The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30
Lafayette Property Owners
Opposite the Eehigh Val
ley Company's Lit
tie Scheme.
APPEAL TO CITY AUTHORITIES
Reasons Why No Permission Should
be Granted to Lay Tracks
Across Communipaw
Avenue.

The request by the Greenyille ana
Hudson Railway Company. or, rather.
the Lehigh Valley Railroad for peImis-
sion to cross Communipaw avenue, has
raised the very just Indignation of prop
erty owners contiguous to the proposed
route.
These this afternoon forwarded the Rl-
lowing remonstrance to the Board OF
Street and Water Commissioners
Hon. Board of Street and Water Com
missoners:
Sirs-The undersigned. owners of prop
erty in block 492. fronting on Communi-
paw and Suydam avenues. respectfully
protest against the granting to the
Greenville & Hudson Railway Company.
permission to cross Communipaw ave-
nue. at grade, for the following reasons:--
Because this company Is a branch Of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company,
and the crossing would be that Of
trunk line. with many tracks.
Because this block is already bisected
by the right of way of the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey, which crosses 1t.
however, under grade.
Because the proposed crossing would
greatly depreciate the value of all OF
the property of your petitioners. and
they would be driven to lawsuits for
protection.
Because Communipaw avenue is the
great highway between Comnunipaw
and the balance of Jersey City. and Is
constantly used. and should be pre-
served for the use of the public. The
proposed crossing will be dangerous to
life and limb.
Because the proposed crossing is so
near to the present under-grade cross
ing of the Central Railroad Company OF
New Jersey as to render 1t peculiarly
dangerous.
Because the policy of the city is In
every way to avoid crossings at grade.
Because by crossing the Newark and
New York Railroad at grade. Communi-
paw avenue could be crossed by an
under-grade crossings at the same grade
as the crossing of the Central Railroad
Company. Such a crossing would be
les Objectionable than the one proposed.
The Railroad Company desires to save
the expense of crossing the Central
Railroad at grade: we insist that they
have no right to do so at our expense.
Because said railroad will not pay
local taxes to Jersey City for the land ac-
quired by them for this purpose.
Because said company offers no return
to this city for this valuable franchises
which it asks shall be given to it for
all time without compensation to US or
the public.
Elizabeth Brinkerhoff. 2S1 and 2SS Conn
munipaw avenue.
Irene s. Slater 2S5 Communipaw ave-
nue..
James Stevens 2S7 Communipaw ave-
nue..
James Milligan. 2ss Communipaw ave-
nue..
John Haesloop. 2s1-ss Communipaw
avenue.
John F. Clark. 5 Suydam avenue. ]
Robert G. Lyle Suydam avenue.
William B. Mason. II Suydam avenue.
William B. Sloat. 13 Suydam avenue.
Charles b. Lawson. II Suydam ayenues
Abraham Smack. 10 Suydam avenue.
George H. Field. q Suydam avenue.
NJ. E. Craig. % Suydam avenue.
James Cummings, % Suydam avenue.
M. E. Craig. 29 Suydam avenue,
C. Henry, 27 Suydam avenue.
Herman Thiermeyer. 80 Suydam ave.
nue..
| William Wood. 81 Suydam avenue.
This means that every owner on the
block facing the line of the suggested
tracks has signed the petition opposing
the granting of any privilege to cross
the avenue.