Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-06-12
FAVOR J|TNEYS
TO MAKE EP.S.
REALIZE Duty
Vailsburg Inprovers Would
Foster Bus Line for That
D Reason.
TRAFFIC CONGESTION is
SAID TO CAUSE TROUBLE
Would Have Company Con-
struct Turnouts at the BIZ
cycle Track.

The Public Service Railway Com
pany came in for denuneiation
at the meeting of the Vailsburg
Improvement Association last night.
1t was suggested by one of the speak
ers that, in order to bring the COM
pany to a realization of its duty to
the section, it would be a good plan
to foster line of jitney busses. rum
ming to the business centre of New
ark
An implied threat of legal proceed
ings was also made against the troll
ley company The trouble, one of
long standing, grows out of the diff
Guilty which the Public Service finds
in meeting the congestion that follows
race meets at the Velodrome.
At the conclusion of the bicycle
races the thousands that make up the
audiences must be accommodated by
the trolley cars. Anywhere from ten
lined up outside the track, 1t was as
serted, and while the crowd is pack
ing itself in the cars, the regular
traffic is at a standstill. Some OF
the speakers said that this condition
lasts for half an hour or more when
there is a good attendance at the
track. People going in both direc-
tions between Vailsburg and South
Orange and the heart of the city are
stalled until the race goers are ao-
commodated.
Suggestion has been made at previ-
eus meetings that the railroad COM
pany purchase or lease property near
the track and make turn where
the cars can stand without interfer-
ing with the normal travel. The
Eailroad company's officials have re-
Joined that the expense makes this
impossible.
To Watch Car op&tation.
After considerable debate on the
question last night. it was decided
to have the traffic committee of the
organization watch the operation of
the cars at several points along the
line next Sunday afternoon, and re-,
port the result to the authorities.
Men will be stationed at Broad and
Market streets, at the track and at
the Orange line to time the cars and
find out just where the congestion Is.
This will be made the subject of a
communication to The Putlic It'll
ity Commission One of the men,
bers suggested that If any of the
inspectors of the company caused the
cars to be stalled for an unreasonable
time policeman be called on to
arrest him. This met with general
approval.
1t was James p Donnelly who sug-
gested that jitney busses be en-
ployed Mr. Donnelly said that if The
trolley company was confronted with
any kind of rivalry it would soon
come to its senses and provide better
accommodations
Complain of Highways.
DIR. w. A. Tansey told the members
of the association that there was not
much hope for jitneys around Walls
burg while its highways. were in the
shape they now are. He suggested
that the Public Service Company was
doing about as well as it could to
meet an awkward situation, and
urged that more attention be paid TO
the care of the streets than to the
trolley trouble He believed that the
bicycle race track brought quite
few people into the section who
would not otherwise be there. and If
the streets were kept in better shape
some of them might be induced to re-
main. The dust is half a foot deep
In Sanford avenue" he said.
sR. Elmer Throssell, of the Board Of
Education, was introduced to the as
sociation. He said that the new
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