The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-18
THE MENDED STREETS.
Clerk Bouton Furnishes a List to
the Board Of Trade.

At tonight's meeting of the Board OF
Trade Mr. Louis v. Booraem will read
the following letter from Clerk Bouton,
of the Board of Street and Water Com
dressed to the Board bv Mr.. Boofaem in
regard to the repairs upon the streets
JERSEY CITY, Nov. 16, 1885,
Clerks Office, Board of Street and Water Com
n,issioners, Louis y. Booraena, Egg
DEAR SIR-Yours of the 14rh inst. re-
questing on behalf OF the Board of Trade
Statement of all Improvements. etc., of
streets that have been authorized by the
present Commissioners since they were
appointed" at hand. And as / believe
that your inquiry is a legitimate outcome
of an honest desire for the information
asked for / hasten to reply. An intel
ligent answer to your inquiry will prob
ably comprehend much more than you
had expected, but will, l believe, have
the effect of satisfying the body which
you represent, as well as the citizens at
large. that much good has been accom-
pllshed at minimum of cost when COM
pared with public Improvements hereto
fore made. The citizen who is a
non-traveller will note the repairs being
made in his immediate vicinity and yet
have no comprehensive idea of the vast
amount of work which has been and is
being done in almost every section of the
city and Of which the following is from
the data at present available of necessity
an incomplete record:-
Montgomery street, from Jersey avenue,
wholly reconstructed with granite blocks-a an
ideal piece of work.
Grand street south side), from Woodward
street TO Fairmount avenue, wholly recon
structed and entirely new.
Bergen square, wholly reconstructed and
paved with Belgian blocks
Monticello avenue, from Belmont avenue to
Paramount avenue, wholly reconstructed and
paved with Belgian blocks.
Montgomery street, from Hudson street to
Jersey avenue, the lower portion entirely recon
structed, the upper patched in many places.
Corners almost the entire lower section Of the
city being entirely reconstructed, the cobble
stones being replaced by Belgian blocks in q
section of the avenue, the intermediate portion
being patched
street, one section being taken up in its entirety
and reconstructed. The lower section of the
avenue, being old cobble stone pavement
and in bad condition was also. reconstructed
to large extent. From Newark avenue north
the pavement was of more recent date and
was only repaired whore occasion required.
York street, from Hudson street to Varick
street, patches large aud small over its entire
length.
Grand street, from Hudson street to Pacific
avenue, patching and reconstruction to an ex-
tent that puts it in better condition than it has
been for years.
Pavonia avenue, from Erie Railroad to Grove
street to Brunswick street repaired.
Ninth street, from Henderson street to Erie
street. repaired in many places.
Twelfth street. from Henderson street to Jer-
sey avenue, repaired in many places.
Thirteenth street, from Henderson street to
Jersey avenue, patched where required.
Hudson street, from Montgomery street to
Essex street, reconstructed In some portion and
repaired In others.
Washington street, from Grand street to Essex
street, patched where required, and from First
Warren street, from P. r. r. to Morris Canal
reconstructed and repaired to great extent
and from First street to r. r. r. largely recon-
Etructed.
Van Worst street, from Morris street to Mont
gomery street, largely repaired.
Steuben street. from Greene street to Hender-
son street almost entirely reconstructed.
Morgan street, from Grove street TO Greene
street. almost entirely reconstructed.
Rav street. from Grove street to Greens street.