Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-14
SOUTH AMBOY.

Mr. Lovely 90 not profess lC
be civil engineer by any means, but
the man that made the survey is
looked upon as being one of the best
surveyors we have in the county, it is
not my word"
Mr.. Steuerwald: The street meas
ures twenty-three feet, fourteenth
inches on one side and on the other
twenty-five feet, two-tenth inches.
had the street measured myself"
Peter Slower: Il would like to
ask If anyone knows the projection OF
a car over the rail"
Mr.. Dey: About eighteen inches. .
Mr.. Buckelew: ''The widest part
] extending over the rail of trolley
car is the bottom of the step, which
is eighteen inches. that is the widest
extension outside of the track"
Considerable discussion took place
between Mr.. Slower and Mr. Dey as
to distances, etc.
Mr.. Buckelew: Il did not intend
to have anything to say on this sub
ject, but a gentleman has taken upon
himself to inslnuate some things that
are not altogether agreeable, not to
be supposed to come from a gentle
man. | have no dollars of Mr.. Roses
in my pocket and no dollars that he
is entitled to-
Mr.. Rose: Il do not know that
you have"
Mr.. Buckelew: well, please do
not insinuate. If you wanted the dol
lar you might have had it. Mr.. Rose
was the most particular man in the
signing of this consent | might say
that l asked. The circumstances
were thus I came out of the post
office and he was approaching in a
wagon. | met him at the curb and
stated the facts of the case to him
and asked him If he felt favorably
disposed towards it. He said, Yes
| said, Shall we go in the bank?' He
said, Yes, might as we'll go in there,
1t would be all right We went in,
sat down to the table, | took out the
forms and started to prepare one of
them. He said, Let me see that
handed him one and he read it over
before 1t was filled in. After it was
filled in then to comply with the con-
ditions he again read it, and | read it
over and he signed it and acknowl-
edged it of his own free will and ac
cord, that reads in there what they
intended to do, it reads for the con-
strutcion of a track While person
ally ] do not know, | am led to be-
live that there would never be but
the one track there at the present
time IL satisfactory arrangements
could be made, but this company
would need a standing in that street
as well as anyone else. ! do not
know that it would be any injury for
these. parties living on Bordentown
avenue, | do not know that the cars
would kick up any more dust if there
were two tracks for the same number
of cars to run on through that street
in day than il they had to run over
one. / do not think there would be |
as much dust, as they would have
more macadam in that street and
less dust. AS far as the dust nuis-
ance is concerned, we who live above |
Bordentown avenue have to put up |
with more dust than trolley cars kick
up from automobiles. AS far as |
passing over the Raritan river bridge
is concerned, to which reference has
been made, we people who are COM
PEELED now to walk can reach our
homes by passing over it, and our
children going to and from school are
compelled to go over that same
bridge. 1t Is not the width of Bor-
dentown avenue. 1t is not the fault of |
we people who live above, 1t has been
permitted to be built there with only
a portion of the width of the street,
it should be the full width of the
street. Now l think there is some
consideration due other sections of
the town. l do not blame these peo-
pie if it was going to work any in
jury to them. Is there going to be
any more pounding simply because
there are two tracks for the cars to
run on than if there were only one
track, there will be no more cars to
pass through the street Now, as far
as distances go, I have measured.
Mr.. Rose spoke about there would
not be room. In reading the accounts
of the council he quoted there would
not be room for baby carriage. He
has my sympathy If he contemplates
and running around per-
twelve and one-half feet
wide. l have had some experience.
but he has had mono. Mine is but
one foot and half vice and had to
DO great deal of pushing then.
have measured 1t, as | said before, to
ascertain ii this Is fact. 1t Is not a
fact assure you From the north
rail of the track as at present laid
there to the curb directly in front of
Mr.. Roses property on the corner
Of Broadway and Bordentown avenue,
The front entrance, 1t is twenty-seven
feet and two inches. Now granting
The track would be twelve feet from
center to center, which is a little
wider by foot than the first figure,
1t would still leave clearance of ten
feet above the south track to the
curb. Now if there is five foot width
to wagon there would still remain
five feet of clearance. Now that is
quite sufficient distance for any wag-
on to pass Speaking of fines for