The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-27
CHANGE
IN TROLLEY
STOPS
Old Car Stops at the Four
Corners Partly Re-
sumed Today.

When the new rule for the relief of
the trolley car congestion went into
effect at the -Four Corners early this
morning there were many angry re-
marks made by men and women who
did not know or forgot about it, and
waited on the corners where the cars
have heretofore stopped to take on
passengers. Before noon. however, the
old stops were restored on cars going
south in Broad street and on those
going east in Market street. The new
rule required that cars bound north, in
Broad street, shall stop only at the
south side of Market street, and that
the mex stop be at Bank street instead
of the north sid of Market street. The
cars bound south on Broad street were
to stop on the north side of Market
street instead of at both sides, as was
done heretofore, the e stop being at
Branford place.
The rule also provided that cars
bound east in Market street should stop
on the west side of Broad street, the
next stop cas- being at a point nearly
opposite the Newark Theatre. Cars
going west were not to stop until they
arrived at Halsey street.
Though the travelling public had beer
warned by posters in the trolley cars
and in streets, as we'll as by notices in
the newspapers, that the change was
to be made today, the usual big crowds
of men and women assembled at each
of the -Four Corners, and many said
! ~sulphurous words when the cars passed
| without stopping and they had to walk
half q block or a whole block to board
a car.
Inspectors of the trolley department
of the Public Service Corporation were
at the corners to explain the new rule
to people, but many of the latter re-
manned at the old places and abused
the management Of the trolley lines for
the change.
AT 10 o'clock, however, the inspectors
said the public had begun to know the
change, and to like 1t.
Joseph Crawford, inspector for the
Board of Works, was at the -Four Cor
ners early to observe the practica
working of the experiment. The result
of his observations was that he will
require that the cars bound last or
Market street shall stop, as heretofore
a short distance east of Broad street
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great at that point, and he will have
the south-bound cars on Broad stree
stop as of old or the south ] o.
Market n Broad streets.
Colonel Edwin w. Hine, secretary
and general manager of the trolley de-
partment of Public Service, said today
that he had not considered hat the
congestion al the -Four Corners was g.
great as many people said. but III
thought the new rule would give relic
when the people became familiar wit
it. Instead of scores waiting In Broad
street at the north side of Market stree
they would wait at the Bank stree
corner, and those who wanted car
bound west on Market street woult
gather at Halsey street. h woult
stop the great crowds that have gath
cred at the -Four Corners during tn
rush hours.
Colonel Hine also said the first of tn
pay-as-you-enter cars will arrive Il
Newark this week. He said he under
stood that although passengers ar
supposed to leave these only from tn
front, there is a way for them to pas
out by the rear platform also.
He added that no definite action ha'
been taken on the mo seat no rare
proposition that has been agitated.