The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-02
STILL ANOTHER LOOP.
Freeholders Preparing q
New Scheme Before They
Give Up the County
Road.
PLANS AND ESTIMATES READY
New Line Will Run From
Fourteenth Street. Hobo
ken. Across to the
Boulevard.

The Freeholders have in contemplation
another extension of the Boulevard and
will endeavor to push 1t through as rap
idly as possible In order to have the con-
tracts awarded and the work we'll under
way before the control of the Boulevard
is taken out of their hands and trans
ferred to the Road Commissioners, to be
elected next November. There is no sus-
picion, of course, that the Freeholders
have any motive in pushing the work ex-
cept the interest of the public. They be-
lieve that with their experience they can
award the contracts and have the inn
provement made in a manner superior TO
anything their inexperienced successors
in that branch of the county business
might be able to evolve. The proposed
Improvement will certainly be great
benefit to the county. The Improvement
is to be called link, and is 10 connect
the southern terminus of the branch road
in Park avenue at Fourteenth street, Ho-
boken, with the main Boulevard. Tne
proposed road is to run through Thir-
teealth street up the hill by means Of
viaduct with the Paterson plank road,
and then by a series of macadamized
streets reach the main Boulevard at
Hague street, West Hoboken.
The project is advanced beyond mere
theorizng, for already the preliminary
plans and estimates have been prepared,
by order of the Freeholders, and 1t is
probable that at an early day the County
Board will direct its efforts towards se-
curing the right of way.
The boon such a roadway would be,
especially to North Hudson and Jersey
City Heights, can scarcely be estimated
1t would provide those sections with that
which they have long desired-an outlet
to the Fourteenth street ferry; and it
would give to Hoboken, which has paid
sudh considerable portion of the cost
of the boulevards and which has received
so little benefit from them, short and
direct route to the main boulevard.
The matter was to have been brought
before the Board for official action at to-
days meeting by Freeholder Eichhorn OF
West Hoboken, who is one of the most
active promoters of the scheme, but ow-
ing to dissension in the combine" over
the proposed West Hudson loop 1t has
been deemed advisable to delay the mat
ter. In all probability, if the West Hud-
son extension of the boulevard which was
laid on the table temporarily at the last
meeting is disposed of today, this scheme
will be acted upon ,at the next meeting
and it's promoters in the Board feel con-
fident of its success.
According to the preliminary plans pre-
pared by Assistant Engineer Ralph e.
Earle. the new road will intersect the ex-
tension into Hoboken at Thirteenth
street. At Willow avenue a viaduct with
a rise of about AZ feet in 100 will begin
and continue to the hillside, where an
elevation of about 80 feet will be reached
AT the hillside, road, running south to
where the Paterson Plank Road turns
west near the top of the hill, will be con-
structed, from which the new branch will
follow the Plank Road to Hague street
and continue along that thoroughfare to
the main Boulevard.
The average rise in the entire road
from Willow avenue to the top of the hill
will be about Az feet in 100. The only
street which the present plans eontem-
plate closing is Clinton street, Hobolen.
The engineers estimate for the total cost
of the work, including the viaduet, is
s225, 600.
It is sadd that the scheme meets with
aIit lStto1 VI al liiC WI cii AAuoSoii = iSS-
holders, those from this city and a ma
jority from Jersey City.
Freeholder Eichhorn in discussing the
matter with a News" reporter yesterday,
satd.-
1--WE propose to get to work on this
road without delay, and it is expected It
will be well under way when the Road
Commissioners are elected this fall. Ne
one doubts that such a roadway would be
of incalculable benefit to the entire north
ern section of our county, furnishing as
it would an outlet to the upper ferries,
and giving to Hoboken short and direct
route to the main Boulevard.
s'The plans prepared by Engineer Earle
are favorably considered, but if any all
terations which will lessen the cost Of
construction can be suggested, they will
be adopted In short, it is proposed to
build this extension as quickly and as
economically as possible
Mr.. Eichhorn stated that he was favor
able to the West Hudson loop, for he be-
lieved that the county would be greatly
benefited by the construction of system
of roads connecting all the municipalities
in the county a
The county, the Freeholders thought
afford the expense of both roads, and a
need of a more direct connection for Ho !.
boken and the benefits to North Hudson
and Jersey City Heights were so palpable
that he hardly expected much opposition
when the project was broached.