The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-10-19
TROLLEY ROUTE
OUTLINED
New Company's Tracks Will
Closely Follow Those of
the Public Service Cor
poration.
CLOSE RIVALRY DECLARED
SEVERAL. LARGE BLOCKS OF THE
OLDER CoMPANY's CERTIFI-
Gates THROWN ON THE MAR
KET YESTERDAY.

MI ErS lEhDA1.
Following closely the announcement that
the new Hudson Street Railway Com
pany had been Incorporated, came the
news that several large blocks of Pub
lie Service Corporation certificates were
thrown on the local market yesterday, the
largest of the lot being $4,000, offered
at 65A. simultaneously also, the price
of the certificates dropped from 66 to 64.
The common stock, which has been fuc-
tuating around 101, held its own, sup
posedly because supporting orders from
various sources We're placed with local
brokers. The large block of certificates
was offered through the agency of an out
of-town bank Their owner is not known
even to the broker. 1t is said that this
is the largest lot of these certificates
offered, since 100000 of them, the prop
erty Of David Young, former vice-presi-
dent of the North Jersey Street Railway
Company. were sold, about year ago.
That the new trolley company means
business is shown by the maps of its
proposed routes fled yesterday afternoon
in Jersey City. According to these the
Hudson company is deliberately bidding
for the business of the Public Service
and in many cases paralleling its. routes.
The main line is to run from the Ber-
gen Point ferry in Bayonne, through
Garfield avenue into Jersey City; then
to Baldwin avenue, Jersey City Heights;
then through the Hudson City section By
way Of Webster avenue, aud thence to
North Hudson. Feeders will branch from
this main line, three central points being
used as bases. One of these will be at
the tunnel at Fifteenth street, Jersey
City; the second, the northern wing, will
centre at the tunnel of the Lackawanna
terminal, and the southern wing at the
tunnel of the McAdoo companies under
Exchange Place, Jersey City.
Leaving the main line at Gator avenue,
Jersey City. another line will run up to
Bergen avenue by way of Van Nostrand
and Rutgers avenues, and will make a
direct sweep straight down to Belmont
avenue, where the line will connect again
with the main line.
Branching out at Cornelison avenue,
Jersey City, branch of the main line
will run up Academy street and will
then switch into Tonnele avenue; this
line will run into the county road across
the Susquehanna track in the rear of
the hill.
The ferries at Communipaw win be
reached by way of Johnston avenue and
Communipaw avenue. This road will
leave the main line at Cornelison and
Johnston avenues.
The Pennsylvania Railroad ferry will
be reached BY way of Monmouth street,
Barrow street and Goes street. York
and Bright streets will both be used by
the new company to reach the ferry by
way of Barrow. York street now is full
of trolley tracks. Wayne street viii all
so be used to reach the ferry, the cars
switching down from Corneilson avenue.
Trolley tracks are also planned for
First street to switch into the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad yards at Washington
street. The cars will enter the tunnel
at the rear of the Pennsylvania yard at
Monmouth street
The line which leaves the Pennsyl-
yania ferry by way of Washington and
First streets will reach the courthouse
| through Coles streets, running to Pavonia
avenue back Of Hamilton Park.
Though the McAdoo tunnel from Nor
ton street, New York, is planned to come
out at Fifteenth street, Jersey City. the
map issued by the new corporation shows
that its lines viii. run down through
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, Jersey
City These are the streets under which
| the Public Service tunnel lines viii run.
| In Hoboken, Ferry street is to be used
to reach the Hudson City section, the
cars switching in through New York ave-
nue. to Webster avenue. up which the
cars viii run. The same line viii come
down through Hancock avenue, joining
the line again in Webster avenne through
| Hutton street. Cutting west aIoEg Hut
ton street the line will join the tracks
taat will run over the county road
In Hoboken, the Fourteenth street fer.
ry is reached from the Lackawanna ter
minal by way of Hudson street The
return trip will be down through Garden
street. A jigger line will run through
Bloomfield street, from Ferry street to
Third street.
The new company has succeeded in get.
ting James Leahy. who was the super
intendent Of maintenance ana construc-
ton Of the Public Service, for d similar
position with the Hudson company.