The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-06-14
GRAIN elevator
The Lehigh's New Struo-
ture Is Not a
Terminal.
INCREASED FREIGHTSERVICE
Lafayette Citizens Wonder
ing if Another Grade
Crossing Fight Is
Coming.

Just this side of Black Tom there IS
big grain elevator in the course of con-
struction for the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
which will rival those owned by the Erie
and Pennsylvania Railroads In this city
This new elevator is all but completed. 1t
is a monster structure and has a capacity
equalling either of the other elevators
and they store thousands of tons of grain.
The Lehigh Valley road has increased
its freight services two fold to this city
within the past two years and its yards
have been extended over every available
bit of property that could be secured in
the Lafayette section. There are yards
of much Importance at Grand street and
Pacific avenue, and rumor has it that an
attempt will be made in the near future
to run tracks across Pacific avenue near
the Morris Canal, to improve several
acres Of swamp land lying at the foot of
Halliday and Van Horne streets, and
bounded by Pacific avenue and Grand
streets. These plots will no doubt make
desirable freight yards, but the rumors as
to the proposed plan to convert them into
freight yards has caused no little con-
jecturing on the part of Lafayette's good
people. There is no doubt that the time
is not far distant when these plots will be
pressed into use, bu+ how the yards are
to be reached without crossing Pacific
avenue at grade is one more perplexing
question and one that has caused the
good people of Lafayette to do so some
tall thinking in view of their recent
grade crossing experiences. The citizens
are waiting for the first move and are
prepared to kick vigorously.
There are several smaller yards in the
same section and these are taxed to their
utmost More space is needed. Property
in the vicinity of Communipaw is being
pressed into use daily. The freight traffic
is reaching enormous proportions. Day
after day sees a decided increase and the
amount of grain recently shipped in from
the West proves the necessity of grain
elevator to store and handle the COM
modify. The system will be perfect.
Plenty of tracks are to be laid and the
grain handled in great quantities and
with little trouble.
When the Lehigh Valley road gets its
new line in perfect working order some
great changes are looked for in the system
in this vicinity. Since the road won its
fight some time ago in the Supreme
Court, which court rendered a favorable
decision regarding the crossing of Com
munipaw avenue at grade, vast amount
of work has been carried on on that road
which is to be the main line. This line
reaches the big yard near the river front,
and four tracks cross Communipaw ave-
nue. at grade. These converge into two
tracks after leaving the grade crossing,
and extend on a trestle across mile of
meadow lands, to the Point of Rocks in
Greenville. Here the tracks of the Cen
tral road are crossed. The trestle takes
a deep slant across the canal and reaches
the level stretch of road bed which has
long since been built. This will in time,
when the trestle is rendered substantial
by being filed around with dirt and ashes,
be made the main line. The time for
operation, hover, is indefinite.