Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-03-18
OFFICIALS HEAR
UTILITY BILL
WAS AMENDED
Woodbridge Learns Change in
Bill is Detrimental to Town.
ship as Well as Other Mu-
inequalities in the State.

Officials of Woodbridge Township
have been advised by Senator Will
liam E. Ramsay, of this city, that
senate bill No. 233, in which the
township is so vitality interested has
been amended, to the detriment of
woodbridge and perhaps other mu-
inequalities. it is declared. An amend
ment has been introduced to elimi-
nate any necessity of holding a hear
ing and places the power of granting
or refusing connection between rail-
road and street car lines directly In
the hands of the Board of Public
Utility Commissioners. Little has
been said concerning senate bill No.
1873, in which Woodbridge is also in
terested, but it is expected that the
township officials will be given a
hearing on that measure when they
are heard on bill No. 233 at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon. Senate bill No
232, inwhich Perth mboy, Wood
cridge and other municipalities are
greatly interested, has been for
warded to the house, where, 1t is be-
lieved by DR.. Ramsay and others, 1t
will die. Senator Read, its sponsor,
proposes to present an amendment
to 1t there in an effort to have 1t
passed. This will provide that only
such municipalities as are served
with the productions of other munich
palities shall be affected by the bill;
in other words, the bill would ena-
BILE the utility board to protect cor
porations purchasing from munich
palities as it would corporations
which deal with private interests
May Kill Fast Lines.
Representatives of the Public Serv-
ice Railway Company have declared
at Trenton that unless bill No. 233
becomes a law the fast line trolley
s1 stem between this city and Newark
and similar Lines in this state will
have to cease operation, Senator
Ramsay states that he will endeayor
to guard both the interests of this
city and Woodbridge in his action
relative to the hill. He desires that
Woodbridge be given lair deal and
he will oppose the bill with afl as
might If its passage will not hamper
fast trolley service between this city
and Newark. This service he con-
cludes to be most valuable to the city.
When DR.. Ramsay first became
aware that there was an amendment
to the bill, he procured copies of the
bill and amendment and forwarded
them to Ephraim Cutter, township
attorney of Woodbridge, mailing
them between 2 and o'lock on
Tuesday. 1t Is claimed that they did
not arrive at Woodbridge until yes
terday afternoon. when it was too
late to send a representative to Tren-
ton. DR.. Ramsay has not as yet
heard from Attorney Cutter. He has
advised the township officials to get
busy and communicate with Mr.
Read for hearing on both the bill
and amendment. Through the change
In question the bill now reads as fol-
lows:
Whenever the line of route of any
railroad or street railway company
intersects with the line CT the route
of any other railroad or street rail-
way company, 1t shall be lawful for
the companies whose routes so inter-
sect to make physical connection of
their tracks upon such terms as they
shall agree, to enable the cars of the
one to run to the tracks of the other
for the purpose of promoting the
of passengers and ship
pers of property, upon obtaining the
consent of the Board of Public Utility
Commissioners"