The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-09
THE CITY'S STREETS.
Discussion Drags Along
Before the Commits
Sioners.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Contracts and Routine Business
Considered by the Board.

The Street and Water Commissioners
mad their regular meeting this morning
IL was a long and busy one. and before
the adjournment nearly all the spectators
who We're present when the meeting
opened had left the lobby.
PROTESTS AGAINST AN ASSESSMENT
The Commissioners first gave their at
tentlon to protests against the confirma-
lion OF final assessments for the Lincoln
street sewer Improvement. There were
TWO communications containing protests
against the assessments The first was
sent by Herbert Stout as attorney for
James Costello and other residents. It
contained several objections. They were
that the proper legal notice of filing the
report or the assessment, and calling for
hearing of objections had not been
gfven;that the assessments were not made
proportionately to the benefit derived BY
the residents along the line of the im-
provement, and that the Commissioners
nau tailed to give description of the
streets where property would be assessed
as required by law. The communication
was referred.
The second communication was signed
by A. b. Vafey and several others. They
claim that the people on Milton avenue
ana other places connecting with the
sewer do not derive the same benefits as
those whose property is along the line of
the improvement, and for that reason the
assessments are not proportionate. This
communication shared the same fate as
the first one.
The Board gave notice of hearings on
the improvement of Morris and Halliday
sJreets and of Willow court
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
The quality of the materials furnished
by the contractors, Henry & McGibney, in
the Griffith street improvement, was
brought into question by a communities
tion signed by several residents The
communication stated that the materials
used by the contractors were not OF the
same quality as called for by the specifl-
cations.
President Somers knew something
about the matter, and he took the floor
He said that while driving through Griff-
ith street one day he noticed that the ma
terlal was not the same as called for. A
quantity OF the stone, he said, had been
rejected. He insisted that none of the
rejected material had been laid, and what
the contractors have already laid was of
good quality.
The PAYERS employed on the streets now
receive $3.50 per day. The union rate is
81, and the men want an increase to the
union rate. The demand was made to-
day in the following communications;
To the Honorable Board of Street and Water
Commissioners
At meeting Of the PAYERS Union Of this city
was authorized to communicate with your
honorable Board to increase the PAYERS wages,
who are members of the union, to "a per day, as
1t is the regular wages paid in all other cities,
and there are none but regular PAYERS allowed in
our union. Hoping you will act upon this petit
ton, remain, yours, DENNIS BYRNEs,
Secretary
The petition had fourteen other names
attached, and those men constitute the
union. The petition was referred.
HADN'T EARNED HIS PAY.
Gustav Schumann and others sent a
protest against the payment of Thomas
Campbell's bill for sos, being for thirty
six days work on the ZabriSkie street inn
provement. They claim that Campbell
had not done the work. Daniel Blair, of
No. 81 Morris street, complained that his
hagstones had been broken by the con-
tractor, who had dumped pavement
block upon them, and he desires the
Board to give. him new hagstOnes.
Proposals were received for furnishing
600 lengths of six-inch water pipe. There
were four bidders. ThomasJ. McKenna's
bid of $685. was the lowest, but he did
John Fox, whose bid was S26.30. 1t was
given to Fox on the ground that he was a
regular dealer and McKenna was only an
agent, and the Commissioners deemed it
for the best interests of the city to give it
to Fox.
Frank P. Mitchell owns property on
Cottage place. He claims that during
heavy storms the water flows into his lots
and that they have been greatly damaged
He wants the Commissioners to pay for
the damage he has sustained and wants
the street raised
Bids were received for the improvement
of Cook and Essex streets. The Chief
Engineer estimated the cost of grading
Montgomery street between Bergen and
West Side avenues at 81, 1863. so.
Charge Their Bartender with Theft.