Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-13

Following, as 1t does, close upon the
truce which was established a week
ago, the bitterness of the transfer war
is sharply emphasized.
In regard to the refusal of the cor
poration to grant a transfer on a
transfer, the chief point of controversy
between the Public Utilities Commits
sion and the Public Service Corpora
tion, City Trolley Inspector Joseph
Crawford claims that the order is
mandatory. at least at certain points
He has received a hundred letters dur
ing the past week. complaining of this
failure of the company to comply with
the Public Utilities COMMISSIONS rul-
Ing
THE Interpretation which we put
upon the ruling" sale Mr.. Crawfc-d
today, lis that the company must
carry a man to his destination by the
shortest possible route, no matter II /.
takes a dozen transfers. I can give
you several examples of this
THE corporation claims that II 1t
should give transfer on a transfer
it would mean man could ride all
over the city on one fare; but we
claim this can be prevented In way
that will not only prevent looping as
1t is called, but win do more to relieve
congestion at the centre of the city
than anything else that has been sug-
gested in a long time.
Here is an instance of the zone syS-
tenn. Suppose you lived up in Forest
Hill and wanted to reach Fairnount
Cemetery. You would be able, under
this system to take a Mt. Prospect
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take the Clifton car to South Orange
avenue. and thence up South range
avenue to the cemetery, all on one fare.
As it is, the railway will not let you
go that way, which is the shortest, but
will take you all the way down to
Broad and Market and then up South
Orange. BY this policy they have
created a lot of unnecessary congestion
at Broad and Market streets.
Another instance of this policy 10
In the traffic between Frelinghuysen
avenue at, say, Weston avenue, where
there are a lot Of factories, to the
neighborhood of Seymour avenue and
Rock avenue. Although the distance
by direct line is less than a mile. it
costs you ten cents to make the trip.
You pay five cents to get from your
starting point to Broad and Clinton
avenue, and ride on your transfer as
far as Clinton and Bergen. Then you
have to pay another fare to get to
your destination.
Another trip of this kind is from
Belmont avenue and West Kinney
street to Clinton avenue and South
Fifteenth street. The most direct
route, via Belmont avenue to
ma 81 e.kv
to Fifteenth street, costs you two
fares. But the trolley company will
only charge you one fare to take you
all the way down to Broad and Mar
ket from Belmont and West Kinney.
and then back up Clinton avenue.
More congestion at the Four Corners
Take another instance: You
want to go from Springfield
avenue and sixteenth street, to
the same street at Clinton
avenue. The company will not trans
fer you at the junction at Irvington
Centre, but win carry you all the way
to the Four Corners and back up the
Clinton line.
"Still another trip Of the same sort
is from Springfield avenue in the
neighborhood of Eighteenth street to
Fairmount Cemetery. You cannot go
across Bergen street without paying an
extra fare, but you can go down to
Broad and Market streets. five miles
further. on the entire trip on a single
fare.
1.-THE same is true of the trip good
many factory hands have to take from
Clark and Ogden streets all the way to
Market and Mulberry streets to get a
Bloomfield avenue car, or a Paterson
car. instead of transferring up Bridge
street and retransfering again up
Broad street
"All this refusal to grant transfer
on a transfer is a discrimination
against Newark, for you can get re-
transfer in the Oranges Suppose you
get on a Broad car at the Four Cor
ners. You can ride to Orange street.
and from there to the car barns at the
city line Then you get a transfer as
far as the Erie depot in Main street.
and another that will take you to the
end of the line in West Orange.
"There are plenty of solutions TO the
problem if the Public Service Corpora
ton cared to work them out. The
trouble is, it would mean giving the
people what belongs to them at loss
of revenue"