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

ravonia avenue. The company believes
It will be able to operate the crossing in
the avenue when the other tracks are
n rieya1su "a sucn way tnas mere w, ps
TO travellers
Following out the plans described the
company viii not have TO alter its ter
mlnal yards or trainshed in any particu-
lsr This .disposes Of the elevation OF
the tracks between the east end of the
.Snnel .,nn and the trainshed Il Is & the por.
most interested in While the company
Is aholsh.ng its grade CROSSINGS IN re-
sponse to public demand and official re-
guest. it also intends improving its road
IL manner to insure quicker and safer
travel and the speedier handling of lis
freight and passenger traffic
The company, urder its agreement with
throdg6 the hin adjoining its present tun-
vey fo 1ew sas s rac ri uss6 we se
freight business. The new cut IS to be-
Just south Of Where eth the tunnel e en- enters Ae the
hin at Hoboken avenue II will be an
open cut to about where Baldwin avenue
a o pfs Tnis strsst the
place The vacation is from 45 feet
north of Washburn street to Hoboken
sP place sae Is proRalS owneS by he Ere
Railroad. so that no loss accrues to in
dividual owners by reason OF the vaca-
tion.
Palisade avenue is to be bridged by
the company at its own expense. Under
the railroad act the company has the
gn oua the to prass rasss With
sequently the building Of bridges by the
company is big thing for the city and
was ali brought about by the untiring
and determined efforts of the Mayor
After bridging Palisade avenue the
company abandons its open cut and
builds new tunnel about 800 feet long,
nue..
The company abandoned the open cut
conformation. of Hoboken and Oakland
avenues. From Oakland avenue the open.
cut continues as far west as the west end
of the presnt tunnel
The cut wilF pass under Central avenue
and as a consequence Central avenue is
TO be bridged at the expense of the
ken avenue. The, next bridge the com
pany will build will be over Summit ave-
nns,,i nue; between Elect s street snd st. Pauls
bridged Just at the intersection of Bevan
Gollery street. between St. Pauls and
Scar ali the Expense e reioeainey iomphny sew w
ers. water mains. gas mains and so on.
Ihe csys city, IN Ia, addltion dtn to closing McPher
street lying between l.ne 50 feet north
of the centre line of the new tunnel and
q line 110 feet south. Fleet street only
been dedicated but never opened All
the land abuttlng on the street is owned
oy the railroad company. Perry street,
to be vacated. It has been dedicated
from st. Paurs avenue 100 feet south.
There are no buildings on it. Ferry al
tie map street. lying between the south
side or summit avenue and a point IS
feet feet north Of the north line of Bevan
opened nor is it iikely to be opened as
It IS solid wall of rock Bevan street is
g be vacated at its intersection with St
PaulS avenue.
between St. Paul's and Hopkins avenues,
has been dedicated, but never opened It
Will be opened now, however. Huron ave-
nue., another imaginary street which ex-
lists only on maps, is to be vacated to the
extent of % feet In consideration of the
vacation OF all these paper or map
streets the company agrees to withdraw
extension of Baldwin avenue, between
Newark and Bonner avenues. AS the
company owns majority OF the land
along the h11e of the proposed improve
meIt an objection frorn the company
you'd have been fatal Under the agree
hent the company will not remonstrate
and work upon the opening and extension
OF the avenue s to be begun as sson as
practicable.
The company also agrees to bear IT'S
share of the expense and mot object to the
proposed Improvement of ST. Paul's ave-
nue., between Summit and Tonnele ave-
nues- The railroad will also open Hopkins
avenue as a public thoroughfaGe by dedi-
eating to the city tract of land owned
by it at the foot of the avenue.
In addition to what has already been
described as having been obtained from
the company by the city, Mayor Wapser
won three new streets for the people, of
the westerly end of the town. The cost of
creating the new streets is to be borne by
the railroad company.
The first street. which is designated as
"a" street on maps filed with the Mayor,
is to extend from the Beuleyard on the
from the centre line thereof to Summit
avenue. The new thoroughfare will be
g. d feet d vide s and ID will be paved curbed
will be about a half mile in length.
Street No, 2. which is designated on
nit avenue on the north. side of the cut
and run to Fleet street where Fleet street
intersects the cut a quarter Of mile
AND will BE- paye eurbed and asgei
and will be a new and more direct COM
munication with Central avenue than
The third Street, Designated as ..C'
street, will be so feet wide, and is to be
curbed. paved and tagged. 1t will he
oa % es ass1a om sde the Of oe cn o sm ana
nit avenue. The new streets A and C,
will open Huron avenue, Ceilerd street.
Beyan street and practically Fleet street
and Hopkins avenue. Collerd street will
be so opened as to afford direct commune
cation with the Boulevard.
The improvements which the company
will make west of its new tunnel will
open up an entirely new territory and one
which property owners never had the
except for railroad purposes.
OF course the greatest interest is CEN
tired in the new tunnel and open cut.
particularly among railroad men. The cut
and tunnel viii be about rs feet wide
and will be equipped with two sets of
tracks. AS told before, it will be used
for passenger traffic only. Instead of
the tracks running on a level from the
elevated structure as into the old tunnel,
the tracks of the new tunnel will be
raised gradually SO that by the time the
point is reached where the new tunnel
IS to be constructed the tunnel will rim
Of crossing of the tunnels will be between
Oakland and Baldwin avenues. From the
point of crossing the new tunnel will be-
gin to descsnd SO that the tracks of the
new and old tunnels will strike cut on
the approach to the meadows on the same
grade.
The lines across the meadows viii not
consequently be changed in any particu-
lar
agreements would have been approved by
the Street and Wates Commissioners to-
day had not the companys engineers
asked a little time in which to make some
changes in their maps to meet with de-
mandS of MayOr WanSer