Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-10
so. AMBOY PUSHES
TRAIN SERVICE FIGHT
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SOUTH AMBOY, April 10-In the
opinion of men here Asbury Park Is
making an effort to establish tina city
as a permanent suburb of New York.
This was brought out I'm the testimony
before the Public Utilities Commits
sion at Newark Thursday. Ward
kremer, who represented the North
Jersey League of Shore M~unicipali-
ties stated that repeated efforts had
been made to get additional train SER
vice so that the Park might grow,
with of no avail. The next best thing
he stated was TO make more attrac-
tive the present train service. With
this In view he petition has been
fled.
About dozen men of this city rep
~resenting Chamber of Commerce and
the city officials made the trip and
testified of he necessity of this train
City Solicitor L. p. Coan represented
the city and called various men from
this city to state the conditions
The first man called was George
Gundrum. He testified that both his
residence n Office were in the near
vicinity of the Central station and
that he had often noted that the
train was never held up for a period
over n minute and that q large
number of persons always alighted.
The next man called was Mayor +.
III. Gordon. He testified about the
same thing. pointing out tina there
was another train leaving uptown
New York at about the same time,
but not stopping in this city, but at
the South Amboy Junction. Mayor
Gordon was followed by Clarence
Suits. He stated that by actual count
on two nights a large number of per-
sons got off the train at South AM
boy. One night there We're eighty
even and the next night there were
los. The opposing attorney tried to
bring out the point that the Central
trains that arrived In this city from
down town New York, about $50
were just as desirable.
The next called was the secretary
of the chamber of commerce. In his
testimony 1t was pointed out that a
large number of Asbury Park and
Long Branch residents work In South
Amboy and live in those m%unicipali-
ties. These persons would be greatly
Inconvenience IL this train was cut
out.
One of the commissioners asked the
railroad officials present IL this train
was discontinued II a new train would
be scheduled. The answer was that
the Central Railroad might place on
a train, but the Pennsylvania rail-
road would not. In the cross exam
A4tACA VI nv AaAl a NIdAIlifldSlGIs
who very much favored the %discontin-
uance of the stop testified that the
railroad companies could not MAIN
tain their present schedule and that
IL the three minutes lost In this city
were allowed they would run nearer
to scheduled time. Mr.. Mayberry.
an investigator for the commission.
asked IL the delays did rot occur In
Manhattan Transfer and the answer
admitted that the trouble or a great
deal of 1t did lay here. 1t was also
admitted that II the down town train
was scheduled to run five minutes
earlier than the uptown train better
connections would be made at the
Transfer and the delay of the train
from uptown New York would not be
SO long.
At the suggestion of the presiding
commissioner the hearing was con-
tinued until Wednesday, April 21st,
at two p. M, at which time the COM
investigator will make a re-
port of the entire situation.
Those who attended from this city
were Mayor +. Fl. Gordon, r. C. Ste
phenson. George Gundrum, William
s. Dey, William A. Mills. A. IT. Nc
Michaels c. r. Suits n Solicitor
4. p. Coan.