Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-23

rem and High streets are intended
principally for rush-hour service, as
the intention is to bring most of the
cars from the west that will use the
terminal from and to Market street,
via Washington street.
Real Rapid Transit.
"By this arrangement of tracks
Broad street will be relieved between
Central avenue and Lafayette street
and Market street will be relieved be-
tween Washington and Mulberry
streets, the very zone of present con-
gestion, where the multiplicity of
cars is so great during the morning
and evening commission hours that
the progress of all of Them is Sc
riously impeded and rapid transit is
not so rapid as the company and its
patrons would like to have it. At the
same time a service that will be
amply sufficient for all needs will be
maintained on Broad street and Mar
ket street within the zone indicated.
So far as practicable cars from the
north that are to be diverted will be
kept on Broad street as far as Park
place and from the south as far as
Lafayette street. No other practical
plan that would relieve the conges-
ton at the -Four Corners and at the
same time adequately serve Newark's
rather restricted retail district could
be worked out The direct service to
the present and proposed terminals
on Park place will be a distinct gain
over present conditions.
; "By the rearrangement of tracks
the daily use of the curve at Market
and Broad streets will be no longer
necessary. In my judgment it would
not be wise to remove this curve en-
tirely. as contingencies might arise.
such as big fire, which would make
its use temporarily very desirable.
However. with the terminal facilities
and the connections it is our inten-
ton to abandon the daily use of the
curve and to send such cars as must
go to the Market street depot to their
destination by way of Mulberry and
Market streets.
The various extensions and the ac-
complaining rerouting of certain lines
and parts of lines will make neces-
sary readjustment of transfer priv
ileges and this phase of the problem
is being worked out so that the whole
local street railway system will be
as comprehensive and as great an ac-
commodation to the travelling public
as it reasonably can be made.
Canal Not Considered
1.-THE plan for the terminal has been
worked out without reference to the
use of the Morris canal, and is en-
tirely Independent thereof. Should
the canal be abandoned and its road
bed become available for transporta
ton. it will be entirely practicable be-
cause of it's proximity to the terminal
to use it in conjunction herewith.
Nor does anything connected with the
plan initiate against the construction
of subways on Broad and Market
streets whenever the same shall be-
come necessary.
1--WE hope for the cooperation of the
legislature and of the city officials
without which the work cannot be
done. We have made our plans care
fully and with a purpose single to
the betterment of the service, not
only in Newark but in all the nearby
communities with which Newark is so
closely identified An enormous ex-
penditure of money is involved but
we have arranged for the financing
of the undertaking. The capital is
ready, and il we are permitted to go
ahead with our plans and develop
them on the lines laid down, as l feel
confident we will be, we will give the
people of this city and their neigh
bors transportation facilities and
service that will not be surpassed by
any street railway system in the
country"