Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-04-02
CROSSING elimination
WILL BE COMMENCED.
when CITY Is READY
Railroad Engineers visit City
Engineer to Get Additional
Crossing Data
WASHINGTON ST. SPAN
Will Be Erected First, but
Must Await Completion OF
City Sewer Work
TWO railroad engineers. visited

Two railroad engineers. visited
the Office Of City Engineer Louis P.
Booz, Jr.. yesterday IN order to OBJ
tain additional data needed to COM
plete the railroad plans for the
bridges to be built across the tracks
In connection with the grade cross
Ing elimination. The Washington
street bridge will be erected first
and the railroads are about ready to
award the contract for the erection
OF this structure. However, this is
being held up SO the city may COM
plete the installation of the new
sewer which will necessarily have
to be in operation before the sewers
under the tracks at Washington
street, can be cut which is the first
step in the work to be done by the
railroad company.
Work on the installation Of the
sewer, Mr.. Booz said today, has been
progressing rapidly. but due to the
striking of soft ground in New
Brunswick avenue, near Prospect
street. a cave-in has taken place and
delayed the work consid erably. 1t
Is believed that 1t will require about
two months more work before the
sewer will be completed. The rail-
roads will begin work on their share
OF the elimination of the grade
crossings as soon as the sewer Is In
working order.
From the plans filed by the Gen.
trail Railroad Company it was ascer-
tanned today the new station to be
built here will be located on Smith
street and will be a two-level affair.
This is similar to the stations at New
Brunswick, Railway and South Am
boy Junction, there being two stories
Ito each of these stations, one at the
street level and the other at the
train level.
The top floor of the station here
will be at the street level and the
bottom at the train level. Just the
kind of b,dlding to be erected the
plans do not show, and according to
incarnation obtainable has not been
decided upon as yet. however, 1t Will
have to be two-story building In
order to care for the traffic. The
station proper will. be located along
Smith street on the east side of the
tracks. On the west side OF the
tracks there will be a train shed;
from which passengers Will board
and leave trains. The main waiting
& lOOifl lOT dll lioiiio "iiA ~
in the station proper, as will the TIC
ket office, baggage room and other
station accommodations.
On the east side of the track there
will be covered stairway leaeing to
the train shed at the track level,
while the stairway leading from the
street level of the main station to
the train level will be In the station,
The main disadvantage to the pres
ent plans is the fact that persons go
ing south will have to purchase their
tickets in the main station and then
90 again to the street in order to
reach the train shed on the west side
of Smith street.
In many of the cities where grade
crossings have been eliminated. q
tunnel connects the train shed with
the main station. but this. 1T Is de-
clared, will be impossible here be-
cause of the low level of the tracks
The present plan means that per-
sons using trains going south. after
purchasing tickets, will have tc
again come out from under cover
to reach the train shed. Efforts are
being made to have the railroad
cover at least one side walk on the
Smith street bridge in order to pro-
tect passengers from the weather
while going from the station to the
south bound trains. A suggestion
has also been made that the railroad
company build private bridge from
the street level of the new stdtion
to the south bound track in order
M to accommodate the passengers.