The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
Must Light, Ventilate and
Protect Its Trains in
Jersey City Tunnel.
LACKAwANNA YIELDS
Interlocking Switch Will Prevent
More Accidents at Bloomfield.
Oil Lamps for Lighting Cars
Will Be Abolished by
Commission.
Especial to the Evening STAR ]

TRENTON, Aug. 24-Several impor-
tant hearings are scheduled to take
place before the State Board of Rail-
road Commissioners at their offices at
the State House on Tuesday, August q.
Omcials of several roads, of whom COM
plants have been made, have been re-
quested to appear before the commits
sioners.
OF the complaints pending one is
against the Erie Railroad Company for
running passenger cars improperly
ventilated and insufficiently lighted
while running through the tunnel at
Jersey City, thereby subjecting passen-
gers to much discomfort and annoy
ance; also that the rear end of passen-
ger trains are occasionally not pro-
tected with signal lamps to warn ap-
preaching trains while in the tunnel.
Complaint has also been made about
the inadequate accommodations for the
purchase of tickets at the Jersey City
depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. 1t is complained that as this
station is one of the busiest on the line
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, it very
frequently happens that many persons
desiring to purchase tickets either have
to wait In line at the window and miss
train, or pay their fare on the train.
Another matter to come before the
commission on Tuesday next Is the ad-
journed hearing in connection with the
placing of a derail at Franklin juno
ton, where the Lehigh and Hudson
River Railway crosses the tracks of the
New York, Susquehanna and Western
Railroad. The Inspector of the COM
mission, 1t appears, has examined the
conditions at this crossing and has ad
vised the commission that the crossing
would be made more safe by installing
a derail.
AS a result of an investigation and a
conference with the officials of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad Company In connection with
the accident which occurred at Bloom
field recently, the railroad company.
upon the suggestion of the railroad
commission, has ordered materials for
an interlocking switch system, and the
work is now under way and will soon
be completed. With this modern de-
vice in place the danger of accidents at
this point will be obviated.
The inspectors of the commission
have been making an examination of
the passenger equipments of several of
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oil lamps are still being used for light
ing cars. This system of lighting, 1t
is understood, the commission will en-
deavor to abolish entirely on all rail-
roads running throughout the State and
thus lessen the possibility of danger to
the travelling public
The commission has decided that
they will take up all complaints in
the order in which they are filed, dis
cuss the questions involved, and those
requiring examination on the ground
will be turned over to the inspectors
of the board for investigation. Copies
of complaints in each case, where
formal complaint is received by the
commission, will be served on the rail-
road company against whom the COM
plant is made, and hearings held by
the commission, with all interested
parties present.
Besides the complaints above stated
there have been numerous others
lodged with the commission, and in
vestigations are being made concerning
them.