The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-24
RAILROAD PROMISES.
Lehigh Valley Fails to Live
Up to It's Contracts ip
Greenville.

Two years ago the Lehign Valley hall
road petitioned the Street and Water Com
m~issicners to vacate a number OF streets
in the vicinity OF Thompson lane, Green
vile. in order to save the company the
expense OF building bridges across both
Garfield avenue and Old Bergen Road.
In consideration of the change the COM
pauy agreed to make numerous improve
ments at that point, and the Commits
sioners, after referring the matter to the
COMMITTEES on Streets. decided to grant
the petition. The company gobbled up
the streets in short order, but many OF
the improvements which were promised
never came, aud now the property owners
OF Greenville are complaining loudly.
The property-owners expected that when
the company completed its road through
Greenville the Improvements would
be made aud, now that the road IS
finished, they would like TO know what
has become of the improvements.
CHANGES MADE.
The changes that the railroad asked
for and were made are as follows
10 vacate Thompson lane from the
n~ortherly line of Fifry-second street to
the southerly line of Fifty-third
street; to vacate Garfield avenue
from the easterly line of
Thompson lane to the westerly line OF
Avenue D; to vacate Ocean avenue from
Fifty-second street to Fftty-third street;
to extend and open Avenue ID from It's
old terminus at Thompson lane, easterly
in q direct line to Avenue d; to open
Avenue e from its old terminus at Fifty
second street northeriy to the north line
of Fifty-third street, and TO open Fifty
third street from Avenue G eastwardly
to Thompson's lane.
III consideration of these changes the
company agreed 10 grade aud sewer the
extension Of Avenue ID aud Fffty-thfrd
street, and to grade and pave with belgian
blocks Avenue C,from Fifty-second. Fifey-
third aud Fifty-fourth streets to TuomD-
on lane. When the changes were made
the J.. c.. & B. r.. Il. had to remove its
tracks fro Thompson laue aud relay
them on Avenue G.. The route had 20 be
changed.
PROMISES NOT KEPT,
The railroad Kept its promise to pave
Avenue G, bat The other improvements
which were promised were not made,
a venue G would probably never nav
neeu payed but for The fact that the j. G.
q B. X. Il. uses the street. Avenue ID
has not been graded. Neither has Fifty
third street. The sewer wnicn was to
be laid III Avenue d, Is 8 i'll lingering
among the o7sibiiitles. As Avenue ID
connects win Garfield avenue, Greeu-
viile's PRINCIPAL drlyeway, the need OF
Improvement IS sorely feir, and as the
company agreed 10 MAKE them, the resi-
dents believe that the STREET. Z Water
Commissioner, should bring the otiicials
of the road 10 teftns. The matter will
be brought to Tue attention of the Sixth
District Citizens Improvement Ass,eia-
ton, and Sums action Will be Jaxea at
the ntxJ meeting.
DANGEROUS AVENUE D.
One well known properly owner in
speaking about the matter yesterday,
said
The Street and Water Board when it
agreed to these changes gave away very
valuable property but the ROSY promises
of the officials made the COMMISSIONS rs
believe that tine city WAS getting the best
end of the bargain. AS a result the rail-
road grabbed all the property IL neetied
and left us in the lurch. Avenue d at
present is in a frigbtful condition. IL is
full OF ruts and holes and is positively
dangerous, rs Wagons and carriages are
liable To be upset in passing over the uu-
aver surface. The civ authorities should
not ALLOW themselves 10 be hoodwinked
in This manner. they should make the
railroad live up to It's agreeneut."