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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 |