Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-22
G|LLEN OBJECTS TO
KRAEMER REPORT
Differ on Proposed Subway and
Terminal Plan of Public
Service.

l Commissioner Charles h. kraemer on
the proposed trolley terminal and
subway matters, which have been the
subject of several conferences by the
Board of Works and Public Service
officials. was taken by Commissioner
Charles p. Gillen at the meeting of
the board yesterday. After DIR. Krae-
mer had read the statement which
he said was designed to give the pub
lie some light on just what the city
officials and the Public Service were
contemplating Mr.. Gillen raised the
objection that the report should not
be construed as voicing the senti-
ments of the entire board. 1t was
merely the commissioners personal
| opinion, he declared.
/ Mr.. Gillen. averred that the So
called blanket scheme was far from
satisfactory to him and that it was
woefully lacking in several important
details.
ut is entirely incomplete and in
efficient" said Mr.. Gillen, "and | be-
lieye that we should drive a bargain
with the Public Service. Until we
confer on several important matters
and arrive at some satisfactory
understanding I. for one, do not APP
prove of the blanket proposition.
Argues on Transfers.
The commissioner brought up the
discussion of the transfers, in which
he said the public was vitality in
| terested. and discussed upon it at
great length DR.. Kraemer replied
that the officials of the company mad
assured him that they would set a
day aside for hearing on this matter
alone, at which the situation might
be cleared. DR.. Kraemer added thal
in the statement made by him he ala
not aim at taking any prerogatiVe
away from Mr.. Gillen or any of the
other commissioners, but merely to
taeauaint the public with what had
been done so far in the matter. me
statement of DIR. kraemer was, IN
part, as follows:
We have reached the point when we
are expected TO pass Judgment on the
more important questions involved IN
the various applications filed by PUBIC
| Service for the Development OF local
trolley facilities, including the DulldlnS
| of n terminal This being so, state
ment, setting forth, in concrete form,
| what has been done so that the puDllc
may be fully appraised of the manner
| in which the citys interests nave pceh
sgfeguarded will not be amiss.
The entire subject of trolley applica-,
tions has been given careful study and
| conscientious consideration by every
| member Of this board ever since the.
matter has been before us. 1t is seven
months since the whole project was IN
formally submitted and the .specihc APP
plications with drawings attached, set,
ting forth just what the company wanted
l to do, were filed with the board last
APRIL The project received the fullest
measure of publicity. Twice the Navarro
Board OF Trade, Mt largely attehuea
meetings, unanimously. approved the
plans. other civic bodies, whose mem,
bership is made up of disinterested and
public spirited citizens, likewise indorsed
the scheme, and this board mas given
| numerous hearings on he whole prob
lem and ON various phases of IT,
Guided BY Best Thoughts
The board members desired TO be guild
ed by the best thought on the subject
and with that end in view they gladly
co operated with the City Plan Commits
sion body appointed by His Honor
the Mayor TO study the future needs of
the city and make recommendations
This latter body had the advice and
fic engineer who, with the commissions
own engineer. made a careful investt-
cation and submitted report upon the
receipt of which the city Plan Commits
| sion gave its approval To the terminal
AS further means of safeguarding
the interests of the city this board called
| upon the board of engineers, consisting
OF Chief Engineer Morris Il. Sherrerd, Il.
p. Goodrich, of the City Plan Commits
sion; Philander Belts, chief engineer OF
the State Board of Public Utility Com
missioners, and X. Il. Danforth. the gen
eral manager of the Public Service Rail
way
The engineers held conference and
after studying the problem in az its. as
poets suggested certain notifications
which have been embodied in the or
dinances now pending before the board
and recommended that these grants
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trolley facilities in the city to the last
ing benefit of the merchants and the
citizens in general.
1t was at the suggestion of the en-
gineers that the board divided the ap-
| plications into two claSSeS--th0se direct
II ly connected with the terminal and those
II Indirectly connected herewith and de-
signed to relieve congestion in the centre
| of the city and to provide more faQili-
ties in the outlying sections. Every step
taken In the granting of franchises thus
far has been based upon the unanimous
| recommendation of the engineers.
Meet Public Needs.
The ordinances already granted are
what might be termed of the indirect
class referred to and every one of them
meets n public need. The conditions in
Hawthorne avenue and Bergen street, the
necessity for service to and from the
Saybrook place terminal. the urgent need
for affording a means of rerouting lines
| so as to relieve congestion were all so
|
been justified in unnecessarily delaying
the improvements by withholding fran
chise grants. The same thing holds true
| with respect to the terminal and Its con
nections. Before advancing these ordi-
nances the board made certain that the
| city's interests would be fully protected
and an agreement, i'm the form of a bind
ing contract has been drawn and will
Service before the ordinances are finally
passed.
This agreement makes the new ordi-
nances subject to the . per cent. tax, to
i the provision for change of method of
propulsion Of cars. imposes transfer OBJ
legations which Will preserve to the pub.
lie all the rights Il T. has has at present and
nection with the terminal, binds the COM
pany to cease using the curves at Broad
and Market streets for daily operation
and makes Ii incumbent upon the com
pany to remove certain other curves and
connections when the new tracks are laid.
Every one of these conditions was
threshed out and the Judgment of the
prevailed.
Wants Perpetual Grant.
The trolley company wanted a per-
petual grant for the subway entrance
| to the terminal and the law would per-
| init such grant to be made but this
put the question up to the city Counsel
and he decided we could limit the period
of use Of the subway. so we fixed II at
seventy five years with the additional
provis6 that the city can order its re-
location if at any time In the future
IL shall be in the way of subway sys-
tenn to be built by or for the city.
Mr.. President. this whole question is
the largest that has been before the board
that opinions have differed on some
points 1t would be surprising II they
had not believe every member of this
board has been actuated by desire to
get the best results for the city The
trolley company's plan can be developed
right away and the company has to find
| the money Notifications of this plan