Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-05-11

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progress by city water wagons and
running from half an hour to an
hour and later behind schedule time,
with its employees In distant points
at loss to account for the condition
of affairs, the Public ervice Is today
running up against another phase OF
the antagonistic feeling in this city
against that company because of Its
enforcement Of measures contrary tC
the general understanding of its con-
tract.
Street Commissioner Acts.
Street Commissioner George NJ
Adair steps into the lime light to-
day with the departmental water
wagons. Since May / the trolley
company has neglected to water the
streets over which 1t runs it's cars
it's contract with the city, notwith-
standing, according to popular inter
probation, providing that they should
keep the dust laid over the streets
IN question. The street commission
er has his water wagons out today
and the drivers of these wagons are
sprinkling the streets in question, in
cidentally blocking the progress OF
the trolleys.
Mr.. Adair admits that the meas
ures are rather stringent but sees no
other way out OF the problem than to
fight fire with fire." According to
the city's contract with the Public
Service, he states that the company
ia supposed to water the city's streets
over which 1t runs its cars. Up un-
til this year they have done 80 with
a specially constructed trolley car
sprinkler which threw stream to
both sides as the car progressed
down the street, laying the dust from
curb to curb. This year, however, IN
line with similar moves in other di-
Tections, the trolley company has re-
fused to water the streets which it
uses, other than between the troll
ley tracks.
Merchants Complaining.
AS a result Of the position which
the trolley company has taken in the
matter of sprinkling the streets
which it uses, these thoroughfares
have not had dust laying water film
since May /. The merchants along
Smith and State streets have been
complaining Of the dust and matters
had practically grown unbearable.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
equipment for watering streets in the
street department had been made up
to just take care of the streets In the
city, outside of those used by the
trolley company, the street commits
sioner decided today to look after the
trolley line streets, even to the pos
sible neglect Of some other streets.
Extra wagons will probably have to
be put on with attendants II the city
fnds 1t necessary to continue to wa
ter the trolley streets.
Sprinklers Lead Cars.
Shortly after o'clock this morn
Ing the first city sprinkler went out
In Smith street. Care was taken not
to water the space between the troll
lev tracks. To do this it was neces-
Bary to water one side Of the street
at a time, the driver running his
wagon along the tracks and keeping
a stream going on one side only, to-
ward the nearest curb. A trolley car
of the Public Service variety soon
came up behind and rang its gong,
but the water wagon pursued Its way
IeisureIy. This was going towards
the Smith street switch, at Water
street. The car arrived there late.
The sprinkling wagon was then turn
ed to go west on Smith street to
sprinkle the other side of the street.
The trolley soon came up behind IT
again and like funeral procession,
the two progressed slowly westward.
In the meantime cars were wait
ing to enter the Smith street busi-
ness section from South Amboy and
New Brunswick. They waited for
about half an hour and, when they
finally got started toward the ferry,
they, too, were under escort OF
water wagon.
Schedules Are Broken.
Later In the morning watering
wagons were in State street ana SIM
liar blockades occurred-~~--Io the
south, service was interfered with IN
South Amboy, Keyport, Atlantic
Highlands, Matawan and Red Bank
To the west, the schedule was out or
order to New Brunswick, affecting
all the towns between that place and
Perth Amboy. To the north, Sc
warren, Woodbridge, Railway and
Westfeld Junction suffered. To the
east, trolley connections with the
Staten Island Rapid Transit Com
pany via the ferry were practically
impossible.
Looked Like Parade.
In the nature of an added attrac-
tion was the Public Service sprink-
ling car which came along at inter
walls and moistened the dry space be-
tween the tracks left by the city
sprinkIers. People lined the troll
Special Reduction in Trimmed and
Untrimmed Hats at
MRS. JOHN ERICKSON,
so Smith St