Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-04-22
ROOSEVELT TO
HAVE SERVICE.
c. R. R. viii Run Train
from Borough TO This City
Saturday Night.
WILL RETURN AT II P. NJ.
Will be Permanent If Patron
age Warrants lt--Perth
Amboy Merchants Profit.

btS -lAlu& at Q u ClOth next 20 NUl-
day night, April q, the Central
Railroad of New Jersey will inaugu-
rate direct passenger service between
Chrome, Carteret and this city. Al
though but experimental in its early
stages, the company has given the
people Of Roosevelt every assurance
that the improvement will be con-
tinued as long as warranted by pat
ronage. At the present time there
is no direct train communication be
tween this city and Roosevelt. but
there has been in agitation for some
time the need of such a service. The
Roosevelt and Perth Amboy business
men joined forces for the addition of
such a train and were greatly as
sisted by the Perth Amboy Board Of
Trade.
Newark VIII Benefit.
According to the present arrange
ments the city of Newark is also in
a position to reap decided benefit
by the innovation. The train will
connect with Newark trains and thus
enable the Roosevelt shoppers, sight
seers and theatre-goers to have the
option Of a visit to Newark or this
city The Perth Amboy business men
and proprietors Of amusement houses
declare themselves to be more than
willing to extend every inducement
to the Roosevelt patrons. The train
will reach here at s O'Clock Saturday
night, leave Immediately for Eliza
bethpOrt and return in time to take
home late passengers at II o'clock
.. m. Supt. Lawrence Addicks, Of
the United States Metals Refining
Company, of Chrome, informed the
local Board of Trade of the railroad
company's decision through Albert
Leon, former secretary of the Board
Of Trade and one Of the instigatOrs
Of the agitation for better train SER
vice.
Letter From Mr.. Addicks.
Mr.. Addicks letter follows.
Chrome, N. j., April 18, 1912.
Albert Leon,
Board of Trade
Smith st. Perth Amboy, N. J.
Dear Sir Referring to recent
conversation with you on the matter
Of the interest of Perth Amboy in
an evening train running from
Chrome to Perth Amboy and return,
am glad to say that I am in re-
ceipt of letter, this morning, from
w. G. Hope, General Passenger
Agent Of the C, r. R. of ". J, stat
| ing that they Will put into effect a
| schedule agreed upon in conference
between NJ. Hope and myself begin
ming Saturday, April 27th. 1912.
1t has been made Saturday nights
instead Of Friday, as discussed with
| you because 1t seemed advisable to
test out the local service to Newark
as well as to Perth Amboy, and as /
! find that Saturday is the only suita-
| BILE night for Newark and as there
| Is already q theatre train on Satur-
| day nights running to Chrome, it
seemed unwise to handicap the prop
ositiOn at the outset with too great
an operating expense. 1t was, there
fore, decided to let one train and
crew serve all three purposes, This
train Ia to leave Newark for Chrome
shortly after 6 on Saturday evening,
and II will there turn around and run
direct to Perth Amboy with passen-
gers from Chrome and Carteret, ar
riving at Perth Amboy shortly before
o'clock. 1t Will then run to Eliz-
abethport to connect with the $50
| u am Oul VI 4NSN al n, III III 3 iIlS CrJi ~
evening passengers down from New
ark to Chrome, where it will again
| turn around to run direct to Perth
Amboy, so as to pick up passengers
for Carteret and Chrome from Perth
Amboy at II p. N. The train will
then go back to Newark and will
serve as the theatre connection, as at
present arranged for Chrome and
Carteret, from Newark and New
York.
In this way the additional expense
| of operation will not be greatly in
creased over the present train. and
public sentiment will be thoroughly
tried out I want to point out to you,
however, that Perth Amboy Is, in a
sense in a competition with Newark
in the matter of drawing the people
from Chrome and Carteret and /
trust you will do whatever is In your
power to make the experiment a sue
cess, as the results, after reasona-
BILE period of operation, will be used
as a basis of curtailment or extension
of service The detailed time table,
etc, will be issued in a few days by
| the G. r. r. Co, in suitable adver-
tising matter and I hope you will see
that everything possible is done at
your end in increasing the publicity
Yours truly,
LAWRENCE ADDICKS,/