Porinton Explains
Trolley Sitnatioi
(Continued, from Page 1)
ities over our lines. By prudenl
economy and conservative man
agement, we have been able tc
keep our head above water, but
there is no denying of the fact
that insofar that we are operat
ing in a resort which is largely—
almost entirely—dependent upon
its intinerant population, we must
stand prepared at certain times
of the year to carry vast crowds,
and at other periods of the year,
we are completely dependent upon
the local population.
This fact alone precludes the
possibility of any transportation
company earning extraordinary
or substantial dividends in this
territory, for the simple reason
that the overhead continues twelve
months in the year, and the good
business is unfortunately confined,
at the besf; to four months in the
year. If we could sustain the
business the year through that we
do in July and August, our books
would show an entirely different
story, but unfortunately, this is
not the case.
In the month of May this year,
our receipts were behind those of
last year, and June, which is
usually a good month, showed no
improvement. This, of course,
was due to a great extent to the
inclement weather which was so
prevalent during this period that
it kept thousands of excursionists
away from our resort who would
undoubtedly have been here if the
skies had been clear and the
weather propitious.
Under these circumstances,
even if there should be an im
provement in July and August,
we can at no time hope to do any
better than we did last year, and
we will be indeed grateful if our
receipts are as good as they were
last year.
A year ago we arranged with
our employees a schedule of opera
tion which was satisfactory to
both sides, and which we believed
was broad and liberal, and many
of our employees seemed thor
oughly content up to the very
hour of their going “out.” During
the last year, and since this sched
ule was arranged, the general cost
of living has declined. Merchan
dise of all kinds is lower in price
than it was a year ago. In fact,
The Prudent
Man
makes a will and
appoints the yent
nor City National
Bank his Executor
— thus assuring
safety and effici
ency in the settle
ment of his estate.
Consult us freely
about this very im
portant matter.
everything and anything that is
purchasable for the daily life of
a human being costs less than a
year ago. Rentals have softened
in price, but largely on account
of this being a resort, have not de
creased in the same proportion
that merchandise has declined, but
in no instance are they any higher
than last year; and in many cases,
comfortable quarters can be ob
tained at at least some concessions
below last year’s figures.
As we are already paying as
high a wage scale as any trans
portation company in New Jersey,
we were completely at a loss to
understand why under the exist
ing circumstances our employees
should mr'te a demand equivalent
to a raise of 17 per cent, which, if
granted, would simply mean that
it would be only a matter of a
short time when the Atlantic City
and Shore Railroad might be com
pelled again to apply for a re
ceivership, for there is absolutely
nothing to indicate that the earn
ing power can possibly be ahy
greater than it was a year ago.
I am of the personal opinion
that a majority of our former em
ployees have reasoned this matter
out carefully for themselves and
would have been most content to
remain at the old scale—especially
subsequent to our granting almost
a dozen of the minor requests that
they made, and which we were
glad to concede as we found it
possible to do so, but influenced
by agitators with a man on the
ground representing a national or
ganization which knew absolutely
nothing of the details and intrica
cies of the local condition, these
employees were either coerced, in
fluenced, or persuaded by a false
sense of loyalty to a union con
trolled and operated by paid agita
tors who make their livelihood by
operations of this kind, and thus
went forth on a strike.
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r
time upon the return of any of
our old employees, with the ex
ception of those who through their
behavior since their departure in
our opinion have forfeited the
right of re-employment.
Rapidly the vacuum created is
being filled by able men willing
to work on the terms and schedules
that we offered our old employees.
Of course, these will be retained
and a number of our old em
ployees—when they get ready to
come back—will, of necessity, be
crowded out. Such employees that
remained loyal and stuck to their
posts—of which there are quite a
few—will be given their just re
ward by seniority preference.
The whole thing summed up
would evidence the fact that the
Atlantic City and Shore Railroad
has for years tried to preserve
humanitarian rules and extend
considerate kindness to its men.
In previous years, when advances
were demanded and general con
ditions warranted these demands,
the men received them without
controversy and without difficulty,
but a quart cannot be put in a
pint pitcher.
Our books will show that the
earnings of our road have not per
mitted any return to our stock
holders in any way equivalent to
any other kind of safe investment
that they could have made, and
therefore anything that would
tend to practically wipe out the
already meagre earnings of the
corporation could not be con
sidered by a management which
must exercise prudence and care
in the guarding of the interests of
all concerned.
We are now operating Atlantic
Avenue cars and Ocean City
branches on full schedule time.
The men that were brought here
originally as emergency operators
have gradually been eliminated,
and our cars are to a great extent
in the hands of experienced em
ployees who we contemplate re
taining in our employ. At all
events, nothing has been left un
done to guard the interests of the
public, for this corporation real
izes that we have a serious and
holy duty to perform as a public
utility and must extend to the
citizens of these communities and
to the vast visiting public every
facility for safe and expeditious
transportation.”
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