Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-02-25
sAction Taken BY Board of
Trade In Open Meeting
Last Night.
FOR SUBURBAN TRADE
1t Storekeepers are Willing
Transportation Will Be
Refunded Shoppers.
PROMINENT MEN SPEAK
Trolley To Roosevelt and
Express Service to County
Seat Discussed.
PROMINENT MEN SPEAK

To further the proposed plan of
bringing prospective purchasers to
this city by offering them special in
ducements and paying for their
transportation, President D. P. Ohm
stead, at the open meeting of the
Board of Trade held in Odd Fellows
hall last night, appointed commit
tee Of five business men to make
canvass of the merchants of the city.
The committee will ascertain the
number willing to coincide with the
plan and to find out how many are
willing to share the expense of
bringing the purchasers here. AL
bert Leon, Victor Christoffersen,
Louis BRIGGS, M. Palisi and Philip
Goldsmith, who comprise the COM
mittee, will begin their canvass of
the city shortly. They were also in
structed last night to ascertain the
approximate cost to other cities in
which the merchants paid the rail-
road fares of their purchasers.
According to the present plans, the
board intends to have the merchants
combine and pay the railroad and
trolley companies pro rata, or else
reimburse the purchasers individual
ly after they reach this city. The
committee will make report at a
meeting which will be held March 8,
in the city hall.
Several addresses on the subject
of transportation and advertising
Perth Amboy, to draw the shoppers
here, were made last night. Presi-
dent Olmstead opened the meeting.
He stated the purpose of the meet
ing, and told of the advantages to be
derived il this city had better trans
portation facilities. He advocated
having circulars printed and distrib-
uted weekly among the various SUI
burbs setting forth the special in
ducements offered by the merchants.
q Sscssts kiBeft Leon was The lac.
next speaker. He spoke on the ad-
vantages of express trolley service
between this city and New Bruins
wick, which as told in the NEWS, is
one of the projects of the board. He
also stated that an increase In trade
would result IL trolley line exist
ed between this city and Carteret,
via Sewaren. He said that such a
plan had been laid before President
Thomas McCarter, of the Public Ser
vice Corporation, and the latter had
promised to give the board an an
swer within six weeks If it was feas-
ible.
Joseph F. Walker, principal of
school No. 1, was called upon and
made a suggestion that band con-
certs be given on Saturday after
moons during the warm months OF
the year. He said they could be
concluded early enough to allow the
shoppers to visit the various stores.
He said in this way the out-of-town
shoppers would come here primarily
to listen to the concert, and Incl
dentally would patronize the mer-
chants.
A suggestion relative to the pro-
posed line between Sewaren and Car
teret was made by Philip Goldsmith
He favored having the local mer-
chants subscribe for stock in the new
line, and said that II this were done
the Public Service Corporation would
hasten the building of the road. He
offered a motion that the secretary
communicate with President McCar.
ter, of the Public. Service, to ascer.
tain his views ON the proposition o1
purchasing stock.
Samuel G. Garretson said that
while the local factories were rushed
to their capacity, many of the houses
were unoccupied. Mr.. Olmstead said
that this was the case. but not
not through any fault of the Board
of Trade. He said that the board
was handicapped, inasmuch as they
did not have business agent who
could devote his entire time to that
work. Other boards, Mr.. Olmstead
said, have such man, and It was
through this delinquency that the re-
cent efforts of the board to locate &
silk mill, employing 5000 hands
were of no avail.
Throughout the meeting severa,
merchants were called upon to speak
The board adjourned at 10:5(
o'clock, to meet again on March 8
Several new members were taken in