Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-12-16
CROSSING
WORK Is
INSPECTED
City Engineer Booz Presents
Aldermen with Report of
Public Utility Engineer
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
Urges Completion of Tempo
rary Bridge-Urges Coop
GRAFTON for Speedy Results

CITY Engineer Louis P. Booz last
night presented to the aldermen
report made this month by Charles
Al. Mead, chief engineer, division OF
bridges and grade crossings of the
public Utility Commission. follow
ing an inspection of the grade cross
ing elimination work now In pro-
gress here.
Chief Engineer Mead recommend
ed that completion of the temporary
bridge and its approaches at the
Central Railroad station be effected
as quickly as possible SO that Smith
and Market streets might be per-
manently closed to traffic across the
railroad.
Construction on the Lehigh Valley
crossing at New Brunswick avenue
probably will not be begun until the
Washington street bridge is opened
for traffic. at which time New
Brunswick avenue can be closed and
The construction on the Lehigh VAL
ley and Central Railroad can be
done simultaneously, the report
states.
The chief engineer does not expect
the entire work to be completed by
June / of next year but ee urges
and making every possible effort to
make the over-run of time as short
as possible.
The report in full, which was
ordered filed by the board, follows:
An inspection of the grade cross
Ing elimination in Perth Amboy was
made, in company with Mr.. L. p.
Booz, city engineer of Perth Amboy,
today
At the Washington street bridge
the concrete is nearly finished on
the east side, and on the west side
of the railroad the forms are up,
nearly ready for concreting except
for the west abutment pier. the
fpundation of which is already in.
Piles have been driven for the Le-
high Valley Railroad temporary
bridge at this point, and workmen
are placing stringers for temporary
Lehigh Valley tracks.
, Several weeks delay has been
caused by chain of events at this
crossing. owing to the dependence
of one part of the work on another.
But this has now been Strengthened
out and work is going forward at
good speed. 1t is expected that the
steel work for this crossing will be
SObiPAONNA W <APti ISL 4JAOs
AT the station a temporary bridge
has been constructed to accommo-
date both highway and trolley
traffic. and to serve as a temporary
crossing during the construction of
the Market and Smith street bridges.
No approach paving has been laid on
the fill. because 1t is desirable to
have the fill reach full settlement
before paving is laid on it. The
trolley rails have not been placed
by the Public Service Railway Com
pany There is apparently no reason
why this cannot be done at once and
traffic removed from the Smith and
Market street crossings, thereby
closing them permanently to traffic
and eliminating them as grade
crossings.
The city is now laying its tempor-
ary six inch water main aero ne
bridge. Three telephone conduits
are already over the bridge. The
matter having been brought to the
attention of the railroad company
they have advised that they can. and
will, start the specifications and let
the contract for the completion of
this crossing. With the Market and
Smith street grade crossings elm
mated and the traffic diverted to the
temporary crossing at the station,
there will be no physical difficulty
in the way of starting the steam
shovel excavation for the new loca-
i tion of railroad tracks alongside of
the present ones. This work Should
be so planned that the new line will
be In operation as soon as the work
at Washington street Is completed.
(COnflnupd on Isaet, fll