Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-20
PENN STATION
WANTED WITHIN
THREE YEARS
Board of Works Makes That
Stipulation at Special Meet
ing Today.
CITY COUNSEL AND CITY
ENGINEER PREPARE DRAFT
Opening Up Of Mechanic Street
and Track Extension Part
of Agreement.

For the purpose Of considering an
agreement with the Pennsylvania
railroad under which the railroad
agrees TO erect a new station at Mar
ket street and permit the city to cut
through the tracks at Mechanic street
the Board of Works held a special
meeting this morning. City Counsel
spaulding Frazer and Chief Engineer
Morris r, Sherrerd have whipped the
agreements into shape, and in order
that there might not be any delay the
proposition is to be decided OF tho
earliest possible moment.
The board win insist that the Penn
syivania railroad complete the new
Market street station within three
years. In return for the privilege of
crossing under the tracks at Mechanic
street consent is to be granted to the
railroad to construct additional
tracks in Peddie street, Bay avenue,
Wheeler Point road and Avenue r.
The railroad in turn agrees to share
the cost with the Lehigh Valley rail-
road for an overhead bridge for traf-
fie at Wheeler Point road and Bay
and Haines avenues. By April 1,
under the agreement, q temporary
foot bridge is to be erected at Bay
avenue. The board consents to va
cate a portion of New Jersey Rail
road avenue now occupied by the rail-
road upon the dedication by the conf
pany of a tract Of land to the city
which will connect New Jersey Raii~
road avenue with Stanton street.
AS to the OPENING of Mechanic and
Delaney streets the actual work Is to
be done by the railroad company
and the cost is to be paid by the city.
Agreement in Full.
The terms of the agreement are as
follows:
.sPeddie Street Freight Tracks
That the railroad be granted permis-
sion to construct across the lines of
Peddie street the tracks which now
stop on each side of the lines of that
street, provided that the railroad will
agree that a bridge may be constructs
ed at any time after January !, 1879,
at the request of the city the expense
Of which is to be divided betweeH the
city and the railroad company IN me
over the present railroad tracks bears
to the additional length of bridge nee
essarv to cross the tracks for when
consent is now. asked, and provided
that the railroad undertakes to con-
str,,ct a proper channel for the
bitches now maintained by the city
under any new tracks which 1t may
Law across the line of Peddie street
bay avenue and wheeler 1oinL
road tracks-That permission pc
granted to the railroad TO construct
4he additional tracks requested, pro-
vided. the railroad will maintain, with
.nroper switching facilities, the two
civ tracks between Bay avenue ana
wheeler Point road and viii agree
10 share in proportion to their re-
snactive rights of way with the Le-
hirh Valley Railroad Company the
svnense of an overhead bridge so
located and constructed as to receive
and discharge the traffic from
Wheeler Point road, Bay avenue ana
Haynes avenue, such bridge TO De
located practically at right angles 10
The right of way and In substitution
of the Bay avenue and Wheeiers Folht
road crossings, and provided further,
that the railroad viii provide either
independently. or in conjunction with
me Lehigh Valley Railroad, tenn
porary foot bridge over the tracks or
both railroads at Bay avenue Dy
April /. 1916. Work on the perma-
nent bridge is to be commenced upon
request of the city and the opening
Of the necessary new streets to ef-
feet the proper diversions of traffic.
want to Keep Present Tracks.
s..That the board permit the rail-
road company to maintain its tracks,
as now located, at the southerly ex-
tren1ity of New Jersey Railroad ave-
nlle and relieve the company OF the
necessity of extending the masonry
wall built along the line of that street
and viii vacate the portion of Rail-
road avenue SO occupied by the rail-
road upon its dedicating to the city a
tract of land connecting with Rail-
road avenue and extending from
point north of the encroachment 10
the line of Stanton street, so that New
Jersey Railroad avenue in that part
shall be of the same width and
equally usable by traffic as though
such encroachment had not taken
place; and provided, further, that sucn
vacation and dedication shall IN no
way affect the claim of the city to
right of way at Stanton street across
the Pennsylvania tracks and Broad
nue..
s understood that the foregoing
consents to construct by the railroad
company are all based upon the rail-
roads consent to permit the city, at
such time as 1t may deem advisable,
to extend Mechanic street under the
railroad embankment at that point,
the work of such extension to be per-
formed by the railroad and paid for
by the city at actual cost without the
Inclusion of any claim for special
or engineering expenses in connection
herewith. 1t is further understood
that a similar permission shall be
riyen by the railroad company to the
eity 10 open Delaney street. near
Varnum street. through it's embank-
mefit. at such time as the city may
deem advisable. the work to be per-
formed at the option OF the railroad
company, either by the city or the
railroad company. and, If by the rail-
road company, on the same terms as
in the case Of Mechanic street.
IN is also understood that the rail-
road company will forthwith proceed
~ deyelop its plans for the construc-
tion Of a new station and system OF
tracks at Market street and will dis
r,Iss NTH the board the contemplated
changes at that point as soon as
sueh changes can be reduced 70
definite plan, It ocing unaerseoou, s,sps
bowever. on the part OF the city that
he railroad company does not bind
itself to carry to completion the
plans SO outlined within any speciheo
time.