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METUCHEN TAXICAB SERVICE


As presented in the 1947 Metuchen Guide to Better Business & Pleasure

 

Day and night service with a fleet of seven cabs is rendered by two taxicab companies conveniently located by the Pennsylvania Railroad Station on the arriving from New York side.

PROPRIETORS

A. Donato of Independent Taxi - Tel. MEtuchen 6-1177
J. Cotton and C. Carney of Metuchen Taxi - Tel. MEtuchen 6-0064

FARES WITHIN BORO LIMITS

For 1 or 2 persons - 0.35
For each additional person - 0.15

FARES FROM METUCHEN TO:

(Fares listed below are for 1 or 2 persons. Each additional person 25 cents)

Menlo Park - 0.50 South Plainfield - 1.50
(Outskirts) - 0.75 New Brunswick - 2.00
Raritan Township - 0.50 Plainfield - 2.00
(Outskirts) - 0.75 Perth Amboy - 2.00
Fords - 1.00 Rahway - 2.50
Iselin - 1.00 Woodbridge - 2.50
Oak Tree - 1.00 Dunellen - 3.00
Raritan Arsenal Main Gate - 1.00 Lincoln Gardens - 3.00
Raritan Arsenal Nixon Gate - 1.00 South Amboy - 3.00
Stelton Corner - 1.00 South River - 4.00
Camp Kilmer - 1.50 Newark - 8.00
Highland Park - 1.50 Trunks Extra - 0.50

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