track for the other
company, and nothing under the sun
would prevent man being caught on
that side with an automobile or even
baby carriage"
Mr.. Meinzer: 81 do not say that ]
gave my consent to that paper under
the impression that they were going
to run on the New Brunswick tracks
and | do not see how anybody else
could sign that document under that
impression. When the New Bruins
wick Traction Company came to
South Amboy they got consents, but
they did not get my consent. Still
they came all the same. | had that
idea, but | must say that they have
now been running four or five years
and II have not seen the first sign of
any arrangement upon that corner
whatever, nothing dangerous. There
Is a big swing there and they always
have to hold up when they get there.
Now we are probably a little more
attached to the cars than a great
many others. They are quite famil-
lar friends of ours and we begin to
look for them and a great many
others do the same thing. Even
down to the creek and over the creek
they bring people that didn't have
any occasion to come before or could
not get here If they wanted to. In
reference to this matter that Mr..
Slower speaks of about being danger
GUS: 1t seems he does not encounter
any danger where he lives, but it is
on Meinzer's corner. | say | never
saw anything in any way dangerous
so far and they have been running
for several years. Mr.. Rose will find
If he consents to that road running
along there that 1t will be beneficial
to his property and beneficial to
everyone's property
Philip Sullivan "At the corner
they have to slow down, but where
live about the only time we can open
the windows in our house Is after a
rain storm. If we do, there Is moth
Ing but dust. So | claim one track
Is one too many on that street with
out two unless we have 1t sprinkled /"
Mr.. Compton: Our friend, Mr. :.
sullivan, spoke about dust. / do not
think he gets any more dust than L
DO, especially In the summer time
About 500 automobiles come that
way and then with two trolley com
panies the other way | do not think
he gets any more of it than l do. II
signed, of course, for the trolley to
come down Stevens avenue knew
the people on Stevens avenue have
wanted that trolley for some time. r
believe 1t would be better If the troll
ley went down Pine avenue, but the
people on Stevens avenue wanted the
trolley down there. / think 1t is a
piece OF imposition to put another
trolley down with all those poles and
wires. Then you have funerals COM
ing up that avenue and with two troll
leys | do not know what you are GO
ing to do with the funerals unless you
drive them some back way to get
them up"
The mayor: Il do not think there
is very full representation of prop
erty owners from Bordentown avenue
or Broadway tonight. do not think
there is as many here as intended to
be here. | think it will be wise to
postpone this matter, although it is
contrary to our custom, for another
two weeks, when we will have fur
ther hearing, What do you think of
it?"