The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-23
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REAL ESTATE NEWS
A New Trolley Line to Be
Laid On Old Bergen
Road.
REPAIRING THE SIDEWALKS
Thirteenth Street Opening Takes a
New Start-Realty Interests
and City officials.

one which VIII afford greater transit
facilities to Greenyilleftes enhance the
value of realty and generally benefit that
locality, as a place Of 3 residence. The
proposed line is to branch off from the
Bayonne line at Thompson's lane, rum
ming through to the Old Bergen Road,
extending down it to Danforth avenue
and through that avenue. finally ~rejoin-
ing the main line to Bayonne.
The necessary survey has been made.
rails and ties purchased and everything
is in readiness to proceed with the work
at once. The new line will open up
communication with a thickly populated
section which has never had the advant-
age of rapid transit. The line is being
built for the accommodation of Green
v~illeites, Manager Young ays To all
appearances the revenue is a secondary
consideration to the mpa
The old Street and Water Board gave
the Traction Company the right to use
Old Bergen Road. 1t is perhaps fortunate
that the Company possesses this prlyl-
lege, as, if an application to lay tracks
there was to be acted upon now, 1t Is
hardly probable that the property owners
would consent without entering a bitter
protest, as 1t is, it will probably surprise
many residents to learn that the trolley
is to invade their street. A few weeks
ago residents of Old Bergen Road petit
tlOnGu the street ana ateT bOdrQ u
repave 1t. The road is only thirty feet
wide. 1t was proposed to lay Belgian
blocks in the cutters for three feet on
either side and -macadamize the remain
der. The Traction Company intends lay
ing double tracks there. They will take
up eighteen feet of the thirty, all of which
the company has to pave: Consequently
owners petition had gone through, eight
cen feet of Belgian block in the centre,
three feet of macadam either side, and
then three feet of Belgian block paving
again. President Macarthur of the Street
and Water Board last night advised the
Old Bergen Road residents to withdraw
the m-acadamizing petition and consent
out. The petitioners will be given a
hearing next Monday evening. The prop
erty owners are expected to enter a
protest against the trolley company
Real Estate agent j. E. Van Wrinkle
began his career as an auctioneer on
Thursday last. His first sale was that
of two houses and three lots, a portion
of the Abraham Collerd estate, on Sum-
nit avenue, near Bevans street. The sale
melted $1,000. Mr.. Van Wrinkle has a couple
Monday, October 20, at No. 1853 Palisade
avenue, he will auction the following
| properties
First-Nos. 1853 and 1855 Palisade avenue,
three-story brick houses, nine rooms n
bath with improvements; we'll rented.
| About sixty feet south of Beacon avenue.
Second-No. Z ! Beacon avenue, two-story
frame building, min rooms and bath.
| Lot % by 100 feet.
Third-No. 20 Beacon venue two-story
frame building, six rooms; rented. Lot %
by 100 feet.
Fourth-Nos. 81, 211k and % Laidlaw
avenue, three two-story and basement
frame dwellings, eight rooms and bath.
with improvements; about 100 feet from
PaliSade avenue.
Fifth-No. SO Laidlaw avenue, two-story
| frame and attic, seven rooms, with small
house in rear; lot % by 100 feet; rented.
Sixth-No. II Laidlaw avenue, two-story
attic frame dwelling, eight rooms; well
rented.
On October 80 Mr.. Van Wrinkle will sell
the two-story and. attic frame dwelling
at No. At Ocean avenue.
SIDEWALK ABUSES.
So much complaint has been made by
property owners in various, parts of the
sidewalks that President Macarthur of
the Street and Water Board has begun a
personal crusade against corporations
and individuals who have allowed their
walks to become impossible. The walks
in many parts of the city are certainly
| disgraceful and dangerous. Sixth street
| forms an excellent example of how far
property holders will go before spending
a dollar on improvements. President Nc
Arthur waited on a number of Sixth
street property owners a few lays ago.
repairing their walks, concluding by re
ferring to a law which permits the city
to make the necessary repairs upon the
! refusal of the owner to do so. The cost
| of the work, if done by the city, stands
as a lien against the property, under
! the law in question, which, by the way,
is defective, and can readily be upset.
| The only part of 1t savoring of legality
| at all, it is said. authorized the ap-
| pointment of a sidewalk inspector, which
| sinecure Phillip G. A. r. Muldoon held
for a number of years. However. Mr..
McArthur's reference to the law had the
desired effect, and property owners de-
| clared that if the Pennsylvania Railroad
would repair the walks in front of the
| suit. The Pennsylvania Railroad officials
were next seen, and the result of Mr..
McArthur's labor is that the walks on
both sides of Sixth street, from Hender-
| son street to the Hill, are being repaired
and put in first-class shape. The Erie
Railroad has consented to repair all
and place flags where there are none.
The Central, Lehigh Valley and West
Shore Railroads have consented to pur-
sue a similar course, and the outlook is
that many new Will be laid
and old ones repaired.
MY object is to have our streets and
sidewalks in good shape" said Presi-
dent Macarthur last night. "There is no
reason why our streets should not be
| passable and look we'll. I want to en-
| courage people to make improvements.
There is nothing in the world which
| Will enhance valuations the same as the
making of improvements in the general
| appearance of the city"
THIRTEENTH STREET OPENING.
The proposed improvement of Thir-
| teenth street from Jersey venue to Ho-
boken avenue. bobbed up in a new form
at last nights meeting of the Street
and Water Board. The much talked of
old petition which is supposed to have
been lost, stolen, misplaced, pigeon-holed
or anything you like has been found.
Clerk Bouton produced it much to the
satisfaction of Messrs. A. j.. Corcoran
and John Casey, who were present. 1t
plication for the Improvement drawn by
MIR. William D.. Edwards, free of charge,
was presented. Mr.. Edwards is as much
Interested in this Improvement as any
nroperty owner on the street, and he has
been untiring in his efforts to get it
| through. The new application calls for
the construction of a. yiaduct to extend
The new application was filed with Chief
| Engineer Ruggles for examination and
he will report the best method of doing
the work at the next meeting of the
Board. The cost is at $50, 900
and the benefits at $4,000, 900. The esti-
mated assessment per lot is $50. If
Messrs. Corcoran and Casey can sue
the property owners on the street to a
n~etition to carry the work ahead there
Is a strong likelihood of Thirteenth
street becoming an important thorough
fare. as a needed outlet from the Hill
to that section of the city north of the
Erie Railroad tracks.
REQUIRE SWEEPING.
Property owners of Chestnut and Pa
yonia avenues complained to the Street
and Water Board last night that the
| avenues are unclean and require a
thorough sweeping. The complaint was