The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-27
ERIE ELEVATION.
Draft Of an Agreement
Between Jersey City and
tie Juggernaut
Company.
CITY TO vAcATE MANY STREETS
The officials Satisfied, But the
Railroad Magnates Not Yet
Heard From.
Syaecic1 to the .Jersc,t cstg Ne,:s.

iSpecicl to the Jersctf city Neacs.
TRENTON. Feb. q, 1sse.-Senator
VOORHEES, and William Fl. Corbin held a
conference yesterday and prepared a draft
OF an agreement between the Erie Off
Gals and the Jersey City authorities I'M
der which the work of elevating the
Erie's tracks through Jersey City can be
accomplished.
The agreement is modelled after that
under which the Jersey Central and the
pennsylvania abolished grade crossings
IN Elizabeth. Under it the railroads bore
the expenses of putting up the tracks
and the city vacated certain streets and
took care of the approaches thereto. The
agreement will be laid before the city
authorities and the Erie officials and it
is confidently expected hat it will be
signed and that grade crossings will en-
tirely disappear in Jersey City. If the
Erie signs the bills consenting to the
lease of the Greenwood Lake and the
Northern New Jersey the plan
of reorganization will be passed
without delay.
hees had completed the draft of the
agreement. Mr.. Voorhees, telephoned to
Jersey City requesting some representa-
ton and consider the document with him.
At that time it looked as though the
Legislature might remain in session over
officials would meet him. Those gentle
men arrived at the State House after
the legislature had adjourned and gone
closeted together for over an hour in one
Of the Senate, committee rooms. Mr.;
Voorhees, laid before them the draft, of
had prepared and they discussed it in
detail. section by section. The. Jersey
City people considered it as a whole ac-
ceptable to the city, at any rate It was
a good foundation to act upon. They
thought that there would be no difficulty
in securing the consent of the city to
the company had declared would be
necessary to accomplish any practical
out that the city. vacated streets where
both the Pennsylvania and Delaware,
Laekawanna and Western road put up
to believe that the same would be done
in this case. The Erie engineers have
said that they would require the vaca-
Monmouth street and east of and includ-
ing Provost street. Senator voorhees,
thought that there would be no trouble
on that score, as in this matter the city
should be prepared to make concessions.
The excellent worl.ln-. OF the plan III
Elizabeth and the beneficial results
pointed out, and it was generally agreed
that the precedent there established could
be followed out in safety in Jersey City.
Of course there are some details of the
Elizabeth plan which, owing to the diff
ference in existing circumstances, could
not be applied to the situation in Jersey
City These will be altered to fit the
state of affairs existing at the Erie cross
ings and there is reason to believe that
the elevation will now be accomplished.
Of course the agreement has not as yet
been agreed to by either the city autnori-
ties or the Erie officials. In fact it has
not been submitted to them yet. That,
however will he dopp without Ioiou
and a conference between them and the
city's representatives will be held with
IN allegiance on account of Mayor Wan
ser,s absence from the city. The Mayor
wishes to be present at the conference,
account Of the serious Illness of his
father-in-law Those who are acquainted
with the affairs of the Erie road say
tracks will go up. In the first place It
is absolutely necessary, the statement
of the company's Trenton agent to the
contrary notwithstanding, that the two
bills validating the reorganization scheme
and the lease of the Greenwood Lake
road should pass, and the company will
Then, again. the plan of reorganization,
as has been stated before in THE News
calls for the elevation of the tracks and
the company proposes to put them up.
but it is only waiting to make the most
favorable arrangement it can with the
city.
DR.. Addison Poland has decided to
accept the position offered him by
the New York City Board of Edu-
cation, and a small army OF candidates
intendent Of the State. As stated in 9Th
News on Tuesday Colonel Charles W.
tendent Davy of East Orange is consid-
cred to be in the lead.
The friends of the administration are
ship and grand devotion to the principle
Ct It's nominal head in a statement that
the Governor will not appoint a District
Court Judge for Hobcken. but VII al
low Judge Paxton to finis,- Out his term.
Just how he can do otherwise it is hard
fer the ordinarily wicked Democrat to
The Committee on Appropriations is
holding its session on the star chamber
order. It met Yesterday and heard several
everyone from the room while it listened
to those who came before it.
the most important of the Legislature
and all its proceedings should be public.
Some branches Of the State government
Grlgggs sil Proposes to make ks hfsl adm m2sSaras
ton famous as one of economy, and the
order has gone forth from the executive
to keep things dewn. Il IS this which has
led the committee to work in secret SO
that the public cannot know what the
real demands of the State are as set forth
General Stryker went before the commit
tee and laid before It the needs of the
mliltary Dranch or the states forces and
Captain Dahlgreen did the same for the |
Naval Reserve. Co1onel Muzzy, OF Pater-
son and Jersey City armories for their
proper care and maintenance.
Hoboken is having a time over the wa
terS question. Her contract with the |
Hackensack company expires during the
year and the city wants to make another
contract. There is a clause in the charter |
Of the Hoboken Land and Improvement |
Company which the legal sharps Of Ho-
boken think gives that company the ex-
elusive right to furnish the city with
water. So City Counsel Minrurn and some
other of her citizens journied down here
yesterday morning and got Mr.. DAILY TO
introduce a bill repeating that clause OF
the charter.
A CHEAP MACHINE.