The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-03
PLAN REVISION
OF TRANSFER
SYSTEM
Board Of Works Committee
to Take Matter Up With
Public Service.

superintendent Danforth. of the
North Jersey Street Railway Company,
was before the Board of Works yester-
day to explain why transfers are not
given to passengers on the Clinton
avenue line who desire to go further
than North Newark or Eighteenth
street, where most of the cars stop.
He was there in response to a letter
from City Engineer Morris r. Sher-
rerd.
Mr.. Danforth stated that precautions
were taken to prevent delay and con-
fusion, so that transfers could not be used
to return over the same route on cars OF
another line.
Commissioners Eggers grew indignant.
and said that he did not think it right
for the Public Service Corporation TO take
upon itself the making OF rules for the
giving of transfers, and added that 1t
was an infringement on the rights of the
people.
Commissioner Lambert agreed with the
sentiment expressed by his associate and
added that the time had arrived to have
the entire transfer system revised and
regulated, possibly by ordinance of the
Board of Works.
A committee consisting of Chief Engineer
Morris r. Sherrerd, President Frank j.
Book and COMMISSIONS Arthur r. Den
IHdD, chairman OF the committee on streets
and highways, was finally appointed to in
vostigate the conditions and after a con-
ference with the trolley officials report to
the board at Its meeting next Thursday.
Action to give transfers to the limits of
the Clinton avenue line will awaken the
Clinton Hill Improvement Association to
action, as it was arranged by a commit
tee of the association and the trolley
people not to give transfers through to
Irvington from cars stopping Mt Eighteenth
street, SO as TO keep the Irvington com
muters off the Eighteenth street cars and
avoid crowding.
On the other end the North Newarkers'
took similar action to keep Belleville
people off the ''city line cars.
Tho grade crossing question was taken
up and q resolution was passed notifying
the various railroads maintaining crossings
that they were a menace to life and an
impeachment to traffic and warning the
railroads that unless the conditions were
remedied and the crossings ultimately re-
moved they we're liable to criminal prose-
cutiou.
A resolution was adopted au-
thorizing Chief Engineer Morris r..
Sherrerd to prepare maps Of riparian
grants and uplands that the city will
have to have when 1t tries to carry out
the terms of the Lane dock bill. The
plans have been prepared already. and
the action of the board was merely to
make the acceptance of them legal.
The work was done by James Owen,
the engineer. and marks the first prac-
teal step towards developing Newark's
water front.
The Public Service Corporation was
granted the privilege of laying a derailing
or turnover switch at Warren street and
Central avenue.
A resolution was passed authorizing the
adoption of a set of ledgers for the Water
Department OF the board. SO as to facili-
tale water searches.
The George Brown Manufacturing Com
pany protested against the change of the
name of Passaic avenue.
The proposed changing of street names
that conflict was laid over until next week,
when a list of the streets will be pre-
pared.
Buckley & Co., who have the city gar
bage contract for the next five years, sent
n communication to the board stating that
they had adopted the Arnold Edgerton re-
duction system, used by the previous con-
tractor. Benjamin Meyer, and had started
work Wednesday.
Meyer offered the plant to Buckley IL
Co. some time ago for a rental OF 500, 000
per year, and the offer was refused. Then
George Ascbenbach, the second highest
bidder, Instituted certain proceedings to
review the action of the Board of Works
in giving the Buckley Company the con-
tract, on the grounds that they had not
lived up to the specifications and named
the system TO be used. With the adoption
of the Meyer plant 1t is understood that
the ceriorari proceedings will be dropped by
Aschenbach.