Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-12
LEMON FOR SOUTH AsrBoY.

Corporation is very anxious to get.
II the city of South Amboy is ever to
get any concessions from the Public
Service now is the time. AS Is usual,
however, the Public Service sends
one of its smooth takers to the
council meeting and succeeds in get
ting what it wants in exchange for
what-For something which the
trolley company would have to do
anyway, If the South Amboy council
was alive to the interests of the city
and refused to be blufed.
It is an accepted fact, and is en-
bodied in existing franchises, that
the rate Of fare between any point
in South Amboy and any point in
Perth Amboy shall not exceed FIVE
cents. Then. by agreeing to give
this five cent fare, in exchange for
an additional franchise, the Public
Service is granting no concessions
whatever. But our genial friend,
Col. Gilmore, the champion buffer
for the Public Service is often quite
successful in making city officials
believe his company Is giving all
the favors and he even succeeds in
making the city feel ashamed of IT.
self for accepting so much. But the
remarkable thing about it is that
Col. Gilmore is able to hypnotic
the city fathers into not only making
them think they are getting conces-
sions in this way, but, in the end,
he does not even give them the al
legged concessions. How he gets
away with it is a mystery, but the
fact that he does is what makes
him a valuable employee of the cor
poration.
What does South Amboy care what
the rules of the Public Service Cor
~poration are? Do the rules of a
corporation take precedent over the
! rights and franchises of a munich
~naIitv7 Col Gilmore would have us
believe so. But in spite Of what
this afable gentleman says, we must
take issue with him. Let the Public
Service fix its rules to conform with
the rights and franchises of the
cities, not force the cities to regulate
their government according to the
rules of the Public Service.
According to existing franchises,
the Public Service, If it desires to
run cars across the Raritan river
bridge, must carry passengers from
my point in South Amboy to any
point in Perth Amboy for five
cents. The franchise granting per
mission to use the bridge says
so, and the right to lay an ad-
Idi4soDaIasi.eh S44A and
the rules of the Public Service re-
garding transfers has nothing to do
with the matter. At present the
Public Service is charging as much
as three fares to carry some pas
sengers where it has a right to
charge but one fare. The cars COM
ing from New Brunswick to South
Amboy turn down Broadway in the
latter place, so that a person board
ing a car near the South Amboy city
line toward New Brunswick has to
pay one fare to get as far as Broad
way and Main street, where he must
board another car to ride across the
bridge, paying a second fare. But
as this car goes only to the Staten
Island ferry in Perth Amboy, this
same passenger must, If he desires
to go out State street in Perth Am
boy, board still another car and pay
another fare, making three fares In
all and the passenger has only rode
from one point in South Amboy to
another point in Perth Amboy, a ride
which the franchise says should cost
only five cents, the price of a single
fare. Now Col Gilmore comes along
and, after much consideration, and
in view Of the fact that the Public
Service is anxious to put in a new
switch in the city of South Amboy,
very kindly consents to give a
transfer at the junction of Broad
way and Main street so that passen-
gers who board the cars from New
Brunswick within the city limits of
South Amboy may transfer to a Pub
lie Service car going across the