The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-12
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AND
COMMUNICATIONS.

FROM Henry Stuhn and others
Bowers street between Summit avenue
and Hudson Boulevard.
FROM the Mutual Life Insurance Co. OF
Petitioning. for the construction of a
IN Waverly street from a point
about 20 feet west of the crown of the
street between .Palisade and Oakland ave-
nue. to Oakland avenue.
From Elmer A. Daring n others
mont TO Duncan avenue and ~laterals in
Belmont, kensington and Jewett ave-
From n d. yreeiand for West Side
Pefitioning for the establishment Of
official grade on Union street, between
on Williams avenu from West Side ave-
nue. TO Mallory avenue.
From James Dickson and others
P~etitioning. for the appointments Of John
P. Hill as inspector on Walker avenue
sewer.
From Charles A. Lewis
private eve in Van Reypen place, from
a point about 20 feet north of DeKalu
avenue to n connecting with the main
sewer in Stayyesant avenue, at his own
From owen Lally:-
Pe%titioning for privilege to pave Eff
teenth street, between Erie street and
Jersey avenue. at his expense
Received and referred 10 Committee on
Streets ana Sewers.
From Hudson Steam Laundry Coz
Calling attention 70 condition of water
furnished them by the city,
Received and referred to Committee on
Assessments and Extensions and Corpora
ton Counsel.
From. certain property owners Of Lay
fayette' section =
II matter of objections to grade cross
ing Of Lehigh Valley r. r.. at Communi-
paw avenue
Rscsiy@sd ana ordered als a.
Hon. Board of Street and Water Comnis-
sioners Of Jersey City n. 5.
Ia Compliance with your request as
contained in a communication dated Sep
TENDER 2, 1895, fofs a professional opinion
as 10 the expedisney, from an engineering
ing of the G~reenville and Hudson Rail-
way over CommuEipaw avenue, and also
as 70 whether any other reasonable and
practicable method can be devised for
avoiding such grade crossings, I have
the honor to report as follows
A copy of the ordinance passed by your
Board authorizing said crossing accom-
panied your request. III addition to which
/ nave been furnished with maps. plans
and c-oiIias, showing very careful sur-
veys made by the engineers of the rail-
road company and covering all the ma
tIrai and artificial features of the topo-
graphfy of the territory liable to be af-
Of the sgreenvlile and Hudson Railway.
I have checked and verified those sur
veya en- the ground and by data on file
in my office, and have also carefully ex-
aTninsd she point of proposed crossing and
its surroundings.
The purpose OF the Construction of the
Greenviile and Hudson Railway Is to en-
able the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
to connect its system of lines with and
reach It's terminus on the Hudson River.
lying on either side of the South Cove or
BASIN These terminals embrace an area
of about 100 acres, and viii the improve
ments thereon are valued by the State
for taxation at upwards Of two million
two hundred thousand dollars f2, 202s10ll.
These lands all lie or have been inn
proyed to an4 elevation of about s feet
above tide water, and for all the ordi-
and delivery yards Will not admit OF
being placed at a higher elevation with
out loss of usefulness and value. Any
railroad connection into these terminals
must reach their level before entering,
otherwise the portion of their area from
the point Of entrance on either side of
the connecting railroad to a point where
It reaches the plane OF the terminal yard
grade Is rendered valqeless for the purs
poses or which IL has been acquired
and Improved.
sk:rfing ana BOUNDING the Lehigh VAL
ley terminal yard on the west is the rail-
road Of the National Docks Railway Com
ment at an elevation Of about
ard 10 reach the Lshigh Val
ley Railway terminal must be CROSSED. To
crossing road must descend wenty t21) feet
TO reach the terminal level. AT a grade OF
one foot in one hundred this would entail
? lgss about twenty GU
s isasiy S. crip tsanins lie and eom maa1s ss s
the Same Tins establishing 4 grade cross
Ing Of two steam roads. 10 clear the MAJ
tlonal Docks Railway Shove grade Win