Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-07
5 CENT FARE
OVER BRIDGE
Fresholders Threaten to
Revoke Jersey Central Fran
chise Across Structure.
PUBLIC SERVICE BLAMED
Charging More Than the
Franchise Price Between
the Two Ambeys.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

New Brunswick, April 7:-Claim-
ing that the New Jersey Central
Traction Company Is not living up to
Its franchise which 1t was granted
less than year ago by the Board of
Freeholders that company together
with the Public Service Street Rail-
way Company came in for scoring
at the meeting of the Board of Free
holders yesterday afternoon, and
unless the traction company lives up
to It's agreement the franchise that
1t has to cross the Amboy bridge
from South to Perth Amboy will be
revoked. Freeholder Alfred T. Kerr,
of South Amboy, stated at the meet
ing Of the board that 1t was called to
his attention that the Public Service,
which runs its cars over the bridge
on the tracks of the New Jersey Cen
trail Traction Company, was charging
passengers ten instead of five cents
in some cases when the franchise
the company allows the Public Ser
vice to run its cars over their tracks
the county will hold them response
BILE.
Franchise Calls for Cent Fare.
The franchise granted the trac-
tion company by this board" said
Freeholder Kerr Indignantly, Says
that the company shall carry any
passenger from any part of South
Amboy to any part of Perth Amboy
for five cents. 1t was under this
agreement that they were given the
right to cross the county bridge.
''This increase has been called to
my attention by a number of people
and we should hold the traction com
pany responsible for this. This very
matter came up before the members
Of the South Amboy council not very
long ago, and l was present at the
meeting, and at that very meeting
there was present a representative
of the Public Service, so they know
all about it. 1t is up to this board
to take this matter into considera-
tion and see about it."
Can Revoke Franchise.
The opinion of County Solicitor
John A. Coan was asked and he stat
ed that If the company had failed to
live up to their agreement with the
board the franchise could be revok-
s1as ~ o1s =. tbs co.,,
pany regarding the matter. but later
the motion was changed and the
matter was placed in the hands of
Freeholder Kerr.
Scoring for p. S. c.
Freeholder William s. Dey, also
of South Amboy, called the boards
attention to the way the Public Ser
vice collects its fare at South Amboy.
He said that at VOLTS switch, South
Amboy, a fare is collected, and peo-
pie who pay this and want to go to
Perth Amboy have to pay another
fare instead Of going through to
Perth Amboy on the same fare. He
thought that the company should
collect the one fare in South Amboy
and then give transfers to those de-
string to go to Perth Amboy. Free
holder Kerr said that the statement
made by Mr.. Dey was right as he
heard OF the same thing. The pas
sengers who want to go to Perth
Amboy from South Amboy have to
get on another car after they arrive
at the latter city. When they get on
the second car the other fare is ask
ed.
P. 8. G. Hit Again.
Another poking for the Public
Service came from Freeholder Geb-
hardt, of Highland Park. He stated
that the roadbed Of Albany street,
which was made of asphalt, was be-
ing repaired by the company, and
instead Of asphalt being laid there
the company was placing stone in
the ruts. He said that the work
should be stopped as the company
should not be allowed to repair in
that way. He was authorized to get
after the company. and he says that
he will stop the work.