Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-04

I'VE will also maintain the bridge
itself at our own expense, but we will
expect the local authorities to MAIN
tain the approaches and also the priv
ate right of way once it is accepted
after we have put it in first class con-
dition."
Considering the improvements that
the railroad company contemplates
making at South Amboy, the hole in
the wall" even If it should be Wild
ened to fifty feet, as is advocated by
some, would be practically as bad as
1t Is now. The plans of the railroad
company call for a thousand to twelve
hundred feet of track where the hole
in the wall" is located. Surely the
people do not want a tGnneI twelve
hundred feet long and fifty feet wide.
Mr.. Krick further pointed out that
the grade that would be necessary to
reach an overhead bridge would not
be any sleeper, If as steep, as the grade
now encountered at the hole"
objection is made to the closing
of the hole in the WALL continued Mr..
Krick, because it would divert traf-
tic away from certain properties that
are now benefited. But once the
road over the private right of way Is
made public highway nine-tenths of
the automobile traffic will go over
this new road, and the traffic over the
proposed bridge would be almost ex-
clusively local travel, so that the ad-
vantage of travel through the ''hole
in the wall would not amount to
anything"
When asked why he did not have
the road over the private right of way
closed until a settlement is reached.
Mr.. Krick said that he did not care to
put any hardship on the community az
I1yaG hot he baio In
the wall" could not begin to accom-
modate the present traffic. He said
that he believed that ninety per cent,
of the people of South Amboy wers
satisfied with the offer the railroad
company had made and that the rail-
road company did not want to take
such a radical step. He did say. how
ever. that the railroad company had
spent about all the money that it in
tended to on the private right of way.
and that with the possible exception
of a scraping now and then, the road.
when 1t became impossible would be
closed However, Mr. flF4 flFFlck said ne
hoped that q settlement wonessnu ~
reached before that time.
Mr.. Krick was asked IL the railroad
, would consent to turn over the private
right of way to the city or county
and allow the 'hole in the walI' to
the hole" was the real bone of con-
tention. 1t was in answer to this
question that he stated that the con-
templated improvements of the rail-
road company called for a thousand
to twelve hundred feet of tracks at
the location Of the "hole," and that
even at fifty feet wide 1t would be
long, narrow tunnel, unfit for use.
He inferred that the hole in the
wall" would have to be abandoned in
making the final settlement.
AS far as another hole" being cre-
ated on the private right of way near
the station, it is declared that the
bridge there would not be any wider
than it is today, with the possible ex-
ceptton of one more track just as
there was formerly when passenger
track ran in front of the old station.
The thousand or twelve hundred feet
of tracks at the "hole in the WALL
will be brought together by the time
the crossing over the New York and
Long Branch railroad and the high
way parallelling it is reached.
Mr.. Krick showed himself to be
thoroughly familiar with the whole
situation in South Amboy and he Is
greatly interested in reaching settle
ment He feels that the company has
made a liberal offer and one that
will give the public far more satis-
faction than any possible improve
ment to the "hole."
The interview with Mr.. Krick show
ed plainly that the next move is up to
the local officials. 1t is for the city of
South Amboy or the county of Mid
dlesex to say what they will do with
the railroad company's offer. Up to
the present they have neither accept
ed nor rejected it, neither have they
asked for further conference to ad-
Just any differences.