The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-09
NEWARK TO Be ANNEXED
The Plank Road Company
Will Build an Electric
Road From Jer-
Sey City.
TO BEGIN WITHIN A YEAR.
Trains to Run Every Half Hour and
the Distance to be Covered
in Thirty Minutes.

The first step toward the practical an
nexation OF Newark to Jersey City will
probably be taken this summer At any
rate before the year is out IL will be well
under way. Charles B. Thurston, Presi-
dent Of the Newark PLANK Road
Company. said this morning that
within that time his company would be-
gin the construction Of passenger rail-
road between this city and Newark over
the route now traversed by the Plank
Road The new road win not interfere
with the Plank Road as it VIII be bu1lt
on each side OF the wagon way.
The company owns strip of land
across the meadows sixty feet wide. not
ch more than half OF which is in use.
The company has had such road in con-
temptation for some time past and m az
make arrangements to connect with the
electric roads Of Newark. although moth
ing definite of that nature has yet been
accomplis he'd. The new road when
built viii. Of course. conform 70 the
guege Of the Jersey City and Ber1en's
Railroad tracks. over which Ii viii reach
the Terry and which are narrower than
those Of the Newark reads, and II traf-
nc arran ngement is made with the Newark
roads il VIII necessitate transfer Of pas
sengers at the point where the roads
meet on a third rail through Newark
NO ARRANGEMENTS WITH NEWARK
The Plank koao Company. Mr.. Thurs
ton said, had not contemplated a1ythin z
more serious than traffic arrau cement
with the Newark companies. and the
scheme would Of course involve the same
kind OF an arrangement with the Jersey
City and Bergen Company, as the latter
company would not think Of operating
l. -
vote or It's stockholders As 10 purchas-
ing the Plank Road the Jersey City and
Bergen Company never had any such in
tention- The capital stock OF the Plank
Road Company is only Sl62. 600, but il win
take considerable more than that to pur-
chase the road now.
The Plank Road people have been talk
ing of building the road for some time.
Mr. Thursron continued, and have always
contemplated uniting with the Jersey
City and Bergen Company. Is was for
that reason shat the latter company OBJ
tanned an ordinance some time ago to lay
tracks down West Side avenue and
through Communipaw avsnne TO the city
line There would be no elevated road
across the meadows. Mr.. Thurston said,
as 1t visa too expensive. Foundations
for the nbutments could be hu Ut across
the meadows no ooubs, but the piIing.
therefore. would cost much more than il
wonid 20 MI in the right Of wsy.
ELECIRIrITY TO BIZ USED
Electricitg wogld be the motive power
used, as IL would not require pavement
between the tracks as woEld be the case
II horses or mules were used< Erep II
the read was cac-GsSe = = =1sssS ss-5 -.
come down 70 the level Of the draws ar
the two river crossings.
No definite negotiations which could be
laid before the directors have been bad
with the Newark companies. The repre-
sentatives of the Newark Passenger
Railway Company and the Rapid COM
pany having learned Of the intention of
the Plank Road Company to build the
road, have been throwing out feelers in
order to ascertain what arrangements
could be made with the new road.
The new route through Jersey City
viii be up Montgomery street over the
hill TO " est Side avenue, thence 70 COM
mnnipaw avenue and dewn Commu1f-
paw avenue 10 the city line where the
Plank Road commences The Jersey City
and Bergen read has tracks already laid
TO Communipaw avenue and vii. extend
them through that thoroughfare to the
city line. The cars Will be run every halk
hour at first and the time viii be snorten-i
ed as rapidly as the traffic demands.
Mr.. Thurston says that even il the new
road makes no arrangement with the
Newark roads and runs only to the ter
minus OF the Plank Road at Newark, il
viii traverse section which VIII supply
it with enough traffic TO make IL pay.