The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-02

| the CITY In closing Brunswick street, he
run its Weehawken branSh at grade across
| all the meadow lots at the foot Of the hin.
He objected to the depression of the
streets. contending that thugs and rob
bers would make rendezvous under the
bridges, so that it would be unsafe for
man or woman to use the depressed
streets after dark.
Counsellor William Dougherty. made a
long speech protesting against the plans.
He was, he said, opposed to the depres-
sion of the streets, because they would
| injure great territory and place the city
| in the unpleasant predicament of paying
| hundreds Of thousands of dollars for dam
ages. He charged that in building a new
tunnel and utilizing the Penn Horn Creek
Railroad. which has been abandoned for
| ing the law in endeavoring to secure an
enlarged right of way for its roadbed.
After dealing with all the laws pertaining
| to track elevation. he concluded by assert
| ing that the present plans are approv-
| ed the property owners affected villa
doubtless certorari the action.
A trustee of the Simpson M. e. Church
on Central avenue entered protest on
| behalf of the church. He said the church
| property had valuation of s50,000, but by
reason of the North Hudson county eie-
| waited road being allowed to pass It's door
the property had been seriously damaged.
| The elevated railroad compels the trus-
| tees, he declared, to always engage a
| minister who has a loud voice so that
Doodle
| able to hear. The proposed new open cut
/ of the Erie Railroad will be only 100 feet
| from the church and l50 feet from the
| pulpit The noise of the steam road COM
| bined with the elevated will make the
| holding of services in the church prac-
| tically impossible. This would ruin the
| church property.
John D. Carscallen said:-sPavonfa ave-
to the New York ferries for the people in
our part of the city. Under this propo-
stion to raise the avenue is feet untold
damage will be done. ask you, gentle
men, to protect me and my interests. The
plans, as a whole, are a wholesale de-
spelling of property. I want 1t under
stood that Ia am n A favor & OF the ea elevaaon haoI
elevated years ago no end OF sorrow
would have been kept from poor homes.
If l was here opposing track elevation,
the death of some of the unfOrtunates
who are ground under the cars yearly.
But in elevating the tracks the work
should be done IN m such way as as nol nas, g
prepared in a selfish way for the benefit
of the Erie Railroad and am pleased
to learn that the city is going
look after our Interests. 1t seems to me
that some plan will be devised whereby
all the damage contemplated in 1t the pres
ent plans will be eliminated. This nrop-
osition to change the grade of Payon;a
avenue Is a menace to property. lndl-
yiduals should not be made TO suffer for
want the people to pay me damages pc
cause the Erie Railroad has ruined my
property. but that is just what would
causes by elevating it's tracks. have
great deal Of money invested IN Pa-
Ten people left the assembly room
whsn Dr. eumsy mne egan forJ to Il eeIa
ton of the tracks of the Pennsylvania
Raiaread He objected to the plans Of
the. Erie Railroad in every respect and
said they were absurd.
4 trustee Of ST. Paups Lutheran Church
objected to the plans, particularly that
said the cut would be so near the church
that the property for church purposes
would be destroyed
James K Murphy said the elevation of
Payonia avenue Is feet would make It as
he He charged that the Erie Rairoad had
purposes. He said the elevation of the
avenue would be of only little benefit
to the company but would be a great in
President Brown thinking every one
who wanted to speak had been heard I'd
journed the session. A second later he
President of the Erie Track Elevation So
ciety, wanted to address the meeting The
Board was reconyened and Mr.. Corcoran
pie who signed a petition for the eleva-
ton of these tracks and among the sign
ers were lawyers, doctors and men of all
professions. I am no friend of the Erie
Railroad. The company knows tnat,
and believe the people of this city know
It But I am consistent and this Board
derstood when we had the champion of
track elevation, Foster VOORHEES,, here
with US, that we were to agree to de-
press and close certain streets. And we
all agreed that It would be better to de-
press and close streets than to suffer men
women and children to be ground 10
pieces on grade crossings. People may
come here now. from the Hill and say they
VIM not be able to hear their minister if
1he What Ma g ~ he1 Put pehys h DO not see
called upon to pay for the burial of
poor father. mother, son or daughter.
Just think ct tots four and FIVE years old
father or mother, Just take these things
home TO yourselves and see If you will
streets we ask for the eleyat HeS tion Of Of
the tracks in tie cause of humanity. we
did agreed as citizens to. allow the de-
preston M ,s Ia ana closing OF streets. and we
to expect anything.
Nov let US look at what grade cross
ings have done for US from 1885 to 1866
Provost street. u killed, S injured; Hender-
son street, 1S killed, 8 injured; Greve street.
II killed. 18 injured: Erie street., killed,
injured; jersey avenue, 9 killed, Z in
5ured; Coles street. killed, 2 injured;
Brunswick street, killed, injured. To-
tai, 215.
These, are enly the first plans submit
Ied, ana It will be an easy matter to rem
edy them. But let us meet the railroad
haif way; let us do everything which win
bring about this great Improvement.
infs IS light of the poor people
against the rich What is q little damage
to property compared with the loss of life?
Here is Mr. John Casey, who owns more
property north OF the Erie railroad than