The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-28
REAL ESTATE NEWS.
Important Improvement in the
National Docks Railways
Structure.

That the New Jersey Junction Rail-
road Company officials believe that they
will soon be operating their connecting
railroad under the Pennsylvania Rail-
road tracks at the Point of Rocks across
Railroad avenue, Wayne, Mercer, Mont
gomery and York streets, finally con-
Meeting with the National Docks Rail
way near Grand street, is demonstrated
by the extensive improvements being
made by the latter company in its trestle
across the meadows. A few months ago
it was decided by the National Docks
Company to remove its old wooden tres
tie and substitute an iron elevated struc-
ture for it. This action was made neces-
sary from the increased traffic which has
arisen by means of the location of the
Lehigh Valley freight shed at Grand
street and Pacific avenue. When the
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company with
drew it's passenger erminu from Com
munipaw and returned to the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad a great deal of it's freight
traffic followed. This necessitated the
shipment of cars from the Pennsylvania
Railroad across the National Docks tres
tie to C~ommunipaw where the cars were
backed either to the freight wharf on
the river front or to the depot at Pacific
avenue and Grand street as was desired.
This increased the strain upon the old
wooden trestle of the National Docks
Road and in parts it was becoming a
little too shaky to please the railroad
officials. The almost continual shipment
of coal to the power house of the Con-
solidated Traction Company also caused
a wear and tear upon the old wooden
structure that was regarded as unsafe.
Again the company has agreed to put an
iron bridge at Mercer street. Piles were
rotting in the mud and worknlen were
making repairs all the time. So when
the officials began to think of the ad-
dltional traffic the New Jersey Junction
Road would throw upon the ~trestle, it
was decided that it would be unsafe 10
The work of removing the wooden
work was begun at the point where the
Junction Road will connect with it and
the entire structure from Communipaw
venue to where it joins the Pennsyl-
vania's tracks is to be built of iron on
the same plan as the elevated road of
the Pennsylvania Company through Jer-
Sey City. As each girder is set in place
it is painted. The company has a large
force of men at work and by removing
one side of the old trestle at a time, traf-
fic has not been hindered or delayed.
1t is expected that the new trestle will
be completed by February l. 1t is also
uLOeIolOou lAdI IHe me o1I4S 4NSN OS-
sey Junction Railroad will be built of
iron from Railroad avenue to the point
where it connects with the National
Docks Road.
John D. Rooney is erecting a three
story frame on Orient avenue at a cost
Cornelius Gansen is investing s2,O75
in a two-story frame on Highland ave
nue..
Finance Commissioner ]. J. Detwiller
is building four tWo-story frame houses
on Danforth avenue near Garfield ave
nue. at a cost of S1,725 each.
Transfers.
John w. Smith to Cornelius Jensen, for
$3.50, lot in plot 5 on map of Henry
Fitch. 1867, said lot fronting on High
land avenue.
ohm Durkin to Patrick Heaney, for 81,
lots 50 and So. on Peoples street West
John j. Toffey to Irwin Cadm"s. for
SIS, 1861, lands on Boyd avenue, 52 feet
from intersection of Boyd and Bergen
avenue northwesterly.
Woodcliff land Improvement Company
to Mary A. Gruett, for $500, lot IS, in
Ferry Road, numbered lot Al on block 80.
Woodcliff Land Improvement Company
to Mary A. Gruett, for $500, lot IS, in
Block rs, North Bergen Township.
Mortgages.
Charles Woolmington to Charles Fox,
for $1,5O0, lot on Harrison place, Town
John Gilmour and James H. Castle to
Howard Building and Loan Association
of Newark, for $3.50, lot on Alton street,
Kearny Township.