The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-08
TO DIVIDE 4HB SPOILS.
P. ]. Condor and John Nolan
Will Pave Grove Street,
Sewer Appro-
priation.

The Board of Street and Water Com
missioners hsld an extended meeting
this morning, and awarded the contract
for the Grove street improvements.
From Grand street to Railroad avenue
the contract was given to p. j.
Condor, who bid S22. S31. so, and
from Newark avenue to Twentieth h
street the contract was given to John No
Ian, who bid S44, 1906. BY doing this the
Board leave unimproved the portion be-
tween Railroad avenue and Newark ave-
nue..
Petitions were received asking tor the
improvement of Hopkins avenue between
Summit and Palisade avenues. and for
the extension of water pipe in Beacon
avenue. A communication from Orestes
Cleveland vetoing resolution of the
Board, read as follows
"a resolution awarding a contract to
Joseph II. Cutley for the building of
herewith without signature 1t it is the
same Cutley who Is building the new
Police Headquarters object to his un-
dertaking the work. first, because
he delays his work too long,
and, secondly, because he will slight
the work at every point and every day of
its progress. 1t has been almost impossi-
police building, and the delay is without
reason. That building will not be ready
before midwinter for the Police Depart
ment. / respectfully recommend the
award of the contract to some one of the
other bidders who will do the work prop
erly and promptly. Very respectfully,
"OREsTEs CLEVELAND"
CONTRACTS FOR JOBS.
L. H. Broome, architect of the new
Police Headquarters building, wrote the
Board to the effect that he would no
longer certify to Cutley's work on that
building and complained against the dill
latory manner Cutley worked. Com
missioner Van Keuren said he had urged
Cutley to make more haste and that he
had told him he would not sign another
warrant until the windows and heating
apparatus were put in.
For furnishing steam heating IN School
No. there were four proposals, Theo-
dore Smith being the highest at $500,
and A. Donnelly the lowest at So, 900.
Dennis Burns was awarded the cor
tract for the Whiton street improvement.
The Commissioners of Assessments
filed preliminary sketches for the fol ow-
ing improvements, and October 13 was tie
day appointed to hear remonstrances.
For the improvement of Montgomery
street from Bergen avenue to West Side
avenue, Irving street from Central ave-
nue. to Nelson avenue, Water avenue from
Montgomery street to VroOne street, Van
Horn street from Johnston avenue to
Mapel street, and Laidlaw avenue from
Pallsade avenue TO Oakland avenue. The
Board examined the specifications for
new stand pipe at Belleville and pro-
nounced them all right, and then O reso-
luton requesting the Mayor to accom-
pany the Board TO Belleville September
II TO inspect the water works was adopted.
NO ONES RESOLUTION,
Iaprl- rfNr, dfe,fiV fsl, n1E
reading resolutions so rapidly that no one
could understand half or wnat ne said,
but President Somers called halt on one
which provided for the purchase of a
large quantity of cast iron water pipe
Whose resolution is that?n Mr.. Somers
asked
1t came from the committee" )" replied
the clerk.
"Who presented itPn
"The chief engineer handed it to me,
and said it was all right" replied the
clerk.
The president asked Commissioners
Dugan and Van Keuren If they knew
anything of it, and received negative
answer, although Mr.. Van Keuren said
the pipe may as well be purchased, for
the city had but a short supply.
'"Tha city has enough to last a week."
said President Somers, and the resolution
that had no father was laid over.
4Ae OOIpOraIlOA OOuuSel was requested
to draw mp contract, to be signed
by the officers of this city and
the Hackensack Water Company, for
further supply of water if necessary
in the future, and a letter from the Board
Of Education requested the Board to se-
lect site for new school in the Second
Aldermanic district. bounded by Mont
gomery, Wayne, Colgate and Brunswick
streets.
WANT MORE CASH.
The Board instructed Corporation
Counsel Edwards to prevent the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company LAYING tracks
over Woodward, Van Horne and Halli-
day streets, which he promised to DO He
said he presumed the company would at
once apply for an injunction to restrain
the city from interfering with the
work.
A preamble which set forth in a
melancholy way that there was no more
money to pay for the cleaning of sewers,
the appropriation of $1,000 having been
exhausted, and that complaints were be-
ing daily received about the accumula-
tion OF filth was followed by resolution,
which was unanimously adopted, asking
the Board of Finance TO appropriate
So, 500 for the sewers, to relieve the Board
of Public Jobbery of further embarrass-
mapt