Palisadian., 1923-10-05
BY LOCAL CAR RIDERS
Sc FARE NOT FANC|ED
Who Must Pay 1Oc to Go to 42nd
Street Ferry; Zone System
Cause of Increase.

On MONDAY last the new &c rare
went into effect for trial by the Pub
lie Service Corporation and was in
tended primarily to affect the larger
cities like Hoboken, Jersey City, etc.,
where the Public Service is confront
ed with serious bus competition.
The local boroughs are affected in
the following way: On cars running
to Englewood. Mcrsemere, Tenafly,
ETC., and on the Palisade ave. Fort Lee
cars there is no change in the rate of
fare, but the cars coming from the
42nd street ferry collect SC from the
ferry to Hudson Heights, paid upon
entrance, and sc more from Hudson
Heights to Palisade Junction, paid as
you leave, and the additional fare to
Fort Lee or Coytesville is SC.
1t now costs 10c to ride to Grant
! wood or Palisade from the 42nd street
ferry in place of SC and no transfers
can be obtained, and to Fort Lee the
price is 1Sc instead of los as hereto
! fore
In going to Jersey City or Hoboken
one must pay at least 15c and some
times zoe, depending on the route they
take.
In an editorial last Tuesday the
Hudson Observer sums the situation
up as follows:
Probably no populous section of
the State has been as unfavora bly
affected by the change in trolley rates
as the southern and eastern portions
of Bergen County, particularly the
| communities of Fairview and Cliffside
Park. Despite posters displayed at the
Hoboken terminals and elsewhere pro-
claiming the latter municipality to be
within the ten-cent area, it is impos-
s1ble to reach either Jersey City or
Hoboken from there without paving
fifteen cents, and the most direct route
to the latter city involves the payment
of four fares. Similarly, it has here
tofore been possible for residents of
this section to reach the Fort Lee fer
ry for one fare and transfer. Now
| two fares are exacted.
What the outcome will be is prob
lematlcal, but an increase of approx
mately 125 per cent as is involved in
some of these rides, was certainly new
er contemplated by the Utility Board
when it made its fare proposal. Nei-
ther does it seem to square with the
letter of the Public Service to the
board accepting the offer, in which,
after enumerating the changes in
volyed, the company went on to say:
Fare conditions not specifically here
lnbelow referred to, to remain for the
present as they now are If that did
not mean continuation of eight cents
and a transfer from South Bergen to
Hoboken and Jersey City, what did il
mean?
Continuation of present conditions
will seriously impair property values
in all the section referred to. Lacking
a prompt correction by the company.
the only recourse is boycott on the
cars in favor of the buses or an appeal
to the Public Utility Board, or both.
Here is a chance for some municipal
ofhclals to perform a real public serv-
ice"
An attack on the zoning system of
fares in use by the Public Service Rail
way Company was launched Wednes.
day night by residents of Coyetesville
and Englewood Cliffs at a meeting
held in the Englewood Cliffs school
house. A resolution asking the utility
commission to make a change in the
rate schedule will be presented to the
commission within few days.
The resolution follows:
BE 1t resolved that it is the sense
OF this meeting of the people of En-
glewood Cliffs and Coytesville that
the rate of fare as at present levied
by the Public Service Railway Com
pany is unjust and discriminating
lnasmuch as the rate of fare has been
increased approximately 1917 per cent
from Coytesville to Weehawken, and
from Coytesville to Englewood City
about "a per cent; and further that
fare OF eight cents from Coytesville to
Palisade Junction is excessive;
And be it further resolved that we
hereby pray the Public Utilities Com.
mission to afford immediate relief by
putting in effect such rate of fare as
will equalize the tariff from Coytes-
vile to Weehawken ferry; and fur
ther that the rate of fare from Coytes-
vile to Palisatle Junction be at five
cents with one cent transfer from
Palisade junction to Edgewater ferry"