Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-30
MAKE COPIES
Of NEW PLANS
Railroad and Public Utility
Engineers Will be Furnished
With Latest Plans
STILL MUCH PROTEST
Residents in Northern Part OF
City Want to be Con-
Sidered

In order that the engineers of the
Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania AMI
Central railroads and of the Public
Utility Commission might study the
new grade crossing eliminations
| submitted by the city of Perth AM
boy at the hearing in Newark yester-
day, copies of the new plans us
drawn up by former City Engineer
Forrest l.. Smith are today being
| made for the use of these othes
engineers.
1t was decided at yesterdays hear
ing to have the railroads engineers
get together with the engineers
representing Perth Amboy and the
| utility board in this matter SO that
the new plans might be gone over
and discussed prior to the next
hearing on this case, which, is sched-
! uled for Thursday. April 20.
AS the railroad engineers ard
Engineer Meade of the utility board
had not seen the plans when they
were submitted yesterday in place
| of the city's plans as prepared By
special Engineer Louis p. Booz, Jr..
/ it was impossible for them to take
any action, adjournment till later
date thus being the only course 10
\ pursue. @
! The decision to present Mr.
| Smiths plans instead Of Mr.. Booz' s
| was reached Following a conference
| held Thursday afternoon in the
| Chamber of Commerce rooms and
| another conference held in Newark
yesterday morning prior to the meet
| ing. The reason given for the
| change was that it was the belief of
| a majority of the residents that the
new plans represented more of what
| the people wanted than did the ori-
ginal plans of Engineer Booz.
| The plans. as prepared by Engi-
( neer Smith, are not unanimously ac-
| cepted, however, there being strong
| protest to them from persons resid-
| ing in the northern section of the
city. who claim that no allowance
| is made for improvements north OF
| Hall avenue. Under the plans OF
| both Mr.. Booz and Mr.. Smith. they
| claim, a deep cut is made for the
| tracks with no provisions for cross
| ings. Alderman John J. Clark act
| ed as the spokesman for these resi-
dents at yesterdays hearing. He
! claimed that 10000 people live in
that part OF the city, which will be
injured for life. Those living on
! one side of the tracks, north of Hall
| avenue, and working on the other
side, will have to walk five miles tc
| get home or to work, the sixth ward
alderman maintained, under the two
/ plans as submitted.
Little was said by railroad en-.
gineers. attorneys and representa-
tives at yesterdays hearing wher
City Attorney Leo Goldbcrger in
formed the court that the city de
sired to withdraw their origina
plans and substitute new set. AT
torney George Holmes, of the Cen
trail railroad, remarked that the cit!
has been holding up matters since
the railroads presented their plan:
plans of every Tom, Dick and Harr.
are considered we will never ge'
anywhere" He said he was willing
to accept the new plans. however
if the aldermen were submitting
them as the ones approved by thu
city governing body.
President Harry V. Osborne, o
the utility board, during the course
of the discussion said that the peo
pie of Perth Amb0y cannot expec
to have the railroads make roll
er-coaster,', within their limits il
order to satisfy every property own
er and resident. The railroads, h
said, cannot be expected to do thu
/ impossible and must be considered
in drawing up new plans.
In addition to the protests comm.
from those living in the extreme
northern part of the city. many o
the residents in the vicinity of Am
boy and New Brunswick avenue op
pose the plans of Engineer Smith OF
1.-THE grounds that the Lehigh Vale!
tracks are not raised sufficiently a
the New Brunswick avenue crossing
The result, it is claimed, is depres
sion, referred, to as a hole" b,
many of these property owners
which will not only prove waite
trap, but which will make it dan
lgerous 70 pedestrians and those rid
ing in vehicles because of the grades
Just what course the aldermen
will now pursue is question. A spe
lcial engineer was engaged and he
with expert advice furnished b.
Professor Swain. of Harvard uni
Iversity, prepared a set of plans a
considerable expense. representinl
what 1t was thought to be the city
desires in the matter. Now anothe
set of plans. drawn up by an en-
gineer engaged by citizens com
lmittee, have been accepted by tn
lefty to replace those Of the city
special engineer. Whether anothe
plan will later be submitted. cover
ling still better the demands of tn
residents here, seems now profile
imatical.
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