Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-18
CARS To STOP
ON JULY 10Th
Notices Posted Today in Jer-
sey Central Traction Line
Trolleys to that Effect
JOBS FOR ALL co. MEN
Action on Transportation
Problem by Different Towns
Will be Taken
JOBS FOR ALL co. MEN

The Jersey Central Traction Com
pany will cease operation at -
o'clock. midnight. July %.
Notices to this effect have been
posted in all cars operating over the
line today. The posting of these
notices is in keeping with the order
of the Public Utility Commission.
when it granted the company permis-
sion to abandon the line, that a ten
day notice must be giAsn to each
municipality through which the cars
operate.
The appearance of the notices to-
day was surprise as it was general
ly supposed the cars would remain in
operation until after Labor Day. The
notice reads as follows:
In accordance with the decision
of the Board of Public Utility Com
missioners of the State of New Jer-
sey, In the matter of the application
OF the Jersey Central Traction Com
pany for the abandonment of its
line. Notice is hereby given that
the operation of the said lines will
cease at IL o'clock midnight, the %
day of July 1929" ---s--e
The notice is signed by w. H
Hitchcock, general manager of the
line and is dated Keyport, July IT
The company employs at the
present time between sixty-five and
seventy men and Mr.. Hitchcock sait
today many of these have already
obtained positions and the minute
they run their cars in the barn at
midnight July 2S, they will have
other employment. A few men
will be employed by the Monmouth
Lighting Company of which Mr.
Hitchcock is also general manager
Some of the men have been with the
Traction Company for the past
twenty-six or twenty-seven years
and know no other line but opera
ton of trolley cars.
AT the present time, Mr.. Hitch
cock could not say definitely in
what manner the rolling stock and
other equipment of the company
would be disposed of. The car
barns at Union, Mr.. Hitchcock said
might be leased to a factory as it
Is an ideal building for this pur-
pose.
When the company petitioned the
mission to abandon the line, the rea-
son given was the falling off in fares
due to the private owned automo-
bile. The officials of the company
maintained the company was los
ing $4,000 month by continuing the
operation of the line.
The trolley cars of the Jersey
Central Traction company operate
between this city, South Amboy
Keyport, Matawan, Keansburg
Highlands, and Red Bank. Since the
Public Utility Commission had given
the permission for the company tc
abandon the line these municipali-
ties have been considering other
means of transportation. Several
conferences have been held by the
authorities of the municipalities in
Monmouth county and uniform bus
ordinances have been or are being
drawn. Many applications for bus
permits have been received by the
various municipalities.
The principal disadvantage in the
operation of buses is the heavy
traffic on route No. of the State
highway where the congestion o.
traffic is such that it takes the or
binary automobile on week-ends
from two to four hours to run be-
tween this city and Keyport. 1t is
problem as to how buses can be
operated over this highway on any
kind OF schedule, at least on Satur-
days and Sundays when traffic is
the heaviest.