The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-20

soafut Ishe features a mbOdiSd III this
Tne company agyees TO elevate It's
stree, Jersey avenue. Erie street, Grove
There will be a c~Iearanees OK at least
twelve feet over the whole width Of those
streets xad ayeliles. The road lyetween
slieh streets Will be elevated by masonry
and either d trestie Of ! filling Of earth
Or stone or both, as THE company may
decide, the same 70 be erected entirely
upon their rights of way Car express pfo-
vision preventing the use of garbage, I'M
healthy or offensive sug,stance) and the
cost OF such elevation, ailling, stone and
all bridge work and ali railroad co~nstrue-
ton shall be wholly borne BY the com
pany- All damages. demands, claims, ac-
tons and suits resulting from the vaca-
nues to be assumed by the city. The COM
pany agrees to remove its tracks Wee
haWken branch out of Monmouth
street, Sc that said street win
It's full width. The city how.
ever, allows the company TO. maintain
tracks at grade across Monmouth street
south of its main line n north Of
Tenth street in order that it may be
able to switch its cars into its repair
shop just east of Monmouth street. The
changed: T
+ Jersey avenue Is to be depressed two
~ feet. The grade on the north side will
be one a. foot per hundred: the grade
on the south side the same.
z. Erie street is TO be depressed 3.5
leet. Inc grade on the north side will
be five % feet per hundred. on the south
side the same.
.. Grove street will be depressed 4 64-too
Ieet. me grade on the north side will
be five () feet per hundred, on the south
side the same.
4. Henderson street will be depressed
20 feet. The grade on the north side will
be SO feet per hundred, on the south side
4.b per hundred feet. Tne. grade of Mon
mouth md 49, ~ LII 49, Z.Z
50 as TO obtain a depression of LIS feet.
All the changed grades and all the work
necessary to restore and rebuild the sew
eral streets mentioned Upon the changed
grades, all paving, curling, Tagging, all
sewers, water pipe and conduits will be
done at the expense of the city.
Inc city agrees to vacate the rights
of the public in the following Streets
i. Division or Paterson street, from the
centre line of Tenth street to south line
of Eleventh street, making q vacation of
AGO feet of said street.
2. Brunswick street, from the centre
line of Tenth street to 30 feet north of
south line of Eleventh street, making a
vacation of go feet of said street.
y Provost street Will be vacated for
about a distance of 358 feet. measured on
the centre line of the street.
A. Tenth street will be vacated for a
distance Of about l05 feet, measured on
the centre line of the street.
The work shall be commenced on or
before May /, 1897, and shall be completed
on or before December 81. 1893.
One Of the most difficult problems that
presented Itself in effecting a settlement
of the track elevation Question was the
eliminating of the present grade crossing
on Pavonia avenue eastlof Provost street.
1t has been demonstrated to the Board
that it was an eng rieering inpossibility
for the company to both elevate its tracks
across Payonia avenue and get down to
grade in it's yard south of said avenue,
east of the Hudson River. The only other
4 Mo ~ inf{ 47a 4a> - --1~ ~ - -
elevating the street above the railroad
tracks This, the Board felt assured,
would entail heavy damages n be BIT
terry opposed by Citizens owning property
west of the present crossing. The Beard
has SO arranged the matter in the pro-
posed contract that it is left the subject
OF future settlement. The contract pro-
vides that in case the city demands the
abolition of that crossing at grade the
street shall be carried over the tracks,
the company agreeing TO depress them
as far as practicable ans to construct the
~abutments and bridges. The city is to
construct the necessary approaches at a
grade net to exceed fouISper cent, and to
assume AL damages on the west side OF the
crossing. Tit company owning all the
property IN the east side of the crossing
will release the city from ali damages to
/! tnat property. The time when this work
is to be done is to be hereafter determined
by mutual agreement and viii be governed
by the demand for the, abolition of the
ShOS0 H.
IN THE TUNNEL.
The Ere Railroad Company crosses Bsr-
| gen HiE through a tunnel IN a direct line
rom b east end Of The. Hill at about
the Junction of Brunswick and Ninth
/ street p~rodueed, to The west side Of the
Eiill at about the intersection of Skill
man avenue and Elm street. The com
pany owns all the land situate on the
Fill directly over the tunnel fran fhh
east TO the west Of the Hill now pro-
poses to relocate their road for passenger
travel through an open cut beginning at
a po-T4t on the south side of the, tunnel
just east OF .Palisade avenue and by
pfidgEng the lntsfsect.1g streets, carry
the.r read through the Hill on 10 their
Mls14 li5ts laSt west OF the point where
tie aluusod4 SouHtS bouleEaTa crosses the
ISnnei. ohaer me general railroad act
consfr,,ogiorc 49, ba,,t r. o & q s4LLaa
nunicfral antherifter nro,ssaian NY ln
niSars g4res+s ~ PleEluflg lLa5
! compauses shall eensfr1,ct bri7eea sfo
The proposed pan provides for an oman
cut from the east end IF the t1,nrpl * q
point lust cost of whara Ra1dSs;n sl,sp,a
produced would interseyct Hobokeu ave-
| nue.; from that point the road would run
| through a unne upwards of 500 feet long
! to a point just west of the Intersection of
Oakland ana Hoboken avenue, and from
thence to the west end of the Hill in an
open cut. Ihe company would be re-
quleu ana nave agreea to bridge Padi-
staae, Ceutrdi ouIHlt ana st. PduPs
AZ $3.50 ! ny dsh Lols the vacation. OF
NJ Heison pldce from a point 10 feet
streat ~ ~ nottl lde OF WasnDurn
So 1920 aseiius, Terry aiey
| 10 a point az fest northf ~ ~ - ~ tiiuuS,
! Of Eeva5, street ana III l,s hortf me
| Perry street Fleet straat Psv. pdlss y
and Huron avenue, SkiiInan sn5 TSer.
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