This Day in History: 1935-07-27

An American Legion Convention and abnormal weekend traffic made for one of the worst tie-ups along Franklin Turnpike between the Ramsey Traffic Circle and Ho-Ho-Kus. Congestion began on Friday afternoon and continued through Monday morning as thousands of cars traveled north for the weekend and returned. The Bergen County Police had provided extra officers to assist on the previous weekends but could spare no one this time. Special Officer Fred Fritz was stationed at Main Street and the Turnpike from 7:00 until midnight while Chief Voss and Officer Ed Schmidt handled the traffic diverted from the highway down Central Avenue to relieve the traffic at the Circle. Everyone looked forward to the completion of the missing link between Ho-Ho-Kus and Ramsey on Route 2 (now Route 17). (Bristow)