The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-18
A GENEROUS OFFER.
National Docks Company
Will Spend SIoo,ooo I'M
proving Our Streets.
FOR PART OF RAILROAD AVENUE
Street and Water Board Will Give
a Public Hearing on the
Proposition.
FOR PART OF RAILROAD AVENUE

Inc street and water commissioners
broke all previous records yesterday.
They went into executive session at ten
o'clock and remained beniue closed doors
in shirt sleeves and did not appear again
in the meeting room until fifteen minutes
past three o'clock. Commissioner Somers
said the delay was caused by a slight dis
agreement over. appointments. This ex-
planatien was plausible but hardly OK.
act. judging from what came later.
In the first place the petition Of the
National Docks and tine New Jersey
junction Railway Company bodied up,
and strange enough "Phil" Tumulty.
who was so violently opposed to the
scheme q month ago, now has had his
eyes opened TO the true condition of at
fairs, and he sees that the proposed vaca-
ton of a portion of Railroad aveuu
for the benefit Of such a grand
business enterprise as the railroad COM
pany PROPOSES carrying on. will b. a benz
eft of no mean proportion 10 the city In
stead of a detrimeut rs he supposed.
THE COMPANIES MODIFIED PLANS.
The pe%tltioning company has modified
It's original plan somewhat and makes
more generous Offers.
The plan is the same as originally pre-
scented, that Is to connect all the rail- Dads
east aud west Of the PENNSYLVANIA so as
to offer great advantages TO mAnufact.
urers Int incidentally to facilitate tray
cling.
The company, through IT'S enterprieing
counsel, Colonel Asa w. Dickinson, pro-
poses, or at least agrees. 10 writing, to
bridge Mercer street With q hfty-foot
span.
This removes some slight objections
x-l f-b Ew-.. --,-i-.lIr ~-n1 ut-a .A.-
pany also agrees to cut away between its
present trestle q space as wide as is Mer-
Ger street now. IL order that IL It is ever
desired to open Mercer street TO the hill,
no part of the company's structure will
be an obstruction to such a plan. This
does away with more objections made by
property owners.
WILL GRADE AND PAVE WAYNE STREET.
The petitioners will also grade pave
Wayne street from the point where the
pavement now crosses TO Fremont street,
a street OF which much mas been heard of
late, but of which little is kno wn and
which would puzzle a lawyer to locate In
Its present condition. Fremont street
now runs from Montgomery street to
Wayne street. For u public thorough
fare 1t is almost useless. Tn company
agrees to grade and pave this street from
Montgomery TO Wayne, and In addition
open up the street from Wayne street to
Railroad avenue, and grade and pave 1t
Ut its own expense.
Nor Is this all. The company is goin g
to pave Merseles street aud make 1t pass
able. which is d little mo & than can De
said Of 1t now. Then comes Railroad ave-
nue.. Property along the venue near.
where the proposed railroad crossing is
to be located Is now of little IL auy value.
RAILROAD AVENUE TO BE IMPROVED.
The Company will raise Railroad ave-
nue. to its proper grade. pave aud curb
anu flag it aud make now yalueiess prop
erty as valuable 40 that in other parts of
the city.
Nor is this all the company intends do
ing. A new street is TO be opened at ITS
is now a dedicated street, but the city
would open 1t. But the cor
pauy, 20 offset the objection %
closing up part of Railroad re-
nue.. will cut Prior street, through
q few feet east Of where its line crosses
Rsilroad avenu thus aRording a paved
and graded outlet to $ w ayne street,
which, when paved as the company iu-
tends paving, it will make it the best
necessity attract travel IN business to
that locality which now is hardly known
to any business Il
The company virtually agrees to make
four new streets, and the Gust of the
wofk will amount to at least 500, 600.
So much objection, however, was made
to the plan OF crossing before that This
time the Street aud Water Commission
ers have issued q call for a public hear.
ing to he neld on August 7 and at that
time the contemplated In provement will
be discussed on its merits, and the gener-
Gus offer OF the company either accepted
or rejected.