Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-29
OF. WORKS
WILL INVESTIGATE
CAR MILEAGE PLAN
VIII Get Data Regarding Effect
of Proposed New Ord.
nance.

The car mileage plan, as apulied IN
the proposed new 5 per cent. ordinance
that the city has been framing with
the Public Service Corporation. was
discussed at some length at the meeting
OF the Board of Works yesterday. ana
the concensus of opinion among the
board appeared to be hat II
Is the best of the several plans suggest
ed for protecting the city's interests.
trolley inspector Crawford was
asked Tor his opinion of the car mileage
plan n he said that 1t was the best
proposition OF the lot, so far as the
city was concerned. "Of course he
added, no plan could be devised that
would not nave its e points, and the
cooperation of the company would be
necessary to successfully carry u any
system that might be decided upon. To
my mind, however, the car mileage plan
is more nearly what the city wants
thar the 'stop-the-clock system. and
is infinitely better than the present
track mileage plan.
Car Mileage Plan Favored,
Take the West Orange line, as an
example. Here we nave a run of seven
teen miles. but the city gets revenue
from only ten miles of the distance on
the track mileage basis. On the car
mheage plan we would get returns from
tHe entire run. 1t would be safe to say
that the car mileage plan would mean
a difference of $4,000 a year in the
revenue received by the city"
Asked by President Denman whether
he thought the new plan would deter
n company from making extensions
to its system, Nh. Crawford replied in
the negative n sale that the
was even now contemplating new lines,
particularly in Fifth street and Null
berry street, and had only recently
ordered 100 new cars of improved TYNE.
He was asked by Commissioner Mungle
now far $500 would &c in employing in
spectors to prove the value of the car
mileage plan.
He said that $500 would enable the
CITY 10 station nine men on five lines
at different points and two men on
three lines for four days each for the
purpose Of determining just what the
traffic amounts to on various lines
where the car mileage arrangement
would undergo its severest test.
1t was finally decided to lay the mat
ter over until the lex meeting, so that
all the members will have an oppor-
tunity to pass judgment on this I'M
portant part of the new ordinance.
Plans for Recreation Pier.
When the matter of extending Lock-
wood street came up for attention it
cropped out that the city expects in
time to build a recreation pier In hat
section of the city. 1t is proposed to
extend either Lockwood street or
Blanchard street to the river front, and
when the property is improved pro-
vision viii be made for the ultimate
erection of a recreation pier. There
appears to be some doubt at this time
as to which of the two streets is the
more desirable. and an inspection will
be made of that section in the near
future.
The board is DESTROYS of avoiding a
repetition OF the Brown street affair.
where the end of the street was cut osf
by the acquisition of the property by
private parties.
The plans for changing the switch
ing system at the South Orange car
barns was also laid over until next meet
ing, as there are a number of important
details that have not yet been settled
to the satisfaction of the board, and
there is every indication that the t}bl-
ley company viii either have to ma
terially alter its plans or buy more
land adjoining its barns so hat the
stalled cars will not encroach on the
sidewalk.