The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-17
Engineer Harrison Files
His Plans for the Great
County Road.
PUBLIC OPINION SOUGHT.
Freebolders Arrange for Public
Consideration Of the Lines
as Plotted.
A FINE CROP OF LAWSUITS.


Lat the meeting Of the Board of Free
holders last evening Engineer Edlow w.
Harrison presented his long expected re-
port on the route Of the County Road. 1t
was as followss-
insert report
To nc Honorable Board Of Chosen Free
holders of the County Of Hudson:-
Gentlemen-l have the honor 70 present
for your adoption the survey and map of
the Hudson County Public Road, made
under and by virtue of an act entitled
..An act to authorize the Board Of Chosen
Freeholders Of any OF the several coun-
ties OF this State TO lay out, open, con-
struct. improve and maintain public
road therein, approved April z, 1888, and
supplements thereto"
Said survey and map conform to the
directions given in Section 8 Of the
Act of April 7. 1888, showing the termfuf
and route of said road. including the
courses and distances and the various
improvements through which the same
will pass. and also the names of the sew
erai owners Of lands proposed to be taken,
therefore, so far as the same could be
conveniently ascertained, and shows the
width OF said road which does not at any
point exceed one hundredsfeet.
The work Of establishing the line and
preparing the survey and man has called
for the expenditure of much time, skill
and labor, both on the part of the sur
veyors and assistants engaged in the
engineering work, as well as by your
Committee on New Public Road and the
several members OF the Board. It is very
gratifying to me TO put on record at the
completion OF the first stage of the work
of securing for Hudson county this long
desired improvement, tho fact that from
the inception of the enterprise until now
j have found your Committee on New
Public Road, as well as the whole Board,
in perfect harmony with me in the earnest
effort to secure for the county the very
best located line. all circumstances being
considered. possible, without exceeding
IN cost of right of way the limited pro-
portion Of the total expenditure author
lied under the act of 1888 which it Is
prudent 10 devote TO that item of cost,
having due regard for the future expenses
OF improvement.
Your Committee, as well as the whole
Board, have personally examined every
foot of the line here delineated. and many
days have been spent in consultation over
every point where the slightest change
seemed to promise advantage to the
county
ON THE OLD LINES.
The survey conforms strictly to the
gen-.sl description Of the proposed routs
as In the resolution OF former Board
submitted to the election OF the County
In conformity with SEQ ton of the act OF
A pril 7. 1885.
The northerly terminus Is at a point in
the northerly boundary line of the County
Of Hudson, near the point where said line
is crossed by the Dallytown Road, being
about fourteen hundred feet east of the
Dallytown Road, and at the intersection
of Bergen line avenue with the County
line. To end the road directly at the in
tersection of the Dallytown Road and
County line was not considered advisable
for the reason that the terminus would
have formed cui de sac, the only outlet
being into Bergen County by way of the
old road, which Is very narrow, and being
under control OF another county. no as
surance would be given of it ever being
widened and improved to conform TO the
new road in Hudson county. The point
selected for the northerly terminus
conforms to the general description, and
has the advantage of being the inter
section of two of the main thoroughfares
of the two counties, the Bulls ferry road
and Bergen line avenue. From this
point the road curves s0uthwestward and
then southwark, reaching the Dallytown
road at point about eleven hundred feet
from the County line, thence the line fol-
lows the Dallytown road and the Bergen
wood road within proposed width
OF eighty feet TO the Hacken-
sack turnpike, where 1t is proposed to
widen TO 100 feet; thence still along Ber-
genwood avenue TO the intersection of the
line of Kerrigan avenue, West Hoboken,
thence to Kerrigan avenue until it again
intersects Bergenwood avenue; thence
line Of Jersey City; thence through Dur
ham avenue aud Nelson avenue to New
ark avenue. at Newark avenue the line
bends to the southwest, crossing the
blocks and the Pennsylvania Railroad
cut TO tae easteriy end OF Wiley place.
then curves into Wiley place and runs
through it to Tonnele avenue From
Newark avenue to Tonnele avenue it is
proposed to make ninety foot road, as
much of the distance will be taken up by
"a hridna pQnnGulyaufa Pail.
road cutting, which need not be more
than sixty or seventy feet wide. From
the west end of Wiley place the line
bends south. crossing Sip avenue at
rutherford place. and follows that street
10 the south end; thence to Cedar street,
the line follows the general contour or
the Bergen Hill curving TO avoid valuable
improvements, and running five hundred
to one thousand feet west of Bergen
avenue, and winding through the pro-
posed Carter Park site.
THE soUT HER1Y END.
At Cedar street the line runs into Ber-
gen avenue, which it follows TO the SOUTH
erly boundary of jersey City, where a
connection by easy curves is made with
Avenue A in Bayonne which is followed
10 North street. thence crossing the blocks
and the cutting of the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey TO the northerly end of Meigs
avenue. the southerIy production of
Avenue =, to the southeriy terminus in
b0e hiE Won AuiI.
In locating this line the question OF
practicable grades and the least expensive
grading has been carefully considered.
The direction has been changed by easy
curves where by SO doing the taking Of
valuable Improvements could be avoided,
due regard being given to the fact that in
some cases the lots taken or cut to dfsad-
vantage would be more costly than the
building TO be taken or removed In
numerous cases your Committee and the
Chief Engineer have made careful esti-
mates of the cost of land and construction
for every possible line through expensi We
localities, and adopted the most advan-
tageous.
OF necessity a line fourteen miles long
through u thickly settled community
limited In cost must have many changes
Of direction. This however in the opinion |
OF the best judges, is an advantage in a |
drive and far superior 10 the monotony of |
long straight road. But an inspection |
OF this survey will show that no curve, or |
change of direction has been made for |
the mere purpose Of lengthening the line, |
in every such case the map demonstrates |
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