Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-04-11
WILL ELECTR|FY
R. R. To RAILWAY
Pennsy Official Tells Real
Estate Board of Plan Road
C~0ntemplates.
SAYS IT WILL TAKE FIVE
YEARS TO BRING IT ABOUT
Suggests FOur-Track System
with Island Platforms at
Market Street Station.

Traffic facilities on the Pennsylvania
between Newark and New York can be
improved only when the present station
at Market street has been enlarged or
rebuilt, is the substance of a statement
made by Richard j. De Long, passenger
agent of the railroad, in addressing a
meeting of the Real Estate Board Of
Newark at the Board of Trade rooms
last night. A committee was appointed
to confer with the traffic committee Of
the Board of Trade with the idea that a
better understanding might be secured
between the Bo; of Works and the
; Pennsylvania road
The Street and Water Commissioners
and officials OF the railroad company
were invited to attend the meeting,
which was the result of agitation
against the Board of Works for its
attitude in tying up the question of a
new station in the courts.
The view of the situation here, as
seen by the railroad, was explained by
Mr.. De Long. He laid that with the
present facilities at the command of
the it was impossible to have
more trains stop at Market street or
TO run more trains through. In fact,
l1t asset leu llidt Il oOtllCliiiii6 wv hON
lone quickly it would be a question of
taking off several trains.
.Island" Platforms.
The only remedy he eoAld suggest
was the charging of the station SO
four passenger tracks with island plat
forms might be installed. This could
be done at the present station, he said,
or If the question of the proposed open
ing of Mechanic street interfered, the
station might be moved further west.
He mentioned Lafayette street as a
possible point.
owners of Market street property
present objected s~trenuously to the idea
of taking the station from Market
street and Siegfried Leschziner sug-
gested building an enlarged bridge to
extend over the plaza at that point
TO the junction of the proposed contin-
nation of Central avenue. This, he
said, would give ample room and not
encroach on Mechanic street, should it
Ne wished to continue that street
ender the railroad tracks any time
in the future.
Mr.. De Long said he believed that
withis Ave years the electric service
of the road would be extended to Rah-
way, and thus would be of great bene-
fit to Newark.
The increase in fare from here to
New York during the last eighteen
months was scored by James M.
Reilly. who said the additional cost
was responsible for thousands of va
can't houses both in Newark and the
Oranges.
.Higb n. n. Rates Cause s~tagnation.r
I'm New York" he said, lone can
ride from one to eighteen miles for 8
or 10 cents, yet the railroads charge
80 cents each to bring passengers here
and on the new electric line it costs
A cents for the round trip This, he
asserted, was the reason for the rapid
growth of Long Island and the stag
nant condition of the local real estate
market during the last year.
In conclusion he said: What we
want is the cheapest n best service
between here and New York so the
suburbanite can live here; after that
we will do the rest"
This was in response to the remark
ST one of the members who said that
lower fares might mean more people
going to Manhattan to shop.
In reference to the rates Mr.. De Long
intimated that time would right all
grievances and hat the present rapid
transit line was only in an expert
mental stage. Regarding the enlarging
of the station he said any reasonable
plan would be considered by his com
pany and the matter was "up to you"
as he put it.