Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-09-21
CARS ARE
AGAIN IN
SER VICE
Service is Started in Some
Sections of the State this
Morning
CARS THIS AFTERNOON
South Amboy-NeW Brunswick
Service Will be Delayed
for Longer Time


At exactly 1:45 o'clock this after
noon the first car to operate for the
carrying of passengers since The
strike left the car barns in Smith
street and proceeded to State street,
when it left on schedule at 1853 for
Railway and Westfield. The car was
number 1914. Other cars followed
on schedule shortly after this.
The first Fords and Keasbev car
left the ferry at 1856 o'clock and the
New Brunswick car at 2:11 O'CLOCK.
The first car on the Newark fast line
left this city at 2:08 o'clock. Service
on regular schedule was maintained
after this hour.
Operation of the Public Services
trolley cars will begin in Essex Hud
son Passaic and central divisions
today at O'Clock. This was the
word received from the company IA
a telephone conversation at 11.1s
today. The operation of the Bergen
division began yesterday and it was
fully intended to start the other d.
visions at 5:2S o'clock this morning.
but lack of men to operate cars IS
reported as the reason for the de-
lay. This city, Ne wBrunswick and
surrounding municipalities are IN
central division and at car barns
here it is said that everything is in
readiness to start operation at
o'clock.
Although cars will be run in this
city, New Brunswick and vicinity, It
/ will probably be several days beforn
service is given South Amboy rs a
sewer contractor in South River had
thrown material on the car tracks
land this must be removed before
icars can operate. ServIce cn ria
southern division win begin tomor-
row.
] At the local car barns Il was re-
ported that the delay n operating
tine cars en- regular seae zuia this
morning was caused by she men
who had obtained other positions
desiring not to leave their employ
ers without first giving notice. Spec
ial cars were. however. run over The
entire system this morning TO re-
open the tracks which may have be-
come closed by sand due 70 the
heavy rain last night. and early this
morning. The regular schedule VIII
be maintained after o'clock It Is
said.
Service Throughout State
NEWARK. Sept. 21.-Hopes for
trolley service in this city today
were blasted by the lack of returns
Ing platform men. The Public Ser
. vice Railway Company expects 10
give the public trolley transporta-
| tion here tomorrow, after having
been without it since Aug. l.
In Passaic county the Hudson
Rlver line operated on an eighty per
cent. schedule today Paterson win
not get service on its city lines nn-
til Saturday.
John L. o'Toole, vice president OF
the company. announced at noon
tnat trolleys would begin running in
TINS county and als1 IN Union and
dldolesex counties, at 2 o'clock to-
/ day. Mr.. O'Toole said that seventy
per cent OF the company's platform
men had returned today and that
service in those counties would there.
lore start at three-fourths full sched-
ule. By Sunday. he said. service
throughout the state would be 90
to 100 per cent normal.
The Hackensack-Newa line be-
gan nearly fun service today. "
Camden Situation
CAMDEN, Sept. 21:-Partial troll.
ley service was resumed in Camden
and nearby suburbs this afternoon.
Complete service viii be resumed ia.
morrow morning Martin Schreider.
manager of the southern division 81
the Public Service Railway COM
pany, announced today. Service was
begun on the Haddon Heights and
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