Re: (rshsdepot) NJ streetcars to NYC via Staten Island . . .

[Seth Bramson <sbramson_@_bellsouth.net>]

"Paul S. Luchter" wrote:

> I also saw an article 1895 about plans for NJ traction to use ferries to Whitehall Street from Staten Island (at Fulton Street) but don't remember how exactly it would have gotten to Staten Island-wish I'd copied that article, sorry..
>
> Do you folks remember, when we were on the B&O/S. I. thread, I wrote that I couldn't remember the name of the place where I thought there was a rail crossing from S. I. to NJ, and it turned out to be (I thought) Perth Amboy, but was
> told there was never same at P. A.   Well, I think I may have seen the article Paul is referring to and I THINK it mentions the crossing (planned) at Perth Amboy, which, as I understand it (never unhappy about the folks on this list
> correcting me!) is the closest point in NJ to SI.  Is that correct?  If so, since I believe NJ electric railway service either went to or was planned for P. A., that would have been the logical crossover point, no?

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