Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-07-24

HObOken have brought their long
standing differences on the traffic
service of Hoboken to head. The
grievances of the Hoboken people
covering many years found voice this
week at several public meetings of
great Importance. One of these, on
Monday evening, was conducted in
the open air at Washington and Third
streets even during a downpour of
rain. On Wednesday morning the
headquarters of Hoboken's Commits
sion Government in City Hall were
crowded to suffocation with those for
and against the maintaining the pres
ent traffic condition.
Those present included force of
two hundred strong of P. S. motor
men and conductors; counselors for
both sides; the City Commission; Jit-
ney bus owners and drivers; and
scores of citizens.
Mondays and Wednesdays popular
demonstrations were really the cul-
mination of the movement for three
cent fares, and improvement in troll
ley service, started some time ago by
the Hudson Observer and backed by
the city government.
Among the causes for complaint
was one presented by John Kersey
on Monday who said that Hoboken
in fifty years experience with the
Public Service had failed to get as
much as fifty cents out of them.
Hoboken, he said, with relation to the
rest of the Public Service, as the neck
of bottle is to the rest of the bottle;
yet the corporation had been most
inconsiderate of Hoboken's interest.
The solution of the difficulty seems to
have been partly found in the intro
ducing of the jitney bus service with
the city which have proved very popu-
lar and helpful. The Hudson Observ-
er, in it's leading editorial on Wednes
day advocates the Newark plan OF
licensing every car that uses the
cltyS streets.
The ordinance, prepared, it is said,
by the street railroad men last week,
and by it's provisions practically hav-
ing the effect of driving the jitney
busses out of business through the
charging of excessive license fees,
met with such determined public
opposition on Wednesday that it was
withdrawn.
A petition protesting against the
ordinance was signed by over 5000
citizens. Counselor Walter F. Carl
ing for the Hoboken Jitney Operators
Association said at Wednesdays meet
ing that he represented not only the
5000 odd signers, but also about TO-
900 citizens of Hoboken.
Counselor Tackella, speaking for
the Hoboken Trolleymen's Associa-
ton, said that he had nothing to do
with the Public Service Corporation.
He represented ninety members OF
trolley crews living in Hoboken. They
were not DESTROYS of driving the Jit-
ney buses out of business, but SIM
ply to have them regulated as to
speed and routes, and also the lives
of the citizens.
Speaking for the jitney men, Coun-
selor CARING, made an appeal to have
the excessive license fees and insur-
ance bond eliminated.
Counselor Hirschberg presented
the petition to the Commission amid
great applause.
The following letter from DR.. f.
w. Collins of Hoboken was read:
"Gentlemen-I wish to say kind
word for the jitney service of Hobo
ken. Many times last winter. was
obliged to wait many mornings for a
car at Twelfth and Washington
streets, and sometimes on wet and
cold mornings if the car was late it
would pass by, or on the other hand,
the cars would be packed full and the
car filled with carbon dioXide from the
passengers. However, since the birth
of the jitney service, we, the uptown
folks, have been able to get into boats
and trains on time. | ask you
gentlemen in the name of the people
of Hoboken, whom you represent, to
use every means to promote the con-
tinuing of the jitney service
The immediate result of the We'd
nesday morning meeting was the an
nouncement by Mayor Patrick r.
Griffen that the Objectionable jitney
ordinance, whose passage would have
the effect of driving the jitneys out
of business, would be dropped.
The whole matter of regulating
the busses was placed in the hands
of committee of seven, consisting
of the five commissioners, Corpora
ton Attorney John j. Fallon, and
Chief of Police, Patrick Hayes.
In Jersey City last Monday even
ing the jitney busses covered them
selves with glory through their
effective service at the midsummer
dance at Public School No. "a
Through their help dancers were
brought from distant parts of the
city, who would probably not have
been able to come at all otherwise.
There is no doubt but that they
are here fixture.