The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-30
TO VOTE FOR 4 BRIDGE
Essex and Hudson Will Decide
the Question Of a New
Span at Harrison.

The first section of the act of 1894, re-
specting the construction of bridges is
as follows;-'"That where navigable wat
ers mark the dividing line between two
counties of this State, and the respec-
tive Boards of Chosen Freeholders OF
such counties nave resolved, or may
hereafter resolve, that q bridge OF
bridges across such waters at any point
or points. is a public necessity, 1t snail
and may be lawful for such boards
Jointly to construct and maintain sucn
bridge or bridges, for uses exclusively
public. and the expense thereof snail
be borne by the said counties equally;
provided. however. that before any sueh
bridge shall be built, or contracts made,
or moneys expended in respect thereto,
the actions of such boards of Chosen
Freeholders shall nave been approved by
a majority of the legal voters of their
respective counties, the approval or DIS
approval of such voters to be expressed
at the first general fall election held
next after the passage of such boards OF
Chosen s~Freeholders or either of them,
and to be indicated by those who favor
the building of sue bridge by adding
to their tickets the words For bridge
between -- county and - coun-
w, as the case Iudy pGs allQ W
to the building of such bridge
by the words Against bridge between
county and - county,; pro-
vided. further. that notice that an elee5
shall have been given by the clerks OF
the respective boards of Chosen Free
holders of said counties in the news
papers in said counties authorized to
publish the laws for the preceding year,
for at least -four weeks Immediately
preceding the time of holding the cleo
tion."
The first application of this law will be
made this fan for the construction of a
rev bridge between Newark and Harrl-
done by the Freeholders of Essex and
Hudson counties. It will be necessary
to begin the publication OF the eiect.oa
prescribed will form a part of the bal
~ The SITE SELECTED.
committee mn1ft ene of 9Th the two Boards at the
foot of Madison street is not satisfactory
to a large portion of the property owners
and business men of the lower part q
OF changing it, and are thankful tnat
there is a prospect of getting any pridge
at all. Directly opposite Madison street
ty of the shanleys, a portion of the
Michael Stanley estate. 1t joins the
property of the late Warren s. Brown.
now occupied by Monroe S. Brown as a
lumber yard. The Snanley property vii!
nrobably be taken i'm for the bridge APP
proach, and perhaps a corner OF sne
Brown wharf will be needed to straight
en- out the diagonal line.
On the opposite side of the river is a
mud fat. which for many years mas
been used by the Ripley mill for the stor,
tract of the marsh land. has been owned
by the Ripley family for nearly half a
century. Beyond this the roadway Will
continue straight across the waste land
and the Market street branch of the
Pennsylvania Railroad to the point where
Fourth avenue, Harrison, is completed.
The plans for the the or. 1et may il irol must
neeessarSiy be a drawbridge. and will be
constructed O iron upon Stone piers.
A GREAT ADVANTAGE
Revond the fact of opening up a new
means of communication between New,
ark and Harrison and Kearny, 1t VIII
be of great advantage to all CT the man
them an easy means of avoiding the
Anticipated extortions of the Plank Road
Company by going to New York over
probably suit the majority of them bet
ter had it been located further down
the river. but they will not oppose ITS
construction on that account and i've
in hone of getting another bridge more
conveniently located within. a few years.
The building of the Harrison approach
beginning of the reclamation, of the tract
of cattail swamp lying between the
Pennsylvania main line tracks and the
river and the building. up of the fiat
land between the two branches of that
road. The engineering features on the
Newark end are not difficult except IN
making the entrance approach so that
it will not ruin the entrance to the DECK
property lying below the bridge. The
approach to the canal bridge. at this
point from the wharves east Of it is in
a bad condition. The new bridge over
the river will cause the removal of this
bridge over the canal as it will start
abruptly from the Market street side
of the canal at nearly the present grade
of the street.