The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-25
TENDERS NOW
IN lJSECALLED
Worthless
Report by Engineer Sher-
rerd Made to Board of
Works Today.

Chief gineer Morris r. Sherrerd
submitted a report on the trolley car
tenders to the street committee of the
Board of Works this afternoon. In 1t
the engineer said:
T find that the question had recently
been very thoroughly Investigated by
the government engineers for the Rail-
way and Municipal Board of the Prov
ince of Ontario, Canada, with special
reference to the use of car tenders in
the city of Toronto. I also find that
the question is one which has only re-
Gently been re-agitated in q number of
cities I'm this country.
'The prevailing opinion seems to be that
the street railway companies are not in
clined TO make changes in the style of car
tenders. either because of the expense Of
such change or because the state of the
art and design of the fender has not been
sufficiently perfected as to mark any one
of the newer styles of tenders sufficiently
better than those now in use to justify
change.
However. there have certainly been i'm
provements made In the style of tenders,
and, from my personal observation, l
would report that where sort of snow
plow fender Immediately In front of the
forward wheels is rigidly attached to the
trucks, so that the same may travel close
10 IDG pavement 10 hofhf 0iit1iitA hSRh
with or without additional fender on the
front of the car, 1t seems 10 be the most
efficient means OF preventing loss of life,
but not the most efficient means of pro-
tecting persons from injury.
"Since the question has been agitated by
your board, the patentees and manufac-
turers of numerous styles of tenders have
ben In communication with your engineer,
and / have referred all such parties to the
North Jersey Street Railway Company,
feeling that II is only proper that this
company should decide which style of
fender IT would wish to use, and submit
for the approval of this board"
81 am informed that there are several
STYLES of fender in use on the cars in this
city, which are not properly equipped with
mechanism for dropping the same, and
one Can see by casual observation that
there is another style of fender constantly
IN use which is rigidly attached TO the
cars at such a height above the pavement
as to be almost useless In the way Of
protection for fallen body. Certainly.
II this style of fender is TO be continued
In use the additional protection of the
snow-plow fender in front OF the trucks
should, l think, be insisted upon.
Il would recommend to the bonrd that
It should dsapprove of the car tenders now
in use by the North Jersey street RAILWAY
Company, which are certainly inadequate
protection, and insist that the company
should at once make an investigation as to
an improved form of fender which It may
desire to submit to this board for approval.
and that such trial of Tenders shall be i'm
mediately conducted by said company;
otherwise the requirements OF section 744
o fthe revised ordinances be rigidly en-
forced by requesting the Common Council
to revoke the licenses of such cars not
equipped with proper Tenders. and by the
imposition Of the penalty provided for in
said section"
Complaint has been made to the board
that many recent fatal accidents We're due
10 defective tenders.
After receiving Engineer Sherred's re
port the board examined model of Il
fender submitted by Sigmund Spiegel Of
PAS Belmont avenue, who Is seeking to
have them adopted IN Newark. When
the fender strikes a person It falls to the
tracks. making It apparently impossible
for one to go under the car.
Both Engineer Sherrerd and Commits
sioner Denman were in their seats for
the first time since their return from
Mexico whele they attended the annual
cSnvention OF American engineersvo(