The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-06-25
HIGHWAY BOARD
AND ERIE AGREE
Concessions by Company for
Change in viaduct Route-Bids
for Covered Cut Work.
BAR GASOLINE CURB PUMPS
Urge Moving Of state Offices in New
ark to Single Building; See
Benefit for the Blind-To
Revise Laws.

dIJdluCu al dSlcS-
ment with the Erie Railroad, the State
Highway Commission decided to re-
ceive bids on July for the first work
to be done on the trans-Jersey City
section of the State Highway System
to connect 1t with the plaza of the.
Holland Tunnel at Jersey avenue and
Twelfth street
The first bid Will be for a stretch
1000 feet long, extending from prop
erty OF the Jersey Junction Railroad,
one of the Erie's subsidiaries, lying
in the Erie yards, to Oakland avenue.
This is substantially the section that
will run in the covered cut. Bids for
other sections will be asked later.
Award Of Meadow Job
Meanwhile the commission awarded
to Philip ]. Healey, of Jersey City, the
contract for core borings between the
Hudson boulevard in Jersey City and
Doremus avenue, Newark The bid Of
$17,435 by Healey was the lowest Of
five at S17,4S5. The highest was $751;
800.
The borings are to be made across
the meadows, along the route of the
state highway from Elizabeth to the
mouth of the tunnel. Their purpose
is to determine the amount of cuts
and fills that will be needed and the
type of fill that should be used in
view of the subsurface conditions.
Contract With Erie
Meanwhile the formulation Of the
final clauses in the agreement be-
tween the commission and the Erie is
under way by Mark A. Sullivan, acting
as special deputy attorney general as
signed as counsel for the commission.
Mr. Sullivan, Chief Engineer William
G. Sloan and Fred LAWS, engineer in
charge of the Jersey City work, had
a conference with the commission on
the contract.
The company and the commission,
it was announced, had come to an
agreement upon the route for the
viaduct along Twelfth street. Under
this the commission will be enabled
to retain the alignment Of the viaduct
route along Twelfth street so, as to
give direct access to the tunnel plaza.
The viaduct will be about fifty feet
north of the original line. thus avoid
ing interference with property the
company says it plans to use for big
warehouses.
In exchange for laying out the via
duct further north, the company will
give the commission corner at Jer-
sey avenue and Twelfth street to per-
nit an easier connection between the
highway and the tunnel plaza. The
company has agreed also to waive any
claims to which it might be entitled
by reason of the elevation Of the via
duct above the street level.
The company also grants perpet,
ual easement to the commission for
the route over the proposed viaduct
across the coach yards" the company
has at the foot of the cliff along Ho
boken avenue. Easements are also
given by the company for two strips,
20 feet wide, on the south side Of the
viaduct. to permit maintenance of
slopes.
The company agreed also to the val
ues set by appraisers Of the commits
sion on land and buildings it owns on
the Bergen Ill., through which the
Erie's cut runs. Provisions will be in
cluded in the contract calling for the
safeguarding Of life and property by
contractors who will blast the high
way cut through the hill.
Hudson Contractors Win
Awards of highway construction in
other parts of the state to two Hud-
son county contractors were made by
the commission. Graham Van Keuren
won the job Of building about two
miles of road on Route 16, between
Somerville and Royce Valley, Somer-
set county, with bid that totals $11O,-
507. Charles T. Kavanagh, of Bay
onne. received the contract to build
about mile Of road in Broad street,
Glassboro, Gloucester county, the to-
tai being $102,754.
Curb Gasoline Pumps May Go
Contending that curb gasoline
pumps are danger to life and prop
erty. that they tend to increase traf-
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essary, City Commissioner Swan Is
planning to present to the City Com
mission at an early date an ordinance
prohibiting their erection. The City
Commission has frequently discussed
the necessity OF restricting the num-
Der Of curb pumps, and effort has
been made TO encourage applications
for them whenever possible.
There are now enough driven sta
lions located in all parts of the city.
Mr.. Swan said, to eliminate the neces-
sity Of gasoline pumps. sThese pumps
when they are installed require the
construction OF tanks to hold the fuel,
under houses and other buildings, and
there is always present the danger
OF fire and explosion, and consequent
loss of life and property Further
more, the curb pumps create traffic
congestion, it is pointed out.
One of the worst features of the