Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-08-28
MUCH FEELING
At CONFERENCE
Large Delegations Present in
Newark When Matter is
Brought Before Commission
BUS MEN MAKE PROTEST.
George L. Record Presents
Their Case and Offers Ade-
quate Service to Public

NEWARK. Aug. 2S:-Mayors of
northern New Jersey cities, repres
sentatives of busmen's associations.
labor and trolley mems delegates. Of
fcials of the Public Service Railway
Company and interested citizens. q p
peared this morning at the hearing
called by the Public Utility Commis-
sion for discussion and action On the
trolley comoany's strike settlenisnt
plan.
Mayor Hague, of Jersey City. Ma
yor Mcguire, of Passaic, George Il.
Record, of Jersey City, counsel for
the New Jersey BUS Owners Associa,-
ton, are present to oppose the plan.
Busmen in general throughout the
146 municipalities affected by the
trolleymen's mcnth-oid strike haNe
expressed their opposition to the|
plan while the .eompany's striking
trolleymen have generally approve
1T.
Opening the hearing, Chairman
Osborn of the Commission. declared
the object of the meeting was 70 al
low the municipalities 10 be heard
on the strike settlement Edmund
w. Wakelee, vice-president OF 1fa
railway company, as the first speak,
er. traced the company's troubles
and the formation of the setflesneut
plan. Mr.. Wakelee said that he waf
advised the men we're satisfied Will
the wage feature: that ths z
yides for a fair. sane rate; that It Is
devised SO that the public may re-
ceive good, adequate, safe services :
and that it will make possible the
coming of new capital.
William Wepner, president Of the.
trolleymen's local union, and mem
bers of the trolleymen's joint COM.
ference board were present.
Busmen and trolley men divided
honors for numbers in attendance.
the seats at the hearing being &C
cupied largely by one or the other
factions.
John L. O'Toole, vice president. in
charge of public relations; Percy
Young, financial vice president. and
George H. Blake we're other officials
of the railway company at the hear
ing.
George L. Record. appearing a -
counsel for the New Jersey Bus
Owners Association, took the stand
that the commission should adhers
to it's original position of demanding
that the company resume seryicel
preliminary to further negotiations.
George L. Record, of Jersey City
who appeared in opposition 10 the
proposed plan OF the Public Serv-
ice Corporation, in behalf OF cer-l
tain organizations of bus owners|
said:
"On behalf of the central body
OF bus owners OF Hudson eouuty and
the New Jersey State Bus owners,
Association, 1 desire to submit soma
objections 20 the plan proposed ~;
the Public Service Corporation.
This plan is not an attempt to
settle the strike and resume serv-'
ice, because It would not be possibis
for the commission to give the pub
lie hearings and to pass upon the
complicated legal, engin nSerine and
equitable considerations involved for
many months. The plan is an at-
tempt to use the strike as club tc.
compel the public and the commits
sion to submit to the removal OF the.
jitney buses, and TO confer o trans
portation monopoly upon the F'ubiie
Service Corporation.
THE method of acquiring the exs
of property rights which have been
built up by the bus owners with
great industry and ability. The valuA
to the bus owner is In the business
which he has built up by hard work
and much sacrifice. and not In the
value of the bus.
THE commission and the public
should not lose sight Of the fact that
the business built up by the bus
owners is not traffic which ever bes
longed to the Public Service Come
pany. 1t is largely new business
created by the rapid growth OF the
New Jersey municipalities during
the last few years. and which the
Public Service never has been. ana
is not now, equipped to handle. Thia
traffic is at least a third OF the total
now served by both trolleys ana
buses. This business is the resnir
of long and arduous service bg The
bus owners, and the bus permits ti3us
laboriously developed are worth sew
era1 thousand dollars apiece. enfire
ly apart from the value of the buses.
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