Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-22
TRANSFER FIGHT
NEAR END, SAYS
CITY INSPECTOR
Reports Public Service Has
Practically Agreed TO
Plan.


Crawford has prus ally arranged
with the Public Service Railway
Company to bring about this change.
No action was taken on the report
as the commissioners want a week
in which to study the matter.
In regard to the various points at
issue Il The transfer question the
report is as follows:
''First-The transfer point is to be
changed from the last point of inter-
section to the first as this will COM
pei the conductor to announce each
transfer as it is reached, thereby
avoiding the possibility of forgetting
it, as was frequently the case at the
last point, which resulted In con-
fusion. This will also make the point
uniform throughout the city.
"Second-The company is ready to
order the new transfers needed for
the transfer transfer system
which they are ready to put into
effect. The lines on which transfers
on transfers will operate are the So
called crosstown lines on Tenth
street, Bergen street and Belmont
avenue, Norfolk street and Clifton
avenue.
by this transfer system a passen-
ger can reach his destination by the
shortest possible route if he so de-
sires, and it will mean that the num-
bers of people arriving at the cor
ner of Broad and Market streets will
be reduced by at least 10000 a day
through this means.
Numerous instances can be cited
to show how this new system will
operate, and one might be chosen as
an example.
Take. for instance, a passenger
coming in from South Orange desir-
ing to reach Clinton avenue and
Clinton place. He would ask for
transfer to the Bergen line car,
change at south Orange avenue and
Bergen street, board the cross-town
car, and on offering his transfer ask
for and receive a retransfer to the
Clinton, Broad or Summer car at
Clinton avenue and Bergen street
and travel west to his destination, or
if for instance the same passenger
wanted to go to Clinton avenue and
Badger avenue, he would receive his
transfers and on reaching Clinton
avenue would go east on Clinton ave-
nue. instead of west. Such an exam
pie as cited here will save a passen-
ger 5000 feet in travel and much
time, as the greater part of the old
route would be through the congest-
ed section, where the cars must neg
essarily travel very slow.
another feature is the transfer it,
self which will plainly show the
transfer points to the passenger, and
in order to avoid considerable con-
fusion the points of the compass.
north, east, south and west, will be
shown by separate and district colors.
By this method a passenger can tell
at a glance if he is receiving the
proper transfer from the conductor.
1T gives your inspector much
pleasure to report that the traction
company agrees with him on the
necessity of making the Pennsylva-
MIA and the Lackawanna stations
transfer point for any and all cars
passing them. This privilege has been
sought for years, and now 1t is
reality. Regardless of the fact that
the first point of intersection Is to be
the standard, the passenger has .
right to offer his transfer to the con-
ductor on any car at these two points.
THE zone lines laid down are as
follows: The Bergen line will be the
zone line for the Plank road, Spring.
field, Kinney and South Orange lines,
and the Norfolk will be the dividing
line for the Central Orange and
RoseVille lines, to prevent looping.
THE zones will only be used to
prevent looping on the ona fare. An
example would be to say that per-
son waiting at Hudson and Orange
streets and wanted to reach Clinton
place and Clinton avenue, he would
be compelled to cross town on the
Bergen line and then transfer to the
Clinton line, using the transfer on
transfer instead of coming down to
Broad and Market streets"
Car Inspector Crawford also made
a report on the new rerouting trolley
plan. He said:
81 wish to report that the first OF
the Central line of cars began opera
ton over the new route assigned to 1t
on Tuesday morning. This line, OPP
Grating through Mulberry street. es-
pecially that section of the street be.
tween East Park street, will need
added police regulation for at least
time, as the drivers of farm wags
ons as we'll as grocerymen and ped"
[
ton to the traffic ordinances and BLOCK
the tracks until told to move.
beginning next Wednesday morns
ing. May 81, the Bloomfield and Pat
erson lines will be added to the SER
vice on Mulberry street, and during
the early morning and evening hours
there will be a car through the Mar.
ket section every minute, which VIII
call for a clear right of way In order
that the schedules may be main"
tanned.
During the operation of the Cen.
trail line on the opening day Chief En-
gineer Belts, of the Public Utility
Commission; Mr.. Bolen, Mr.. Graham
and myself watched the conditions,
and. as a result, I would recommend
that traffic regulations be immediate
w established at Mulberry and Mar
ket streets. This regulation should be
so arranged as to take care of the
many children that cross Mulberry
street at Market on their way to the
Lawrence Street Primary School.
1.-THE clearance at the northeast cor
ner of Mulberry and Market streets Is
| but four feet from the rail to the
curb and but eighteen inches from the
railboard of the car so that / fear
| there will be an accident there, due to
| the fact that, as I witnessed yester-
day, a person will step down from the
| walk, and in leaning back to avoid
a car taking the curve to the right
will fall backward, and in so doing
endanger his legs.
THE change created the need Of
a new stop in my Judgment and that
| is on the southwest corner OF Broad
| and Central, so that passengers can
| board south bound cars there that
| have transferred from the Central
line. I have asked for such a stop
and will know definitely about it to-
| morrow.
MANY congratulations we're ex-
! tended to the Board of Works