The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-11-24
HAVE TROLLEY
/ In TWO WEEKS?
With Franchises Granted BY
Freeholders and Township
Work VIII Be Pushed.
COMPANY TO CARE FOR ROADS.

Work has been started on the con-
tinuation of Speedwell avenue above
| the Morris Plains station by the Nor
ris County Traction Co. and Presi--
dent Alleman says that with good
weather the trolley line between Nor
ristown and Morris Plains should be.
finished in two weeks. Contractor
Grupelli has large force of men at
work and the job will be hustled
through to completion before another
snow If possible. Poles are being dis
tributed along Speedwell avenue and
will be set in a few days. The trac-
tion company is negotiating with the
Morris & Somerset Electric Go. for
current, but no definite arrangements
have yet been made and it may be,
necessary for the trolley company to
get it's current from Mt. Tabor.
The franchise granting the traction
company the use of the part of Speed
well avenue under the Jurisdiction of
the board of freeholderS was put on it's
third reading at a special meeting Of
that body on Thursday and passed.
Under its terms the traction company
must keep the road between its rails
and for distance of eighteen inches
each side in good condition and must
extend the macadam or other paving
from gutter to gutter. Any county
bridges the trolley company may run
it's line across must be strengthened
or rebuilt as necessary at the COM
pany'S expense.
Formal opening to the public of the
Morris County Traction Co.. new line
running from Milburn to Maplewood,
where it connects with the Public Ser
vice Railway Co.'S tracks, will occur
next Tuesday morning, and, as pre-
liminary thereto, officials from both
companies went over the new line in a
private car Wednesday afternoon. 1t,
is the intention of the Morris County
corporation to run cars between the
points designated every half hour and
to arrange schedule to make connec-
tions with the Public Service cars.
The Public Service will cooperate.
Besides going over the newly built
extension the party continued its Jour
ney as far as Summit, returning from
that city by train.
At the Public Service offices it was
said on Thursday the trip had no
special significance and that there
was absolutely nothing in the revived
rum0r that the Morris County Trac-
tion Co.'s lines were to be taken over
by the Public Service. The former
company, it was explained, is develop
ing its own territory at several points
and iS-hot eager to sell nor Is there
any desire on the part Of the larger
corporation to acquire.
i The trolley company has applied to
| the Morris township committee to
change the style Of rail to be used il
the township to either the groove or
1T " rail. The franchise provides for
the use of the side girder rail and if
that style is laid it would mean three
kinds Of rail in short distance, the
groove rail being stipulated ia the
Morristown franchise and the .sT,,
rail In the Hanover township fran
chise.
The trolley company is negotiating
with the telephone company for the
use Of its pole at the corner of Speed
well avenue and High street. The
erection OF trolley pole at that noinf
Is objected toby the owner Of tie BRO
perty. 4 s''s ~