Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-13
To- AID
FERRY SERVICE
Fail to Bring Any New Develop
mentS Which Would I'm
prove Service

Further efforts on the part of II. w.
Fisher, manager of the Lead, Cable
a. Rubber Works of the Standard I'm
derground Cable Works, to have the
L. S. Railroad Administration take
some action in connection with rem
edying conditions ON he ferryboat
Tottenyille, have failed to bring about
any new developments which would
mean better service between Totem
Vile and Perth Amboy when this boat
is in use.
A letter to the EVENING NEWS
written by Mr.. Fisher, explains the
present condition, after evera az
tempts on his part to have matters
improved, he having dealt both with
the officials of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit Railroad and the federal au-
thorities of the u. S. Railroad Admin
istration.
Mr.. Fishers letter follows:
Perth Amboy EVENING NEWS,
Perth Amboy, N. ].
Gentlemen:-
You are undoubtedly aware of the
fact that the ferryboat TottenVille,
which is occasionally used as a SUBJ
stitute oat for the Perth Amboy, is
not at all fitted for the service for
which it is used.
At least once a year the f~erryboat
Tottenville is used for six or eight
weeks as a substitute for the Perth
Amboy, and during this time it is not
able to make the trips scheduled in
the timetable because of its slowness
and u~nreliability. For this reason our
employees living on Staten Island who
quit work at $3.50 could not get to
Tottenville before 6:15 instead of
$50. Moreover, in the morning they
are occasionally late to work for the
same reason. In addition to this, the
travelling public were often very much
delayed and frequently missed con-
n%ections on account of he slowness
of the Tottenville. Complaint after
! complaint has been made to the
staten Island Rapid Transit Company
officials without any attempt to get a
boat similar to the Perth Amboy for
q substitute boat.
Now hat the railroads are under
the control of the U. s. Railroad Ad-
ministration, / thought h a by maxi
ing a strong appeal to said admins
tration that changes beneficial for the
residents on Staten Island and Perth
Amboy might be made. 1, therefore.
have written several letters to the U.
s. Il. A. but the have always
been in the. same kind of language as
REPLIES received heretofore from the
is. L. r. T. Company.
It would seem then that the q. s.
r. A. refers matters of this kind to
the S. L. r. T. and transmits their
reply to correspondents. As an Illus
~tration of this see letter enclosed
herewith, which is Self-explanatory
and will be recognized as containing
the usual kind of excuses which the
S. I. r. T. Company usually make.
1t would seem then that h resi-
dents of Perth Amboy and Tottenville
! will still be subjected to h misera-
BILE service rendered by the Totem
Vile during part of the year..
Yours very truly,
III. w. FISHER,
Chief Electrical Engineer,
Mgr. Lead, Cable & Rubber Works.
The letter from Ballard Dunn, as
sistant actuary of the u. S. Railroad
Administration, to which Mr.. Fisher
refers, follows:
U. S. Railroad Administration,
Jan. 81, 1919.
My dear Mr.. Fisher
With further reference to your let
ter of December 23rd.
1t develops hat no boat. other than
the. Tottenville is available for the
reason that on account of property
restrictions at Perth Amboy the slip
at tina point is limited in width and
does not permit fitting by many boats.
The conditions at the Tottenville
slim, are sufficient for interchange with
other boats. but, of course, the Perth
| Anboy condition sets the limit.
1t is hoped that when the Totem
willie Is again used as a relief boat that
il will be in such a shape as to obYiate
the annoyance which has heretofore
been. experienced on account of its
condition.
7 apologize for the statement that
a representative of the s. I. r. T. r.
r. Company had made a personal
call upon you, as 1 misunderstood a
rather obscure remark in the report
previously made to me.
Yours very sincerely.
(Signed) BALLARD DUNN,
Assistant Actuary.