New-York tribune., 1903-03-31
NEW SITE FOR ERIE.
sUE NEW FERRY SLIPS
10 zbandon PGron;d-dOe. TeT"''nO
Cut Through Heights.

1T-he Erie Railroad Company has planned ex-
sSessfvs improvements thst will be paid for Ou'
tsf tba $50 OO,000 loan that was recently. o.
6s.nA6 New ferrTboats are building and New
vet ,srr,inels and q massive station In Jersey
,Cttv arc among the other things projected
r. nss beer generally believed that the Jersey
4Cftv station and terminal would be eetaohsheo
IN the site Of the present terminal at tne l0ot
- paror,s ave. which has been used for nearly
half q century, but the plans on ME ~ 'ns ~
ene.neers Office indicate most radical cnanse
,.,6 have the large passenger terminal and Ter
,;ss loca,Ad ST the foot OF Tweifth-st, Wnicn -
four blocks north Of Pavonia-ave. the ne"
mans have been kept close end no previous an
nauncerent of the coming Improvements nAe
even .hinted that the Pavonia-aVe 'er1nii1Ai
-vculi be abolished. Of the exact parucul~1s
OF the other changes that the closely suaFoe0
plans call fer.
Payonia-ave., Jersey City. is the first thor
ruehfare north of Newark-ave. ana MohIsoHi
ery-st that furnishes outlet to the rVer' Ano
{, the only one that leads to a ferry running 70
Manhattan in the northern section OF jersey
CITY. end for that reason is one OF that city
- ,r-,,o~tsn, fboroughfares. The abandon
-,a,t ~ a ferry at that point means that Gil
trs3c 20 and from Manhattan Will nave 10
.,.sob +he new ferry by either Grove CT aeH-
6e-so1 SIS snd to the river through 1"eli'N
At The several lines Of streetcars VIII nave ~
go the same way, and in so DONG VII! 0N0iN
crossing the Erie's freight tracks thaR no" G
from the yard across Pavonia-aVe. 10 the gram
elevator and stock yards.
The Fries waterfront holdings begin at FleF -
m the south side of Pavonia-aVe-' anu eAtet4u
north 10 and including Pier O. which a0uts t"o
1..uawanna ward II is proposed TO build nFe
x--1, sling at the foot OF Twelfth-st Tor the use
:, ,h. +-ro lines 10 Chambers and TweHty-tnro
etc md the three new ferryboats now building
oil double deckers will go in service about the
,3r,e the improvements have been competed
Az 2easent the passenger yard is on the SCUM
side of Pier & When the new terminal mas teeh
,-ornpleted all the space south OF 1t 20 FaNon'a-
ave will be used for freight, because II Is
intended that all freight trafhc shall use lAe
r,resent Bergen tunnel The compen! mas
been gradually acquiring property on INC
Heights and now Sufficient amount
which includes vacant lots, churches ana
houses to carry new rght VI "o1
across the Heights TO the meadows Inc
nlsns FOR the new terminal cal! Tor sla'loh
elevated after the manner OF the Pennsylvanla g.
as we'll as the passenger yard north OF H. A
new track elevation will lead from the train sneo
across Provost Henderson, Grove ana ERE sts.'
TJersey-ave. and Coles-st-, TO a point car the
mouth Of the Bergen tunnel A cut is 10 pe
made through the Heights TO west Emo one
mile taking in at least dozen streets rlI rlnS
north and south, which will have tc be orfogea.
At the west end grade will be built for the man
line. extending TO the Hackensack Rlver, ano
for the Northern Railway OF Ne"-JeTseS' eA-
tending to Tyler Park. .
The whole plan is probably the most stgF tic
in Jersey City's railroad history since the Penn
evlvsufa built up and changed the appearance
cf the river front 1t is said that work viii
be begun within the next two years.