New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
SEEK ELIMINATION
 OF CROSSINGS
Officials Xlnt Eat Ilin Stroet
 CtosseYd Abouhed
ALTERNATIVE PLAN READY
Engineer Nckesnan's Pro3sct h. wolves Less Danaagss-Msydr sae- vens to Address Mssons-Pythian Installations-Rriefs.

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 A plan for tho elimination of both
 tho East Main and East streets
 grade cro0insss at the same time
 will be submitted by tho town at the ] hearing to be held in the Stste cap- fitcl in Hartford Thursday morning
 with regard to the East street
 crossover abolishment projected by
 the state highway department. The
 new scheme. which has been. de-
 signed by Engineer. Joseph N. Me- Herman. has been approved. by the selectmen. Plainville Water Co, the gas company the town plan com- l m'ssjon and several businessmen of the town and will be offered as an alternative to the plant of the state.-
 Mir. Mckernan's layout involves the simultaneous elimination of both Icrosstnss and is vastly different from the highway departments proposal.
 It will be less costly and will result
 in less damage to property, be be- f'eves, in addition to doing at one blow two things which the state
 must eventually carry out.
 The alternative which the town
 will present calls for the blocking Of
 both present crossings and the
 building of an overhead bridge to cross the railroad and Pine street between the two present crcssovers The state has suggested merely ele- vating the road at East street. q plan which will involve sr,Nways to carry roadway and trolley tracks on bct, Pine street and Woodfcrd ave- nue and will make these intereect the proposed main highway at the top of an lncline-a situation admit ted by the state to be a dangerous one. MT. MeKernan would bridge
 Pine street as well the railroad tracks and would thereby avoid this , hazardous intersection. From point between the tracks and Pine street a spillway would be created running westward to reach the level at the present intersection. of Pine and East Main streets. This spillway would be used by traffic between the center and Blossoms corner, as the East Main street crossing would be closed to automobile traffic and
 would be crossed by pedestrians only on a footbrldge,
 1 The runway to the bridge would
 begin at Blossoms corner and swing to the southwest through vacant
 land. whereas the state plan would
 involve the moving Of many houses along East street. Mir. Mekernan's scheme further would do no damage 10 the Trumbull Electric Mfg. Co
 property. which would be enclosed
 by srillways if the highway depart ment's plan went through.
 On the south side the new highway would come back to East street at the property of the Connecticut Light & Power Co. The western splllway would completely blot out the present property on the north side of Pine street beginning with that of Florence Jay. The highway
 would be 66 feet wide and would
 have five per cent grade,
 Property Affected
 The newer proposal calls for the buying of no more land and of fewer houses than that of the state. while the land purchased is of smaller value. The northern spill way would involve property now owned by Joseph T. Donovan. Arthur G. Mason. John Cart. Frank Mar eanello. the Standard Oil Co. and Margaret Bowen. The land of Mary A. sames and Nellie calmbach is somewhat affected. and the south ern spillway would pass through the rear of the lots owned by Cecilia Meehan Antonio Colello. Hugh Flood. Mary r. Melito, and Christos zahary. leaving the houses unaf- fected, It would then swing back to the street through the land of Antonio and Mary Melito. Augustine