The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-17
The Central Road Petitions
for Leave to Lower Hem
derson Street Bridge
PENNSY'S TRACK ELEVATION
Temporary Tracks To Be Ladies
Big Improvement Contracts
Before the Street and
Water Board.

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portant public improvements brought
out many contractors to this mornings
meeting Of the Street and Water Board.
For the proposed Improvement Of
Pacific avenue, from Communipaw ave-
nue. to the New York and New Jersey
railroad, there were six bfdders-James
J. Cogan, Thomas Harrington, p. Z.
Rehill, Daniel g. Watt, Thomas Cav
anagh and John M SHANNON Shannon
was the lowest bidder. His figures were
| SO, ,204.07.
For the extension OF the Second street
sewer to tide water there were seven pro-
posals;M Michael Mullery. James Cogan,
John M. Shannon, Charles O'Neiil, Daniel
G. Watt, Patrick Connolly and Patrick J.
Condor & Co. Condor & Co. are the
lowest bidders. The figures are ssI. 900 in
round numbers.
THAT HENDERSON STREET BRIDGE SEWER.
A petition was received from the Gem
tral Railroad Company, of New jersey,
representing that more than twenty years
ago the petitioners by permission Of the
Morris Canal and Banking Company,
constructed the Henderson street bridge.
about which so much has been
said in the press since the
police prevented gang Of Lehigh Valley
Railroad workmen from reconstructing
on Sunday week last; that petitioners in
constructing said bridge had found it
necessary to elevate said bridge so that
boats of the canal could pass beneath
The petitioners had maintained said
bridge since its construction. The petit
TONERS had erected the freight station
in IS<sr<
peated requests of shippers and receivers
Of freight in this city, but now these
same shippers objected to hauling heayA
ily loaded vehicles over the bridge
They had applied to and received the
consent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company to replace the present bridge
over the canal by lift bridge, the APP
proaches to which can be SO reduced that
the grade from Grand street to the
proposed new bridge will be such that
the driveway of the new bridge will be
only about eighteen inches higher than
the present grade Of Grand street The
age Of the bridge was also given as pre-
text for reconstruction.
A RAILWAY COMBINE.
This petition would indicate that the
| Central and Lenigh Valley Railroad COM
panies are acting together in the opera
! tions in the vicinity of the South Cove
| grant, as the Lehigh Valleys new tracks
along the tow-path are practically useless
until the bridge is removed. or SO con-
structed as to allow box cars to pass be-
meath. The petition was referred to the
| Committee Of the Whole.
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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
| in order TO facilitate the erection of its
proposed elevated structure, sent in 8 pc
| tition asking for permission to lay tenn
porary track outside it's present fence on
| the north side of the railroad from Hen
| derson to Brunswick streets.
| The company submitted a supplement-
arv contract which it desired the city
authorities TO sign, having met the OBJ
! iections raised by Mayor Cleveland by
changing the original plans so as to give
thirteen feet head clearance at all the
street crossings. This was referred to
| Committee on Streets.
| Commissioner Dugan was asked by
/ President Somers what had been done in
reference to school sites. Mr.. Dugan re-
! piled, Nothing"
Petitions for various improvements to
Hopkins avenue, Sherman avenue, Cliff
ton place and Monitor street were re-
ceived.