Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-22
PUBLIC SERVICE
ACCEPTS TERMS
FOR EXTENSION
FreehoIders and Utilities Conn.,
mission Must Now Pass
Upon Orange Ordinance.

NOW that the Public Service Rail-
way Company has accepted the or
a4nance passed W the orange board
OF Commissioners Tor extending the
CentraI avenue trolley Inc through
thai city the proposition VIII be
taken up by the Dodra OF Freehold
ers. as central avenue Is county
tnOrOGg htare. After the county or
meals pass upon the matter the PUB
lie CtuAues Commission Will take II
up. NeILner tue orange ollcsa4s nor
the Puplc Service 1Ulk ANTICIPATE
any obstacles in The pain o. the
measure, AID It is xpected that work
on lac extensAon vii Dc begun IN the
spring.
A conference was held today be-
tween a Pubic Service representative
and the Orange orticlals over Inc COM
panys request for suitable turnoutS
on the scotland street une, so as to
permit the large cars on the Central
avenue line to travel over the one
track crosstown road. The subject
Will be discussed again at a meet
ing OF the Board OF Commissioners
this afternoon.
Among the hrst callers on Mayor
Daniel r. Minahan At the City hall
eouay was j. Alexander Neiil, secre-
more than pleased at the completion
of the negotiations for the extension
of the trolley Line. He announced
his, intention of putting up $4,000
building in the valley section ana
predicIed a building boom would re-
suit.
The acceptance of the ordinance by
Ghe railway company was filed yes
terday afternoon with City Clerk
John j. Byrne by General HlDe. The
latter mentioned his efforts for a
year and half to come to an I'M
Outstanding with the Orange officials
and said he was pleased that every
thing had been arranged harmoni-
Dusiy.
BY the terms of the ordinance the
Central cars, which now stop at the
line between Orange and East Or
ange, will travel up a new set OF
tracks to Central avenue and Scot
land street. The present tracks in
Central avenue, in the block west
from Lincoln avenue, will be moved
toFthe centre Of the roadway, and
While most of the cars will end their
trips at the Lackawanna Railroad
crossing, at least one car every tif-
teen minutes will make the turn at
Ceatral avenue and go over the Or
ange and Passaic Valley tracks to
the terminus at Morris street. This
arrangement will give residents of
Orange Valley a direct ride, without
change of cars. as at present, to the
business section of this city When
the Lackawanna road tracks are eie-
yased the Central line will continue
up to West Orange, as a measure al
lowing the building of the road IN
that town, is now before the Town
Council
There has been little opposition to
ehe franchise grant this year. A
committee of the New Eng and So
ciety has objected 10 the grant on
the terms named in the ordinance,
and Frederick w. Kelsey, one-time
park commissioner of Essex County,
and a member of the New England
Society's committee, has urged more
returns to the city than the grant
exacts. AS against them, however,
a practically unanimous sentiment
has long existed in the southerly Sec
ZION of Orange that the trolley line
was a necessity, and this feeling on
the part of the public has guided the
Orange city officials in their wiling
ness to make a contract.
The trolley company, by the terms |
of the ordinance. will pay the snare
of cost for new pavement in Cen !
trail avenue that may be fixed by the
County Board of Freeholders up to |
100000. The Improvements of the |
avenue has awaited the settlement |
of the franchise problem. The Pub
lie Service has eighteen months |
time allowed 1t for the building of |
the road, but 1t is understood the |
extension will be financed and work !
begun in the spring.
II a1dg<Iox
road to this city the Central avenue |
extension win give residents of the |
Fourth Ward. Orange. new oppor- |
tunity to reach New York by use of |
the trolley line and the Manhattan !
terminal station In Park nlaca