The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-11
SIMPSON AND CHAPEL AVEN UE
Police ordered From Guarding the
TT OrOUghfare.

Police ordered From Guarding the
Thoroughfare.
The residents in the Greenville section
were considerably surprised yesterday when
Captain Nugent, of the Fifth precinct, an
nounced that he had received orders from
Superintendendent Smith to withdraw bis
policemen from Chapel avenue, where for
the past ten days a close watch has been
kept upon the movements of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad. Captain Nugent received
the order at half-past eleven o'clock yester-
day morning, and he promptly summoned
the policeman who was on duty there. Now
the t~horoughfare is unguarded, and there is
nothing to stop the railroad from crossing
it with tracks if it desires to do SO.
The majority Of the Greenvi1le citizens do
not look upon the order of Superintendent
Smith as a wise move, and not a few are eX-
pressing Indignation. The Lehigh Valley
Railroad has made an unsavor record for
itself during the past W years IN Green-
vile, and when the citizens recall the steal
ing of Chapel avenue at the canal, Linden
avenue and Brown Place, they declare that
the railroad will bear watching.
On Monday evening Superintendent Smith
had an interview with President Reuben
Simpson of the Board of Aldermen. Mr..
Simpson told the Superintendent that he did
not believe that the railroad intended to
cross Chapel avenue, and advised him to
order Captain Nugent not to place any more
policemen there, and the Superintendent
acted in accordance with Mr.. Simpsons
opinions.
L called upon Mr.. Simpson at his residence
on Danforth avenue last evening, and he adj
mitted that he advised Superintendent
Smith not to keep the policemen at the thor
oughfare.
,.0o1 JOae not inland 70 low itS TRACKS Qpl.OSS
the street. The railroad only laid that track
to protect its property against condemnation
proceedings which it feared the Central
Railroad would soon begin. 1t is useless to
keep policemen on guard there, and, besides,
it would be a needless expense to the city.
Three policemen were required each day 10
guard the place, and these men have to be
paid by the city. As the railroad does not
intend to cross the street l do not see why
we should keep them there when they can do
better service on the posts in the precinct"
'tIf the railroad does cross the thorough
fare, what action will you takes" | asked.
I'm that case I will Immediately notify
Mayor Wanser, who will order that the
track be taken up" replied the Alderman.
'Chapel avenue is a public th~oroughfare,
and the Mayor has the power to order the
tracks removed should the Lehigh Valley
place them there"
Despite the fact that Mr.. Simpson does not
anticipate the stealing OF chapel avenue by
the railroad, the citizens of Greenyille are
not entirely satisfied with the order of Su-
~perintendent Smith. They say that the Le-
high Valley should be watched. The man
ner in which the railroad has laid its tracks
has led the citizens to believe that sooner OF
later Chapel avenue will be crossed. Chapel
avtnue is about eight feet higher that the
property of the railroad, and the tracks near
the avenue nave been raised on a trestle so
that they are on a grade with the thorough
fare.
its property against condemnation" say the
citizens, why did it raise the tracks near
Chapel ~avenueg' In less than an hours time
the railroad can now lay tracks across
Chapel avenue, and thus connect the sections
north and south of it.