The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-29

The September term OF court oPene
this morning.
The following grand jurors were called
George w. Swift, Bordentown.
| j. Holmes Longstreet, BordentoWn.
| Howell Stillwell, CrOsswicks.
| William B. Ireland, Northampton.
Joseph G. Bower, Northampton.
Washington l. Irwin. Burlington.
| Edward j. Blair, Burlington.
| Leon W. Estilow, Burlington.
7. j. Donovan, Riverside
BENJAMIN G. Doyle, Delanco.
George w. Mccoy, Riverside.
Alfred Horner, Juliustown.
Edwar G. Allen, Vtncentown.
Edward I. Haines, Lumberton.
William g. LeconeY, MoorestoWn.
Robert M. Snyder, MoOrestoWn.
Frank Rtdgway, New HanoVer.N
Fred W. Branin, MedfOrd.
William E. Hires. RtvertOn.
Howard Mathis, New Gretna.
Joseph S. Parsons, Beverly.
II. Colby Budd, Pemberton.
William +. Morgan, Palmyra;
William A. Townsend, Columbus.
The following applications for license
to sell liquor have been fled
HOTELS.
Mary K. Berry, Mount Holly,
William D. Marren,
Mary J. Davis,
Albert Woifrom, :.
Douglas L. Abrams, Red Lion.
John Kiessling, Riverside.
John Davis, Browns Mills.
Augustus p. R1dgway, near JacoDstoWh'
Thos. j. Barrett, Florence.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Albert Horner, Juliustown.
Lewis III. Wallace, Palmyra.
Louis S. Brown, Vincentown.
WHOLESALE.
George W. Maute, Riverside.
John Blaufuss, Riverside.
Samuel l.. Major, Roebl1ngs.
Of the above two are new applications.
Mr.. Barrett, who has gone to great ex-
pense In renovating the Steamboat hotel,
at Florence, would like to have license
and Mr.. Ridgway seeks license for the
old Milschlagel hotel on the Freehold
road, near Jacobstown.
RESPONSIVENESS to any of these licenses
must be filed not later than Friday, and
the cases will be acted upon on Monday,
Needless Noise of Trolley Roads.
Mr. Edward M. Bassett. one of the
public service commissioners of New
York, has just returned from Europe,
where he has been studying the trans
and gives some of the results of his OBJ
servations in an interview that contain
many useful suggestions. He finds on the
whole that the trolley lines of the old
world. as well as the.subways and ele-
waited structures there, are operated much
more economically and with infinitely less
noise than here and is at no loss to under
stand the reasons underlying this differ
ence. They relate in general way az to
the roadbed, (2) to car construction and
80 to methods of operation.
With us the proper ballast is grave
defect to be noticed especially in all the
surface lines. The ties may be heavy
enough and the rails sufficient weight, but
the tracks are not solidlY connected with
the surrounding material. There is
almost invariably space between the rail
and this material for moisture, which,
under the action of frost, gradually dis
5urbs the ballast more and more until the
entire roadbed becomes uneven. This, as
Mr.. Barrett points out, is not due entirely
% the railway companies. The municipal
are jointly responsible, in that
hey do not properly pave the streets.
Wherever the blame lies, however, the
'ough roadbed not only adds to the dis
comfort of the travelling public but con-
luces largely to the unnecessary noise
which characterizes our trolley transpor-
alton.
Another fruitful source of the distract
ng racket, hitherto regarded as insepara-
lie from the trolley car, is its construc-
ion. Abroad, the lightest possible car
hat will do the work is employed. Here
We prefer cars of great weight and, of
curse, even when other things are equal,
ur cars make the most noise. Beyond
his there is In this country everywhere
failure to keep the cars in perfect order.
The mechanism Of trolley car, like any |
ther piece of machinery, must be kept
lean, judiciously fabricated and In state
repair, if it would run with the least
ossible noise. 1t is entirely possible to
eep the equipment in this condition and
yould result in profit to the railway
ompanies as well as comfort to the
eople, for 1t is an obvious fact that 1t re-
uires less power to propel perfect car
yer the rails than 1t does to carry one
hose machinery is defective.
The motorman is a potent factor In the
roblem, too. His ignorance or careless
ess is responsible for tremendous
mount of unnecessary noise and much
eedless deterioration In both roadbed and
olling stock No machine is capable of
careless handling long.
Zone can run smoothly at any time under
UGH treatment In Berlin, according to
Ir. Bassett, there is a system by which
he amount of electrical current which
ach motorman uses in the operation of
lis car is measured and the motorman
must stand or fall by this record. Nothing
4 the kind is in evidence In this country. |
nut who can doubt that some such test, If
trictly applied, would save money tor the
ailroads and deliver the people from
Ieedless noisef