Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-23
GRADE CROSSINGS
TOPIC OF DEBATES
New England Society Members
Discuss Situation Along Lack
awanna in Oranges.

The New England Society of Or
ange discussed last night the plan of
the Lackawanna railroad for track
elevation in South Orange, the situa-
ton in Orange regarding elimination
of the twenty-six death traps and the
controversery between East Orange
and the railroad as to whether ele-
walton or depression would be more
desirable The meeting was the last
until the fall.
Village Trustee Lawrence N. Nor
ton, of South Orange Village, told
how the officials of his village had
unostentatioUsly negotiated its eleva-
ton contract: while former Judge
Thomas A. Davis discussed Orange
situation.
c. c. Vermeule and Colonel Joseph
W. Slower, of East Orange, led the
discussion in favor of depression in
East Orange, while DR.. j. M. w.
Kitchen and George Lindsey gave
arguments for elevation.
Former Judge Davis in his talk
favored immediate action by Orange
on basis of sharing with the rail-
road the property damages in order
to end the danger to pedestrians. He
deplored the possibility of a bad ac-
cldent on the crossings intersecting
trolley lines, although it would
crystalline public sentiment into an
imperative demand for immediate ac-
Ilon. The suggestion was repeated
by Ezra c. Williams
opponents of track elevation for
East Orange declared that the raising
or tracks would do tremendous prop
erty damage, while those who favored
elevation could not share the pessim-
ism OF Colonel Slower and Mr. YER
meule.
Mr.. Norton spoke of the general
satisfaction South Orange folks ex-
pressed over the success of negotia-
tons. Colonel Slower objected to the
village officials reference to ending
slaughter on the rails, and when Mr..
Norton said the deaths averaged
about one year the East Orange
man insisted he word slaughter was
misnomer for the tragedies of the
road. Coleman E. Nissan, president
of the society, opened the discussion
and presided during the debates.
New officers and committees named
last night include the following, who
will have charge of the societys af-
fairs for the coming season:
Corresponding secretary, Robert H.
Thayer; curator, George Leroy Shell
lea Committees: Public welfare-Jo-
seph p. Holmes, chairman; Absalom
p. BactS1an, Isaac C. Ogden. Cor
nelius Z Vermeule, Adolph Roeder.
Charities-Rev. George P. Eastman,
chairman; Ogden H. Bowers, L. How
ard Brumbaugh. Thomas w. Will
Jams, Ezra c. Williams. Rules and
rooms-Stuart Lindsey, chairman;
John d. Evertt. Thomas w. Will
Jams, Peter V. Huyssoon, Lawrence
A. Norton. Auditing-William Beach,
Charles NJ. Close. Library-Isaac H.
Blanchard, chairman; Robert Dunn
Douglass, Alton H. Sherman, Francis
H. Holmes, George Leroy Shelley.
Lectures. Carl Downes, chairman;
Frank Vanderpoel, Oscar S. Thomp-
son, George l.. Lindsey, Benjamin S.
Comstock. Local history-David L..
Pierson, chairman; Frank w. Bald
win, Orlando e. Condit, James N.
Muir. Horton d. Williams. Amend
ments-Camillus G. Kidder chair
man; Wilson Farrand, Hedley ".
Cook. Celebration of forefathers'
day-Emile Schultze, chairman; Ed
ward w. Ashley, r. Wayne Parker,
John G. Gore, Herbert Barry.