Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-11-28
Handsome Station
in New York
is Opened.
CROWDS THERE
Local Only Runs to Railway
--Hour Wait in CoId--
Albert C. Meyers Buys
First Single Ticket
al the Station.

Perth Amboy Local. read the
brand new sign in the handsome
new Pennsylvania station in the
heart of New York which was opened
to the public for the first time Sat
urday night and it was around this
sign that hundreds gathered to
watch other hundreds take this
train, the first out of one of New
York's most wonderful buildings.
With the murmur usually attendant
upon the opening of an annual art
exhibition, the crowd viewed the
huge station and a few minutes be-
fore the leaving of the 1902 train
for this city 1t pressed around the
entrance to the train aisle, when
amidst the f1aring of camera fash
lights the train started promptly on
time.
In charge of an extra crew COM
posed of Conductor H. Orner; A. T.
Hamill, assistant conductor; G. y.
Mullen, brakeman, and w. Hard
man, all of Jersey City, the trip was
made to Manhattan Transfer on the
Jersey side On schedule time, this
being the first scheduled train to be
drawn by one of the new electric en-
gines Lee Bedman, of Railway,
acted as engineer. With him at the
motor was J. r. Todd, of Railway,
travelling engineer for the "Pennsy."
Steel coaches comprised this train.
After delay OF fifteen minutes at
the transfer, where the motive power
was changd to steam, the journey
was continued to Railway, which was
reached at 1905 A. M, just one min
ute ahead of the time the train
should have been in, Perth Ambsr
Change cars for Perth Amboy"
was the slogan of the train crew, and
the score or more people bound for
%the ideal manufacturing city of the
east" were dumped off at the bleak
little Railway station to shiver in
the frost-laden morning air, while
the Perth Amboy local. proceeded
on down the tracks to Perth Amboy
Junction, where it was side-tracked
for the night.
The passengers waited and waited
Every ten minutes the approach of a
fast freight would. relieve the ten
sion, raising expectancy to disap-
pointment, and the crew Of New
Brunswick train had hard time
keeping the Perth Amboyites from
climbing aboard
At 1:45 A. M. the long anticipated
train arrived. 1t was of brand new
steel coaches running out of the
Pennsylvania terminal at Jersey City
In this train the journey was COM
pleted to this city, and at 2:06|
o'clock, just one hour. late, local peo-
pie set foot once more on their own
territory. The crew of this train
consisted of Conductor H. L. PoIend,
of Newark, and brakemen ]. H.
Shumway and w. T. Johnson, of
Perth Amboy. James Scheibel and
M H. Conry, of Jersey City, acted as
engineer and fireman, respectively.
Among the Amboy people noticed
on the trip were: John Olson, MI
chael Kelly, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred J.
Cox, President Richard Henderson,
of the Excise Board; Hugh Tim
minis, Andrew j. Wight. Albert c.
Meyers, John Y. Duff, r. s. Hall,
Viggo Yepson, Joseph Greenwald,
Howard Bennett, Mr.. and Mrs Ward
B. Snyder, r. e. F. Vail, L. b. Hor-
ton. F. Cerracchio, and c. F. Sooy !
Among the Woodbridge people
was Ephraim Cutter.
Albert G. Meyers, foreman at the
Standard Underground Cable Works, |
had the honor of getting the first
single ticket for this city. Mr.. Mey-
ers purchased his ticket at ten min
utes before midnight and it was
numbered IA" Mr. and Mrs.
Ward B. Snyder secured the next
two tickets, which were numbered