The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-05-02
TRACK ELEVATION
NEAR BEGINNING
Railroad Commission Ready to
Make Report Soon.

NSSOtldtloHS THAT nave long UeeH
pending between Morristown's rail-
road commission and the Lackawanna
railroad over the proposed elevation
of the railroad tracks through Nor
ristown seem to be near their end.
The members of the commission, Ran
som H. Thomas, Frank e. Stults
and Henry Cory, have labored long
and earnestly and success seems inn
minent. Though several points re-
! main to be settled, it is said, the plan
may be ready for ratification by the
board of aldermen within few weeks.
That the commission may be ready
to report to the board of aldermen
at the latters May meeting next Fri
day night remains to be seen. The
railroad company, it is said, is ready
to begin the work as soon as the ne
gotiations are completed.
The plans, SO far as they can be
Nearned, call for the expenditure by
the railroad of close to $25O,000 Of
eiio hhouut MoiIloeOWu Will nave
very little to pay. 1t is said that
the railroad has made the town a
very generous offer and that the town
will be perfectly able to fulfill it's
part of the bargain. The STORY that
Mr.. Thomas had raised large sum
of money by private subscription is
iCfA 5. CHI 4,
ably be to care for the grading and
ourbing of the streets that may be
necessary and to stand for any dam
ages for abutting property owners.
The elevation of the tracks will
eliminate the grade crossings at Nor
ris street, Sawmill lane and also Ford
avenue. At Morris street the tracks
are to be raised fourteen feet. This
will make it necessary to depress
Morris and Elm streets about four
and one-half feet under the tracks.
The new tracks will be fifty feet
north of the present tracks, taking
them we'll over on what was the
Ennis property now owned by the
Morristown & Erie railroad. The
First Ward Hose house will have to
go as will the three-story brick house
owned by the railroad adjoining,
both of them having to make way for
the railroad tracks.
The new station, which will be on
the same side as the present one,
will be, of course, several feet be-
yond the present location as it will
follow the tracks. 1t is also to be
located about 100 feet west of the
present building, affording a larger
platform and approach. On the op-
posite side of the track will be a
waiting room for west bound trains.
So far as the Morristown & Erie
railroad is concerned the commission
has no right to deal with it under the
resolution under which the commits
sion was created. 1t is reported, how
ever, that several transfers of property
have been engineered in which Presi-
dent Richard McEwan, of the Nor
ristown & Erie, has had a part.
The Morristown & Erie railroad is
vitally concerned in the Lackawanna
work and has negotiations under way
with the larger road as to certain
property transfers. 1t is said that
the smaller road when it builds it's
new station will locate it over toward
the present lumber yard. 1t will not
be on the property now occupied by
the First Ward Hose house, as previ-
ously announced. The Morristown &
Erie contemplates the elevation of it's
tracks over Albeit avenue but will
certainly not begin its work until the
Lackawanna has finished. The plan
for union station for the two roads
has been abandoned. For the Nor
ristown G Erie to make use of the
Lackawanna's station it would be
necessary to cross the parking space
ON the north side of the tracks at
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