Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-05-11
WATER WAGONS USED
TO HAMPER TROLLEYS
Public Service Gets Another Taste
Of C;iity's Tactics New Style Of
Parades" is Amusing.
ALL CARS BEHIND SCHEDULES

Iley used streets today and watched
| the trend of affairs with amusement
The Public Service officials In this
city do not seem to mind the inter
| ference with their schedule. Those
who are objecting most seem to be
! passengers with an objective point in
mind.
Mix-Up Last Night.
Last night another trolley mix-up
occurred at State and Smith streets
when Patrolman Andrew Jensen re-
! fused to allow a number OF cars to
| drill on the switch at that point on
account Of the many pedestrians
using the street. According to the
report Of the officer, Clarence r. Be
die, an inspector for the Jersey Trac-
| ton Company, coming south on State
street, on one of his company's cars,
turned the electric signal in State
street, showing cars at the Water
and Smith street switch, that his car
was coming. The cars at the switch
belonging to the Public Service, dis
regarding the signal, proceeded west
on Smith street, meeting the Jersey
Traction car at State street.
The trolley men then proposed to
drill on the switch at State and
Smith streets, but were stopped by
Patrolman Jensen. The crews start
ed to argue with the officer, but when
threatened with arrest, desisted. The
Jersey Traction Company car claimed
the right of way, having given the
signal, and would not give way to
the Public Service cars, SO the latter
returned to the Water street switch
and the drilling was accomplished
there. During the argument as to
what course should be taken, num-
Der of cars arrived from out of town
points and were also held up.
+ Alderman Calvin Objects.
Alderman Richard J. Calvin express
ed strong objection to-day to the poll
ey of blockading the trolleys in view Of
the inconvenience, which 1t causes the
people. Alderman at-Large William D.
VOORHEES, stated that it would cost the
city about $40 day to sprinkle the
streets used by the trolleys, which
heretofore have been sprinkled by the
trolley company.
Henry loft, a member of the Board
of Aldermen at the time the franchise
was granted the trolley company, states
that it was the general understanding
at that time that the trolley company
would water the streets in question, re-
lieving the city of responsibility in that
direction.
P. S. G. Officials Active.
Newton w. Bolen, uperintendent
of transportation for the Public Ser
vice in New Jersey, was notified OF
the trolley blockade this morning by
Superintendent Van Deursen, and at
once directed Division Superintend-
ent John J. Gettings to go to this city
to find out what the trouble Is from
the municipal side of the affair. The
trolley people state that they have
received no warning Of the city's
action in the matter and cannot &C
count for it. All cars were late this
morning until 1903 o'clock, when a
New Brunswick car left State and
Smith streets on time. Mr.. Gettings
will be in town this Afternoon and in
company with superintendent Van
Deursen will confer with city officials.
Alderman-at-Large Voorhees, Objects.
In discussing the action OF the
street commissioner In holding up
trolley cars by having city sprinklers
move along slowly in front of the
cars, Alderman-at-Large Voorhees,
today said he did not approve of 1t.
He declared that he voiced the SEN
timent of the Board of Aldermen In
condemning the practice. Mr.. Voor-
hees stated that while the action OF
the trolley campany in having he
sprinkling car changed so that 1t
would not wet the street on both
sides of the track was very small
piece of business, he thought there
were other ways for the city to carry
on its fight without STOPPING to
equally contemplate tactics. Mr..
Voorhees, pointed out that the delay
caused the passengers in the cars as
much annoyance If not more, than it
did the trolley people and the city
was, in sense, biting off its nose to
spite It's face. He said the street
commissioner would be instructed to
stop the blocking Of the trolley cars
with the sprinklers.