The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-28
NORTH HUDSON TRANSIT
Will Be Rapid Enough If Property
Owners COnsent-NOtes of
Interest.

A meeting of the West Hoboken Rapid
Transit Committee was held last even
ing in the public school house. A large
crowd of property owners We're present. A
report was received from a special COM
mittee of five appointed to confer with
President Dodu as to whether there is
any truth in the statement that he com
pany intends to give the property owner
q choice between a trolley road and a lift.
The committee recommends the adoption
OF a proposition made by President Dodd
in a letter to S. Day, under date of March
25, 1892. the proposition being
that the North Hudson Railroad shall
run surface cars by ele ctricity under the
trolley system from the ferry to the depot,
in West Hoboken, starting from the
Fourteenth street ferry, through the
middle of he blocks going nearest to
or entering upon Fifteenth street to
and through Thirteenth street on the pro-
posed hillside road. crossing the railroad
tracks by a bridge; thence northerlv to n
point about opposite Barclay street;
thence southerly to the present outlet of
the old road on Palisade avenues; thence
through one Of the cross streets
to Clinton avenue, to the stables. Speed
will vary from seven to twelve miles per
hour, according to traffic. The proba BILE
time, from the ferry TO the top of the h ill,
will be from ten to twelve minutes.
Transfers are promised only in the
limits of West Hoboken; fur
Their privileges TO be considered
as may appear necessary when the road
is in operation. The company will pay
S100. 900. the Ferry Company $4,000. and
the Hoooken Land improvement COM
pany $10,0 900 toward the cost of the road.
The esti mated time of completion is
eighteen months. Wooden posts will be
us ed for the electric wires, as they are
considered safer than iron.
The Court House road will be COM
pleUed In about a week and that on the
Boulevard in about four weeks. Poop lie
will then have an opportunity of seeing
what electric rapid transit is. The com
pany proposes to extend at once
the trolly system through Union
Hill. West Hoboken aud Jersey
horse car lines TO the elevated
road. provided the needed privileges be
| granted by the different municipalities.
1t is calculated that the running time
from either ferry by the old route will be
about twenty minutes. The company
will also establish a horse Car line from
the Fourteenth Street Ferry to the foot
| of the Hill for the accommodation of the
public until the proposed hillside road is
completed. In answer to queries put by
several gentlemen the Committee said
they are saJissed that the property own
| els C1u CADCCb nv OIhOl Ctb VI COl1-
munication with the Fourteenth Street
Ferry, than a trolley road. Such being
the case, it woul be advisable to accept
the conditions at once.
Several hotheads were very much op-
posed to President Dodd's offer. They
advocated bringing suit against the com
pany with a view 10 compelling it 10 con-
struct the elevated road according to the
contract entered into by the late John H.
Bonn and the property owners of WesI
Hoboken.
Counsellor Rich said it would be utterly
useless to attempt to compel the company
TO construct a road, as there was no law
by which it can be done. There was only
| one thing to be considered; the own mus
| either accept or reject the latest offer.
1t was finally decided to lay the Dropo-
| sition before the property owners and let
them settle the question.
Notes.
Charles Uttig, aged fifteen years. while