Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-23
QUICK. RELIEF FOR |
TROLLEY TROUBLES
Board of Works Demands This
Promise Before Passing Pub
lie Service Grants.

Immediate relief from the present
congested conditions is now demand
ed by the Board of Works before any
definite action is taken on the vari-
Gus franchises requested by the Pub
lie Service in connection with its pro-
| posed trolley terminal. II y pointed
/ out that even after permission is
granted the erection of the terminal
will take about two years. During
this period, the board insists that
some relief must be given.
It is likely that the board will in
sist that its own temporary plan pro-
viding for a single track in River
street be carried into effect. This
plan, which has already been sub
| mitted to the trolley officials, was
returned because, in their opinion, 1t
was Impractical Their principal rea-
son for turning 1t down, it was stated,
was that owing to the narrowness of
the street in question and its prox-
unity to the freight yards it would be
almost impossible to successfully
operate a car line over the route. The
board members, however, take the
! opposite view.
The matter was brought up at the
meeting of the finance committee OF
the board yesterday afternoon by
/ Commissioner Charles P. Gillen. He
/ sought to have the board frame an
ultimatum to the effect that no grants
necessary to the terminal project
would be considered until the boards
temporary rerouting scheme was
n.
held that the plan suggested by the
! company was entirely inadequate and
would not afford even temporary re-
| lief.
1t was suggested by Commissioner
| Charles F. Kraemer that the board
members should frame statement
to the trolley company relative to
this matter and moved that they meet
in conference tonight. This was de-
cided upon at the time, but changed
/ at the board meeting. 1t was ex-
! planned that several of the commits
sioners could not be present tonight,
so the conference was postponed with
j out date.
Everyone wants to move forward
/ in this matter just as quickly as pos
/ sible," declared Commissioner Gill
| len land the Public Service should
realize that the temporary relief plan
Is almost paramount. The delay. IL
] there be any, is being caused by the
| trolley company. They have to date
/ failed to reply to our plans for af-z
! fording temporary relief and stand
pat upon their own plan, which is
/ not sufficient.
1T feel that we should do nothing
/ further in this matter until this
/ question of temporary relief, which
! is of vital Importance, is settled one
way or another In all the answers
that they have submitted they have
! side-stepped every suggestion that
we have made. 1t would be my idea
| to keep all negotiations at stand
| still until this question is settled
The entire terminal plan with
slight alterations, is agreeable to this
board, but until they take all cars
which now use the Broad and Mar
| ket curve down River street am
| opposed to granting them anything
! at ALL We have at present at our
! -Four Corners the most outrageous
| condition in any city in the country
1t is a condition that could easily
! have been remedied If the Public
Service had acted in good faith"
1t is probable that the board will
confer on the matter within the next
few days, at which time it is expect
ed that their views on this point will
be conveyed to the trolley officials in
| the form of a statement.