The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-06
POINT OF ROCKS BATTLE
Pennsy's Witnesses Testify
to the Importance of
the Yard.
ENGINEER EARLE's EXAMINATION
The functions Plan Would Neces-
state the Raising of the
Pennsy's Tracks.
ENGINEER EARLE'S EXAMINATION


the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
from the award for damages by the Com
missioners of Condemnation in the
proceedings instituted by the National
Docks and New Jersey junction Con-
Meeting Company to cross the tracks OF
the Pennsylvania Road at what is known
as the Point of Rocks. were continued
today. Counsellor Vredenburgh said
that counsel had agreed not to nave any
further opening of the case and he then
submitted a series OF acts Of ths Legisla-
ture to the Court. which showed the de-
veIopment of the Pennsylvania Road
from March z, 1882, when 1t was known
as the New Jersey Transportation Com
papv, and later when it consolidated
with the Camden and Amboy Company
aud became the United Railroad of New
Jersey, aud from then TO date.
FIRST WITNESS CALLED.
Mr. Vredenburgh after dong this.
called William Seeourger, yard master
at Waldo avenue yard, or tie Point of
Rocks. for the first witness, and then the
battle began in earnest, aud 1t will
probably last two weeks, and. perhaps +,
longer. His evidence was given to sho W
the Importance of the yard.
Mr.. Seeburger testified that he had
been employed by the Pennsylvania
Company for sixteen years, and
for the last three years had been
the the yard poa, master Roots IN s1args char
he said was devoted to making up pas
senger trains only, and had capacity
for the accommodation OF 275 cars. His
testimony concerning the capacity of
each track for, accommodating cars diff
fered from the figures on the map that
aud gave nearly all of the tracks a
capacity OF one and two cars
more than the map did. Two drill engines
do duty in the yard every day and
night in the week of seven days. Through
trains to all parts OF the West and
South were made up In this YARD. All
airbrakes are tested in this yard, and all
repairs needed to the cars are made there.
Coal and water ara also supplied there.
Between 400 and 500 cars enter the yard
daily, but the same car may De counted
twice or oftener. The yard is used to
its utmost capacity every day. See
burgers duty was TO see that the trains
were properly made up. He had fifteen
men to assist him.
BUSY YARD.
Cross examined by Charles Corbin,
witness said the Chicago travel only In
creased the work in the yard about
fifteen cars u day. Only about ons day
in week were special Chicago trains
made up.
trains when made up. go out OF the east
end OF the yard; could use more room If
we had it; it is necessary for brakemen
to jump on moving trains each day.
ENGINEER EARS TESTIMONY.
Frank II. Earle, civil engineer, the
next witness testified he had been in
business iu this city since 1865 He had
aYu min a % "a
junction Railroad; it will necess1tate the
raising of the Pennsylvauia tracks Que
foot four inches: the space between the
tracks and the exterior OF the tunnel,
will be one foot four inches, which
will be occupied by ballast. tie
at present is 2.4O0 feet long
from throat to throat, but the drilling
yard is about 1,500 feet long; the tht oats
are the entrances to the yard: the grade
of the yard is now 20 feet to the mile
west of the proposed junction crossing
and % feet to the mile east of the cross
ing; the yard Is very convenient one
because of the gravity. but the grade
is not such as train will start
because of the gravity, trains
start themselves at grade of between
&c and 81 feet to the mile. A grade of
between 20 aud 35 feet to the mile is about
proper one; grade to road Is of great
handling cars. the grade In
the Waldo avenus yard makes a differ
ence of one locomotive day; locomo-
tive is worth S25 day or SO. 125 year tor
twelve hours work day, which sum
would be theinterest on S152,0S2 for one
year; it would REQUIRE $500 cubic yards
of filing to fill the west side of the
Junction crossing Ia the yard and 1900
cubic yards to fill the east side, both to
be raised 1 foot inches to parallel
plane.
COST OF FILLING,
The filing should be of cindsrs or
SAND, and would cost $l.25 placed under
| the trucks. The cost of filling would be
| IS cents delivered to the yard and on the
cars, and it would cost so cents yard TO
| unload and place IL beneath the track. In
| these consultations sand was not con-
sidered at any price, 1t was assumed
| that it would cost nothing, cinders
| would cost ten cents cubic yard. The
probably would be brought from South
| AmboY; these figures include all cost OF
| readjusting the tracks In the yard, rails
Ing the yarl aud ali shifting of tracks
| necessary while work of con structing the
tunnel was going on.
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