Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-12

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and consequent relief must come be-
fore long, and the matter should now
be brought to public attention, in ad-
vance of the meeting of the negisla-
ture, that intelligent action may not
be delayed for another year.
Within a short time the new Nc
Adoo high-speed line will be in opera
ton, and the new terminal station at
Saybrook place will be a centre of
travel. The only a this will ever be
effected will be by a trolley line on the
east side of Military Park, connecting
with the Broad street lines at the
northern and southern exfremities of
the park. 1t is idle to suppose that the
public will long consent to be forced to
walk from Broad street to Saybrook
place.
Several lines of trolley service now
using the dangerous and obstructive
curve from Broad to Market street
could with a loop thus established
around Military Park have new ter
minals, saving much of the congestion
at the Four Corners shortening the
lines ano permitting better service on
such lines. Why not realize 1t and
obtain its great benefit at once?h
"A relief n convenience perhaps as
great would be provided by trolley con-
nections, not of any great length, in
Washington street. The first would be
a connection from the intersection of
Broad and Washington streets at the
upper end of Washington Park, through.
Washington street to Central avenue
This would make a continuous line
going south to Kinney street, and a
second connection from Kinney street
10 Clinton avenue would establish a
continuous line fer the entire length of
Washington street. These connecting
links. If placed together, would be less
than half a mile in length, and would
practically form a new trolley route
from the northern to the southern
boundaries of the city. 1t would cross
and intersect a number of important
lines extending in all directions through
the city. Several of the large interurban
lines could use it without passing on
Broad street, south of Bridge street,
and besides the great public con-
venience that would be offered for
transit in every direction it must be
obvious that a great reduction of the
congestion in Broad street travel would
be effected,
SOlitliludIlOn OF the screen
cross-town line from First street west
on Orange street to Fifth. Sixth or
some adjacent street to Bloomfield
avenue would supply needed trolley
service to the employees in a now con-
siderably and constantly growing fac
tory district.
A extension OF the Clifton avenue
line on B~ergen-street to Renner ave-
nu would also convenience many
people In a locality which has need of
better trolley facilities.
while there are other improve
ments in trolley service which might
be considered, the foregoing are of
pressing Importance, and their4fmme-
diate consideration should not be OBJ
structed by selfish interests. The pub
lie welfare should have greater weight
in the solution of these matters than
all else.
1.-THE law restricting the expendi-
lures of this department in each
month to one-twelfth of the previous
years appropriation will not apply to
street cleaning or street repairing
operations. = . The abuse which
this law corrected no longer exists.
Experience has shown that there is
greater need for street cleaning In the
spring months than at other seasons
The same condition applies with per-
haps greater force to street repairing.
THE present system of apportioning
to the property-owners about so per
cent. of the cost for repaving streets,
other than those paved with asphalt, is
unequitable and unjust in it's operation.
In other kinds of paving about so per
cent. of the cost of ~repaving must be
borne by the property-owner. 1t Is i'm
possible to defend a discrimination of
this kind based solely on the kind of
material used, and, in my judgment,
it would be only fair for the city to
assume at least 30 per cent of the cost
of repaving of every kind.
1.-THE amount of $780, 900 now allowed
to be expended annually as a capital
fund to meet the cost of street paving
has become inadequate.
"A matter which should receive our
serious consideration is the effect of
the use of the automobile trucks upon
our street pavement. The gross weight
of many of these is from five to ten
tons when loaded, and of others more.
Many of IL streets are not calculated
to bear the strain of such excessive
Weights n their use must entail in
creased expense for repairs and gen.
eral maintenance. Whether the use of
such vehicles should be restricted to
streets adapted to heavy traffic, or
whether a wheel tax should be i'm
posed upon such heavy trucks and
other vehicles are matters which might
be considered in connection with the
increased expense occasioned by their
use.
"The city is unable to extend much
needed sewer facilities because of the
i~rregularity of the boundary lines be-
tween Newark and its n~eighboring mu-
inequalities of Irvington, East Orange,
Bloomfield n Belleville. They should
be corrected before the development
of these localities makes the matter a
difficult one.
These matters are all of such i'm