The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-13

READY TO ELEVATE
satisfactory Agreement Be-
tween the Erie Rail-
road and the City;
DETAILS OF TIE conpANY's PLANS
The Work Will Begin at Once
and Must Be Finished by
December, 1897.
DETAILS OF THE C0MPANY'S PLANS

Mayor Wanser has won the Erie Rail
read track elevation fight. The law Off
GERS. Street and Water ard Finance Com
missicners and the few people who have
seen the agreement his Honor has made
with the company say that he has also
won great victory for the city.
The Mayors Secretary, John ]. Nevin,
this morning made known the terms OF
the agreement under which the death
dealing grade crossings are to be abol-
ished. Work is to he begun not later than
May ! of the present year. and as much
earlier as the company desires. The work
must be finished by December 81, 1888 The
estimate of the oompanys engineers as to
~he cost of the big Improvement is
s1.5eo. .ooe.
In securing the elevation of the tracks
agreements had TO be entered into not only
with the Erie Railroad but with the Long
Horn Creek Railroad, which concerns are
leased by the Erie The plan of the work
IS about as followS:-
All the tracks of the Erie's main line
are to be Sc elevated that a clearance of
at least twelve feet will be given at Mon
mouth, Coles, Grove, Erie and Henderson
streets and Jersey avesue, the whole
width of those streets. Such bridges as
are built are to be paid for by the com
pany. They are TO be of either iron or
steel, supported by stone abutments and
must span the entire street. If 1t Is found
necessary to insure safe construction the
city allows the company TO place iron sup
porting columns on the curb line.
All bridges are to be provided with
solid floors so as to prevent and ma
terials or supplies, waste or grease from
down in thesstreet. Between streets the
company has the option of placing its
tracks on an elevated trestle or a filliag
Of Of isarth,or e stone or both, provided i is
by the company. The company, it is
understood. win make solid filing for
lis roadway. The work can be done
claimed. In making the solid filling the
company agrees not to use garbage or
any offensive or unhealthy substances.
IS to be met entirely by the company.
The city, under the track elevation act
Of last winter will bear the expense of
all suits for damage to property which
may. arise from the elevate of the
tracks, and also pay all damages in
curred by the vacation or closing of any
street or avenue.
The company is to take its tracks out
OF Monmouth street north of Eleventh
Ssassi. s,.a'as as far as sixteenth street. These
tracks are part of the Weehawken
out OF the way Monmouth street win be
made an open thoroughfare from one end
OF o.. II stpes City. TO the other. The city, now
MAINTAIN two sets Of tracks in Monmouth
street between the place where the main
me IS elevated and Tenth street, SO Is
T7totfEes into the repair shops Of the road
when are Dcated east Of Monmouth
street and just north of Tenth street. srne
two two sets OF tracks in question win be at
n pre1Vs fof,frfa ~
Monmouth and Coles streets will be
depressed one foot and a half so as to
give the required clearance at those
points. The grade of the street either
side of the elevation viii remain M
changed.
At jersey avenue there will be a de-
preston Of two feet. The grade either
ssde Of me depression will be lowered on
g scale of one foot to the hundred
AT Erie Street there will be a depression
OF three and half feet with a fall
either side sof the elevation of five feet
to the hundred
on scale of five feet to the hundred SO
that the depression will be scarcely
noticeable. Henderson street has to be
depressed 5 feet inches. The fail on
the north side will be Sc feet to the
hundred and on the south side 4.6 feet
to the hundred
The whole cost of relocating sewers,
gas mains, water pipes and so on is to
be borne by the city The street depres-
sions, however, are to be made at the
cityss expense and will involve probably
the expenditure of from 5000 to 81, 900.
As to street vacations the fret street
surrendered to the company is Division
sometimes called Patterson street. The
street is not now, nor never was fit for
traffic II practically has its existence
only on maps Of the street 46o feet are
given up and the vacated part lies he
tween the south line of Twelfth street
and the centre line of Tenth street.
Brunswick street, which by reason of
its natural swampy condition has never
been used for traffic, Is also to be va
Gated from the centre line of Tenth
street to point 80 feet north of the
south line of Eleventh street a distance
of about 230 feet.
Provost street is also vacated from a
point on straight line drawn diagon-
ally from northwest to southeast through
point on the east side of Provost street
distant "a feet north of the north line Of
Ninth street and point on the west line
of Provost street. distant 70 feet north
Of the south line of Tenth street to the
seuth line of Eleventh street, being in
all 35S feet measured on the centre line
OF said street to be vacated.
Ienth street is vacated at the present
time, IN fact has fence around it from
the west line of Provost street to a line
drawn diagonally from northwest to
southeast through q point on the north
line OF Tenth street, distant 140 feet west
OF the west line of Provost street and a
ROfA%t
distant IS feet west of the west line Of
Provost street, making In all los feet to
be vacated.
These vacations are made In order to
and grain sheds which lie either side of
the big trainshed To get around this
difficulty required a lot of hard study
on the part Of the company's engineers,
but they believe that they have now hit
upon a plan which will enable them to
handle their business easily and without
causing the travelling public of this city
any Inconvenience.
The: yexatious question of getting rid
of the dangerous crossing IN Payonia
avenue has been settled in this way The
city Agrees to change the grade of the
avenue 50 as to give ascleafance at the
TIE company in turn is to depress its
tracks to such an extent as is practi-
cable he company at its own expense
win build the bridge and necessary abut-
ments TO carry the street over its tracks.
The city is to pay for the construction
Of the approaches to the bridge but UNI
der no circumst ances is the grade of the
approach6s to exceed feet to the hun
dreds The city viii assume all claims
changing Of. the grade Of the avenue from
the jdge westerly. Damages and all
other trouble relative to property cast OF
the bridge will fbe looked after by the
part of the land east Of the proposed
bridge 1t will consequently have no dam
age suits TO settle.
1t is asreed however,t let neither party
Mork 9n s avona esnsa Venue e un nsS
such time as IS agreed upon, but IN case
the company or city shall a. any time
g s ork os Ieqgad Ien i e sSa 9nSsns
done il the manner stated above
s e s quite safe 70 say that for . few