Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-10
MUST IMPROVE TELEGRAPH.


vice for Perth Anuboy. by this we
do not mean q telephone service.
The telephone has not superseded
the telegraph as yet, by amy means
To hear the attorney for the
Western Union Telegraph Company
talk at the hearing yesterday one
would get the impression hat Perth
Amboy was one of the best equip
fped cities In the couptry as far as
telegraph facilities are concerned.
According to his argument, the city
is literally covered with telegraph
Offices, and, Judging from the en-
phasis placed upon the offices of the
Lehigh Valley railroad at State
street and Hall n 1t would not
be hard to imagine that one OF the
finest equipped public telegraph Of
fees in the country is located there.
As we all know, the telegraph lii the
Lehigh Valley Office is meant for
handling coal trains. 1t is not a
public telegraph Office In any sense
OF the word. In fact, it is in the
yard masters Office OF the Lehigh
Valley and the average person might
hesitate to enter fearing he was
~trespassing upon a place where the
public is not allowed.
The question resolves itself right
down to this: Is Perth Amboy to
have telegraph facilities worthy of
its size and Importance or must it
continue to put up with a service of
Ia little country town? Here we are.
the largest city In this section of
the state, with 10000 more popula-
ton than New Brunswick, and with
double the assessed valuation OF that
place, yet New Brunswick is given
the all night service and Perth AM
boy is forced 4 telephone messages
there. Long Branch, Asbury Park,
Plainf1eld, a well as New Brunswick
and other places much smaller than
Perth Amboy have all night service,
yet Perth Amboy Is ignored and
must put up with a service that be-
came antequated fifteen or twenty
years ago. Why is this discrimina-
ton?
Suppose we grant that the Lee
high Valley railroad yardInaster's Of
Ace Is = place where kilograms can
be handled for the public, what kind
OF service Is that for : city OF 3D.
600 population, and growing faster
cham any other place IN the East9a
As web, might tKN6srefnment an
sisorities decide . lavs the post Of
flee in the station also, as Is so Of
ten the case In ~squedunk. Jones'
vile and many other burgs through
out the country Has Perth Ann
boy not got beyond the railroad
station class2 Why must we still
go to q railroad station TO send mes
sages and take our chances with
train dispatches, while u sister
cities all about us enjoy modern
equipped offices, with the most com
plete facilities open day and night?
BY what ground can the Public IT'LL
ity Commission consent to this gross
discrimination to the detriment OF
the business interests OF this city?
Now is the time for Perth Amboy
TO assert itself. The hearing in this
telegraph matter before the Public
Utility Commission was adjourned
for two weeks. The Board OF Trade
should insist upon this date being
kept and should be on hand with a
larger delegation than ever to show
the utility commissioners and the
Western Union officials hat we
mean business. Give the commits
|sioners to understand that Perth
Anboy viii stand upon its rights
and II New Brunswick. Plainfield,
Long branch and other places have
up-to-date telegraph facilities and
ali night service, Perth Amboy
want them, too. and Is entitled to
them.
If the Western Union officials
succeed In putting one Overt ON the
city this time, ne can expect little
consideration in the future. There
is a great principle at stake In this
matter, as wen as Justice. II ls not
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