The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
BIG TROLLEY TIEUP
BOUND CROWDS
INCONVENIENCE.
Cars Stalled for an Hour and Passengers
Take to shank's Mare-De-
lay Explained.

Because the water in he Passaic
River fell below the mouth of the In
take pipe through which water is
drawn to supply the condensers on
nearly a score of engines in the main
power plant of the United Electric
Company cars On a majority Of the
trolley lines in the city were stalled
for almost an hour last evening, and 1t
is estimated that fully 1000 passengers
walked.
The electric lights In trolley cars began to
grow dim at sos o'clock and two minutes
later they ceased to glow and the cars
stopped, for there was no motive power 10
operate them, Two or three times the
electric current was turned on and the cars
moved a few yards. and 1t was Z o'clock
when enough motive power was
through the feed cable to run all the cars
again on time. The lines most affected by
the loss of power were the Central avenue.
Bloomfield avenue. Roseville and Turnpike,
and the Clifton avenue and Bergen street
crosstown lines. Some Of these lines were
operated a little with power from a small
plant In part.
AS the accident occurred in the rush
hours the cars were filled will people ON
their way home from work, and many OF
them were very indignant at the delay,
and also because when they decided 10
walk home and asked that their fares he
returned to them the conductors declined
to return the money. saying the cars would
proceed as soon as power was secured.
Crowds of men and women had to stand
in the Market street station of the Penn
sylvania Railroad for an hour waiting for
the operating of cars on Market street.
But the cars on Broad street were not af-
fected by the loss of power at the power
plant. Many cars were stalled in Market
and Washington streets, in Central and
and Clifton avenues, and pas
sengers had to get out of the cars and
walk to their homes as a drizzling rain
set In.
Vice-President A. B. Carlton, Of the
Public Service Corporation, has charge of
the trolley department of hat concern.
said this morning that the United Elec-
tric Company supplies power from their
plants to operate the trolley cars in New
ark, and that the accident that caused the
loss of motive power last evening was I'M
for a combination of tide and
wind carried so much water from the
river to the Newark Bay that a sufficient
supply of water for the condensers could
not be obtained.
Dudley Farrand, general manager of the
United Electric Company, said that the
trouble was caused by an unexpected COM
blnation of tide and wind, the latter blow
ing strong down the river. which drove so
much water out into the bay that the
water in the river fell below the intake
pipe through which water is drawn from
the river to supply the condensers on the
engines In the Rive street power plant.
About LOCO, 900 gallons an hour is drawn
from the river for this purpose, and this
large amount could not be taken from the
supply of Newark, for 1t would
amount to 24,000,0 900 gallons every twenty
four hours.
THE combination of wind and tide came
at the worst time for us, when the rush
of people for home was on said Mr..
I'VE got all the power we could
the plant at Marion at once. but it
was not enough to operate the Newark
cars on most of the lines.
when the supply Of water to the ton
densers failed the engines in the power
house stopped, for the vacuum power be-
lost, as every engineer understands. We
could not get enough water from the city
to feed all the condensers, and we
had to wait until we got the reserve appa-
-atus lii working order and the river water
re- sc.
For several months there has been but
very little delay or any of the trolley
lines here because of lack of motive power
from our plant. The combination OF tide
and wind may not happen again in years,
and yet 1t might occur at any time, for no.
body can foresee the working of Natures
elt ments.