Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-07
OLYMPIC PARK
TRUSTEE VOICES
HIS GRIEVANCE
Through Counsel He Charges
Public Service r. r. Co. With
Sighting Resort.

A squabble between the manage
ment of Olympic Park and the Pub
lie Service Railway Company may
be carried to the State Board of Pub
lie Utility Commissioners.
A statement to this effect was made
today by Howard Peck, counsel for
Alfred b. Van Liew, who is conduct
ing the park as trustee in bankrupt
cy According to Mr.. Peck, the troll
ley service was curtalled when the
jitneys started to make the park a
terminus.
Mr.. Peck said arrangements were
made to paint numerous signs for
jitneys reading, This car to Olympic
Park" and similar messages. The
day after the jitneys began running
to the park the Broad ears, which
made loop into the park we're
taken off the loop, said Mr.. Peck.
One of the results of this arrange
ment was to cut down the attend
ance at the park, in the opinion of
the trustee Patrons refused to make
the journey to the Irvington resort
when they learned they would have
to leave the cars at Springfield ave
nue. and walk into the park, instead
of riding to the gate in the Broad
line cars, explained Mr. Peck.
Today there were several confer
ences on the squabble. Mr.. Peck con-
ferred with Nathan Bilder. also of
counsel for the trustee. Mr.. Bilder
stated that If the Pubic Service did
not resume Broad line traffic on the
Olympic Park route an application
would be made to the Utility Com
mission. The latter board will be
asked to compel the traction com
pany to run the cars to the park.
Another Conference.
Another conference was held by Mr..
division superintendent of the Public
Service Railway. The result of this
talk was a promise on the part of
Mr.. Graham that officials of the com
pany would consider replacing the
Broad line cars on the park route.
THE action of the Public Service
ini taking the Broad cars of the loop
has hurt the park" said Mr.. Peck.
II don't think 1t is fair to discriminate
against us just because the jitneys
were running to the park. We can
not say where the jitneys shall run.
and Furthermore we did not make any
deal with the jitney people to induce
their running to the park.
''Mr. Graham admitted the activity
of the jitney owners in running to
the park was partly responsible for
the discontinuance of Broad cars on
the park loop. He said the cars might
have been taken off the loop anyway
If the jitney people had not gone up
there, because he claims tht trolly
traffic has fallen off considerably at
the park for some time back"
That the jitney service had nothing
to do with the determination not to
run Broad cars into the park, was
the assertion made by John l..
O'Toole, publicity agent of thte Pub
lie Service. He said the Springfield
cars were continuing to use the loop,
even after the Broad street cars were
taken off.
From 7;3O o'clock last night until a
late hour there were 1853 persons who
used the Springfield cars to go to the
park" said Mr.. O'Toole Those fig
ures speak for themselves as to the
attendance at the park. Publicity
given to the failure of thet park is
more responsible than anything else,
I believe, for the poor patronage.
Public Service discontinued the use
of the park loop by the Broad cars
because there was no demand for such
service. However, officials of the COM
pany will reconsider the matter. and
it may be they will put on the ser
vice again for another trial"
Superintendent Graham Denies.
Superintendent Graham later de-
MED he had told Mr.. Peck the jitney
activities were responsible for the
Public Service taking the Broad cars
off the loop.
Newton w Bolen. transportation
superintendent of the Public Service
railway also denied jitney traffic had
caused curtailing of trolley service.
There is 200 invested by the
Public Service in the laying of
tracks around the park loop" said
Mr.. Bolen. Surely if the demand
warranted the service the company
would be only too willing to put all
the cars available on the loop and
get some return for its investment"