The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-18
THE NEWS TRIUMPH.
That Grove Street Job Shelly
ed by the Street and
Water Board.
WHAT HOBOKEN WATER COSTS
Various Contracts Awarded and I'm,
proyements Ordered at this
Mornings Meeting.

Mornings Meeting.
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS has achieved
another victory in the in the interest OF
the taxpayers. and succeeded In com,
pleteiy frustrating the notorious Grove
street pavement job. At the meeting of
the Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners this morning Commissioner Van
Keuren offered resolution to tine effect
that all the bids for the Improvement Of
Grove street be rejected, and that the
clerk be directed to advertise for pro
posals to improve that important thor
oughfare to Seventeenth street.
Mr. Van Beuren in moving the adop-
ton of the resolution said that he offered
the resolution extending the improve
ment to Seventeenth street.-the original
specification fixed the northern limit of
the work at the Erie Railroad tracks. al
the request of the property owners along
the line of the proposed Improvement.
Every one knew the deplorable condition
the street was in, in that part of the city.
aud as long as the work was to be done,
the Commissioner continued he thought
That the improvement should be contin-
ued TO the point named in the resolution
President Somers echoed these senti.
ments and the resolution was ca rr1ed
II was after eleven o'clock before the
Board got to work this morning, and
when it was finally under way it trans.
acted considerable routine business.
THE COST OF HoBOKEN WATER
A communication was received from
the officers of the Hoboken Water
Company stating that during the week
Jersey City had received from
the. West Hoboken reservoir 1S, 120, 600
gallons of water, for which it would or
expected to pay S1,812. The officers
seemed to be laboring under the impress
sion that there would be some kick over
the matter, as they stated emphatically
that they rendered the statement in order
that there may be no misunderstanding
in the matter.
A communication was read from cor
poration counsel Edwards that sig per
cent. was The lawful rate of interest ON
the Improvement certificates for the
Second street sewer, although the Board
of Finance wanted to reouce it to four
and q half per cent. Mr.. Edwards quoted
the law to show that the Board of Works.
of which the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners is the successor, has the
right to fix the interest at any rate
not exceeding seven per cent. Mr.. Ed
wards suggested that In order to MAIN
tain harmony between the Financiers and
the Commissioners the rate be fixed here
after at 4 1-2 per cent. A resolution TO
that effect was adopted at later stage of
the meeting.
The Water Register was directed to
notify all persons having horse troughs.
that unless they furnish the troughs with
self closing valves the water viii be cut
Oft from them. The Register was also
directed to call the attention of the city
law officers to the claim which the city
has against John III. Hughes for damages
caused by the negligence of his en-
Dloyes. Hughes men, 1t is claimed, broke
hydrant while moving house through
the streets. City Attorney Hudspeth
notified the Board that Marcus BoIdhart
had refused TO sign the contract for the
carpenter work on the new station for
the Fourth precinct police Mr.. Boldhart
bondsmen will doubtless be called upon
to fulfill his contract
The chief engineer was directed to
notify Contractor O'Neill to begin work
within ten days upon the Improvement
he has contracted for. The same
course was ordered in the case
ment. Thomas Harrington. contractor,
and the Montgomery street Improvement,
p. J. Condor, contractor. Mr.. Condor
who was present said that the trouble in
his case was that he was unable to re-
ceive the written contract from the Cor
porarion's law offices. Mr.. Van Keuren
said that that seemed to be the difficulty
in all cases.
DID NOT WANT TO ROAST HIM
LET some one make motion that the
Corporation Attorney be requested to
prepare the contracts at once" said Pres
ident Somers looking at his fellow COM
missioners.
A brief but painful silence followed,
which was broken by the voice of Com
missioner Dugan, which laughlingly
said:--
"Oh, amt going to roast Bob," and
the next order of business was quickly
taken up.
1t was decided to improve Woodward
street, from the canal to Grand street,
and Emory street, from Bergen avenue
to Monticello avenue, and award the con-
tract for the latter to William Cranmer.
Henry & McGibney secured the contract
for the Belmont avenue improvement,
and III. II. Holmes secured the con-
tracts for the Improvement of Mont
gomery street, from Bergen avenue to
West Side avenue; for the Water avenue
improvement, and the tagging of Irving
street. The Fifth street sewer was ac-
cepted as completed, and the final assess
ment maps were ordered filed and the
damage awarded for West Side avenue
sewer: the Neptune avenue sewer and the
Sussex street sewer from Green street to
Hudson street. The contract for the
Hancock avenue sewer was awarded to
Patrick O'Neill, and it was decided to
improve Linden avenue, now Kensington
avenue. from Bergen avenue to West Side
avenue, notwithstanding the objections
against it by the property owners,