The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-08
,THB PETITION GRANTED
The Junction and National
Docks Companies May
Cross Railroad Avenue.
PROPERTY OWNERS SATISFIED
The Consolidated Traction Com
panY's Ordinance Passed The
Central's New Bridge.
PROPERTY OWNERS SATISFIED


Property owners along Railroad ave-
nue.. and in the neighborhood of Academy
and Merseles street $, and what is to be
Fremont street. won a great victory over
the New junction aud National Docks
Railway Companies yesterday through
the Street aud Water Commissioners.
Au ten O'Clock yesterday morning It
would have been an utter impossbility
for the petiioning railroad companies,
bound together as they are by common
interest, to secure the passage of the or
dinance for their relief. Three of the
Com missioners were OF the opinion that
the property owners did not want Railroad
avenue blocked in any way by a railroad
obstruction OF any kind, They discov
cred that they were in error W hen Phillip
Tumulty. one OF the largest property
owners In the neighoorhood, rather fav-
ored the crossing of the avenue IL the
company would make the improvements
promised and few additional ones, which
were published in last evenings JERSEY
CITY NEWS.
Col. Asa w. Dickinson stated that it
was his intention aud his desire 10 please
The property owners could ask no more
and having had the plans Of the company
fuliy explained to them did not make any
objections ia writing and virtually left
the meeting room satisfied 10 have the
crossing of the road begun at once aud
completed AS soon AS possible.
WHAT The COMPANY PRO oMIsEs TO DO.
Just what the company gets Is small
strip of Railroad aven ne. IS feet long. To
comply with the wishes of the
property owners, no. to entirely close up
the street. the company filed, through
Colonel Asa Dickinson, q supplementary
proposition to construct over that portion
OF Railroad avenue an arch eight feet
wide and eight feet fn the clear, which
will permit the passage of car
rlages aud pedestrians in addition to
The So, 600 worth of improvements in the
matter or grading, paving and curbing
streets and tagging sidewalks. The
sewage plan at the point TO be crossed
will not be injured, but on the other
hand improved In snch q manner as to
effectualiy drain territory never before
drained. In addition again to all these
things the company will grade, pave and
curb Railroad avenue beyond their
trestl0 in Railroad avenue, all
of which will certainly tend
to enhance the value Of property rather
than deprectate ir, as has been imagined.
Acting Mayor Simpsons approval in the
course OF = day or two. Work will be be-
gun aud the WORK of connecting the rail-
roads pushed TO speedy conclusion.
The Board wen into session at half
past ten o'clock, and 1t was half-past
four o'clock when the ordi nance went
through.
THE CONSOLIDATED ORDINANCE PASSED.
The Board also disposed Of another im-
Dortant matter which has been hanging
fire for several months past. 1t was
rapid transit. The Consolidated Trac-
tion Company's ordinance went through
as If it were with bells on. The
company has agreed to pay to the city
as q partial remuneration for The
use OF the strests. five per cent of the
gross receipts. This being satisfactory in
every respect to Mayor Wanser, the or
dinance will probably be signed by Act
ing Mayor Simpson at once Tue pro-
posed route of the Traction Company
has been published in The JERSEY CRY
NEWS. There are very few streets not
included in the Company's ordinance.
Work, it is generally understood, will
be begun by the Company
at once for the equipment of its lines.
which are to be operated by electricity
In fact the old rails of the Jersey City
and Bergen Company are now being re-
placed by heavier and better rails. Also
at the Erie depot are s.ven of the fortv
motors which are to be used. The new
motors are much larger than those in
use on the Montgomery street line, hay
ing seating capacity Of fifty.
The ordinance of the Jersey City Rapid
Transit Company is to be taken up aud
placed upon its nnal passage. When
this named ordinance has been passed
the Street and Water Commissioners will
have cleared slate which has been
pretty we'll chaiked up for the past eight
months, However, this is no indication
that the Board will not have plenty of
business to attend to, as already there
are one or two quite important matters
to be settled.
THE CENTRAL's PETITION,
One is railroad petition and the
second the appointment of an Assistant
Water Registrar. TO the latter subject
no attention has been paid of late, but of
the former, as much cannot be said, In
few words the Central Railroad is
anxious TO remove the present rickety
old bridge over the Morris Canal ut
Henderson street and construct in its
stead, without expense to the citya canti-
lever bridge OF modern type
Commissioner Dugan presented the
petition by request aud 1t was laid over
under ths rules. The ordinance has
ably meet with the approval of the COM
missloners- Considerable freight is
handled by the companY's depot across
the canal. but serious drawback TO the
hope OF ever increasing it, is the
fact that loaded trucks, sn the
first place. require four horses to pull
them up the approach from Grand street,
and ouce on top OF the bridge heavily
loaded one is apt to drop down in the
canal. The Company will build the
new bridge on level with Grand street,
and Will thereby open up alerritory for
business purposes which is now almost
useless and unneard Of