Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-03-30

Inspection Made Yesterday A.
ternoon with Engineers
Along Central Railroad.
PREPARING FOR HEARING
Aldermen Will Discuss Elimi-
nation of Crossings at
Meeting Next Monday
Night-Draw Plans.

Grade crossings along the line OF
the Central railroad n this city arc
to be eliminated by depression OF
tracks and slight elevation OF streets,
according to a plan outlined by Eng1-
neers Samuel G. Mason and J. C.
Rocke before the mayor and Board CT
Aldermen yesterday afternoon. The
officers viewed the ground where
-four of the most dangerous grade
crossings are to BE eliminated. Mayor
Garretson, Alderman-at-Lar8e Weav-
er and Aldermen William G. Wilson.
John Kutcher and Chris Jorgensen
appeared to be in favor OF the plan.
Aldermen F. William Hilker and
John j.. Clark voiced opposition to
having mounds or elevations in the
streets, otherwise they appeared in
favor of depression of tracks in pref
erence to elevation. 1t is likely that
the subject will be taken up for dis
cussion at committee session prior
to the regular meeting OF the Board
OF Aldermen Monday night.
1t is proposed by the engineers In
charge to start depre ssing the Cen
trail tracks at point near where they
are intersected by the Pennsylvania
line in North AmDoy, to depress fur-
ther as the more thickly populated
section of the city is reached, making
the deepest cut at WaStlInsto ton street
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! /. .a.ns' s'1s"s-,.s ss t 9ouls ID
be bfeIpph thirteen feet from
It's present level. The rasiroad tracks
would be ten feet Deiow the street
level at that point, making the bulge
in'the street but slight. This feature,
Alderman Jorgensen, who is the sixth
ward representative, was particularly
pleased with. lie declared it would
be his greatest delight to see the
bridge eliminated and ne would work
with that point in view throughout
his term
Triple Crossing Tangle.
Going southwark from the Hall
avenue bridge, the next crossing af
fected is that at Washington.
There the most serious complications
arise, for it is triple crossing and
much space Is taken up by the Le-
high Valley tracks. Accol riding to the
suggested plan of the engineers,
which is the same as was first pre-
sented to the Board of Public u TIL
ity Commissioners when the city
opened its grade crossing tight. the
Central tracks will be depressed
twenty-stx feet at that point; the
Lehigh Valley tracks will be brought
down about four feet and viaduct
will be constructed to enable pedes-
trians and vehicles to cross on top
of all the tracks without danger of
being struck. This will necessitate
bringing the street up nineteen feet.
L his street elevation was opposed
somewhat by the aldermen, but the
engineers claimed it could not be
avoided under the plan, the cross
ing being the most difficult one to
plan relief for.
Conditions will be about normal at
New Brunswick avenue. The tracks
will be depressed about twenty feet
and the street surface will be
brought up a single foot, so as to be
almost unnoticeable.
Sink Tracks at Smith street.
ne u dSho Will bS Bunk uILeSH
feet at Smith street and the street
level will be brought up about five
feet. This the engineers and some
of the aldermen contended, would
not be serious elevation for the
thoroughfare and would bring 1t up
to a level with Oak street, Mr.. Ma
son stated. He pointed to the fact
that Smith and Market streets sloped
toward the railroad tracks ON both
sides.
The tracks are to be depressed be-
tween four and six feet at Market
street and the roadway would be ele-
waited eleven feet, according to the
first plan, but after considerable dis |
cussion, during which objections
were raised by aldermen to the high |
Mr. Mason stated that |
about two and half feet might be |
cut off the street elevation. bringing !
It down to eight and a half feet |
He pointed to the fact that there
were unusually heavy pitches to the |
tracks on both sides, which would |
cause an elevation of eight or nine |
feet and make conditions little diff
,erent from what they were at pres !
ent. except to cause the roadway to
be elevated to about the same extent
hat it was depressed at present.
Alderman Hilker raised the ques-
ion Of property damage caused by
rack depression and street eleva-
ion. Some claimed that the rail-
'oads owned mcst of the property
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