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 At
the request of Roselle Mayor Garrett Smith, Gordon Fuller, CEO of M
& E Freight Rail, his lawyer and his safety officer met with Roselle
residents. A resident from an Amsterdam Avenue neighborhood questioned
Mr. Fuller about storing long lines of freight cars very close to their
homes.
This
storage of M & E freight cars has become a nuisance and a danger to
Roselle children. Residents have seen youngsters playing on the cars.
These cars
have been parked ' there for months. The frustrated resident asked
Fuller when they will be moved.
Fuller's
response: M & E will continue to store trains in Roselle because
Bayway Refinery didn't have the room for them.
Read the M
& E contract, signed by County Manager George Devanney.
Nothing is
mentioned about M & E being able to store trains in Roselle, or any
other town along the line, for any period of time. Is this not a breach
of contract?
Fuller
claims these cars are empty, but others have claimed that M &E is
warehousing cargo for a customer.
For 17
cents a month for the next 10 years, M & E not only can carry cargo
through Roselle, but can use the 22 acres in Roselle it leases from the
freeholders as a stockyard and perhaps even provide portable warehouses
for customers.
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