Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-08-31
SILzER CONFERS ON
RECEIVER FOR THE
= PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
Governor Will Have Some
thing to Say on Trolley
Strike Situation Today
CONFERENCE IN NEWARK
Public Service Officials in Ses-
sion With Mayor Trying to
Reach Agreement

NEWARK, Aug. 31:-Attorney
General McCran was notified by
Governor Silzer today to meet him
in conference to start legal
proceedings against the Public Ser
vice Railway Company. Mr.. Nc
Gran received the notification at
Paterson. It is expected the confer
ence will be held Immediately.
Governor Silzer and Attorney Gen
eral McCran will confer on starting
receivership proceedings in three
separate clauses.
The first will ask for a receiver
shin of the companys main line
from Newark to Trenton, the appli-
cation to be made under the rail-
road law, which provides that If OPP
erations cease for ten consecutive
days upon a railway line the court
must apply for receivership.
The second clause calls for re-
ceivership application for all the
company's lines on the grounds or
the company's inability to meet
franchise taxes.
The third clause is for quo war
ranto proceedingy to make the COM
pany show cause why it should not
resume operations on its lines.
''Tiie time has come for the state
ito act" the governor declared in his
Setter to Attorney General McCran.
erefore request that you take
- h at once to recover the streets
or the state and to remove there
from the property of the Public
gEervice Railways Company.
nThis can hardly be done by quo
1Rarranto proceedings. In support
Of this you will have among other
.thiugs the conduct of the company
during the past month and also its
admission in its return to the man
4darnus proceedings instituted by the
public utilities board.
Basing the proposed receiversh1p
proceedings upon the bill Tor re-
nairing the streets after removal OF
fhe tracks, the letter said, where
there is a forfeiture of the franchise
the streets must be vacated. when
thew are there will be large bill
for repairing. The state must be
protected for the payment OF the
bill.
therefore suggest that proceed
ings be broug 1t in the court OF chan
Gerry in aid of the quo warranto ana
that application be made for ap-
pointment of receiver to protect
the state and other creditors. Among
I the crs litors are municipalities that
have done paving for this COMPANY
"Application should also be made
for appointment of a receiver for
the Public Service Railroad Com
pany under the railroad act, which
provides for such application when
operation of service has ceased. This
APPLIES to the so-called fast line
from Newark to Trenton" the let.
Ater continued.
"Once the affairs of this company
are in the hands of the court OF
chancery then the court may direct
F4he operation of cars until such time
al the property is sold for the bene-
TT of creditors and for the protec-
/ tion. of the public.
1.-THE present action of the trolley
Hnonnpany is a little short of impu-
Hence. It has our streets and 1t un-
dertapk to run cars on them. 1t
hot even attempt to carry out
ooligations. 1t presents plan
which 1t must know cannot be put
incorporation Immediately and then
~ sits back, coolly Indifferent to the
: Inconvenience caused to the public
Ad TO its obligations to the state"