Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-12

trees broke wires all over the service,
damaging the railv y and light system
The lines at Paterson were probably
damaged the worst. At Main street
and Clifton avenue, that city, the vino
blew trees and building from FAIRY
land" a pleasure park, onto the tracks
and held up the line until yesterday
morning. The White line in the Der.
gen division was lei in line for sc
rious mishaps. The water overlooked
the banks at the Hackensack bridge
holding up the traffic for hours. These
Two blockades were the most serious
on all Public Service lines, other mis-
haps causing delays of ten to thirty
minutes.
The lighting system of the company
was in bad shape after Saturdays
storm. but by ) o'clock yesterday eve
ming was back In normal condition as
the result of every available man in
the service being brought to the scene
by wagons, autos and other vehicles
Sunday nights damage was remedled
early today.
Al lIlE ildln biilIto VI Aht
il was said today tina the entire rail-
way and electric light service would be
in proper working order by this time
had not the $4,000 generator at Marion
been nut out of commission. WIFE the
loss OF the new machine end the one
on the way from Schenectady the power
ct Marion has been reduced 10000 kiio-
watt hours.
Telephone Company Damage.
Full. 10000 public and private tele-
phone stations in the four New jersey
divisions of the New York Telephone
COMPANY were reported out of commits
sion as the result of the storms Sat
urday and Sunday. At the h~eadqnar-
tiers of the company in Washington
street it was said today that this would
entail a cost of at least 500 damage
to the company.
In the Newark district 5000 teie-
phones were put out by Saturdays
storm and about half as many again
by last nights wind and lightning. IN
Paterson division 1900 telephones were
affected by both storms; Jersey city
division, 1900; Elizabeth division, LOW.
Fully 200 stations in Essex county
alone were affected, bringing from the
officials Of the company the statement
that the disaster of the past few days
from storms was second to the terrinc
sleet hail-storm of 1902. The Newark
district includes Essex, Morris II
Sussex counties; Paterson district, Pas
sale and Bergen counties; Jersey CITY
district, Hudson county m Staten
Island; Elizabeth division, Union, Mid
dlesex and Monmouth counties.
Half of the telephones affected by
Saturdays storm were repaired yes
terday. the company calling out every
available mar in the entire traffic serv-
ice. II is said the storm was about
equally severe In he entire territory
covered by the company in New Jersey,
Bernardsville, Newton, Dover aRd
Hopatcong sustaining the most dam
age If any part was hit harder than an
other.
A tree falling at Washington and
Longworth streets Saturday night tooa
with 1t seventeen lines n put forty
stations out of service.
flushing Repair Work.
Providing the weather is favorable
the expects to have every
break adjusted by this ey ening, as the
men are working constantly in relays,
putting the lines in service as speedily
as possible.
1t is thought that the wind and light
ming wrought equal havoc with thu
telegraph companies properties. The
inside equipment, composing stations.
centrals, etc.. were damaged by the
electrical storm. The wind put the out
side equipment, poles and wires out o.
commission Although all of the COM
pany's inside equipment is protected
by ''arresters," the electrical storm
broke through these protectors and
wrecked thousands of dollars worth of
property.
Loss In Essex Parks.
Regarding the damage in the Essex
county park system, Alonso Church,
secretary of the Park Commission, said
today that the damage had not been as
great as at first expected. From a
rough estimate 1t appe rs that the
county parks, including Branch Brook,
Weequahic, South Mountain Reserva-
ton. Eagle Rock and Orange, lost
about sevent,- trees altogether.
In point of value. the greatest DAM
age was suffered in Weequahie Park.
At the southern end of the lake eight
great trees. beeches, oaks and ashes,
were hurled to the ground. The trees
were all more than sixty years old. 1t
is not known whether the force of the
wind or a bolt of lightning sent them
crashing to the earth.
In Branch Brook Park three trees
fell. and In Orange Park the big weep
ing willow at the head of the wading
pool, with two smaller trees, came to
the earth.
The damage in the two larger parks.
South Mountain Reservation and Eagle
7 ock Park, Is still undetermined. II
is known that at least forty big trees
are gone In the former. while in Eagle
Rock It Is believed the total is more
than fifteen. No buildings suffered.
Injured by Lightning.
Louis a. English. jr., 10 years old, Of
S6S Avon avenue. was rendered help
less by lightning at Rose street and
Stratford hlace. A patrol wagon took