The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-17
RESIDENTS RISE
! IN WRATH AGAINST
BATTLING CARS
Citizens in Belleville Avenue
Petition Public Service
Corporation.

In a petition directed to Thomas n.
.McCarter, president of the Public Serv-
ice Corporation, residents of Belleville
avenue protest vigorously against con-
ditions of the trolley roadbed and the
cars themselves and demand imme-
date redress. They declared that the
roadbed is not sufficiently solid nor the
rails of sufficient weight to properly
carry me traific, and that the brakes
ahu the runnIng-gear GA many vi the
cars, particularly those OF the Pater-
son lines, are So racked and Worn
flidt they so cianklng ana Danslng
alodIg anu cA.I be hearu Ior blocks. HE
ears uo not ron, but jump, n land
vA che rails With the impact OF d rip
hammeI."
AS a result of all this, declare the
+. petitioners, many of the peOple living
along beileVi-Ie avenue are Ia d con-
L...un boruering ON nervous prostra-
lIun, meetings III the churches and
utfier pubic places are subject 10 con-
llnudl disturbance, ahd We are also
suffering property dalIage III Inc na-
lure OF laiilns ceilings ana walls in our
buildings"
a LiC tiiu lllC ptLlllOlItIS utiildiiu Ill
the name of public tights, pubic
health ana the protection OF pubic and
private property, d service which viii
be public service, IN place of the brutal
conditions now existing on belIevile
avenue"
Inc following names are signed to
the petition, all living in Belleville ave
: u
hewitt & Son, F. T. Creamer, Z. De-
Naushey, rreu Broedcl. }. IA. Dempsey,
~ >. SWe.ny, Hugh Lynn, Nnnam
rrankton., William II. sudder, breitnut
Bros, Robert McKenna, M. W. Fisher,
. Downey, William conway Cnaries T..
mefflck, John L.. trimmer George ACsart,
"a Mrs. Il. n. Mower, MRS. g.. W. Caru4css,
MIS-. }. Long, airs. samuel Van D. LAcl,
George II. %schmltl, Mis-. Elizabeth NJ.
Ackerman, Joseph O'Br! an, Airs. Frances
James, Miss Elizabeth Loge., William
Broedel, George SnUat, j. II. Scuduer.
estate of Henry Bird, Mrs. Emma p.
Denison, Peter $. Bayier, II. c.. Alwond,
John r. Adams, Joseph 1yreil, Joseph
hvans, Charles <. Bedrtl, q. N. Baldwin,
Joseph M~eDonough, Peter Murray, George
f. Small, William Davey, Fuller Land
and Improvement Company tti. &. Smith
lnanagerl, MRS, EmilJ Breckenridge, a. q.
q Houten, j. Sdlikernan. RuIuo Far
mite, Annie b. Nirtz. Garrett Downing,
Harry Z. McDougali, the Rev. John Nc
Dowell, Jennie +. Clifford. Clifford 5tumm,
Frank S. Carpenter, Mrs. Cora Deem Bod
man. George Scherer, Dr. +. ID. linking.
Wallace leliff, Atkinson Bros, Oscar A..
Mockerldge, Eugene g.. Wear, 4. +. Hin
ton, +. e. Roinine, NJ. o. Bohemia. George
f. Raed. jr, Mrs. N. f. c. LoWr.e, Mrs.
IA Il. Bradin, r., a. -Iurphey, st.
Jafaesas p. Kl Church, r. B. Ltm. char
mar executors committee; 7. Tomkiu,
Frank =. Adams. Mrs. Lucy Il. Hitchcock.
A. Taylor. .Edw lrf! A.. Menks, William II.
Allen. j. G. Mundy. Frank Walsh. Mrs.
Hedges, Mrs. A. Erquhart. Julia Mac
Darald, superintendent Foster Home;
ORborn-klein Company, Oscar B. Mock
staSe. Fred W. Robson, NJ. s, Dennis. w.
= Atwater 8. Co, A.. J. CARAT, Mrs.
J%aekson, Charlie p Ross. T, j. Dempsey.
Miss M. J. Andrews. Mary f. Gorman,
Miranda NJ. Mills. Mrs. Philis Grevery,
Yrs. Rosetta Thomson, Fred NJ. Lee. Dir.
~. Crawford, Mrs. F. p. Jeffrers, C..
Miriam Colt. Mrs. Helen Witten. II. p.
Tones, James Hutchinson. NJ. l.. Mormon.
=. ]. Egan. Theodore Vt. Baldwin. George
NsTamilt6n, Or. P. Firth. sam Lion. J..
H.,sMorrison. W. G. Shields Jootha Van
Vert. A. w. Stillwell. a. II. Dremn. Fl.
Van Idcrstine, J. 3. Mrl1ikln. Emily A..
Ere. AleT r Fordvce. T. F. Lemasscna
per ]. w Lemassena), Mt. Pleasant
Baptist Church.