New-York tribune., 1905-06-21
NEWARK IN 30 MINUTES
PUBLIC SERVICE PLANS.
Rnmd Transit to Manhattan-Rodd
Lies PartIy an Morris Canal.

LIES TNTLlT IU Ih VI To S(U'eNe"
when the question of the abandonment OF the
Morris Canal was under discussion during 1he
session of the New-Jersey Legislature last VIII
ter Thomas n. McCarter, president OF the az
lie Service Corporation, said that MS corpofa
t;oo did not want the canal bed between Jersey
CITY and Newark it had alreaay acquifeu
prfvate right of way between the Fassaic a
tbo tJudson rivers. What the corporation desired
was the canal right of way west Oh 6foau-'
Newark. to connect with the private rlsht Oh
- -rta nrrnosa was to build an electric high
snaea road without grade crossings to connect
with the Jersey City tunnels. subsequently
sale was made of property with large froh'ase
on Park Place adjoining Proctor's Iheaue, III
Newark to Thomas N. McCarter ana o@ai W.
Carter The purchase was explained as p0ieiS
,,.o+e ;ox,es+rnent The rear of the property
4, :, Priest Between Pine-st. and the
,,assaic River is comparatively cheap land, COW
cred by old houses and shanties Ihe colpoia
ton ACQUIRED enough OF this territory LUZ
right of way and yesterday the announcements
was made by President McCarter that an eiec
tric road would now be built with a terminal
in Park Place. Three years ago, when the cor
noration contemplated the acquisition ana use
oe tho canal he'd between Newark and Jersey
CTtv for a trolley freight railroad, it purchaseo
a Mot of ground at Park Place and North Canal
ST in Newark with the object or erec.ihs
large office building. The purpose was also 'iie
removal of Centre Market. which stands over
the canal and the erection of a large union
station and terminal the site. This sohenie
was abandoned and recently the plot OF ground
ACQUIRED for the company's Office was solu'
Plans for a rapid transit electric roao "ere
carefully considered and adopted, and all the
necessary preliminaries have been carried Out
do
following statement:
The road will be built with the finest modern
electrical construction. There VIII be no s[aae
crossings; within the limits Of the city OF Ns"-
ark it will be a sub-surfaoe road, ana @ tile g
saio River will be tunneLed. 1t has not yet oesh
determined whether to tunnel or bridge the
Hackensack River. The route through Jersey
City will be in part elevated and in part neio"
the grade. The project is already nnanceo
To secure the necessary terminal rights IN
New-York City and to construct the road VIII
consume considerable time. but the work VIII De
proceeded with rapidly as possible
In connection with the terminal stetlon IN
Newark the company will erect a building Tor
its Offices The plot at Park Place and Cahal-s'''
heretofore ACQUIRED by Public Service for
building site, has been disposed Of
When the road is completed. passengers VIII
be transported from the centre OF Newark TO tiae
heart of New-York easily in thirty minutes ana
probably in quicker time.
The plan as outlined provides a more direct
and far better entrance into the city OF Newark
than would have been the case had the new ROAD
been built on the bed of the Morris Canal. II
the canal should ever be abandoned as water
wav and become available for railway purposes
it will be practicable to make sub-surface con-
nectior between the new line and the bed OF the
canal at or near Broad-st, in which case the line
could be extended west as far as desirable. Such
an extension, however. is only incidental to the
plan have outlined. the consummation OF
which has been determined upon without refer-
ence tc canal abandonment.
Mr. McCarter does nos indicate in his state
ment how the corporation proposes to get en-
trance into New.York- Some time ago Mr.. Nc
Adoo, president OF the Hudson River Tunnel
Company, stated THAI the tunnel would have no
connection with the Public Service system. but
it is conjectured that President McCarter has
effectsd some arrangement by which the
OF the proposed new rapid transit line can use
the tunnels. TIE route has all been surveyed
and laid out. and all property rights have been
secured in Newark, on the meadows and at
Jersey City. If the Morris Canal be abandoned
for navigation the corporation will bid for the
right of way west of Broad-st, to Bloomfield
and beyond, and Broad-st., Newark, will he
crossed below grade and probably in the present
canal bed. The road will then run in the canal
bed through West Newark. and the steep grades
will be overcome by mechanical devices. To
use the new road for freight purposes would
require the passage Of a legislative act, which
would be opposed by the steam railroads, which
nave always anbdSOH1Zeu SUCH IledSuItS II -
believed that when a modern high speed elec-
trio road, free from grade crossings and having
a terminal within New-York City, is put in
operation it will draw heavily upon the local
passenger traffic of the steam railroads with
appreciably affecting the traffic Of the Plank
Road and Turnpike trolley lines now operated
bv the cornoration. When the Morris Canal bed
west of Broad-st.. Newark. can be utilized for
an extension of the road to Bloomfield. Mont
clair and other large suburban places, inhabited
largely By New-York business men, a con-
siderable patronage will be added, and the
poration will also have the benefit of a large
travel between local points In New-Jersey. Mr..
McCarter is investigating electric traction
conditions in the Middle West and in the North
west.