The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-30
STREETS AND WATER.
A Lot of Routine Business, But
Little of Account Done.

Prior to the opening of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners meet
ing this morning objections were heard
from citizens against several proposed
Improvements.
Mr.. CouUrell, who owns a block of
houses at the corner of Jackson and
Orient avenue, objected to the improve
ment of jackson avenue on the ground
that, instead of having ten feet of clear
pavement as he expected 10 have before
he erected his row of houses, he would,
according to the plans for the proposed
improvement, have but seven feet.
Seven property owners from Garfield
avenue objected to the improvement Of
that ~thoroughfare till the assessments for
the Garfield avenue sewer were all paid.
There were no objections TO the pro-
posed Improvement of Van Horn street,
Neptune at enue and Union street.
A communication signed by Reuben
Simpson, Jacob Detweiller and G. A. j..
Lignot was read, asking the Board to de-
lay awarding the contract for the Linden
avenue improvements, as there were
gross irregularities in the work of adver-
Using for bids, and the work would cost
$4,000 over and above the amount for
which the contract was awarded.
Shannon was the contractor who bid
the lowest figures. The matter was re-
ferred to the Committee on Streets and
Sewers.
Permission was granted William v.
Garrison to lay a private Sewer to connect
with the Fairmount avenue sewer, and to
j. J. Detweiller to connect a private sewer
with that in Garfield avenue.
The Trade and Labor Assembly, in q
communication to the Board, asked that
no contracts be given out to contractors
who pay their men less Than So per day.
No action was taken, beyond receiving
the communication.
Frederick William French and Others
residing IN Terrace avenue complained
to the Board that they were annoyed by
the waste water and sewerage of the
houses situated on the westerly side of
Germania avenue, between Lincoln and
Zabriskie streets
The communication cited one instance
where eight families allowed waste water
and sewerage to drain through one main
drain pipe which. ran through a vacant
lot owned by F. Goeniger, with an outlet
directly upon therecently improved pave
ments, ETC., on Terrace avenue, thus
damaging the good work recently exc
cuted.
Richard Doughty and others of the
Fourth District asked that William
Russell be appointed Inspector of the
proposed Sherman avenue improvements.
Referred. In reference to the resolution
passed by the Board of Trade at a recent
meeting concerning the pollution of
Passaic water the Board referred the
matter to the Committee on Pumping and
Reservoirs.
O'Donnell & Ormsby were then
awarded the contracts for improving
Germania avenue, Sherman ven anG
Danforth avenue. They were the lowest
bidders in all three cases.
Owing to an error in the measurement
for lumber called for in the bids for the
Ninth street ewersa all the bids for that
improvement were rejected and the Clerk
was authorized to advertise for new bids.
The Board of Finance will be asked to
transfer So, 900 from the amount approDri-
ated for street cleaning purposes to the
special account of salary of the Superin-
tendent of Streets; $500 will be asked for
as an appropriation for the extension of
Tonnele avenue to Newark venue and
$500 for the erection of a temporary house
for No. l Engine Company.