Evening journal., 1908-03-19
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SEAT, NO FARE"
MOntrOSe Residents Say Harsh
Thinks About Trolley
Service
SEND WRITTEN PROTEST
TO TRACTION COMPANY

Deorying what theyterm the made
quate service of the Chester Traction
Company between wilmington and
Montrose, demanding a return to the
former half-hour schedule TO replace
the present hour schedule, and sug-
gesting mo seat, no fare" legislation
and facilities for freight transporta-
tion, members OF the recently organ
lied Montrose Improvement and Pro-
tective Association last night brought
their grievances squarely up 10 sam
uel S.Hon, the ocalsuperinfendent. by
addressing to him an emphatic en-
dorsement of the resolutions recently
adopted by the Hilicrest Improvement
Association. with an addendum that
will hardly puzzle the traction conn
pany as to their wants
Besides notifying him or the en-
dorsement OF the Hilicrest resolutions
the Montrose association win write
Mr.. Hoff as follows:
"Inasmuch as you are tapping the
heart Of 100 families between shellpot
and Montrosa, 1t behooves your com
pany TO take serious notice Of the
above resolutions.
We onl yask fair treatment at the
hands Of your company, and feel that
we are entitled to the same. What
we want is the restoration of the half
hour schedule, at least as far as Mont
rose, and also seat in the car for
the fare we tender your conductor"
William Carter Presides
Last nights gathering was the sec
ond meeting OF the organization, being
held in the home Of Walter Jordan,
Marion avenue, Montrose. william
Carter the association president, ap-
pointed standing committees. A COM
mittee on bylaws was instructed to
make a further report at the next
meeting A board Of governors win
be appointed next week The asso-
citation will meet on next Wednesday
might In the home OF Eugene Salloway,
Marion avenue, Montrose.
The meeting last night was devited
wholly 70 discussion OF the trolley SER
vice. Mr.. Hoffs complaint that, al
though he had placed an extra car IN
service last Sunday 1t was not hall
4 filled, although he had notified the su.
burbanites that It would run, was re-
pudiated. Mr.. Hoff had taken no par
lticular trouble to let the patrons know
that the extra car would be used last
Sunday, the members asserted, and the
trolley was "a stranger in our midst
Out Of 25 families. II was said, not one
was aware that the schedule had been
changed
NO Seat. No Fare
During a discussion Of overcrowg5ng
of cars, Harry Eaton proposed that a
movement for the mo seat, no fare
Legislation. originating IN Jersey City
should be agitated George A. Wolfe
OF the Hillcrest Association, urged that
sentiment be credited first Com
PLANT Of the company's failure to
make an effort to keep its tracks open
at least within the city limits during
winter was made by William Carter
The alleged presence Of drunken and
disorderly riders on the cars was com
mented upon. 1T is a shameful POSI-
tion in which 10 place our women and
children" said a member. One man
told OF a passenger who visited the
platform of a car at intervals to gulr
whiskey from a flask, and then pro-
7 tested because during one OF his ex-
cursions to the platform someone had
occupied his seat.
Mr.. Wolfe's suggestion that on GER
tain days the company should provide
for transportation OF marketing and
other freight was heartily endorsed.
The woes Of the suhurbanites were
most forcefully expressed when the
substitution OF the hour for the halt
hour schedule, which has not been in
force since February 3, was mentioned
\ 1t was asserted that the company
could at least run half hour schedule
from Shellpot to Bellefont avenue
Montrose, and could do so at profit
At least 800 persons would be affected
It was declared. Besides losing money
itself, it was said the company is doing
much toward depreciating the value
OF property along its lines IN the SUI
burbs by it's treatment Of its patrons
living outside the city. A suggestion
lby Mr. Carter that he would be willing
to patronize a hack or an automobile
in addition to the car service and pay
ten cents each way, expressed the feel
ing of all AS a result Of the present
schedule. il was complained, many per-
sons living In the suburbs, and work
ing in the city. are obliged TO come e
their work sometimes either a Aftii
hour or 40 minutes too early or the
same time too late.
The following we're the standing
committees appointed by Presideni
Carter:
Good Roads and transportation
Benoni Nowland, Walter Jordan, Alex
Iander Newkirk, G. Roy Eaton, z
James Belt.
Schools-Walter Jordan, Fl. a
Heinei. Benoni Rowland, Alexander
Newlsirk. Harry r. Eaton.
Fire Protection-Efgene Salloway
Alexander Jamison. oliver Wivel, A
Heebner, George Powiek, w. p. Jor'
dan. Charles Jordan. Benoni Rowland
In. b. Eaton, G. r. Eaton, H. A
HeineI, z. James Belt, Alexander New
kirk, Edwin Swotka, William Camp
bell, William Jordan
Entertainments George Powick. G
r. Eaton. H. b. Eaton, Charles JorcAn
Oliver Wivel.
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