The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-09
HOUSE In STREET
TIES UP CLINTON AVENUE
TROLLEY LINE.

House movers cut a big figure as far
as the patrons of the Clinton avenue
trolley line. west of Bergen street. are
concerned. That thoroughfare was tied
up yesterday from early in the nor
ing until 5 o'clock last night.
John p. Dexheim & Son. house
movers, had the contract to move the
building at 493 Clinton avenue to 100
Chadwick avenue. and they de-
cided to do the job yesterday. As a
result the trolley patrons in that sec
ton of the city were made to suffer.
However. the weather was sueh that
this little inconvenience did not seem
TO annoy the citizens to any great ex-
tent.
When the removal was first proposed
1t was planned to do as much of the
work as possible by night. District
Superintendent Graham of the Public
Service Corporation, a in favor of
this method. as the trolley wires in
Clinton venue would have to be taken
down in order to let the house pass.
His idea was to nave the men start at
midnight and get out of Clinton avenue
by 8 o'clock in the morning, thus block
ing traffic only when 1t was light
est. The plan was abandoned when
1t was put up to the lighting depart
ment, however, as two of the feeders
for the lights in the hill section pass
through the street, and II the wires had
to come down at that time of night all
that part of the city would be in dark
ness. Dexheimer, the contractor. was
i'm favor of leaving the work until later
in the day, as his men could work
faster, so the time set for the beginning
was 6 o'clock in the morning.
The Public Service men were at the
house by the time specified yesterday
morning, but the employees of the tele-
phone company. who were to take care
of their wires, did not appear until two
hours later, so the day was well adj
vanced before the actual work began.
A little difficulty was encountered by
the trees, and 1t was the cracking OF
their branches that awoke David Bran-
ley, a part owner, who lives at the cor
ner of Bergen street and Clinton ave-
nue.. He did not know until then that
the building was to be moved yester-
day.
Besides the lighting and power wires
and the feed cables strung along the
tops of the trolley poles, the cross wires
had to be taken down. This wasn't all
lone at once, but only as the moving
house reached them. and they were re-
placed as soon as 1t had passed. The
corner of Chadwick and Clinton ave-
nues was the most difficult point in the
route, for the house had to be turned
at right angles SO that when the lot
where 1t is to rest Is reached 1t can be
set on the foundations more easily. The
slipperiness of the streets was also a
source of trouble TO the movers, for the
horse attached to the ~windlass fell on
the slushy pavement in many cases.
BY the time the house had reached
the corner 1t was nearly 4 o'clock, and,
though only one set of wires remained
to be ~readjusted, the real of the build
ing still rested across the tracks, keep
ing the cars from passing. Another
hours work and Clinton avenue was
clear and the cars running again.
Work was stopped shortly after dark
and the house is within seventy-five
feet of where it will be placed perma-
nently some time today.
There was some doubt last night as
TO who signed the permit from the
| Board of Works, allowing the moving
to take place. C. NJ. Shipman. gen.
eral superintendent of works, said that
he knew nothing of such a permit be-
ing granted. and declared that he had
never heard of a house being moved on
| Sunday. Shortly afterward Cofnmis-
sioner Frank J. Book, head of the De-
partment of Streets and Highways, the
only other person with authority to is
sue removal permits, said that the per-
nit did not come from him. Mr.. Bran
ley admitted that he did not know
through what channel the permission
had been received. but asserted that
the permit had been granted and paid
for. and that the matter had been left
in the hands of Mr.. Dexl1eimer.