Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-04-03
People of Section Anxious to
Have Old Charter Reviv-
ed to Finish the Work.
WAS PLANNED FOR
A HORSE CAR LINE
Original Company Was Put
Out Of Business by
Panic of 1872.
sesoIal e lAe EYENINe WE'VE.

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Plainfield. April S:-The bill now
before the legislature for the extern
sion Of the time to build the Plain
field-Metuchen trolley line brings
back some interesting history.
Is Back in 1871 the late Elias R.
Pope was member of the assembly
from Union county, the late Albert
l.. Runyon was state controller, and
William Flagg the owner of large
tracts of property along Park avenue.
The above named parties. together
with the late John nj. Board, of Me-
| tuchen, Carman Parse, Joseph B.
Coward, John c. Sutphen, Joseph M
Osborn, Wallace Vail and John w
Murray, of PiaInfeld, obtained a
charter for horse care line (trolleys
were then unlrnown) between Plain
field and Metuchen.
Mr.. Board, of the Metuchen end,
was SO much interested In the matter
he paid all the expenses and offered
to put in one-third of the money to
build the road. To show that he
meant business, he laid out and grad
ed a road on the side of this property
In Metuchen one-half mile long,
with the hope of getting the line
through to Park avenue, making the
distance much shorter
He had three routen surveyed by
the late A. w. Marshall, of Metuch-
en-, in anticipation of building the
road.
The Crash Of 1872" BLACK Fri
day" came at the time the incorpo-
rators were preparing to form the
company and begin operations on the
IVau. NAessls. riask. board. ana
oelleIs iost neaviiy, and continued
lsVelses, sichhess, ana deatn COM
peiieu tne matter TO De dropped at
ehaI tllne'
a secelon q the cnarter says u az
,east CWo miles OF Vhe ROAD ls not
a. nulie wl.Hih nye Years; II ls lhopefa-
i've, Unless an extension OF tlme IS
siam.su py .ne lesls!aeure.
ine sIsae oelnanu tor cheap ana
esapi1 SSansputLation 70 ana from
ovuln ttaiAAeia ana 70 the s2ahnOFe
py sns WAY " aetucnens Wnlch. ls
oniy slA lnhes from FlaihheAu, ana
Tue lac. lnhe NO one Will put their
money InsV snort Term cnarter--
enSse coiiuieions nave revived inter-
est "a thls cnarter:
Ihls new me Will connect the sta
lions OF nye railroads.; the Central
fsaliroao OF New Jersey Baltimore
q Onlo, and rhiiadeiphla q Heading,
~ rlalnnela, ll Win Ihe Lenlgn Valiey
~ oouln rialnnelu' ana the Pennsyl-
Vanla az Metucnen. Inus II VIII en-
aDle cillzens OF the entire Plainfield-
Me1ucnen sectlon 20 use these spien-
uio raliroad Iacilities at Will And
tne impulse II VIII give 70 the devel-
opment OF the above towns and their
venues must pc apparent TO the
oullesL mihus Hundreds OF acres OF
most deslrapie and valuable land Tor
nome SITES, even within the city line
OF Plalnnelu' only await this vital
improvement to start an immediate
ana WonuerIul development. Inc
Lehlgn Valley Haliroad company is
reported 70 pc planning TO locate Its
car shops at south Plainfield. This
VIII prlng 10 the south Pleinfleld
sectlon many new citizens, VINO Will
need transportation TO Plainneld, the
trading center OF their locality. Many
men now living In south Plainneld
are employed IN the factories OF
Rlainneld, and need cheap and rapid
transportation
rms project mas the endorsement
or the Piainneld Board or Trade, the
Plainneld Merchants Association,
the Good Government club, OF South
Plainneld, and the Borough improve
ment League, or Metuchen.
Fetitlohs IN support OF tnls Dill
have been signed by hundreds of the
most influential residents OF these
cities, towns, and their victnities, all