The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-12-04

are soon to be the club women OF
the country. A conference of the
Junior clubs will be held at Red Bank
December 6.
To Keep Highways Clear
The twenty state highway routes OF
New Jersey will be kept open this
winter by a fleet of ICE heavy auto
mobile trucks equipped with snow
plows, according to Major W. Y.
Sloan. state highway engineer. me
trucks will start from Trenton for ad-
vantageous locations. The Highway
Department has established a twenty
four-hour watch when the Weather
Bureau predicts snow. Should the
snowfall reach depth of two inches
the plows will be started immediate
" to clearing fifteen-mile sections OF
road.
Eight hundred and forty miles OF
highways will have to be kept clear
this winter.
Will Ask state Aid
State aid in any further prosecution
of the charge of driving while drunk
against C. William Caruso, Newark
lawyer, will be sought by the town
of Bloomfield should the defendant
appeal to the Supreme Court for
writ Of certiorari to further appeal
his conviction, as Caruso has signified
he will. This action was decided upon
by the Town Council when it was an
nounced that Caruso intended taking
further appeal.
A resolution adopted authorized
Councilman Charles Demarest, chair
man of the finance committee, and
| Town Attorney Randolph Barrett to
confer with Motor Vehicle Commits
sioner William L. Dill to have the
state bear part of the expense OF any
further argument in the case, as the
cost of prosecution was an undue bur-
den on the town."
Telephone Probe On
Investigations of the service OF the
New York Telephone Company in
New Jersey were submitted to the
Public Utility Commission in the tele-
phone rate cases by attaches of the
commission and by representative
of the New Jersey League of Munich
palities.
The first of these surveys was de-
scribed and summarized by James G..
Wray, who declared that he had made
inspections in nine central office dis
tricts, consisting of interviewing $40
telephone subscribers and making
q lie ctofnd that
he had also investigated all OF the ~
complaints received by the commits
sion since July 1. Mr.. Wray declared
that he had found the operating forces
of the Telephone Company were gem
orally efficient. He also pointed out
that in most districts the company
had ample facilities and that the wait
ing list of applicants for service in
northern New Jersey had been re-
duced from $500 in September, 1928,
to 2,40O in September, 1924.
The second report was submitted
by E. E. Lewis, Jr., representative
of the League of Municipalities, who
said he had confined his investigation
to nine private branch exchanges in
various cities. He was examined by
Frank H. Somer, special counsel for
the league.
Alterations in Buses
Specifications that will require al
terations in practically all buses OPP
Grated in the state of New Jersey
and complete renovation in many are
included in a standard set of rules
drawn up by the Public Utility Com
mission and discussed at a hearing
in Trenton.
Objections we're heard from persons
invited to the hearing, including rep
resentatives of bus owning compa-
MES, OF all the large manufacturers of
buses in the country and state officials
whose province embraces this depart
ment of transit
The plan, originally sponsored by
Joseph Crawford supervisor Of trans
portation for Newark; Leo F. Conlon,
senior inspector of traffic for the
Board of Public Utility, and Harry ".
Osborne president of the board af-
fects practically everything relative
to the comfort and safety of passen-
gers
If legislation is adopted as planned,
approved heating systems must be in
stalled in all buses; each bus must
carry fire extinguisher, stop signals,
route signs visible at distance OF
100 feet day or night, window guards,
ventilators and grips for standing pas
sengers.
For safety from the drivers point
of view, guard rails must be provided
to prevent passengers from obstruct-
ing the vision of the driver every bus
must have an inside and outside mir
ror, and two sets of brakes capr BILE
of holding the vehicle when fully load
! ed and on a Is per cent grade
An emergency door in the rear,
with minimum clearance of eight
cen inches, will provide for any I'M
foreseen accidents.