Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-26
NO TRANSFERS, NO
SWITCHES, Says
BOARD OF WORKS
P. S. c. Insists Planned Improve
ments Are a Right; Com
missiOners Say Privilege.

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the Board of Works and the Public
Service Corporation came yesterday,
when the board refused point blank to
agree to the plans of the company for
the alterations and new switching
facilities at the South Orange avenue
car barns. 1t was made very apparent
by the board that no further privileges
will be granted to the company until
certain transfer concessions are allowed
by the company, in accordance with
recent requests by the board.
First Vice-President Roberts, of the
Public Service Corporation; Colonel
Hine and L. ID. Howard Giimour APP
peared before the board at the meeting
yesterday to urge the adoption of the
company'E plans, but Commissioner
Eggers objected strongly to allowing
the company to carry out the work.
Company Has Been Getting Too Much.
II will not vote in favor of granting
this request or any other until the COM
pany gives Us what we want in the
matter of transfers. said Mr.. Eggers.
I'VE have been giving the company
altogether too much, and it's about
time we got something in return"
Commissioned O'Connell took the
same stand and, said he was opposed
to granting any further concessions
until the company came to time in
the transfer matter.
THE plans for the South Orange
venue barn, especially in the matter
Of the switches, are not at all salts
factory" he said. "If the company
hasn't enough property at that point
to enable the placing of the switches
within the sidewalk line let them buy
more land"
Mr.. Gilmour explained that to do
this would necessitate buying property
in the ear of the site for the new
barn and this would involve several
dwellings.
Suggests the Company Buy Land.
well, then. buy them" retorted Mr..
O'Connell. THE company can we'll
afford to do it."
Commissioner Mungle said he was
opposed to granting the company's re-
quest. and thought the board should
hold out for more liberal transfer privi-
leges.
Mr.. Gilmour said: 1--WE are not here
W oSh LII dhy COl1CSSSlOllS lEOLl Itlo
city. What we propose to do is purely
in line with Jul efforts to improve our
service and add to the efficiency of
system. 1t is a benefit TO the public
and an improvement to the city. All
that we ask is that you say yes or no
to u request SO that we will know
what to do"
Commissioner Eggers moved that
the request be refused, and the motion
was adopted unanimously.
When seen today Mr.. Roberts said:
I'VE have done all we could to ar
rive at a satisfactory arrangement
with the board in this matter. We
have revised our plans time and again
to conform with the views OF the
board, and have gone to great expense
and sacrificed valuable property in
order to meet the wishes Of the city.
1--WE a do nothing more, and we
are helpless in this particular matter.
Company Had Planned 100000 Barn.
"As to submitting n other plans,
I will merely say that we have no
others to offer. We planned to erect
a $100, 900 car-barn and to store in 1t
our newest and best cars. This would
have enabled US to furnish better
service n to dispose of our ears to
better advantage.
I'm the present plan we have al
ready given up twenty feet of the
space that was needed for car storage
and now we are asked to sacrifice
seventy-five feet more. It is simply
out of the question and we won't do It.
So far as the transfer matter is con-
cerned, we do not consider hat the
boards request is for a transfer privi-
lege, but a lay-off, and II we start any
such thing as that where will it end
Before long WI would be carrying pas
sengers for nothing.
1.-THE request Is unreasonable and we
absolutely refuse to ISSUE transfers or
parallel lines or at points where merely
a lay-off is desired. We are doing al
that could be reasonably expected, and
are constantly striving to better the
service and afford every possible &C.
c~ommodation, but we must draw the
line somewhere and for that easor
must refuse the request of the board
relative to the Mt. Prospect avenue
and Clinton avenue lines"
The members of the board are equally
determined that the company must
give In before any further requests are
granted for alterations or the adoption
of new plans. Inasmuch as h board
regards the company's requests as con
cessions, while the company believes i
is only asking for what 1t Is entitled
to, has created a deadlock that Is likely
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