The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-17

fifty feet into, and axe about an acre
Of the lands Of the New York, Lake
the New York and western stock yard
and Market Association, and tbs New
York, Lake Erie and Western Docks
lands are on both sides of the Coal Dock
Road, leading from the Bulisferry ROAD
from the Coal Docks Road down to Park
said lands that the cattle sheds are con-
struc5ed. These companies have pro-
dueed considerable evidence of the great
value Of those lands and sheds to them
for railway termina purposes, claiming
that they are worth to them for such
purposes about $4,000. They claim fur
said lands can be deducted therefrom
because Of any benifits to accrue to the
Boulevard, for the. reason that, as they
contend, the making of "a boulevard
there will not be any benifit to their
lands and real estate, as used for rail-
way terminal purposes. On the part of
the county also expert testimony has
been given as to the value of those lands.
| While this last testimony reduces their
ya!le very largely below the values
claimed by those companies, yet even
! accordingly to our own testimony, a very
large award would have to be made for
those lands if taken for the Branch Road.
My recollection is that the original esti-
mate Of the total value of all the lands,
etc. to be condemned for the Branch
Roard would be about $4,000. If the pres
ent alignment of the road is to continue
I so as TO take those 1anQS and SheUS, 1t is
likely. that they alone win eat up about
two-thifds or more of said estimated
amount of $4,000, in which case the
road probably could not be made within
the limits of the appropriation of $780,
003. as provided by said act of March q.
1893. Therefore l suggest to you the im-
p0rtance of taking into consideration and
acting upon the question of changing the
lines of the Branch BOARD so as not to
| take those lands and sheds, etc. If you
+ desire to so change said lines the same
may be done without departing from any
other of the requirements of said act.
Instead of having the Branch Roard cross
the Coal Dock Roard, just east of the
Bullsferry Roard. as the Branch Roard
is now laid out, and Ilfsnce continue
south, partly along the Bullsferry. BOARD
panies to a few feet south of where Park
avenue runs into the .Buiis.ferry road, the
Branch Road could be changed 50 as to
run to and terminate at the Bullesferry
road, where the Coal Dock BOARD runs
out into the Bullsferry BOARD. thus aviod-
sad Companies now Within the lines of the
Branch Road. This change would save
the county probably $4,000 or $4,000 and
same as now, since the Bullsferry Road
there is as wide as the Branch Road is
to be there and is a Maedamized road
erenee would be that from the Coal road
to Park avenue it would be the the Bulls
ferry road instead of the Boulevard, with
the disadvantage of having the street car
tracks on the Bullsferry road. But they
might be removed to the west side of the
( Bullsferry road, or. at that point. the
Bullsferry road might be widened by
: cutting in westwardly, where the prop
erty is all unimproved. Permit me to say
in conclusion, that so far as my work
been done as expeditiously as proper OF
desirable-no matter whether such has
been the case with other departments or
the Branch road or not. / say this he
! cause some criticism has been published
concerning some alleged delay in relation
to the Branch road. I request an OPP
p%ortunity from this Board or your Com
mitttee on Roads, some time when
they can devote a counle q
that time. to so over the documents in
my possession, aud otherwise. to show
that it there has been any delay, no re-
sponsibiIity for it rests with me.
Very r-esscfllyptu1234s
Very respectfully,
THOMAS f. NOONAN, JR:
be received ard printed in full in the
Freebooter Heating moved the report
From John Grimes. Warden of the
Hudson County Penitentiary,
Snake Hill. Dec. 1, 1895.
To the Honorable Director n Members
of the Board of Chosen Freeholders and
the public of Hudson County, y. J.:-
Gentlemen-In accordance with tbs
rules adopted by your honorable bodyS
from this Institution showing the NUM-
Der of inmates received, discharged. and
also the cost of their maintenance from
December l. 1894, to December ]. 1885,
Fee To-
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