The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-05
THAT CROSSING.
City Officials Inspect the
Proposed Route for the
Lehigh Valley
Railroad.
FREIGHT YARD INCONVENIENCE
Mr.. Barnes Shows His Guests
What the Company Has Done
in the Matter Of
Crossings.
FREIGET YARD INCONVENIENCE

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heon barnes, gwen lAse ruesuas
ately after the veto of the Mayor Was
raaa,,,ad mr pornss than said he
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hoped the Board and any one Interested
iii the crossing would go to the premises
IN a,sas+;on and discuss the merits and
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dement's OF the proposed crossing, ths
idea of the company being that a better
Judgment of the situation could be ar
su.,a.
rived at on the ground than by taking
over maps and profles.
rro tbat and Yesterday morning there
as.sshIaa - u1osh,n go, strast an
We're assembled at Washinstoi "a
the south side of the Gap, about ten
o,clock tha following
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iuissloAers 1Stcndfu W.. Die"u
W. Harding, John KAISER,
Ferdinand Heintze Colonel Charles
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ang properly owners, lhoIhas. CoHai y
Greenville, J.. H. Baldwin, Chief Engineer
w w R,,egles for the CITY Me-
Kniqb+ Dr Rrodarick n steffenss atJ.
fAnlght, Ii broueiich, p
Zumbusch and Julius c.. Wittpenn and
others from Iafavette
NJ -. 80 co. r,o,t,nv
MT. Barnes had a specfal car Waiihs
for his guests, and when the car was well
under he began by explaining the system
OF tae lreish. ROAD "ith rs y a.
the ferry adjoining the Jersey Central
depot.
He showed. and the travelling car cor
roborated his statements. thIf the I.e-
high Valley Railroad Company has but
one way to reach the main yard. and that
graces of the National Docks Storage
Tomnapy and any accident which may
occur to a five hundred feet strip Of in
clined, or, as he picturesquely described
IL .stoboggan slide road" running parallel
TO and AT rie5t angles to Grand street,
a few wards south of the Pacific avenue
ANY strike on that road. gentlemen, or
any accident TO that sburnnent, which IS
but a few inches from our track. would
mean comnIete naralvsis of our. trade
ard the blocking of the Hudson River
traffic" pointed out Mr.. Barnes as The
car began its ascent of the incline to
the National Dock road.
From this point the car travelled over
the National Docks road to the disputed
crossing at C~ommunipaw avenue, where
they were met by a large number of L
fayette citizens. who crowded around the
party to hear the statements made. One
of these. Mr.. Julius Wittpenn. a gro
Ger on tire avenue, said that two-thirds
Of his customers were railroad people, 4
and If there was NJ other way than to
cross al grade, why cross it. He wanted
the custom
The railroad company's agent pointed
out that the methods suggested for the
street crossings. To the former there
was the great objection that there must
he at least a space of p feet, ike that
OF the Central Railroad bridge. a few
yards east. and the grade to that would
make the roadway so steep as to be
practically impossible. AS for the under
street road. that was ridiculous; it would
practically shut up Pine street. Suydam
avenue and other lateral streets by the
change. to say nothing about the danger
IN having such a steep grade into the |
railroad yard.
Mr.. Barnes argued further that the
present crossings of the avenue by the !
made any other means impossible than
by a grade crossing. After lucfdly point
Ing out the practical objections to an
overhead or an under-surfaee crossing
the party proceeded along the railroad
through Greenville. over the Newark Bav |
bridge to a point beyond the crossing of
the Lehigh Valley tracks by the Eliza
beth branch of the Central Railroad
known as the MOSQUITO Dad" Here
Mr.. Barnes explained that from this
point the Lehigh Valley Railroad
first began its system of levels to The |
yard at Jersey City. Before doing any
work they conmuned with the Hoard ~
Freeholders. Council of Rayonne Jersev
City Board of Works and other anfhorj.
ties as to the scheme Of the company
BY agreement with these a,fboritias -.
rompany agreed to cross every rasjro =
street. avenue, and surface %railroaG 5e.
tween its path and Commlnina ", abawa
grade. The company had dnne fbat 10y
had crossed Avenue r ~ feef n;iaal Ell
Bayenne. 80
Eyes. YOU did,, added colona1 t,,t,ar
amid general Iaughter .and tbat ruftJi,
dividing line between Ravanne and T are
sey. City. marked with monrnnenas ro -
!ng on one Side. i, @ Jersav nv ~