Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-13
Letter Received by Trade
Board in Reply to Recent
Complaint Against Co.
MATTER NOT SETTLED
Teleg "aph Company Claims
1t Would Cost S77.50 Per
Month to Open Nights.
TELL LOCAL CONDITIONS
Would Lose Money by Giving
All Night Service May
Have a Hearing.

In reply to the complaint filed
by the Board of Trade against the
western Union Telegraph Company.
ior refusal to establish an All-night
service In this city, the Board of
fublie Utility Commissioners 1r,-S
formed the trade board today BY let
Ter 10 Secretary j George st. An
grassy that the matter had been
taken up with the telegraph com
pany and letter of explanation re-
eeiyed from that corporation. The
commission inelosed copy OF the
reply from the Western Union, and
advised that IL this letter OF expla-
nation Is not satisfactory. the Pub
Tic Utilities Commission is willing
TO set date for hearing
Cost OF Night Service.
According to the Western Union
Company it would cost s77.5O per
month to conduct an all-night SER
vice In this city. AS set of to
the complaint of the Board OF Trade.
tbe telegraph company declares the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
conducts an all-night telegraph SER
vice at this station. at Huntington
and State streets. This office il
$500 feet from the Western Union
office at State and Fayette streets.
In addition to this advantage. the
telegraph company informed The
commission that the Central Rafl-
road Office maintains a telegraph Of
fee from 1900 a. N. Until 600 p. M.
Lehigh Valley Office 0pen.
In an endeavor to provo the
amount of telegraph business af
night, the Western Union ofriciaa
sets forth The November report.
which shows thirty-fig calls during
the month, netting SfI 20 I'd ths.
company. III OF these n,essa rea
we're fled By felaphane Subscribers:
Inc defendant company Informed
the commission that, probably, the
general public Of Perth Amboy was
not acquainted with the fact the
Lehigh Valley office was open for
continuous service throughout the
day and night. They also add ID
case any company or .aGisiausl
would be inconyenienced by the clos
Ing OF the Western Union Office dur
ing the night, an arrangement could
De made for such specific instances.
Fight of Long Standing.
The tight for all night telegraph
service in Perth Amboy dates back
for some time and Is considered one
OF the most important issues In the
Board of Trades campaign for a bet-
ter and more industrial Perth AM
boy. The Western Union company
needed the demands of the board. Id
part, and established night service
which is declared to be inconven-
lent and inedaquate for city Of
this size. Under the present sys-
tenn, a message received after eight
o'clock at night must be transmit
ted by telephone from the nearest
open telegraph Office. If the re-
cipient-to-be is not telephone sub
scriber, the MESSAGE viii be delayed
until the local office OPENS at eight
o'clock the next morning. The re-
versal OF this form is used when
sending night message.
May Have Special Session.
For the present, the decision OF
the board will be held in abeyance
until the next meeting of the organ
fzation, which Will be held Ia Jam
uarys unless special meeting Is
called before that time. President y
p. 0lmstead presented the matter to
memDeIs last night, but OF courses
made no reference to the commits
sion's reply, which was not received
until today. The trade board has
also been successful in lettering
the freight service on the P. r. R
as Albert Leon reported last night
The freight to and from this city
will not be delayed at Wagerfys
hereafter, but run through on direct
schedule.
Decline to Join.
On motion of Recorder Henry w.
Kehoe, it was decided to lay on the
table the appeal from the Staten
Island Deep Waterways Association.
requesting the board to join that or
ganization The initial expense Ii
$500 per year. Secretary Albert
Leon, of the Board of Directors, EaVe
some inside history OF the Workings
OF the waterways and urged that &c
boards decision be OF the negative
order. The members agreed that
Congressman C Thomas j. Seully, OF
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