Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-02
TO END DEADLOCK
BETWEEN P. s. c.
AND WORKS BOARD
Joint Conference Arranged to
Take Up Transfers and Car
Barn Situation.

Realizing that the public are the SUI
ferers as a result of the deadlock thai
now exists between the Board of Works
and the Public Service Corporation, a
sort of arbitration meeting has been
arranged for next Thursday morning,
when the members of the board will
confer with the officials of the trolley
company with a view to adjusting the
differences that have been in dispute
for some time 1t is hoped that at this
conference a settlement will be reached
in the transfer problem at Clinton and
Elizabeth The board and the
Public Service Corporation have beer
at variance on this question for some
time and the determined stand taken
by each side has held out little promise
that the long-desired transfer privileges
would be secured.
The South Orange car Darn improve
ment plan, involving the laying of new
switches, is another matter that will be
discussed, and the board has virtually
decided hat unless a more liberal in
depreciation of the transfer ordinances
is considered by the trolley company
the board will insist upon a rigid com
pliance with its demands relative tt
oOuln orange avenue.
1t is likely that a compromise will
be reached in both matters. Another
question that is In line for considera-
ton is the new ) per cent. ordinance
that has been before the board in
various shapes for several months.
New Ordinance Expensive.
The track mileage plan, which is per
haps the most important detail of the
proposed ordinance, is likely to be op.
posed by the trolley company. but the
board is a unit in agreeing that this
plan is the most practical of any that
has yet been submitted as a basis foi
calculating the revea'le due the city
1t is believed that If any split comes
at the conference 1t will hinge on the
8 per cent. ordinance in it's relation tc
the track mileage proposition, the other
features of the ordinance being of easy
adjustment.
That the board is determined to hold
the Public Service people to a ~stricter
compliance with the desires of the
public was made apparent again al
yesterdays meeting of the commits
%sioners. when the installation of a bat.
terry of transformers on Lincoln street
was considered. The transformers had
been objected to by property-owners in
the street, and Colonel Edwin w. Hine
and L. D. H. Gilmour, representing the
Public Service Corporation, appeared
before the board yesterday to explain
why the present installation and ar.
rangement is the safest and most sat
isfactory that could be adopted. ir
view of the requirements of the under.
/ V-riforc o,,I thu Local Eve dana +,oarf
Photographs of the outfit were
shown, and it was agreed by the boar
and admitted by the representatives d
the company that the transformer
were not much of an ornament, but I
was shown that nothing better coull
be adopted. The suggestion Of Chic
Engineer Sherrerd that the trans
formers be placed in an underground
vault, with wires running through
conduits to the adjoining plant. wal
said to be impractical at this time, al
Lincoln street is not at present in tn,
zone of the company's underground
circuit.
The representatives of the company
said that it was only a matter of tims
when all such things would be under
ground. and, as no vote was taken or
the matter, it is understood that the
outfit in Lincoln street will be allowed
to remain, although future installations
of like character will be carefully con-
sidered.
Other Projects Discussed.
1t was decided to begin the improve.
ment of Blanchard and Lockwood
streets from Ferry street to the Pas
safe river as soon as the Common
Council will agree to finance the project
The same course was taken in refer.
ence to the public lighthouses, fol
which the board asked $1,000 for pre-
liminary expenses some weeks ago
The finance committee of the Common
Council has not considered the matter
favorably.
The Matthews Company, which was
awarded the contract for paving
/ Horatio street with bitulithic pave
ment, asked to be relieved of the con
tract. as it would involve a loss OF
about $4,000. The royalty on the btu.
lithic pavement vas more han tbs
contractors estimated. The suggestion
that the award be made to the mex
lowest bidder, the Manhattan Com
pany. to pay the difference of $500 be-
tween the two bids, was not favorably
received, and the matter was passed
over without a vote being taken.
The board voted to improve Ridge
wood avenue at nee and also decided
to buy the Bailey farm, in the West
| Milford section of the watershed, fol
80, 500.
The following contracts were
awarded:
For paving Murray street from New
Jersey Railroad avenue to Avenue c
with granite block, to the Newark
Paving Company, $23, 1856; for paving
Lake street, from Bloomfield avenue e
Park avenue with brick, to the Jersey
Paving Corporation, $1S,437; for paw
ing Garrabrant place from Bridge
street. 220 feet north, with granite
block. to Van Keuren & Son, S1,370.55
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