Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-22
Officials Assign Craw-
ford to Study To-
rOntO Plan.
REPORT TO BE MADE
AT MEETING IN JAN.
IF People Want Tunnel
We Will Give Them
One,' Says Mungle.

Appreciating the necessity for re-
lieving the congested condition of New
ark, as applying to traffic conditions.
the Board of Works has instructed
Trolley Inspector Joseph Crawford to
go to Toronto Canada, to study CON-
ditions there. The Toronto authori-
ties have completed their plans for a
subway system and are now receiving
bids for its construction. Mr.. Craw-
ford will start next week so as to be
back in Newark to attend the public
hearing on the subways to be held
January 4, in the City Hall This
meeting was decided on by the board
yesterday, when a petition signed by
hundred citizens was presented to
the commissioners.
In talking about the matter today,
William Mungle, president OF the Board
Of Works, said that the board was con
sidering the question seriously. Mr..
Mungle believes that the meeting in
January will be but the forerunner of
series of public discussions on the
subject.
We must prepare for the future"
said Mr. Mungle, "and if the people
want subways we will give 1t to them
] do not mean to say at this time that
this board can or will act independently
in the matter 1t will probably CO.
operate with other municipal bodies.
IF subways are to be built, l think
they ought TO be built by the munich
pality and leased to rapid transit COM
panes SO that the people will reap the
benefits of the service. Newark is
growing rapidly, and something must
be done to relieve conditions. We ex-
pect to hear some interesting things
from Mr.. Crawford on his return"
MIR. Crawford was not prepared to
talk ON the subject today, as far as
the needs of Newark for subway are
concerned. He said that it is apparent
that Newark is growing so rapidly
that the subject must be given careful
consideration and that with the object
of relief in mind the board asked him
to go to Toronto.
Mr.. Crawford explained that condi-
tions in the Canadian city are not un-
like those in Newark. The city is as
large as this, and has it's -Four Cor
ners" proposition to contend with. The
present facilities there have proven in
adequate and the system proposed Is
similar to that in Boston. Tubes will
be built with ingress and egress from
the streets, so that the subway cars
can be run on the surface.
It-is planned, however, to build the
system so that the underground service
may be extended when the needs of the
city demand the extension. Toronto
has been studying the question for five
years.
I'VE further hear people complain
ing that they get from Thirty fourth
street, New York, to Broad street,
Newark, distance of IA miles, in 35
minutes, and that it takes that long or
longer for them to get to their subur-
ban homes, a mile or two, on the slow
trolleys," said Mr.. Crawford. I'VE all
know that this is so, and that 1t takes
almost as long to go from the station
here to the end of the city line as 1t
does to come from New York. 1 shall
make a thorough investigation of
Canadian conditions and make full
report to the Board of Works. / will
be present at the meeting in January"
That the subway question is one we'll
thought of by city officials has been
made plain on sever occasions
Mayor Haussling is In favor of it and
has said so in his annual messages.
An effort will be made to get Thomas
N. McCarter president of the Public
Service Corporation, to attend the
meeting in January, so that his views
may be heard by the public.