Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-15
S. |. R. T. MUST
PUT UP GATES
Public Service Commission
Orders Island Railroad to
Properly Guard Crossings.
RESULT OF PETITIONS
Signal Bells Ordered by ian.
5--AIIowed Until March
IS for Gates.

Grade crossing on Staten Island
must be protected according to the
decision OF the Public Service Com
mission of the first district of the
state of New York, reached at a
meeting Of the commission held on
Tuesday in their rooms In the Tri-
bune building, 154 Nassau street,
New York city. William r. WILCOX,
chairman; William McCarroll, Milo
II. Maltbie and John e. Eustis were
the commissioners present at the
meeting and were unanimous In
their opinion that the crossings
hereafter named are uunsafe, I'M
proper and inadequate in that In
sufficient protection Is given vehi-
cles and pedestrians using the va
rious highway crossings on the Is
land.
Several Hearings Given.
This decision In the matter was
reached after several hearings held
before Commissioner McCarroll. G.
A. De Gersdorff appeared for the
Staten Island Railway Company and
Staten Island Rapid Transit Rail-
road Company and Arthur Du Bofs
for the commission. The hearings
were held following a petition pre-
sented by citizens of Pleasant
Plains and Prince Bay shortly after
two boys were seriously injured at
the Sharrot avenue crossing, Pleas
ant Plains, when train struck a
stage In which they were riding.
Copies of the decision were received
by several residents of Pleasant
Plains and Prince Bay, who testf-
fed before the commission at the
several hearings held from October
so to December 4.
Gates at Main Crossings.
In the order forwarded to each
one before the commission at the
time of the hearings and to the rail-
road company the Public Service
Commission orders the Staten Is
land Railway Cmpany and Staten
island Rapid Tansit Railroad COM
pany, that ON and after March Id,
1912, gates must be placed at Am
boy road, Pleasant Plains, Prince
Bay avenue, Prince Bay, Huguenot
avenue, Huguenot, Giffords Lane,
Great Kills, Rose avenue, New Dorp,
Sea View avenue and Garretson ave-
nue., Dongan Hills, and Centre street
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Also that flagman must be placed
at the Main street crossing, Tot
tenville, day and night, and flag
man at the following crossings from
Z o'clock In the mornng until z
o'clock at night. Besides these, sig
nal bells must be placed at Ocean
avenue, New Dorp; Annadale road.
Annadale; Old Mil road, Richmond
Valley, and Fisher avenue, Totten-
vile.
Take Effect Jan. Is.
These latter orders go into effect
on and after January 15.1912 On
the north shore and South Beach di-
vision the railroad company is or
dered to place gates at Central ave-
nue., Mariners Harbor; Newark ave-
nue. and Douglas avenue, Elm Park:
Wave avenue and Prospect street,
Stapleton; Maple avenue, Clifton,
and st. Mary's avenue, Clifton ave.
nue. and Pennsylvania avenue, Rose
bank, and Tompkins avenue, Fort
Wadsworth, and alarm bells at
Granite avenue, Elm Park and Chest
nut avenue, Clifton.
The commission orders that all
bells, signs and gates directed to
be installed shall be installed, ready
for operation and operated on and
after January 15, 1912, and that
the order take effect at once.