The Penn's Grove record., 1920-12-03

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track there is a drop of about Is
inches, and between them are the ends
Of abutments of the county culvert
perhaps three feet above the road.
Drivers getting off the roadway as
they approach the culvert are unable
to get back, and those not knowing of
any obstruction crash into the abut-
ments. With the trolley tracks raised
the county would cut off these abut-
ments.
VA on Jitneys.
1t is perfectly plain that n fate or
the nimble titney bus in New Jersey is
to be determined by the next session
of the legislature. Likewise the flu
ture of the trolley railroad. The two
systems of transportation OF passen-
gers appear to be ~indissolubly linked
In a war to the death. Officials Of the
Public Service Railway Company have
reached the conclusion that its cars
and the fitting fivvers cannot both
remain in business, that n or the
other is doomed to extinction, and
they opine that it will not be the troll
ley.
AS the Public Service controls about
nine-tenths of the street railway bust
ness in the state and has some little
political arrangements IN the side, its
mandate is up to the legislature.
Coincident with the declaration of
wal is the propaganda spreading over
the state to stimulate interest in the
corporations evident desire to show
that 10 cent trolley fares are abso-
lutely essential to the continuance of
the system, which has been operated
at a loss of more than S3,00O.0O0 in
the last three years, according to its
figures.
In most business and political cir
cles it is surmised hat the effort to
pave the way for application for a lO
cent fare is merely ~camouflage for an
attack upon the handy jitney, and that
in the coming session, which begins
the second Tuesday in January, the
real war will open in earnest and that
the big Republican majority in the
house, with a heavy lead in the SEN
ate also, will be looked to for action
to relieve the situation.
The titney owners are aware Of the
hostile movement and are taking steps
to head 1t off by every possible wire.
The industry has grown with amazing
strides In New Jersey In the last few
years, and in some cities the cars and
buses appear in large numbers, redue-
ing the number Of trolley riders at
such pace as to accentuate the alarm
Of the utility concerns.
In some sections influence has been
exerted upon the municipal governing
body for the passage of ordinances re-
stricting the operation Of the titneys,
but In others the governing bodies
have been constrained to allow them
to proceed and multiply, claiming that
the trolley lines have not met the de-
mands of the travelling public and
have fallen down on the service. 9th
er municipal officers claim that when
the companies were granted the In
crease Of fare from 8 to Z cents, Os-
tensibly as a war measure" they aid
stress upon the declaration that 1t
would suffice for all requirements and
permit necessary additions to h serv-
ice. With the downward trend Of
prices of all commodities and mate
rails the average citizen Is at a loss to
understand why the companies should
now find it necessary to seek the add
ed fare, and the fight will be n OF
the hottest this state has witnessed In
years.
Bird Foe Of Gypsy Moth.
Gypsy moths are again figuring In
distributing news for New Jersey. It
is reported that these dreaded Insects
are now distributed over a area of
100 square miles. and isolated infesta-
lions have beer discovered elsewhere.
According to these reports the legis-
lature will be asked to appropriate
$4,000 for an immediate campaign
| against these moths and an additional
S125.OOO for an anti-moth campaign in
the spril.g, while the federal govern
ment will be asked for 100000 to car
nv on the work during the winter.
Commenting on the condition, the
New Jersey Audubon Society, 164
Market street, Newark, says that
among the birds that have been found
to consume gypsy moths the following
are specially mentioned: Red winged
blackbird, Baltimore oriole, yellow
billed and black billed cuckoos, cat
bird, chickadee, robin, crow, blue jay.
rose breasted grosbeak, downy wood
pecker, flicker, yellow bellied sapsuck-
err, scarlet tanager and the introduced
ring necked pheasant.
The following specific observations
are cited: Four young and two old
crows were observed to eat 600 pupae
of the gypsy moth in an hour; seven
~kingbirds hunted from 6:15 to $3.50
a. M, killing $50 male moths; six least
fv catchers were observed to catch 40
months: one wood pewee ate 20; a
pair of phoebes caught all the moths
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