The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-18
WILL SOON BE OPERATED.
CARS TO RUN yTHRoUaH LOCKWOOD '" 4yEsUEBf DECEMBER l.


 sudrs over wsst River on Edgewood Ave que in Weak cendition-cars wn No' Bs Run over 1t Until Strengthened or se~
 Bridge is Built.
 The management of the Edgewood Street Railway company. Is pushing ahead the work of electrically eauiping fits road as fast as possible and Is ex- pected will operate the entire road by the ist of December at the latest At theipresent time the road Is only be- ing operated on Chapel street. College street, George street. sherman avenue and Mott street. but eventually both the Howe and Elm streets and Edge wood avenue tracks will be used.
 For several days n large gang of men has been kept assiduously at work re- pairing the tracks and putting In the cross-overs and switches. The work manship has been of the finest ana the rails and other equipments used are of the very finest material available. The work of construction has been under the supervision of most capa- ble foreman and engineer and the road when completed will be one of the nnest and most comfortable In the city.
 "The road has met with all sorts or obstacles since It's very inception said one of the directors yesterday, put notwithstanding all the opposition IL has come out on top and will In few weeks be in complete operation. Alter we had succeeded in effecting an en- trance into Westville despite the stren- uous and prolonged opposition Of the Fair Haven & westville road, we were next met by the difficulty of securing rails owing to the shut down or the foundry with which we had made contract to supply us with the rails. Finally after a most vexatious delay, we secured our rails and immediately laid our tracks.
 Next came the question of the Edge wood avenue bridge over the West river and it Is this difficulty which Is now confronting us. The bridge is ri- diculously weak and is unsafe for even ordinary travel. Of course 1t is ab- solutely out of the question to run an empty electric car, let alone heavily loaded one, over 1t. The traffic over that bridge on Edgewood avenue de- mands new bridge and one ought cer- tainly to be built and that immediate ly before a fatal accident occurs by the bridge tumbling down while some team is attempting to cross.
 After we ascertained the weakness of the bridge we petitioned the court of common council for permission to strengthen 1t by placing spiles under 1t. This we were willing to do at our own expense, but the city refused to grant us the desired permission. A pe- tition for new bridge was next sent to the court of common council and te- ferred by that body to the joint com mittee on railroads and bridges. Sev- eral meetings were held and at one it was clearly shown that the bridge was not sufficiently strong to bear even the weight of ordinary traffic, l believe that sSatements to this effect was made to the committee by City Engin- ger Kelly.
 "In view of this fact the majority of the committee recommended the con- structing of new bridge, the expense to be borne jointly by the city and town. When the report went to the board of councilmen for action, it was vigorously opposed by Councilman Bishop, who has secured for himself oe, Uol f h, ;ef,p t, quence of his attitude toward contem- plated public improvements. Although the large majority of the councilmen favored the report of the committee, Councilman Bishop by dilatory mo- tions succeeded in having the question laid on the table and action on it post poned until the next meeting of the board.
 . "This action means a serious delay, as in consequence of it, even if the report should finally be accepted, 1t will not be through the court of com mon council in season to go before the board of finance and be figured in the estimate expenses for the next fiscal year. do not know what is the reason for Councilman Bishops opposition to the road, but have heard that it was done in the interest of some other com- pany. In the meantime the public are the only ones who will have to suffer in consequence of the delay. The Edge wood Street Railway company will not run car over the bridge in it's present weak condition. We will however, run cars to one side of the bridge and have another car in waiting on the other side. The passengers will be compelled to walk across the bridge to the other car, but this perhaps will be satisfy ing to Councilman Bishop. The road will, believe, be completed and in run ming order certainly not later than December l." as.
 GUILFORD'S OLD CHURCH.