Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-02
CHEAPER FARES
AND GOOD Poles,
BOROUGHS NEEDS
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North Arlington Council De-
mands Concessions from Troll
ley C0.--0ther Matters.

The Nortl, Arlington Borough Coun-
River Ferry and Railway Company
grant the boroughites a five-cent fare
from the Kingsland line to any part
OF Newark, and q fve-cent fare to
Rutherford. The company must also
provide octagonai poles to replace the
round poles the company has been u.s.
ing, contrary to its franchise require
rnents.
AT last nights Council meeting SUI
p~erintendent Allen, OF the company
which operates the Hackensack cars,
appeared before the board, and on be-
half of his company asked permission
to use the round poles, claiming that
the octagonal poles to be had now do
not last over Two years and were not
to be compared in durability with the
round poles. The councilmen had con-
tended that the company had been U.s.
ing the round poles because tho lat
ter were cheaper. but not always as
straight IL as slightly.
Councilman O'Hara contended that
the company should not only erect
straight poles, but, in justice to the
borough, should also have. u fiye-cent
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stop all cars at the principal cross
streets. Councilman Mccarthy insisted
thai the company had no right to carry
any passenger beyond the street at
which the passenger wanted to get off.
Mayor B~randenburg said that the
company put the borough at a disad-
vantage when it refused to stop cars
at any of the streets between the Belle
r-fl1~ ,a,..1 -.~1 o1IAr. nx-1,, ~
thus forced people to walk a distance
Of fully 800 feet out of their way.
Councilman O'Hara also remarked
how the traction company's course in
treating the borough like a country
village was retarding the growth of
North Arlington, and that the least the
people were entitled to was a reduction
in fare.
Finally a motion by Councilman Nc
Carthy for octagon poles, five-cent fare
to Rutherford. and a transfer OF the
Public Service cars was adopted.
Notice was served on the Council OF
the injunction secured in the Court Of
Chancery in Trenton yesterday by the
New York and New Jersey Water
Company to restrain the borough from
preventing the company from extend
ing it's pipeline across Passaic venue
and Ridge road. This is the line the
company is constructing from It's new
pumping station in Belleville across the
Passaic' river, n through North Arl-
ington and the town of Kearny to
BayoiMe,f and which, 1t has been
claimed, is to be extended to Staten
Island.
The borough council had given the
Nan,nnnv rcv~1{ooiA~ - 49, &la -14l-
named, but 1t is commended by the COM
pany in its petition for an injunction
that the conditions imposed by North
Arlington, those of requiring the Com
pany to pay IS a million gallons for
all water passing through the borough,
and f%orbidding it to use the water for
supplying and customer, outside the
State, are unjust and unreasonable.
After a short conference the Council
decided to place the matter in the
hands Of the %borough's attorney, Addi-
son Ely, who is instructed to oppose the
injunction when the case comes up in
Newark on December Z.
An ordinance establishing a water de-
partment and fixing the rates, etc., was
passed on third reading.
A bill of Edward Sargent for 1892 for
laying the water mains in the borough
was ordered paid, less $251, the amount
of a lien filed by the Darling Pump and
Hydrant Company. Mr.. Sargent con-
tended that the borough was not treat-
ing him fairly when he owed the
Darling company but $134, and for
which amount he wanted to leave with
Borough Clerk Devine a certified check.
Mr.. Ely advised the board that the
differences hetween the contractor and
the pump company would have to be
settled by themselves and that the
Council would have to heed the lien
and deduct the amount either now or
out of the 15 per cent. OF the contract
amount which the borough is to retain
for a year.
The board will meet again on Decem-
Der 2S.