Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-04-07
Meetings at Roosevelt, Wood
bridge and This City Yes
terday and Last Night.
ARE SEEKING RIGHT OF
WAY FOR THEIR TRACKS
Much Depends on Whether
Governor Fort Signs the
Trolley Freight Bill.

Efforts are being made by the
Traction Development Company to
secure aid from Boards Of Trade and
prominent citizens along the line OF
the proposed trolley between this
city and Elizabeth. The development
company, which was incorporated re-
Gently for the purpose Of securing
rights of way for the road, have en-
gagged w. A. Belcher to look after
the territory between this city and
Railway.
Messrs. Jones and Hodges, officials
of the company, and their local rep
resentative, Mr. Belcher, met with
the directors Of the Board of Trade
of this city last night. The company
wanted a committee of three from
the board appointed to take part in a
joint conference with committees
from boards of trade in Elizabeth
Roosevelt and other places shortly
The committee will be named at the
next regular meeting.
Meeting at Woodbridge.
A meeting was held in the w. A
A. club house at Woodbridge yester-
day afternoon. The advisability OF
running a new trolley line through
Main street there and on Amboy ave
nue. was brought up and, as far as
can be learned, 1t met with the gen
eral approval Of those present. Will
liam J. Lansley, of this city, took
part in the discussion
A Roosevelt Meeting.
A meeting was held in Borough
Hall, Roosevelt, yesterday afternoon
to listen to the proposal Of the Trac-
ton Development Company regard
ing a trolley line between Elizabeth
and Perth Amboy, via Roosevelt and
Port Reading.
Many large property-owners were
present, including Herman Shapiro
w. H. Nash, Jacob Steinberg, w
Quin, e. Quin, ]. Prince, j. Nevill, r
Nevill, w. Sexton, L. Sabow and
others. The company's representa-
tives present were b. w Hodges
capitalist; Christopher s. Jones
general counsel; and Walter A. Bel
cher. MIR. Jones, in an address
stated In opening that expert engi-
neers had gone over the route laid
down recently in map prepared by
Borough Engineer F. F. Simons and
considered the route not feasible
Speaking of the route between Eliza
beth and Roosevelt ne said that, bach
of the development company, were
financial interests which had to "be
shown" and that, If the company car
run a line from Elizabeth through
Linden avenue and Wood avenue in
Linden township to the Centileve1
bridge of the Short Line road, and
thence to Roosevelt he thought il
would be paying proposition pro-
Viding Governor Fort signed the bill
which recently passed the senate
allowing trolley companies to carry
freight and express matter. He said
that the short line had already un-
dertakeD to run spur into Roose-
welt, ending at the Boulevard and
Woodbridge avenue, and, If Mr.
-Canda could be induced to help his
company by foregoing the construc-
tion of this spur, present difficulty
would be removed as he thought Ii
two companies ran into the borough
neither could be made to pay. He
said he would also have to ask for q
forty years franchise instead of one
for shorter term. The concensus
of opinion of the audience was that
the trolley, whenever it comes,
should be over the highways of the
borough, taking in Carteret as well
as Chrome. The Short Line spur
would not do this and Chrome and
Carteret would be as far apart as
ever. Mr.. Jones said that his people
would undertake to run a spur down
the Boulevard just as soon as 1t was
thought necessary by the officials
here.