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editorial the Editor v ' Seashore Train Needs Voting Your Choice Direct Line To Phila.

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( ape May County reaMenta have an obligation to meet Nov. «. It doean't require much time, little energy and roata nary a dime, lliat obligation ia to VOTE. Votera across the nation aeem to be disenchanted with politics, politicians, government and their relationship to the individual. Only about 54 per cent of those eligible to vote in this country do. It ia probably the very same 54 per cent who wail the loudest when "our" elected official* don't do things as "they" would have them done. (live us a break. How are elected officials supposed to know how things should be done unless the people they represent let them know. The most effective way to let them know Is by voting them in or out. We guarantee they’ll get the message real fast. And. please don’t bore us with the ok) excuse. "What |gan one person do?" One. dear readers, is the bask unit of everything. It Is the foundation of every type, character and system. And. it Is the endpoint of everything - harmony. unity, decisiveness. Granted, the choices are not always clear. One person standing on a soapbox looks about the same as another. Masks can be interchanged so fast it’s difflcult to tell when you’re really dealing. However, with careful reflection on WHAT the candidates have said and HOW they’ve said It an Intelligent decision can be made. And. for those who STILL are either too laxy, don’t care or simply have no clvk conscience-you’ve already casted your vote. Just don’t whine about the results Nov. 7.

Urges Bond Issue Defeat

To The Editor: The start of a recession is no time to go further in debt. And yet the taxpayers are being urged to approve on November 6 two bondsa huge $475 million transportation bond and a $95 million higher education bond. New Jerseyans are already obligated to pay off 2.6 billion from prior bond issues. We've still got over a half billion dollars to pay on the 1968 transportation bond. And believe it or not we are still paying on the 1930 highway improvement and grade erasing bond. At todays interest rates we would be agreeing to pay back over a billion dollars. This would put a damper on the New Jersey economy as people and businesses would be squeezed for more taxes. The Federal Reserve is telling us that too much borrowing has been one of the causes of the inflation which plagues us all. The State bureaucracy tells us they need the money to, among other things, repair the roads. It is most unsound to borrow long term to pay for repairs which ought to come out of the current budget. That's how New York City got in

trouble. It's not that the motorists aren’t already paying for roads. The state collects over a half billion dollars every year in fuel taxes and license fees. But only one dollar out of four so collected actually goes back into highways. Road repairs and improvements should have a top claim on the money collected from highway users. The State Department of Transportation has had its budget skyrocket fivefold since 1965. But they fritter the money away on red tape, on subsidies to empty buses and samilar wasteful expenditures rather than the services needed. Giving them more money to spend is not the answer. With college enrollments projected to decline we question the need for more capital expenditures in this area. A friend of mine says that any taxpayer who votes for the bonds ought to make an appointment to see a psychiatrist. I think the taxpayers would be well advised to vote NO on the bonds on November 6.

To The Editor:

In the Ofctober 20 issue of The Atlantic City Press, Debbie Lawler of the N.J. Dept, of Transportation was quoted as saying that there are "definite plans to upgrade” the Conrail seashore trains between Lindenwold and

Philadelphia.

I am glad to hear this; I

During this operation our Commuters’ Club recorded many times that only 20 percent of the riders from Cape May, Wildwood, Cape May Court House and Ocean City got off at Lindenwold; the remaining 80 percent rode into Philadelphia. Later, when the seashore train was terminated at Lindenwold

commuted for 10 years on ' moot of the 80 percent had thoee trains from Cape to tlbke the transfer to the

May Court House to

Philadelphia.

To upgrade the service to and from South Jersey, I suggest that the practice of running the trains directly into Philadelphia once again be 1 made a definite part of your plans. This could be done with little or no expense because the tracks are there, being used for freight traffic

only.

I make this recommendation because when the high-speed line between Lindenwold and Philadelphia was completed the seashore trains stopped at Lindenwold and then proceeded on to Philadelphia, stopping at the North Philadelphia and 30th Street stations. It was not necessary, therefore, for the riders from South Jersey to change trains at Lindenwold. Condemns Inhumane Animal Treatment To The Editor: As an animal lover and dog owner I must say your editorial of Oct. 25sure was more than true. It is an absolute disgrace the way owners treat animals, and the way they let them run loose and litter people's property. You can’t blame the dog, just the careless people who just don’t care. Maybe we need more releases in the paper on such occurrences or a "pooper scooper"law. There are people who don’t even know there are dog laws here or a Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) or dogcatcher. We need more publicity on the

same.

Animals are abandoned on roadsides in street, etc. It is very inhumane. Also, people shoot birds, and rabbits just for sport then leave them lay on the ground. It is jint terrible what people do, if you call (•Km people. Vincent McMahon

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The elimination of the transfer at Lindenwold would be a great convenience to all riders going into Philadelphia, especially those with heavy or bulky luggage, and would encourage many more people to ride the seashore lines. Sincerely, Robert R. BusvMI

Avalon

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Bradley Backs Transpo Bond

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WASHINGTON - Sen. Bill Bradley, D-NJ, has announced his "enthusiastic endorsement of a $475 million Transportation Bond issue that will be on the ballot Election Day,

Nov. 6.

Bradley stated that passage of the bond issue would insure better bus and rail service and the restoration and upgrading of deteriorated roads and bridges throughout the

state.

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Bporta'tten and recognize the rrild to repair and restore our existing roads and bridges," Bradley said in a speech before the Association of New Jersey Ejivvcxfment Commissioners at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, New Jersey on Oct. 30. He stated that the bond issue is designed to accomplish exactly those goals, and will also work to conserve energy and save tax-

payers' money.

"The bond issue will enhance the energy efficiency of our state, both by making public transit more attractive and by untangling dozens of severe congestion points on our local and state roads. I have dedicated extensive effort as a member of the Energy Committee in the U.S. Senate to promote the conservation of oil, so I wholeheartedly support the Transportation Bond Issue because it will foster gasoline conservation right here in New Jeney,” he

and due it. When the bond issue passes, New Jersey will be able to obtain its fair share of those funds," said Bradley. The bond issue will provide funding for the following programs: Eighty million dollars for state aid to counties and municipalities. —$48 million for the rehabilitation of local and county roads. —120 million to provide the "state match" to attract an additional $51.2 million in backlogged federal aid lot local and county roads. -$12 million for urban targeting. $150 million for public

transit

—for construction of 5,000 bus shelters. —for construction of more than 20 additional park and ride lots —for improvement of rail and bus passenger information services through station paging systems, statewide phone information service, uniform and comprehensive timetables —for improvement of rail and bus passenger information service, uniform and comprehensive timetables. —for improvement of rail parking facilities to enable faster repair of

buses and rail equipment -for critically needed repairs on several hundred railroad bridges —for pollution control equipment at fueling sties —for station improvements at Trenton, MetroPark and Newark on the Northeast Corridor —for Joint Development Urban Inititative projects to encourage urban redevelopment and transit use —for general repair of tracks and equipment on aU rail lines. $245 million for the rehabilitation of state roads —$20 million to be reserved to alleviate critical areas of congestion at key circles and in-

—for bridge rehabilitation and reconstruction —for roadway rehabilitation, resurfacing and safety —for the installation of center safety barriers With his endorsement, Senator Bradley joins a long list of civic, business, labor and government groups and leaders who have endorsed the Transportation Bond Issue which will appear on the ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Polls will be open from 7 a.tn. toSp.m.

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rehabilitating and __ srving our existing system, the bond issue will save New Jersey taxpayers' money," ha said. Bradley also noted that the bond Issue will enable New Jersey taxpayers to get greater benefit from the federal taxes they are already paying. In most cases, federal transportation programs will provide Win federal aid for every state dollar, but a "state ihatch" for New Jersey has often been lacking. "It Is time that New Jersey stopped cheating itself and secured the hundreds of millions of dollars that are backlogged

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