The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-29

me northerly terminus Is at n point ~
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, aud At the intersection
Of BERGEN Line avenue with IN county
line. To end the road directly at the in
tersec;ion of the Dallytown road, and the
county line was not considered advisable,
for the reason that the terminus would
have formed a eul de sac, the only outlet
being INTO Bergen County by Way of the
old road. which Is very narrow, aud being
under control OF another county, no as
surance could be given of IL ever being
widened and improved 10 conform to the
new road in Hudson county. The point
selected for the northerIy terminus con
forms to the general description, auG has
the advantage of being the intersection
OF two OF the main thoroughfares OF the
two counties. the Bulls Ferry road and
Bergen Line avenue. From this. point
the road curves southwestward "A
then southwark, reaching the D~allytown
road nt point about eleven hun.
dred feet from the county line: thence the
line follows the Dallytown road and Ber-
9enwood road with a proposed width of
eighty feet to the Hackensack turnpike,
where it is proposed to widen TO one hun
dred feet; thence still along Bergenwood
avenue TO the intersection of the line of
kerrigau avenue. West Hoboken: thence
through kerrigan avenue until IL again
intersects Bergenwood avenue; thence
along Rergenwood avenue to the north
line Of Jersey Cisy; thence through Dur
ham avenue and Nelson avenue TO New
ark avenues; at Newark avenue tue line
bends to the southwest, crossing the
blocks aud the Pennsylvania Railroad cut
to the easterly end oe Wiley place; then
curves into Wiley place. and runs
through it to Tonnele avenue; from New
.rr - soc -. 20 1fArnAita tsanr ff Ia ~
posed to make s ninety-foot road, as much
Of the distance will be taken up by the
bridge over the Pennsylvania Railroad
cutting. which need not be more han
sixty or seventy feet wide; from the
West end of Wiley place the line bends
south, crossing Slpo avenue at Ruther-
ford place n follows that street TO the
south end; thence to Cedar street, the
line follows the general contour of Ber-
gen hill curying to avoid valuable inl-
provements, and running from five huu=
dred to one thousand feet west Of Ber-
gen avenue and winding through the pro-
posed Cartaret Park site.
Al Cedar the line runs into Bergen ave
nue., which it follows to the southerly
boundary of Jersey City, where a conhse-
ton by easy curves is made with Avenue
A in Bayonne which is followed TO North
street; thence crossing the blocks and the
cutting OF the Central Railroad of New
OtEoCN ~ tl0 AOA ~ VI afN-
nue., the southerly production Of Avenue
B to the southerl6 terminus in the Kill
Won kpll.
In locating this line the question OF
practicable grades and the least expenr
sive grading has been carefully consid-
cred. The direction has been changed by
easy curves where by so doing the taking
OF valuable improvements cuu be avoided.
due regard being given to the fact that in
some cases the lots taken or cut 10 disad-
vantage would be more costly than the
building to be taken or removed. In
numerous cases your committee and the
chief engineer have made ctreful estl-
mates of the cost of laud and con structien
for every possible line, Through EXPENSIVE
localities. aud adopted the most advan-
tageous.
or necessity a line fourteen miles long
throug a thickly settled community limit
ed in cost must have many changes OF
direction. This, however, III the opinion
OF tine best judges, is an nd vanta in u
drive and far superior 10 the menotony OF
a long straight road. But an inspecIloa
OF this survey will snow hat no curve, or
change of direction has been made for the
mere purpose of lengthenlng tae line, in
every such case the map demonstrates
the necessity in the avoidance of some
obstacle to economical construction.
Tn enactment by the Legislature OF
1891 OF the supplement to the act of 1883,
allowing the county the option Of paving
| paving tor the removal or shifting of
buildings biseoted by the line has been OF
great advantage, enabling the survey Of
| streets already opened and improved at
| the cost of moving houses back Instead OF
OF purchasing outright.
| believe that the liae here presented
will meet with the approval of all un-
biased citizens OF the county aud am cer-
tain that Il secures the greatest nismber
OF advantages IN location, capacity for
economic construction and reasonable
probability OF largely increasing the tax
able ratnbles on adjacent lands at a com
| parative cost less THAI any other line
possible under the present law,
Respectfully submitted.
EDL0w w. HARRISON,
Chief Engineer.
Freebooter Nnouan moned that the re-
port be received and ordered printed In
full in the minutes
Adopted.
F~reelsolder Nelson took his seat.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEE,
4 committee on norta oridges:-
To the Honorable Director-ai-Large and
Members OF the Board Of Chosen Frees
hclders;-
GENTLEMEN-Yonrc Committee on North
| Bridges, to whom was referred the COM
| muniration from Addison Ely on behalf
of Robert Harris, for the loss OF his horse
while crossing the Newark avenue brid &c
oyer the Hackeusack River on the night
of the 30th OF January last, which loss he
claims was due to the fact That 40 lights
| were placed at or on the approach TO the
bridge, and consequently no drove his
horse over the string piece and in so do
ing his horse fell and received injuries
which caused his death. For answer to
said communication yoRr Committee
would respectfully beg leave to report as
follows
We have carefully investigated all the
facts Ia relation U tae Case, anl find that
on The night alluded 70 the iignts were lit
as usual. We also find that u boy not
thirteen years OF age WAS drivinI the
horse at the time of the accident; he
drove his horse on to the bridge Oh the
south side in place Of the north side,
which was the PROPER aide of the bridge
for MIN TO drive over, and when he found
he was crossing the bridge on the wrong
side he then attempted 10 drive oyer the
| string piece from the south side OF the
bridge to Tho north side, aud consequently
the horse fell and received the Injuries
| complained OF.
Thu foregoing facts have been sub
Stimulated by the testimony Of Superin-
tendsnt CLARK and the employees WAC
were on duty on the bringe on the night
in question,
Inasmuch as the accident was not
caused by the negligence of any of the
EN- ployees under control OF this Board,
your Committee are thoroughly cou-