Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-01
S|DING SITE
IS INSPECTED
Aldermen and Party Look
Over Eastern Terminus of
Inslee ST., Proposed Site.
MUST ACQUIRE LAND
Maurer Company Now Owns
Land Needed 100 Fl. Sid
ina is the Plan at Present.

Members of the Board OF Alder
men. a representative of the Penn
~syivania railroad. a member Of the
city surveyors staff and the secre-
tary Of the Western improvement
Association this morning went over
the proposed location for a railroad
switch on the extreme east end of
Inslee street. 1t is the intention OF
the aldermen to have a siding placed
in this section OF the city to replace
the one lost when the city vacated
a street 10 the Barber Asphalt Paw
ing Company recently.
In order to place the proposed
siding in Inslee street a small strip
of property must be secured from
the Henry Maurer Company as hat
now owns the piece of
property at the dead end" of In
ssIee street. The Maurer property is
about one-half an acre, but It is not
thought that the city will need all
of this land in order to have the sid
ing Installed.
X. l.. Hickman, agent OF the east
ern region of the Pennsylvania sys-
TEN, accompanied the party and
took notes on the requirements.
what concerns would be benefited by
such a siding and the possibility of
future development In that section.
1t is not known at present wheth-
ser the proposed siding at the end of
Inslee street will be a reality as Mr..
Hickman could not speak for the
Pennsylvania railroad. 1t being nee
essary for him to make the wishes
of the aldermen known to the prop
err railroad authorities, after which
they will have their engineer inves-
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much property the railroad now has
a right of way over in that section.
The railroads division engineer was
to have been present this morning
at the inspection, but owing to a
wreck on the road was unable to
get here.
The aldermen must now await
word from the railroad company, as
70 their plans in the matter. If it
is decided that "A siding, sufficiently
large to accommodate two freight
cars, is possible at this site the city
will then take steps to acquire as
much land as is needed from the
Maurer company. 1t has been sug-
gested that the siding be 100 feet
long and have a thirty foot clearing
t. the west of ii, which will allow
of wagons and trucks backing up to
the cars to load and unload.
The Pennsylvania railroad siding.
along Amboy avenue, near the
Woodbridge township line, which
has been lost as a result of the city
lauation. a street TO the Barber AS
phalt Company was used by local
concerns in unloading and loading
ears. A request from the Northern
Improvement Association and others
for a siding to replace the n thus
lost has resulted in the aldermen
considering the Inslee street prop
osition.
A suggestion has been made to
the aldermen that the new siding be
located along Amboy avenue. this
side Of the old siding, but the alder
men apparently do not favor this
idea, Those who suggested the
switch along Amboy N pointed
out that it was more accessible than
a siding at the end of Inslee street.
Inslee street is not paved and
there Is no sewer In 1t. the road
dropping off to a gully-iike ditch on
either side. The aldermen claim.
however. that only slow moving We
hicles will pass over it and that II
VIII serve the purpose without being
paved. At present there is but little
traffic over the road, I'M as a result
there are ruts in it several inches
deep which would make it difficult
for large trucks to pass each other.
The aldermen pointed out this
morning. however, that these ruts
can be rolled out and that continued
travel over it would soon level IL Off
at a sufficient width TO allow of two
vehicles passing with safety. At
present there are several spots along
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bridges have been built across the
gulleys, which serve as CUTTERS, max
ing dangerous places in the road for
heavy trucks.