Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-21
ALL SAY SUBWAY
IS NEEDED; But,
QUERY IS, WHERE?
Some Oppose Terminal at Mill
tary Park Unless 'Pennsy'
Pays for Land.

Pays Tor Land.
After the thorough threshing out
that was given the MCGOWAN and
Leveen subway measures at the hear
Ing before the Assembly committee In
the Board of Trade rooms, 1t became
pretty obvious today that the business
men of the town as a whole are for the
passage OF both of them, though
amendments, slight in form, were Of
fered to each.
The principal opposition to the Lee
veen bill developed through its failure
TO specifically provide that. the Penn
%sylvania railroad shall pay the city
for the taking of a strip of Military
Park land for It's subway n ter
minal. Most Of these opponents ia
vored the building of the terminal at
Saybrook place, thus opening up an
other business centre at Broad street
n Central avenue. But Chief Engi-
neer Sherrerd's explanation of that
seemed to carry weight. He declared
that the railroad would not In any
case use more of the park than a strip
thirty feet wide by 300 feet long, and
that even this grant could not be
made under the provisions OF the bill
until the Board of Works had thor
oughly tested public opinion by means
of hearings.
President Thomas N. McCarter, Of
the Public Service Corporation, said
that the extension of the McAdoo line
was merely a question of facilitating
traffic. HE n his company, he said,
had no interest In the project whatso-
ever, while as far as the Pennsylvania
railroad was concerned he declared
that for all he knew the Pennsylvania
was not In the least interested either
in the location OF its terminal. His
statement that the railroad would GER
tainly o pay a big yearly rental for
the privilege of the park lands brought
out the greatest number of protests at
the meeting.
Mayors Reelection an Index.
The Mayors own statement to the
effect that his reelection upon the fight
he had made for subways should be an
index to the public sentiment In favor
of the bills Is generally regarded as
having stopped a lot of q~uibbling upon
the part OF some who were preparing
to choke up the measures with pro-
posed amendments.
But Chairman Agnew again asked the
question why the Pennsylvania should
not nave its terminal on private prop
erty for which they would have to pay,
and Engineer Sherrerd answered that
the Pennsylvania had a contract with
the McAdoo people to build a terminal
at Saybrook place and that they were
willing to fulfil their contract, which
was perfectly satisfactory to them.
I'VE. the people, want the terminal
at the apex Of the park" Mr.. Sherrerd
continued. 'and not the Pennsylvania
Railroad"
Theodore 8. Fettinser. of the Clinton
Hill Improvement Association, favored
the te~- nal at Saybrook place to
minimize congestion on Broad and
| Market streets.
IF we build the terminal at the south
end of the park" Mr.. Fettinger said.
I'VE will add to the congestion which
now exists at the -Four Corners, and
for that reason 1 believe that Saybrook
place is the only logical point for such
a terminal"
Lee Ottolengui, president of the Mar
ket Street Business Mems Association,
stated tina the bill would develop the
centre Of the city. but not the entire
city. He called attention to the small;
concentrated business centre of the
city and referred to people living in
the outlying districts who can reach
New York by train quicker than they
can get to Newark's business centre to
do their shopping.
Rate of Fare Part of Condition.
st don't want to be considered an OBJ
structionist and I believe in h ter
minal at the south end of the park"
said Abram Rothschild, of the Board
Of Trade, but 1 would like to know
the rate of fare between here and New
York first and whether the people can
AFFORD to ride on the line"
Engineer Sherrerd stated that the
idea was that the rate should be fixed
as rart Of the condition of the grant.
There was no opposition to the Nc
Gowan bill, which proposes a subway
for the city at a cost not to exceed
2 1000, 900 without giving a location for
it, this to be decided by the proper
municipal bodies after determining the
| public desire. The subway Is to re-
lieve the congestion at Broad and Mar
ket streets.
Mr.. Leschziner proposed a new
scheme which would provide subways
for the entire city, from the north end
to Irvington. William Baker. of the
Baker Printing Company, In speaking
for the Market Street Business Mems
Association, stated that at a meeting
Of the members yesterday noon they
had declared themselves in favor of
the subway bill without specifying
where the subway should be.
President McCarter, Of the Public
Service, declared that the bill pro-
vided for what was necessary and that
there was no need of going subway
mad" Robert A.. Osborne, Alderman
Whitfield. Mr.. Fettinger and Mr.. Van
Duyne also favored the bill.