Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-10
Clever Tactics Used to
Force Public Service to
Terms--0thsrs Coming.
POLICE IN The FIGHT
Cars Are Compelled to Fol-
low Traffic Regulations
More Trouble Yesterday.
NAY EXTEND TRACKS
Water Dept. Wants $1,000
tor Sprinkler's Supply
Street CONS. Orders.

Stringent measures are being
adopted by the city to bring the Pub
lie Service Railway Company to
terms as far as the keeping of their
contract is concerned. Superinten-
dent Crowell, of the water depart
ment, is having the company billed
for 81 SOC worth of water used by
the trolley company in sprinkling
the streets during the past six years;
Street Superintendent Adair Is plan
ming to sprinkle the city streets used
by trolleys but will not be rarticular
where or how fast his wagons &c on
these streets; the police again had
occasion yesterday to stop the troll
leys from drilling tthe Water street
switch; the Public Service has filed
a writ of certiorari with the Supreme
Court in protest against the payment
OF SIS fine for violating the city or
dinance In not allowing patrolmen to
ride free; summons served on Chief
of Police Patrick j. Burke and Pa
trolmen Robert Harding for alleged
assault upon Public Service con-
ductor dates from today in the Su-
preme Court. These are a few of the
matters now pending.
May Extend Tracks.
1t Is now stated that the Public
Service Is making arrangements
with the city to extend its tracks at
the Water street switch for sixty
feet north and the same distance
south, in order to give more room
for trolleys at that point. About four
more cars could be accommodated In
this manner.
Charge For Water.
In billing the Public Service for
water used in sprinkling the streets
during the past six years, the bill is
figured on basis of $500 yearly.
Back of six years the bill is outlawed.
Although it Is provided in the fran
chise that the Public Service shall
sprinkle streets over which 1t runs
trolleys, there is no provision for sap-9
plying the trolley company with free
water. Now that they have given
up sprinklfng the streets other thar
at the tracks, they ara being billed
for the water they have used In the
past They are supposed to sprinkle
the streets from May l to November
/, yearly.
The Damage Suit.
It Is now up to the Public Service
to file a declaration in their suit
against Chief of Police Burke and
Patrolman Harding within thirty
days, in the $4,000 damage suit
which has been brought Jointly
against the two city officials. City
Attorney Hommann will file an an
swering paper as soon as he receives
copy of the Public Service writ In
which he will deny that the city Of
flcials made an assault, that there
was Justification In their action; that
they assaulted the conductor but that
1t was in the process of making an ar
rest.
Street Is Blockaded.
Four trolleys blockaded the street
at the Water street switch yester-
day afternoon at $50 o'clock, and
Patrolman Tonneson compelled the
trolley crews to back two of the cars
back to State street, on Smith. The
trolley crews he compelled to walk
ahead of the cars and flag for them,
as they were being run backwards.
A fuse blew out of trolley in
State street last night which block
AIDED things for time. Patrolman
Quinn compelled another car to pull
the broken down trolley to the
switch, where 1t remained until re-
paired.