The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-11-25
CARS
MAY SOON RUN
Congressman Isaac Bacharach Intro
duces Bill at Washington for
Federal Structure
SIS, 600 ASKED FOR PLANT

When the Shore Fast Line cars ran
every hour between here and Atlantic
City up to this winter in the cold
months, and then were changed sc
that they ran half hourly this year up
to past midnight, residents at first
thought they had ample trolley ser
vice. Now the town has grown to
such an extent that still another con-
eession is being sought from the troll.
ley company, hat is the running OF
all-night cars between here and At
lantic City. Not only has the city
grown to the Size to demand such
service, but with that service it will
develop even more rapidly.
There are a number of people en-
ployed and living in Atlantic City who
work at night, such as newspaper men,
theatre employees, hotel and restau-
rant workers and those who either
work in or enjoy the cabarets, who
would live in P%leasantville if they had
the means of reaching their homes in
the early morning hours. With high
rents and scarcity of homes in Allan
tic City many of these people have
expressed a desire to live in this city,
but are prohibited from making the
change because they work until after
the last car leaves Atlnatic City at
night.
Cheaper rents here would bring
many people if an all-night service
were put in effect. The trolley COM
pany has already been approached on
this question by some interested par
ties and although nothing definite has
yet come out of the conference.-the is
believed that an all-night schedule
will be put into effect in the near flu
ture. In addition to the people who
desire to come here, these all-night
cars would receive considerable pa
tronage from people who would desire
to spend a social evening at Atlantic
City OF enjoy a theatre performance
and dinner afterwards. Those inter
ested in this movement have suggest
ed that after 1880 a. M, when the
last car now leaves Atlantic City, that
there be maintained an hourly sched-
ule until the morning cars begin to
run. This would also afford a means
of many people getting to their work
early iii the morning in Atlantic City.
The frat morning zeal now leaves here
at 8 O'Clock, whe' ~ie there We're
earlier mornir- Working
on milk ,ein
ea0nG -
n,ent hon tinfe. ne rlnie seems 10
have come for further trolley service
and the matter will ben kept fresh in
the minds of those interested until
some definite results are obtained.
An article appeared in a Philadel-
phia paper this week which suggested
improvement of the Longp@t beach
and a through trolley route to Ocean
City from Atlantic City, via Longport.
This article suggested that the Shore
Fast Line could then be abandoned in
sofar as the mainland route vas con
cerned and the Suburban route could
care for the mainland traffic. The
writer of that article apparently did
not consider the fact that the Subur-
ban route is a single track road, n
that now with both the Suburban and
Shore Fast Line running, there are
times when both roads are taxed to
their full capacity to carry the traYel-
ing public. Instead of abOlishing the
Shore Fast Line, ii would seem more
probable hat additional facilities
might be added, especially in the bus
Ter seasons of the year. The writer
of the article in question is evidently
ignorant of the rapid increase in the
population of P%leasantville and other
mainland towns bordering the trolley
lines. If he were familiar with the
conditions, his suggestions would sure
ly have followed other lines than
those indicated.