The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-20
HUDSON STREET GRADE
Property Owners Object to
6 Per Cent. and Ask
Conference With
Board.

The property owners on Henderson
street, between Ninth and Twelfth
| streets, are complaining about the grade
of the Henderson street depression under
the Erie Railroad elevation. Under the
original specifications a go grade was
adopted. This grade is exactly 1% great
er than the Newark venue hill, which,
according to the map in Chief Engineer
Van Keuren's office, is SO.
This grade is what the property owners
object to. They consider It too steep for
a team of horses to pull a load over it.
The depression, as it is being made at
present, is about the same as the Grove
street depression was before it was de-
cided to make a higher grade than the
original one. a mass meeting of Grove
street property owners was called and a
conference was held with the Street and
Water Board, at which the matter was
publicly discussed. The Street and Water
Board then held a secret conference with
Chief Engineer a Keuren. In the at
ter's office, at which the present 2fass
grade was decided upon. This did not
entail any extra expense, as the street
from Tenth to Eleventh streets was al
ready lowered. All that was then re-
CURED was to lower the thoroughfare
from Ninth to Tenth streets and from
Eleventh to Twelfth streets.
The Henderson street property owners,
as well as the owners of trucks, etc,
want the same grade there. They pro-
pose to fight for it and in fact they have
already requested a conference with the
Street and Water Board members. This
conference will be held In the course Of a
few weeks.
The Grove street depression Is rapidly
nearing completion. The steps leading 70
the original grade, at the four corners
have been placed in position. and the
pavement on the west side of the thor
oughfare has been laid from Ninth to
Twelfth streets in an up 10 date style.
The Erie Railroad Company under the
last specifications, was compelled to
lay the pavement up to within 100 feet Of
Ninth street and the same distance at
Twelfth street. The city was compelled
to pave the 100 feet ON each end of the
new grade.
The pavement laid by the railroad COM
pany is the same as on Pavonia avenue.
Six inches of concrete and crushed stone
form the binder, on top Of which was put
six inches Of sand. Then the Belgium
blocks were laid. The seams were filed in
with pebbles and filled in with tar. The
city did not use the ~precaution taken BY
the railroad and laid the old
paving stones on the dirt. The work done
by the city was merely repaying.
The up to date pavement adopted by
the railroad company forms a regular
water table. After a heavy rain storm,
the water will flow over the pavement
stones 70 the sewer located at the lowest
point of the depression and be carried off.
Chief Engineer Van Keuren, who was
experimenting the city work at the de-
preston, said yesterday:-.sWe have only
three navers at cur work. They have
paved between them 100 square yards to-
a very ereditable showing. Their
wages were raised to 81 today and they
feel grateful to the city. for the apprecia-
ton Of their labors. The street will be
ready for traffic within a few days.