The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-09
tell the public what each particular
piece of patchwork cost the taxpayers.
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tell the public what each particular
piece of patchwork cost the taxpayers.
saw him one day with gang of men
patching Montgomery street, ad1oinIing d1,nIIa
seer to find out when that bit of patch--
work wss done, because Che wear and
tear of a few months has knocked it all
to pieces; or, why it was done, because
above and below 1t the street was left in
such execrable condition.
A reporter Of this paper was sent over
Mr.. Tumulty's patched streets, and this
is his report:-
LOOKING FOR THEM.
There Is NO signs of recent improvement
to Green street. For several blocks on
either side of Railroad avenue Green
street is full OF mud holes.
Morgan street. which is claimed to have
been repaired, shows no sign from one
end to the other, except a slight patch q
few feet square near the corner of Pro-
vost street.
Workmen are yet employed patching
up Steuben street from Henderson to
Washington.
The patches, of course, slightly i'm
prove the appearance of the street. The
lower portion is fairly well paved, and is
not likely to be repaired.
Washington street, which is claimed to
have been put in good condition from
Railroad avenue to First street, has not
been touched in the vicinity of Lorril-
lard's factory. It is full of mud pud-
dies.
Hudson street. which is said to have
been repaired from Exchange place to
Essex street is in bad condition. A force
of men are at present at work on that
thoroughfare between Grand and Morris
streets. In the vicinity of the York street
intersection the curbing is packed with
mud and slime several inches deep; but
the workmen are moving up in that di-
rection.
Newark avenue is also said to have re-
ceiyed all necessary repairs from Five
Corners to Warren street. The sinks and
mud holes in the vicinity of the railroad
crossing, and indeed all along the avenue
in the vicinity of Monmouth, Brunswick
and Third streets leave the thoroughfare
In a horrible, filthy condition. Even
where repairing has been done it is
hardly noticeable.
1t seems to have been found necessary
to only reset the manholes on First street,
yet from Erie to Grove it is far more holy
than righteous, and. while the centre is
already fairly paved below Henderson,
the whole street at this point seems to
have taken q drop of several inches, and
the curbing is lined with puddles covered
with an awful yet beautiful combination
OF yellow and green slime.
The upper side of Erie street, from New
ark avenue TO Second street, is being re-
paved, and the difference between the
improved side and the unimproved is
scarcely perceptible, and the latter is by
no means in fair condition.
The only thoroughfare in the lower sec
tion of the city which seems to be in a
fair condition throughout it's length is
Jersey avenue. 1t has recently been re-
paved, for the first time in twenty years,
from Newark avenue to Grand street.
From Newark avenue to the Park, and
even beyond, the paving is in good condi-
ton and needed no Iepairing.
Railroad avenue, in the lower section
of the city, especially in the Italian quar-
ter, fairly reeks with filth and stencil.