Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-28


cussion on the good and bad points
of the four different grade elimina-
ton plans which have been present.
ed thus far, residents of this city
last night agreed to carry their fight
before the Public Utility Board to-
morrow at the hearing in Newark
in an effort to secure the best possi-
BILE for the interests of the city.
The council chamber was filled to
capacity with Interested parties, all
of whom were given an opportunity
to question the engineers about the
various plans, make suggestions and
criticize The general consensus of
opinion at the close OF the meeting
was that the city will not accept the
railroads proposals and will fight
until a plan is adopted which Will
favor the city rather than the rail-
roads.
All sections of the city were repre-
sented by spokesmen who addressed
the meeting, fighting for improve
ments in the various plans so that
the part of the city represented by
him would be benefited by the
change.
Two New Plans
Instead of one new plan being
exhibited last night, two new plans
l1ldut lnG1T dBPGdldHtts oiiS NhS
the work of Edward Smith and con-
sisted of d rough sketch showing his
ideas on the subject. The other was
| a plan. drawn to scale, by former
| City Engineer Forrest j.. Smith,
who was engaged by a committee
| of citizens to set forth their and his
ideas on the matter. After each of
these pla.s had been explained City
Engineer Morgan +. Larson was
asked to explain the railroads plan
and then special engineer Louis T..
Booz exhibited the city's plan, ex-
planning each feature.
The plans of Edward Smith called
| for a three and one-half foot raise
| of Market street, a one and one-half
| foot raise at Smith street, no change
at New Brunswick avenue, a raise
of seven feet of the street at WASH
| ington street and a lowering of the
Hall avenue bridge. His plan cut
out entirely the Pennsylvania spur
| to the old State street station. AT
| the New Brunswick avenue crossing
| of the Lehigh Valley railroad this
| plan calls for a raise of nine feet
in the street and a depression of
| fourteen feet by the Lehigh Valley
| tracks. Mr.. Smith declared this
plan to be feasible and pointed out
it would eliminate every grade cross
ing in the city.
Would Raise Crossing
| According to Forrest j.. Smiths S
nlan. Market street would be rais-
| ed feet 1OA inches and the tracks
dropped 12 feet Z inches; Smith
| street would be raised 4 feet in
ches and the tracks dropped Is feet
8 inches: no change in the street
| level at New Brunswick avenue, but
n dron of 90 feet z inches for the
tracks. Washington street would be
dropped feet the Central tracks
would he dropped 2S feet 6 inches
ma Tho T.ohiph Valley tracks raised
"a fant ~ tbi. street intersection
~ ~ III H. al nn,,a u hridee wonld he
1,,o,,ad AZ On Foot md tho tracks drop-
ua1Pp" 5 faot innbas A. tbe New
p..ia,. Peu o,,,Ia n.ossino of tbe
prunS"ivh aN'l"I rt,.I r. street
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Wo",u ",oP -. i.at,o'
track raised leet incme nasitior or
Inns piai, l,ieI W.. "a.i codoi' Massn
,he pare VI Ai'ud id {" w, ,ars ras;di,e i,
Iuet tha nnrthern snction Of the city.
tbcv cIaiminr that no provision i!
n,ada for crossings between Hal
7 avenue and Maurer. In reply to thi:
criticisr, snnouncement was mad,
tbat in tbe anplication to the Publ,
Utility Commission, five grade cross
ings only were mentioned and thes
are the only ones which the railroad
can be made to finance. Any fur
ther work would mean that the cit!
would have to bear the full expense
, such as, for instance, putting
: bridge over the tracks at Fayett
/, street.
Favorable Feature
The most favorable feature of thi
, plan. according TO the commen
2 made, IS that me hish prtoee ose
three feet in heighth, would be don