Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-14
NOT To OPERATE
CARSAT PRESENT
Company Working on Plan Of
Settlement, WakeIee Says
at Public Hearing Today
SERVICE WILL FOLLOW
Plan viii be Ready in a Few
Days-"WiII Settle" Cues
ton, is Claim

NEWARK, Aug. 1.-The
Public Service Railway Com
pany does not intend to put
its trolley cars back into sers
vice for the public until it has
had time to present plan Of set
tlement which its officials are
now preparing, according to I
statement of Vice President Ed
mund w. Wakelee of the com-
pany, made to Chairman Osborn
of the Public Utility Commits.
sion, at the opening of the lat
ter's public hearing into the
strike today.
M. Wakelee declared that kxhs
corapany's plan would "setf <hs
resumption of service '.and s
the plan would be ready IN a
days"
When the hearing opened. Will
vas called by the commission orde1#
Ing the trolley company --zp.--pss--.-=
cause why it should noS, furs1lsh troll
ley service, Chairman Osborne asked
Mr.. Wakelee why the company fn4'
not resumed service. The reply wa y
that the company had a plan OF set
tlenent under Consideration and
that Mr.. Wakelee felt the Commits
sion would not insist that a half
baked plan" be offered before it was
ready.
Mr.. Wakelee added thai he was
mot so sure that the people want
service resumed this afternoons
Answering Chairman Osborn
question as to when the plan would
be ready, Mr.. Wakelee said that It
was expected to be ready in few
days. I'VE hope we may be able to
present a plan of settlement which
will meet with the general approval
of not only this board but the peo=
pie of the state"
Your plans are too indefinite.
said Mr.. Osborn. The answer TO
the boards order would be a re-
sumption of service and operation
of the cars"
When MIR. Osborn accused the
trolley company of not making ariy
efforts to settle the strike, Mr.. Wake
lee said that they were before tta
board today 10 settle that question.
Declaring that he did not know thsA
the public was interested in a re
sumption of trolley traffic, he added
'Our plan will settle the question
of the resumption of service"
After stating that the plan would
be ready in few days, Mr.. Wakelee
was asked if the company intended
to resume service in the meanWhile.
The reply was in the negative.
Counsel for Newark. Paterson.
Passaic, Jersey City and other Inu-
inequalities were represented at the
hearing. George L. Record of Jer-
sey City, appeared for the New Jer-
sey Bus Transportation Association.
particularly busmen or
Hudson county.
President Thomas N. McCarter, ofs
the company has said in a letter toi|
Commission Chairman Osborn that
the matter of the strike and trolley
has reached a point beyond
which a settlement of the wage ques-
ton alone would not be sufficient.
Other than that Mr.. McCarter has
not made known any of his views
upon the question. It was said he
was expected to be at the hearing
today. having previously attended all
hearings involving the company.
William Wepner. chairman OF the
joint conferences board
and president of the Essex county To-
cal of the union, told the men at a
meeting yesterday that he expected
a supplemental plan for reorganiz-
alton of the company would be place
Ell before the commission today. This
and substitution of buses for nom
paying trolley lines and elimination
OF the present bus and trolley con1-
petition, are matters expected to be
discussed today.
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