The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-12
THE JERSEY BOULEVARD.

Organization OF the Com m1ss1Oncrs-
March Of Impr0vcment-CheaP Car
Fare and Ferriage-Jersey City . Fort
OF Entry-Rapid Transit-What the
Railroad Companies Are Doing.
The Commissioners appointed by the New Jersey
Legislature to construct boulevard In Hudson
county from Bergen Point to the northern limit OF
the county, held their first meeting at Taylor's
Hotel Jersey City, on Saturday afternoon. Orestes
Cleveland was elected Chairman; william G.
Brown, Secretary, and David Smith, Treasurer.
Leon Abbott, counsel to the Board, was
in attendance. The Commissioners were in
session two hours, and the next meet
ing win be held next Friday, when
an engineer and surveyor will be appointed. The
lively time will commence when the location Of
Jersey City is to be decided upon there Is great
diversity Of opinion on the subject.
Side by side with this Board is the Hudson County
Real Estate Association, comprising about one
hundred members chiefly wealthy property
reduction OF car lare and ferriage, and the great
aim Of the Association Is to give aid TO
every public Improvement n They have ap
port Of entry. In the first named movement they
the Pav0nia Horse Railroad has been reduced to six
cents from the Terry TO West End Tickets are sold
for eight cents from West End 10 New York. nclnd-
ing ferriage Mr. Shipper, one OF the members OF the
Association, the mantle of Edwin A. Stevens,
and hence it is hoped that the day is fast approach
Hob0ken ferries and the Hoboken Horse Railroad
on through trip. The movement will continue
till the fare on all the horse railroads is reduced to
five cents within the limits Of Jersey City.
The rapid transit fever OF the great metropolis Is
contagious; Already the Northern Railroad Com
pany have located three stations within distances
Of two miles. The first Is Homestead" at the
Plank road the second "Wilsonyille, at the County
road, and the third "Tyler Park" at Seciucus
road For these early concessions the public are
indebted entirely to Mr.. Charles G. SlssOn, who
stands foremost In railroad enterprises The
Pennsylvania Railroad has station at West End,
the Central at Communipaw, the Newark and New
that lags behind in the race Is the Jersey City and
Bergen Horse Railroad, for it is the only line that
closes %Sa Its work At midnight ,.ur,o,
MES during the 6rst year to acquire
title to property in City and vicinity
being spent In improvements comprising road
beds, piers, workshops, elevators, depots, &C Har-
sinus Cove is being rapidly filled up. 1t will con-
sylvania Railroad, large depot for live stock
he sSatssr to Sc Ssne sfscssa near
elevator In the world for hosting grain &c. These
improvements will cover the entire water front
from the wharf OF the White Star line to the Jersey
City ferry, and Will be carried out at the expense
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The ele.
vator alone will cost 81, 100000. Large warehouses
Will also be erected nstl near the piers. 900
title Of Which has been VIC transmitted ntt to
they intend to build workshops and to reclaim by
degrees the marshy section from the tunnel to the
Hackensack River. The Pullman Palace Car Com
west or the hill in this section for a factory.
Illustrations must be provided for the artisans, SO
that within very few years suburban town
may be added to the rapidly growing municipality
OF Jersey City,