Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-05

David j. Kaufman of. the firm
of Potts & Kaufman, whose ware
house is situated at the Central rail-
road at Washington street, MAIN
tanned that the bridge as advocated
at present which will carry the
street ever the tracks Of the Central
ard Lehigh Valley, is SO high that
the street will be ruined. Others
who objected to this plan We're An
drew harrington. Lawrence Obuck.
James Leahy. Lawrence C. pAltQn
and Nicholas Julian. Tfrese -pEoHe
erty owners maintained th< n fh9
present plan was continL<d fhef9
property would be ruined Mayor
Wilson pointed out that II the prop
erty was ruined. as appears in the
Plan, they would receive suitable
consideration for it.
Mr.. Kaufman and Mr.. harrington
asked If some other scheme had
been thought out concerning the
elimination of the tracks and was
informed by the engineers that the
present plan is the only one by
which the Lehigh Valley crossing
can be eliminated.
The railroad engineers pointed
out that a further depression of the
tracks would not be possible owing
to the fact that the same grade must
be maintained and it would inter-
fere with the Washington street
crossing where the Central tracks go
under L. ; Lehigh Valley tracks and
the street bridge goes over both at
an elevation thirty-three feet higher
than the present street. The city
officials thought it possible to depress
the tracks more than called for in
the original plans, realizing that IL
this was done the bridges at the
crossings would not have TO be so
hign. The railroad engineers ex-
planned in detail how a further de-
pressing of the tracks would inter-
fere with the entire plan as the Le-
high Valley must also be considered.
il going over the street at the New
Brunswick crossing.
City Engineer Morgan F. Larson's
suggestion was that the same grade
be maintained from the river to the
CIV switch. This would mean a
drop of four feet under the proposed
plans for the Central tracks at
Washington street, the engineers
pointed out, which would mean that
the Lehigh Valley tracks would also
have to be lowered four feet. In
order to maintain this grade the
Lehigh Valley tracks at New Bruns-
wick avenue would drop four feet
and this would mean that New
Brunswick avenue would have to be
depressed four feet more under the
Lehigh Valley tracks, which was
considered impraetieable.
1t was pointed out that the differ
ence in the height of bridges over
the Market, Smith and New Bruns-
wick avenue crossings over the Gen.
tral tracks would be negligible in
( comparison with the drop which
would be necessitated under the Le-
high Valley tracks at New Bruins
W ick avenue.
The suggestion of the city that It
be permitted to lay its sewer along
the cut made for the new tracks did
not meet with the approval of the
railroad company and as a result
the city must lay its sewer system
west of the tracks from Washington
street to Elm street 10 Market street
and along the Raritan Copper
Works property TO the river.
According to the railroad engin-
GERS. when the work of elimination
of the crossings is started the first
move will be the building of the
Washington street bridge. As soon
as this bridge has been constructed
the cut for the lowering of the
tracks will be started.
1t was learned during the discuss
sion that the railroad proposes to
use steel bridges for the streets that
are to be carried over the tracks
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