The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-03
The Threatened Invasion
of Grand Street and
Pacific Avenue.
THE ALDERMEN NAY SAY nay.
Lafayette and South Bergen
Residents Excited Over
the Movements of the
Lehigh Valley.

The movement of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company that contemplates-o or
seems to-the making of a monster
freight yards at Grand street. just abovs
Pacific avenue, is arousing storm of OPP
position among the people. That the
company's tracks will cross Pacific ave-
nue., through which every Lafayetter has
to pass on his way home, and Grand
street, through which alone Greenville
and one section of South Bergen can be
reached, is the cause of the excitement.
The constant drilling of freight trains &C
these two grade crossings means delay
and danger for the travelling public, IL
not the practical closing of TWO great
thoroughfares.
EFFECT ON NEWARK TRAFFIC.
sSuch a moYe.n said eK-AssembIyman
Frank o. Cole, whose drug store is at the
Bergen junction, would most effectu-
ally ruin the commercial traffic between
this city and Newark. Hundreds of
wagons pass back and forth between the
two cities daily, and the killing of this
traffic would be a serious blow. But If
the railroad company has decided to cross
Grand street, why we can do nothing to
prevent them. One might as well try to
stay the course of a comet as TO interfere
with the advance OF railroad company.
tPlace barrier in its way and rather
If the Lehigh Valley Railroad has de-
cided to cross Grand street it's unfOEtu-
nate but can't be helped.
Patrick Sherry, a well known and ex-
tensive property owner of Lafayette, dis
countenances the projected closing up OF
the leading thoroughfares of that part Of
the city.
"It will be very detrimental to the
growth of the district" Mr.. Sherry said,
land viii have depressing efRct %
business there. Our surface railroads
will suffer greatly and the public &ener-
ally will suffer no end of annoy nce.
Something should be done to check Hhis
latest grab"
IT is A SHAME.
1T is shame to allow that corporat 2
to ruin the streets of our district" 81
Mr.. Edward f. Emmons. If the Lehi8 "a
Valley Railroad is permitted to cros#
Grand street and Pacific avenue, we cam
say goodbye TO Lafayette.
IF the company, though, has decided
to cross those streets protests against the
move will avail nothing Money Will be
spent in vain endeayor to suppress
the unlawful grab, and in the end the
cause will be lost 1t is disgraceful af-
fair, but one which we viii be unable to
fight against"
John Heller, the proprietor Of the john
ston Avenue House, wsssss especially en-
phatlc in his denunciatiops.
Henry Hauck, of Hauck Brothers, said
it means ruin to Lafayette.
Justice Lowy, Captain Archie McKaig,
DIR. Lampson and Theodore r. Merselea
expressed, when interviewed, the same
sentiment
NO PERMISSION GIVEN.
City Clerk Scott was asked this morn
ing II the Lehigh Valley Railroad had
the right to cross streets without permis-
sion of the city authorities.
"They certainly have no right" he
answered, s'to cross one of the city'a
streets unless permission is granted by
the Board of Aldermen.
HAS the Lehigh Valley Company ap-
piled for such permission?"
stNo sir -