The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-07
FlREENV!LLE is HEARD.
The Facts in Relation to
the Brown Place
Business.
MR.. EDWARDS GIVES THEM.
The Entire City Interested in the
Matter-Its Rights Will Be
Fully Protected.
R. EDWARDS GIVES THEM.

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Mungo J. Currie, besIeged the Office of
the Street and Water Commissioners this
morning armed to the teeth with griev
iances. These men represented a few thou
sand indignant people Of Greenville, who
were laboring under the delusion that
the Street and Water Commissioners had
perpetrated gross injustice in passing
the resolution which gave to the National
Docks Storage Company Railway the
power to cross Brown place on an
arched bridge with clearance OF
eleven feet above the CAP OF
the big sewer in Brown place.
Corporation Counsel Edwards was set
upon by the gentlemen in the Assess
ment Commissioners office. The Cor
poration Counsel was fully prepared to
meet them upon every issue. Their In
dignation was SO great, however, that
they almost refused to listen to argu-
ments Several uncomplimentary re-
Counsel and matters were wax
ting hot when Janitor Fallon
ANNOUNCED that the Commissioners
were ready to hear the gentlemen from
Greenville
FULLY HEARD.
Each gentleman of the Quartette was
given an opportunity to express his
opinion on the subject, aud il soon be-
came apparent that three of the delegates
were laboring under delusion regard
ing the whole affair. In the first place
they imagined that the Railway Com
pany intended building an arched
bridge over Brown Place, but
Mr.. Edwards convinced them that the
bridge was an iron plate span bridge.
This knocked the arguments of the as
sociation's committee into cooked lat,
but the gentlemen insisted upon having
the resolution rescinded, Notwithstanding
the fact that 1t was clearly shown that
the action taken was for the best inter-
ests of the city. Another seri-
Gus obstacle the Greenvilleites did
not know the would have
TO overcome was the fact that the resolu-
tion had been signed by the Mayor.
Mr.. Harvey stated that the Greenville
citizens failed to see how the action taken
was for the best interests Of the city. He
complained that they wanted the bridge
ahusments set fifty feet apart. or the whole
width of the street, instead OF 20 feet, as it
sioners to be careful and protect fully the
right of way 10 the water front and the
fifty feet of frontage now owned by the
city. He believed the Board had acted as
it Thought best, only citizens in the vicin-
ity OF Brown place failed to look upon
their actions in that light.
MIR. SIMPSONS VIEWS.
Mr.. Simpson spoke at length upon the
subject. and showed that under the pres
ent ruling a clearance of seven feet would
only be given if the street was ever open
ed and filled up to the grade. which is
four feet. Mr.. Simpsons chief objec
tion seemed to be that he considered
the Board, in passing the resolution, had
jeopardized the right Of way to the water
front, that the Brown place sewer would
be damaged. and that the building of q
bridge at that point would cut OF all
hopes of there ever being public dock
built by the city at the Brown place
water front.
Mr.. Lembeck explained that the outlet
to the Brown place sewer was three feet
higher than the grade at the point where
the bridge is to be built. A filing in of
four feet there. he contested. would re-
suit in making the place almost impass-
able except tor pedestrians. He also
. wanted the resolution rescindec.
MR.. EDWARDS EXPLAINS
The Corporation Counsel briefly ex-
ing the case, and sent the Green
happy @ in the fact that that their 'Is In.
terests had been carefully guarded, and
that the Street and Water Commissioners
stood ready and willing to aid them in
their endeavors TO secure improvements.
This strip of land. which is fifty feet
wide,n said Mr.. Edwards. "was pur-
chased by the city for S11. GOO. The citi-
zens of Greenville did not pay for that
property alone. The sewer and property
cost S29, ,000, and thirty per cent of this
was paid by the city at large.
IN the first place this railway COM
pauy asked permission to construct an
arch bridge over the Brown place sewer.
This Board objected. They then wanted
to cross on an embankment and again
this Boardsobjected. The company stated
that condemnation proceedings would be
commenced and that would mean an
embankment. 1t is finally agreed, for the
best interests of the city, to allow
the company to cross a span
bridge, and accordingly agreements in
wnich the city is well protected were en-
tered INTO. Now the Lehigh Valley
Railway Company wants O buy this en-
tire strip of land, but no such sale will be
matte and that property will be guarded
carefully bv the members of this Board !"
Mr. Lemheck next raised some o jec-
tion TO the grace OF ocean avenue at
Fifty-third street extending to Avenues
G. and d. He complained that the
grade was too steep and
should be cut down. He also
complained of the work being done at
this point by the Lehigh Valley Company.
iMr. Re0n Barnes. representing that
company was asked by Mr.. Dugan for mis-
views.
s'In my opinion" said Mr.. Barnes