Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-19
UTILITY BOARD
GRANTS SIDING
a Tracks Can Cross Washing
ton ST., According to State
Ruling Today
CERTIFICATE RECEIVED
Rate of Speed and FIagmaf
Only Conditions Contained
in Utility Board Order
CERTIFICATE RECEIVED

In a certificate received by Adrian
Lyon. counsel for the Lehigh Val
ley Railroad Company. this morning
the Public Utility Commission grants
the railroad permission to lay four
tracks across Washington street
connecting the plants of the Perth
Amboy Dry Dock Company. The
only two conditions accompanying
the permission are that each move
ment Of trains across the siding
shall not be at greater rate Of
speed than six miles an hour and
that all trains shall be preceded
over crossing by a fiagman.
Application for permission to
lay the tracks was made TO the ufil-
ity commission some time ago and
last Saturday the board filed re-
port containing its findings on ths
question. This was followed yester-
day by the granting of formal per-
mission oy III. v. Osborne. president
of the commission. received here
this morning by Adrian Lyon
With the permission of the utility
board TO lay the four tracks. 1t il
!, believed that the dry do9ieE77=
pany will proceed with the work de-
spite the fact that the city has re-
fused to concede the privilege. The
Board of Aldermen last year passed
resolution allowing the company
10 Law its tracks. bur when the new
board came into power the first OF
this year. a resolution Withdrawing
the permission was passed over the
veto of Mayor William c. Wilson
With the acquiescence of the utility
board. however, il is thought that
the dry dock company may go
ahead with it's plan regardless OF
the desires OF the aldermen.
President Osborne maintains that
the permission of the city is not nee
essary since the utility board raises
no objections.
Suspecting that the dry dock
company might attempt TO lay the
tracks in question in spite of the re-
fusal of the aldermen 20 grant the
request. Chief Of Police Niels J
Tonnesen has had a patrolman OF
duty constantly at the foot Of
Washington street The post has
been a fixed one and the patrol
men have been ordered 10 allow ne
tracks TO he laid.
The certificate OF the Public Util-
ity Board in this case follows:
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Board OF Public Utility
commissioners.
| In the Matter Of the Application ef
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany for permission TO Construts
Tracks in Washington street,
Perth Amboy.
CERTIFICATE
This application having been dur
heard and the board having on Anil
15. 1922. made and filed a report
. containing its findings of fact ara
conclusions thereon, which said re-
port is hereby referred 70 and risae
a part hereof. the Board of Public
Utility Commissioners
Hereby grants permission 70 the
I Lehigh Valley Railroad COMPANY ta
construct four tracks or sidinEs from
Perth Amboy across Washington
street into the plant OF the Perth
/ Amboy Dry Dock Company. upon
the following conditions:
l. That each movement OF trains
shall be at not more than SIX miles
per hour across the street.
>. That all train movements oTes
the street be preceded BY a Tag
man.
Dated April is. 1922.
BOARD or PUBLIC UrILITf
COMMISSIONERS.
(Signed) II. V. Osborne, Pres
Attest:
(Signed) Alfred n. Barber. Sec'y
hereby certify the foregoing to
be a true copy of certificate adopted
by the Board OF Public Utility COM
missioners. at a meeting held on
Tuesday, April IS. 1922. and record
ed in the minutes OF said meeting
ALFRED N. BARBER,
Secretary.