The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-01-12


from these ngures IL appears that tae
number OF buildings erected last year
We're IS less than in 81 IS and q decrease
Of S404. $50 in valuation
A GOOD SHOWING FOB 69.
If, however. we deduct 500 900,
the cost OF the New Jersey Central Kali
road depot, which can not be classified in
the list Of the eity's assessable property.
from the valuation figures Of '67-ss8, we
find that Notwithstanding the falling of
of As in the number Of buildings erected.
the decrease OF valuation of buildings
last year In comparison with that of those
erected the year previous is but $3.50
A comparison OF the months OF Decent
Der Tor the last three years, however. is
more encouraging In December, 1857,
66 building permits were granted, to cost
sl34, AT: December. 1888, 81 buildings, cost
$50, 100 The figures for December. 7639.
given me by the Building Inspector yes
terday, were $3.50, Pr.
No one can have failed to notice fhn
immense amount of Improvements in tAe
way OF buildings going on on every SIDE
The SUNDAY MORNING NEWS last Sunday
gave an extended list of buildings now II
course or construction. Ii included the
large buildings on Van Worst lot at
Second and Grove streets; the big PENN
sylvania freight house of corrugated
iron at Second and Henderson streets; tha
same coupany's brick round house, Tor
the entire block bounded by Railroad.
Newark and Waldo avenues and Mercedes
street. z5z560, Tor storing forty engines,
at cost of 50 GOETHE largest probably
in the world; the Thayer 6ve-story fats.
on Newark avenue near Washington
street. 59xss and 81 feet high, double
stores, sixteen fats; the Kingussie FIVE
story Has opposite the post ONCE, 10ox10o
feet, the st. Aloysius Academy on Grand
street, 1ve-sfory brick, TO cost SIC, 600
complete, the Horace Farrier four-ssory
brown stone front residence, on Jersey
avenue. opposite Van Worst Pa1k.
WHAT rs COMING
In addition the following list for which
plans have been already filed, is given.
In one or two instances, possibly sketches
have merely been made, and in others
the ground has been broken. They can,
however, be fairly inserted in the list OF
coming improvements, and are conclu-
sive evidence that the building boom has
struck Jersey City hard
The Sisters of the Peace Orphan Home,
on Grand street, near Washin gton, Ave
story brick, TO cost over SO, 900.
Oliver J. r. Mcpherson, dve-story fat,
to cost ST, 800. at the corner of Washing.
ton and Sussex streets.
Henry E. Neise, two three-story attic
and basement houses. on west side Of
Jersey avenue, near Mercer street, SIS
600, the first story and basement to be OF
stone and the front above to be Of cream
colored brick with stone trimmings
Three two-story and basement frame
dwellings 16,6x52 each, for Carl Ruernp-
Ter, on south side of Wylie street, near
Tonnele avenue, $1,000; a rw0-story
stable. 25x190, and one-storT
storage and feed warehouse 30x100, adj
Joining, both TO be built on the north side
of Grand street, near Pacific avenue. tbs
latter OF brick and iron construction
a f5xo.Sfftrv hqsirtr and zffFla firm tar
ment, 25x74, TO be built for j. Kelly On
the north side of Sussex street, between
Warren and Washington streets. 81
cost of $4,000.
Three two-story and basement frame
dwellings for II. Bremen. west side OF Ar
lington avenue, near Bay View avenue.
TO cost 5000.
Three three-story frame dwellings.
Is Sx65 each, 10 be built on the east sid0
OF Manning avenue, near Grand street.
for J. J. Ross, to cost s. 500, aud a three
story tenement. 25x40 to be built on the
south side of Grand street, near Manning
avenue. for g. Bannon, TO cost 81, 500.
A one-story frame church. 44xs5, corner
Grand and Manning streets, George X.
Mckenzie, for Blind Evangelist Houston,
81, 600.
A fhree-story frame tenement, 2ox4s, az
No. 136 Jackson avenue, for Lewis B.
Folly, s.. 800.
Three two-story and basement frame
dwelling. 14x3s each. on Boyd ayenRe-
near Bergen avenue, S., 100. for samuel
Cosgrove.
Three three-story frame dwellings. 1853
x40. Van Nostrand place, for L. Laughran
and Z. AicMahon. 50, 500.
Five two-story frame dwellings, 1SxsS
each, corner Cook street and Hoboken
avenue, for J. Il. Cook, So. SEQ.
Three three-story frame dwellings,
16 Sx60 each, corner South street and
Webster avenue, John Collins, IS. 800
One two-story frame dwelling. 22x35, at
No. 292 Webster avenue, fer II. W. Shae-
fer, S. POO
One five-story frame tenement. 25x68,
at No 12S St. Paal's avenue, for D. Null
Inns, Jr., 81 500.
A. =. Nreeland's three three-stOry brick
houses on Monitor street, near Commune
nipaw avenue, and three l6.S three story
brick houses, at q total cost of SIS. 000-
Matthew Pelgen's f0ur-story brick az
No. 361 Grand street. at q cast OF 81 800
and others.
NEWARKS NEW BUILDINGS.