Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-01-27
First Car Crosses Bridge This
Morning After Tie-Up for
Past Three Months to Make
Repairs to Abutments.
OLD SCHEDULE IS IN FORCE
Verbal Order Received Today
by Jersey Central Traction
Co. from Public Utilities
Commission to Resume.

Following a verbal order received
at the Offices of the Jersey Centra
| Traction Company at Newark tbis
morning through Secretary Allred N
| Barber, of the Public Utility Com
mission, the 1925 O'Clock car from
| Perth Amboy crossed the county
| bridge. This was the first car which
| has crossed the structure during the
past three months, during which
time the abutments supporting
either end of the cantilever span
were under condemnation by the
| state commission.
Old Schedule In Force.
The old schedule in force before
the draw was condemned by the COM
| mission Is now again in operation to
the delight of thousands of commu-
ters who, during the past three
months have had to cross the ex-
posed draw in all kinds of weather
conditions In making the transfer
from one to the other side of the
span.
Publicity Agent John M. O"Toole,
of Newark, stated this afternoon that
Perth Amboy will be resumed, be-
ginning tomorrow morning, and will
rur on the same schedule in effect
when the draw was condemned by
the Public Utility Commission. The
Public Service was notified by Secre-
tary Barber this mornin" ~ IN =
der allowing the corp,
cars across the bridg,
mailed to the company.
lie Utility Commission inspectors the
commission on October 81 recon-
mended that trolley traffic be aban-
doned across the bridge. The next
day this was done and the Public
Service South Amboy cars were cut
off entirely, as to run them with the
Jersey Central cars would have
caused congestion on the single
track that crosses the bridge.
The Jersey Central cars only ran
to the north and south ends Of the
span, where passengers were trans
ferred to the car waiting across the
draw, distance of 200 or more feet.
Plans For Rest Piers.
The Board of Freeholders acted
Immediately in the matter and had
Engineer Alvin B. Fox draw up plans
for temporary rest piers, to allow
the resumption of traffic as quickly
as possible. The contract was given
to the General Contracting and Engi-
neering Company, Of New York, at
$4,942, with the provision that the
work be completed In thirty working
days. The contracting company
rushed the work and the rest piers
called for in the contract were COM
pleted last Saturday. Monday after
noon Chief Engineer Mead, of the
Public Utility Commission inspected
the work and approved it except for
having one beam adjusted, which
took but short time. He made his
report to the commission In session
yesterday, with the result that the
traction company was notified by
telephone by Secretary Barber that
trolley traffic could be resumed. Mr..
Barber said that the verbal order
would be followed by written one,
which he mailed this morning.
County Engineer Makes Statement.
County Engineer Fox made the
following statement today concern
ing the delay in starting trolley traf-
fc across the bridge, following re-
pairs:
THE engineer for the General
Contracting and Engineering Com
pany informed me Friday morning
that they would complete their con-
tract for placing emergency rest
piers under the draw and cantilever
spans of the Amboy bridge by Satur-
day night, January 23r9, 1915. l
Immediately notified the Public Util-
ity Commission, through their chief
inspector, Mr.. Mead, and the state
commissioner Of public roads.
through the division engineer of the
department, Mr.. McEntire, that this
work would be completed surely
Saturday night and requested an in
spection of the work be made by the
utility commission and the state road
department at the earliest possible
moment Both parties agreed that
inspection should be made Monday
morning, January 25th, and that re-
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