New Jersey § 32:1-30

§ 32:1-30.

Belt lines. The numbers hereinafter used correspond with the numbers which have been placed on

the map of the comprehensive plan to identify the various belt lines and marginal

railroads. No. 1.--Middle Belt Line--Connects New Jersey and Staten Island and the railroads

on the westerly side of the port with Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and the railroads

on the easterly side of the port. Connects with the New York Central Railroad in the Bronx; with the New York, New

Haven and Hartford Railroad in the Bronx; with the Long Island Railroad in Queens

and Brooklyn; with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Elizabethport and in Staten

Island; with the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey at Elizabethport and at points

in Newark and Jersey City; with the Pennsylvania Railroad in Newark and Jersey City;

with the Lehigh Valley Railroad in Newark and Jersey City; with the Delaware, Lackawanna

and Western Railroad in Jersey City and the Secaucus Meadows; with the Erie Railroad

in Jersey City and the Secaucus Meadows; with the New York, Susquehanna and Western,

the New York, Ontario and Western and the West Shore Railroads on the westerly side

of the Palisades above the Weehawken tunnel. The route of the Middle Belt Line as shown on said map is in general as follows:

Commencing at the Hudson river at Spuyten Duyvil running easterly and southerly generally

along the easterly side of the Harlem river, utilizing existing lines so far as practicable

and improving and adding, where necessary, to a connection with Hell Gate bridge and

the New Haven Railroad, a distance of approximately seven miles; thence continuing

in a general southerly direction, utilizing existing lines and improving and adding,

where necessary, to a point near Bay Ridge, a distance of approximately eighteen and

one-half miles; thence by a new tunnel under New York bay in a northwesterly direction

to a portal in Jersey City or Bayonne, a distance of approximately five miles, to

a connection with the tracks of the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley Railroads; thence

in a general northerly direction along the easterly side of Newark bay and the Hackensack

river at the westerly foot of the Palisades, utilizing existing tracks and improving

and adding where necessary, making connections with the Jersey Central, Pennsylvania,

Lehigh Valley, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Erie, New York, Susquehanna and Western,

New York, Ontario and Western, and West Shore Railroads, a distance of approximately

ten miles. From the westerly portal of the Bay Tunnel and from the line along the easterly

side of Newark bay by [at] the bridges of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (crossing

the Hackensack and Passaic rivers) and of the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley Railroads

(crossing Newark bay) to the line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey running along

the westerly side of Newark bay and thence southerly along this line to a connection

with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad south of Elizabethport utilizing existing lines

so far as practicable and improving and adding where necessary, a distance of approximately

twelve miles; thence in an easterly direction crossing the Arthur Kill, utilizing

existing lines so far as practicable and improving and adding where necessary, along

the northerly and easterly shores of Staten Island to the new city piers and to a

connection, if the city of New York consent thereto, with the tunnel under the Narrows

to Brooklyn, provided for under chapter 700 of the laws of the state of New York for

1921. No. 2.--A marginal railroad to the Bronx extending along the shore of the East river

and Westchester creek connecting with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), and the New York,

New Haven and Hartford Railroad in the vicinity of Westchester. No. 3.--A marginal railroad in Queens and Brooklyn extending along Flushing creek,

Flushing bay, the East river and the upper New York bay. Connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), by lines No. 4, No. 5, No. 6 and directly

at the southerly end at Bay Ridge. Existing lines to be utilized and improved and added to and new lines built where

lines do not now exist. No. 4.--An existing line to be improved and added to where necessary. Connects the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), with the marginal railroad No. 3 near its

northeasterly end. No. 5.--An existing line to be improved and added to where necessary. Connects the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), with the marginal railroad No. 3 in Long

Island City. No. 6.--Connects the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), with the marginal railroad No. 3 in

the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. The existing portion to be improved and added to where necessary. No. 7.--A marginal railroad surrounding the northerly and westerly shores of Jamaica

bay. A new line. Connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1). No. 8.--An existing line, to be improved and added to where necessary. Extends along the southeasterly shore of Staten Island. Connects with Middle Belt Line (No. 1). No. 9.--A marginal railroad extending along the westerly shore of Staten Island and

a branch connection with No. 8. Connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), and with a branch from the outer belt

line (No. 15). No. 10.--A line made up mainly of existing lines, to be improved and added to where

necessary. Connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1) by way of marginal railroad No. 11. Extends along the southerly shore of Raritan bay and through the territory south

of the Raritan river reaching New Brunswick. No. 11.--A marginal railroad extending from a connection with the proposed outer belt

line (No. 15) near New Brunswick along the northerly shore of the Raritan river to

Perth Amboy, thence northerly along the westerly side of the Arthur Kill to a connection

with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1) south of Elizabethport. The portion of this line which exists to be improved and added to where necessary. No. 12.--A marginal railroad extending along the easterly shore of Newark bay and

the Hackensack river and connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1). A new line. No. 13.--A marginal railroad extending along the westerly side of the Hudson river

and the Upper New York bay. Made up mainly of existing lines--the Erie Terminals, Jersey Junction, Hoboken Shore,

and National Docks Railroads. To be improved and added to where necessary. To be connected with Middle Belt Line (No. 1). No. 14.--A marginal railroad connecting with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1), and extending

through the Hackensack and Secaucus Meadows. No. 15.--An outer belt line, extending around the westerly limits of the port district

beyond the congested section. Northerly terminus on the Hudson river at Piermont. Connects by marginal railroads at the southerly end with the harbor waters below

the congested section. By spurs connects with the Middle Belt Line (No. 1) on the westerly shore of Newark

bay and with the marginal railroad on the westerly shore of Staten Island (No. 9). No. 16.--The automatic electric system for serving Manhattan Island. Its yards to connect with the Middle Belt Line and with all the railroads of the

port district. A standard gauge underground railroad deep enough in Manhattan to permit of two

levels of rapid transit subways to pass over it. Standard railroad cars to be brought through to Manhattan terminals for perishables

and food products in refrigerator cars. Cars with merchandise freight to be stopped at its yards. Freight from standard cars to be transferred onto wheeled containers, thence to

special electrically propelled cars which will bear it to Manhattan. Freight to be kept on wheels between the door of the standard freight car at the

transfer point and the tail board of the truck at the Manhattan terminal or the store

door as may be elected by the shipper or consignee, eliminating extra handling. Union terminal stations to be located on Manhattan in zones as far as practicable

of equal tracking [trucking] distance, as to pick-ups and deliveries, to be served

by this system. Terminals to contain storage space and space for other facilities. The system to bring all the railroads of the port to Manhattan.