The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-11
TROLLEY GRANT
FINALLY MADE
coNTrNUED FROM FIRST PAeEl

Der 18th between the hours OF seven a.
I'm. and six p. m. are as follows -:
| Total number of vehicles passed I'M
der r. r. gates, 1864 total number
of vehicles delayed by 4. r. gates, 327
total number Of vehicles not delayed
by r. r. gates, 1887.
Total number Of people passed under
r. r. gates, 5,3S7 total number OF
! people passed under r. r. gates In We
hicles, 2, 7l8; total number Of people
walking under II. r gates, 1869 num-
Der of people in vehicles delayed by R.
r. gates, 526 number of people in ve-
hicles not delayed by r. r. gates,
2,l92; number of people walking de-
layed by r. 3. gates, 2l0; number Of
people walking not delayed by r. R.
gates, 2, 459.
Total number of trains running east
and west, fifty-nine passenger trains
east, twenty passenger trains west.
eighteen fright trains east. ten !;
freight trains west, eleven.
4 I
Total number of times r. r. gates
were lowered, fifty-eight; occasional
| ly two trains would pass simultane-
ously). Total amount OF Jime lost by
lowering Of K. R. gates, two hours,
eleven minutes.
How would you like Bank street
to be closed two hours day, Nh.
Voorhees, I? f" asked Mr. Thomas.
Good thing,D said Mr.. Voorhees,,
cit would bring more business TO that
section. !"
1t may be years before this work
of track elevation is accomplished"
said Mr.. Voorhees,, land would ask
what of the people from the trolley
cars who would have to cross the
tracks, hundreds daily? Track eleva
tion has been talked about ever since
| was boy. lam 10 favor of helping
the railroad do this work. There are
sixty millionaires in this town, it is
said, and if each one would give 1000
towards the work it would be done at
once. Let's start a subscription here
tonight
Truman Scott suggested that the
trolley tracks cross other streets and
why the excitement over crossing Elm
street.
Mr.. Thomas replied, asserting that
the double track or loop partially
crossing the street TO enter the private
right-of-way would be extremely dam
gerous. - This work will cost the
trolley company $4,000 and they will
put up bond to remove the tracks in
six months, but can you collect the
bond? Summit is trying to collect a
bond from this company now and is
having hard time of it,"
''There is no such thing as tenn
porary franchise" said Mr.. Stultz,
F" when the tracks are put down they
will stay down"
1.-THE committee and other people
are here tonight in fear that this
board is going to have something pre-
sented to them of which they know
nothing ABOUT" said former Mayor
Charlton A. Reed. ".When presented
a month ago this franchise was passed
upon BY all interested and found to be
satisfactory, you gentlemen were sat-
isfied with it. 1t is in fear that you
are not going to carry out this plan
that we are here tonight. Mr. Thomas
says that he and Mr.. Stultz are Off
Gals of this town and | would point
out to your body then that the OBJ
iections to this franchise came from
town officials. When this track eleva-
ton was up when was mayor would
remind Mr. Thomas l favored it and
didn't believe the town should pay the
railroad cent, but found that it could.
not be secured without the town pay
ing and favored the proposition TO pay
in order to get the elevation at once.
IL was not our fault that public senti-
ment would not sanction this payment
and Mr.. Thomas is in error when he
says that the proposition was pigeor-
holed, the fact is the railroad company
Withdrew their proposition.
What is the idea of limited franz
chises If they cannot be got rid OF 2
There has been a fight for years In
this state for a limited franchise law
and that law is in force to-day. l
would like to know the source or the
objections to what was agreed upon
last month"
Mayor Ayers then had Clerk Ma
thaniel 9. Toms read the ordinance on
second reading. Alderman r. Rails
ton Reed offered an amendment to
section two, providing that the route
should be around the park and down
Morris street as far as Spring street
with the single track, then down Nor
ris street to the junction of Morris
nd Washington avenues with the
double track.
| In speaking for the amendment AL
dermen Twining asserted that it was
not practical proposition to get the
trolley company to take up its tracks
on its private right-of-way after pub
ting the money in il. The loop, at
Blatchley place, he considered dan
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