The Penn's Grove record., 1915-10-29
MEANT No ATTACK
ON OFFICIALS
Orange New England Society
Explains Recent Statement.
STRIP TICKET FIGHT OPENS
President of Trenton Company Is
Barred from Testifying as an
Expert-Former Mayor Rep
resents Corporation.

Especial Trenton Correspondence
Trenton.-The board of officers OF
the New England Society of Orange
reported on the recent action of the
franchise committee in sending a COM
munication to the Public Utilities
Commission opposing the Central
avenue trolley franchise grant, on
terms named in the Orange Board OF
Commissioners ordinance which in
c1uded the committees assurance that
there was no intention to reflect upon
the integrity of action of officials in
volved "or others" This report vas
accepted and the Public Utilities Com
mission will be so notified.
The committees action, which
caused General Edwin w. Hine, Sec
rotary of the Public Service Corpora
tion, to resign from the New England
Society, was discussed at frequent
meetings and the report recited that a
portion of the communication adj
dressed to the Board of Public Utili-
ties Commissioners and referring to
the consideration of the trolley fran
chise by local authorities, the Public
Service Corporation and county au-
thorities was deemed ill-advised" and
it might "seem to reflect upon the in
tegrity of action of such bodies" eff
meant to do So" the report of the
board of officers continued, at would
not represent the views or policy of
this society"
In addition to this significant state
ment, which had unanimous indorse-
ment of the New ~Englanders, the com
mittee reported the following letter
sent by Frederick w. Kelsey, chair
man of the franchise committee, and
his associate members: TN the pre-
sentiment of the special committee on
franchises to the public bodies in
charge of the Central ayenue franchise
there was no intention to reflect on
the integrity of action of the officials
constituting such boards, or others"
When the report was adopted Isaac
c.. Ogden offered another resolution
to send word to the Public Utilities
body that the committee letter had
been "disavowed" and "repudiated"
by the society. Rev. DR.. Adolph
Roeder said that measure would alter
the language of the report and in
corporate words that the committee
had studiously avoided. The clergy
mans substitute resolution to send the
State body a copy of the report was
accepted by Mr.. Ogden.
MI. Kesley said he did not desire
to oppose the action of the society in
sending the report copy to the Utili-
ties body, but he questioned the ad-
visibility of sending the information
at this time as the board still had
the franchise measure before it and
he did not know how the action in
sending the report might be con-
strued. The motion to send along the
report was carried without dissent,
however, and the incident closed.
Thomas S. Williams reported that
the Essex County Country Club has
notified the committee in charge of
the Forefather's Day dinner that no
outside functions are to be permitted
at the club in the future and the COM
mittee favored accepting an offer to
have the dinner held in the Essex
Club, Newark. The committee was
given power to select the place for
the anniversary affair.
An interesting talk on city planning
was given by Harland Bartholomew,
secretary to the Newark City Plan
ming Commission, in which he eX-
planned that Newark's future develop
ment will be an industrial and com
mercial one, and the suburban com
munities will have a fine opportunity
to develop as residence districts.
Newark's limit of population he esti-
mated at 100000 to 600. 900, provided
the city follows it's present intensity
of development. He gave the Oranges
advice on planning for the future.