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

. Mr. McCarter declared that per-
mission would be asked to lay double
tracks on Park place, from North
Canal street to Fulton street. skirt
ing two sides of Military Park and
providing direct service from ths
north and from the south to both the
McAdoo tube and the Public Service
terminal. He outlined other arrange-
ment of tracks to relieve congestion
between Central avenue and Lafas
cite street. on Broad street and be-
tween Washington and Mulberry
streets on Market street.
He pointed out that the plans had
been worked out without reference 10
the use of the Morris canal. and said
that should --tile eenai-be abandoneu
and its ioadbed become available Tor
transportation it could be used IN
conjunction with the terminal. He
also said that there is nothing in the
plans to initiate against the eonstruc-
ton of subways in Broad and Market
streets whenever these should become
necessary.
BEST transportation in Land
The capital is ready he added
land if we are permitted to go ahead
with our plans and develop them on
the lines laid down 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"
President MeCarter said in part:
ITO provide a street railway teruni-
nal such as it has planned for Park
place, Public Service estimates that
it will have TO spend at least S4,0oo,-
000 This great sum viii represent
the cost of land, building subway and
trackage in the subway building. ex-
elusive of trackage in the city here
after referred to. With the exception
of one or two minor pieces, the land
required has already been purchased.
Legislation win be required from both
the State and the city TO make tbs
terminal a possibility.
with the right given us to go
ahead with the proposed changes. I
am confident that the street railway
transportation problem of Newark
and its suburbs will have been solved
in a manner which is at once the
most practical and the most beneficial
to the various communities and to the
riding public. Not only viii the ter
minal effectually relieve the traffic
congestion at Broad and Market
streets. but il will provide for adj
ditional service 70 all outlying points
and take care of the steadily inereas-
ing demands for generation to come.
BY this plan the number of cars now
operated within the congested zone
can be doubled. An idea of the pres
ent magnitude Of the task which con-
fronts the railway company may be
had from the fact that, during the
last year, the street cars in the Essex
division carried $50 O00, 600 passengers,
an average of more than 10000 a
day.
Plans for Terminal.
'As has been stated, the terminal
will front on Park place. occupying
space of 1S0 feet on that thorough
fare between Proctor's Theatre and
the building of the American Insur-
ance Company. It's ground plan will
be commodious and somewhat irreg-
ular in dimensions Extending back
from Park place. the property widens
to a width of 2s5 feet on the west
side of Pine street. with one extern
sion southerly to North Canal street.
touching that street at a point $50
feet east Of Park place and extending
easterly for distance Of ninety feet
along North Canal street. and aa-
other extension northerly from the
main plot to East Park street. giy-