The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-09

Service Talk
Trolley Roads
WV ,ss ys hear a. a , %," t't ts,s, about f s, wa' h, n. wsa.a DO follow +: weir ,., 's ts.
speaker is endowed with superior talent which would enable him
to stand out prsemdnenuy as an operator in til. street railway world NAV
be, when it comes RICH. down to facts, the same fellow wouldn't be able to
tell the difference between a deck sign and a brake sho:.
But we all talk, and it seems to be ne Of the weaknesses of human ma
ture that makes men believe they could do s much better thant other fellow
if they were. in the Other fellows place That's why o many peopl. think
they could run a hotel a newspaper OF a basebah team
FROM HORSE CARS TO TROLLEY
we started out to talk trolley roads and !. with .,. the i'd ,o Of m.ssins the
rs mighty big system and It would tax. a very lengthy tax to SH ali
v.lops d, ~Hh i , .we d eeDda a a%a E doeso't t ta.' az Cd a man nor 10 ev.na middle d.
i isss.9 @ fr Z : ef. tr N Ra'i mo r.! , sasi y .a "a With S' much s sss%feft than " YOU
do now; And what's m're, you couldn't ride ons-tourth the distance you
can at the present tim. for a fly. cent far.
In summer your human. instincts mad, you pity tn, overwork.d a. over,
mssSesea.:d ,s 9 humane sasssI ia rs 81 q q yssars / s ri i,asg e *, FIR p var"
with nothing but layer of straw on the floor OF tn. car to give forthh heat
Those we're @ThE GOOD OLD DAYS"
ELECTRICITY, MONEY AND WORK
only p safty ' Fssf it n, sA answer sf Essides, y and y TN, ' asany TT to s uss i u, :
but as Sse Sfssf,a a 10 s' se ssia not 'h have a' dom ii t. s'" progress -""''1 '''''"'
To get n: results v. hive t,day required MoNEy--,teat sum, TT i
and give it its broadest Interpretation and you won't overshoot the mark
:. TIL, tn. y y, o orr ,, that built as,.s =, y. T.. p ~! sIns, s sa.s =: s,, trolley : system a,,.
t h,. sd d.1 fsssd,, upon III nsrv asp sns WoR 81 th9as,sds 30 Of e 1s.i What sm ds 1otsi
to keep the system going. The cars cannot run themselves.
HISTORY IN TABLOID FORM
street ca. service tin New Jersey in a talk of this character And most people
would b. too busy to read it, anyhow, So we are going to give a few facts
and figures about our trolley lines tht will probably co1vev to you an idea
of tn magnitude OF the svd,m In othr words, we will try to present tn.
chapters of the trolley history in tabloid form
PUBLIC SERVICE has 675 miles OF track in the Counties
Of Essex, Huds on, Bergen, Passaic, U1ion, Somerset, Mjddiesex,
Burlington, Camden and Gloucester.
For efficiency of operation the VIII Die SYSTEMS separated into five divisions
known as tn. Hudson, Essex, Plsslc. Central and South.rn Divisions
In these five divisions ar. lightweight separate lines of cars, each lin.
serving its specific territory ami all merged into a homogeneous whole with
a liberal system of transfers for tn. accommodation and convenience OF
passengers And about those transfer privileges We are going to tell you
lew things later or.
The eighty eight lines in the whole system tavers. routes which range
trips Of more than dftysevn' miles mad. by the "MAN LINE, cars running
between Newark and Bound Brook.
For the operation Of tn. lines PUBLIC SERVICE has under assignment
at the present tim. about 400 cars, and these cars, computing their total
numher of trips collectively, travel in one day-whhfn the period of twenty
four hours-a distance of 1903, 56 mites
FOUR TIMES AROUND THE EARTH
Think of I'll One DAYS travel by PUBLIC SERVICE trolley cars. in
ten counties of this State, is equivalent to four trips arounf the world, with
matter of $500 miles, or nearly thrice across this great continent, left over
for good msasur.
Truly, it is only the everyday wonder which fails to
impress us.
Then Their. is The handing Of tn. millions of passengers. But that's ar.
other story, and wen tell that after giving You a chance to make up your mind
los, SO miles over o75 miles of track every day. going without a hitch or de-
lay Of any kind, especially through streets where traffic is heavy
We are In business to serve you You have your business OF
daily tasks. Do things aways go just the way you want them
ror Is it always your fault when they don't? Think it over.