Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-01
FEW ACCIDENTS;
TRAFFIC HEAVY
Despite Fact That Thousands
of Cars Passed Through
City, All Are Well Regulated

Several accidents were reported to
to the police in this city over the
week end. One person was injured
as result of same. Several cars were
badly damaged. The injured person
Is improving at the City hospital this
morning.
on Saturday afternoon B.. Tailor,
of Manor's Farm, n. j., driving an
auto bearing license N. j. 97763.
down Amboy avenue. At the corner
of Ashley street n bus stopped sud-
denly in front of the car, and the
driver was forced to run up on the
sidewalk to avoid collision, but in so
doing he hit a fence and damaged
the front of his machine. The acci-
dent was reported to Motorcycle OFF,
Ger Frank Seiboth.
On Maple street Saturday night
Harry Chayefray driving car bear
ing license n. j. S6,725 hit Shady"
James riding bicycle. James was
badly injured and rushed to the hos
pital by Patrolman Harding. The in
jured man is suffering from a broken
eollarbone. injured arm and leg and
bruised about the face.
A collision occurred at the Lehigh
Valley crossing on New Brunswick
avenue Sunday afternoon. Three
cars going east on New Brunswick
avenue tammed into each other. All
were slightly damaged but no one
was injured.
Auto Traffic Heavy.
Automobile traffic through this city
for the past four days was the heaviest
seen In the past several years around
la holiday period. Cars were seen
moving in all directions through the
city proper and on the outskirts as
early as Friday all bent on spending
the holiday and the week end down
the shore and at various other re-
sorts in this state and into Pennsyl-
vania. Hundreds came out Prospect
street from the upper part of state
the latter part of the week and the
same thing occurred last night and
yesterday afternoon when those ere
homeWard bound.
1t is estimated that there were about
5000 cars that passed over the ferry
between this city and Tottenville dur
ing the past four days commencing
with Friday when the rush started.
The two boats. the Perth Amboy and
Tottenville were kept busy going back
and forth as fast as the boat was
loaded 1t was out of the slip to the
other side to discharge the load. A
line of cars reached from the ferry up
Smith street. out High to Market to
the Central tracks at one time last
night with people returning home TO
get over 10 NGW OIh Dy w ay VI
Staten Island. The same thing occur
red on the Staten Island side when
during the past three days, Saturday,
Sunday and yesterday cars were lined
to Amboy road from the ferry. The
state bridge between this city and
South Amboy saw the largest traffic it
lis said since the bridge was built.
Police on both this and Tottenville
side were kept busy keeping the cars
in line.
Many Arrests Made
Numerous arrests were made and
summons issued to- speeders and vio-
| lators of traffic ordinances by Motor
| cycle Officers Frank Seiboth and
| William Bachman over the week
| end. More traffic passed through
! this city in the past three days than
| like number of days in some time.
! Motorcycle Officer Bachman or
/ Saturday arrested Harold NJ Rhode
rick of Bayonne for traffic violations
! Morris Ulmen of New York for
! speeding. and c. A. Carlson of Key
! port for speeding. On Saturday Ofi-
| Ger Seiboth arrested Henry h. Schell
| OF Brooklyn for violating traffic
Harry Schatskin of Brooklyn for
| speeding, summoned /. Kaufman OF
! Elizabeth for speeding, arrested Fred
+ ID. Owens of Mt. Vernon for speeding
and for not having a drivers license
| and summoned Matthew Epstein OF
| 112 Kearny avenue for speeding and
violating tSaffic.
John Stez of Bound Brook and
! Steve Wilniski of Plainfield were ar
rested by Patrolman Underhill las
night, the first on a charge OF driY'
! ing recklessly and the second for In
| terfering with an officer. Both meI
! appeared to be under the influence
| of liquor.