Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-24
NEW PLANS DESERVE CONSIDERATION

T, tbe committee of citizens who have engaged FOR
rest L. Smith to draw up an entirely new { u p"r oomo
the elimination of grade crossings IN 'nls ons 80 r,a1ino
anywhere near substantiating the claims they ae ahAN
for their nlans thew will be doing the city a Valuaplo '1iN
40 and will he entitled to a vote of thanks by the boaru u
Aldermen. .,ub1ine block in try
Washington street is the great stumbling TIL I'll ~
~ 10 solve the problem of crossing enmlhatloh' III
- 4bo main thoroughfares in the city ana &c nave II
nnsot;cal1v ruined by a ~thirty-foot elevation TO carry !"
over both the Central and Lehigh Valley TRACKS 10 q by
The plans that Mr.. Smith is expected TO lay eioie Tween nt
= Mondav night would carry Washington stfeet po'"00i
ths railroads. the Central tracks passing under the sfee'
and the Lehigh Valley above the street: Inc onli 1n"ns0
- The grade of Washington street would De a shsn'
sion. ;,torfore with the work
49, ob;ob Valley in handling its coal trains anu aso
provide drainage for the Central tracks, 1t ousn. ~ Is
adopted as the city's plan for the ellmlna'ioh ou IT,. n,tIio
fort ought to be made to have 1t approNeo ny VI"
Utility Commission. a,ob y solu-
1t would seem, however, INA IL n1i 10 .~a1 -, como
,on n the problem it would have been discovered soy sono
~ the engineers who have already been at WORK oh No n"s
Ter. Of course, little is to be eXpec'eu nron Wy aoo
engineers as far as the city is concerned. Inc ahioa ooN
-. p mt interested in Perth Amboy particularly eA-
cent for the money that they can get out OF 'he Plaoe. lo
railroads. seeing that the elimination oil the srauo s 'a -, ?
here is essential for the satisfactory opora.on ho tho
trains. have planned the work in a way that wouio Dc Wv
n,osI economical for the railroads. Ihey are So"9 ""
complish their purpose at the least expense
since tbe proposition to eliminate the grade crossings
xroc fret nut I'D to the CITY la lll 1o ivy NN
ano;neers directly concerned in the matter Clty EhSlheei
arson was looking after the city's interests up untll ue
first of the year when the city government passeo m.o Wv
oontrol of the Democrats Mr.. Larson had practcah! ap-
a,oved the plans as submitted by the railroads. MOI sa'lS-
lied with this the Democrats employed aho'ner ono
who. ~incidently, of course, was a man OF 1heif wv peis,
and he. in turn, engaged an expert engineer 10 on %"DI
lie proiect from the city's point OF view. ohe "ouu '"nN
,hat If sucb a plan as it is said Mr.. Smith Will submit wer0
feasible, it would have been advanced by one or IL IL
OF these engineers. bu
But the fact that such a plan has not been advanced ny
rnv of them is no reason why the proposed plan shouio no'
ia carefully gone over and, if found feasible, adopted as 'he
city's plan regardless of what the other engineers nave uon 10
or course, any plan favored by the city VIII nave 10
lave the careful scrutiny of the railroad engineers anu It
i likely that they will oppose anything differing from ueh
own esneciallv if it would mean more expense 10 te ran
mad. But is must be remembered that the city is as mucl
concerned as the railroads is this matter. Either rack eie'a
tion or track depression will be unsightly, YET te Sraue
crossings must be eliminated. The cHys obJecs Is 70 scoW'
the adoption of a plan that will be the least oplecuohape
ANYTHING within reason, therefore, ought to be msis'eo upu
though the expense to the railroads may be a HUE
more than the plans as prepared by themselves lhero =
season ia believe that the Public Utility Commission "ouh
back the city in such a stand.