The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-13
IMPROVEMENT AND OBSTRUCTION.
Important Proceedings by the Street
and Water Board Yesterday.

Important Proceedings by the Street
and Water Board Yesterday.
The Board of Street and Water Com
missioners met as Board of Adjudica-
ton prior to this mornings regular
Board meeting and listened to remon-
strances against several proposed i'm
provements and assessments for others
already completed.
Among the latter was petition signed
by about forty property owners along the
line of the Griffith street improvement in
the Fourth district, complaining of the
manner in which the work on that thor
oughfare had been done by Contractors
Henry and McGibney.
Two hundred feet west of Central ave-
nue. the street was settling. The petition
ers notified the Board that they would
not Day the assessments levied upon theul
The matter was referred.
Objections were also heard in reference
to the jackson avenue opening.
When the Board met as Street and
Water Commissioners, Clerk Bouton
read a petition signed by G. +.
Paterson and others, asking for inn
provements to Gardner avenue, from
Monticello to Summit avenue; also one
signed by |. [. Vanderbeck, asking for q
change of grade for Sea View Terrace.
Both were referred.
H. Schedler complained that certain
work done by the Hudson County Gas
Light Company, on Griffith street,
needed looking into, and Henry Steffens
and others complained that the Halli-
day street improvements, between Com
munipaw and Johnston avenues, had
not been carried out according to speci-
fications, especially in regard to sand
filling.
On motion of Commissioner Van Keu-
rem the Chief Engineer was instructed to
make an inspection and report.
The clerk notified the Board that the
Commissioner of Assessments had filed
preliminary sketches with him as fol-
For a sewer on st. Pauls avenue, from
Tonnele avenue to Hackensack river;
improvements on Danforth avenue, from
Ocean avenue to old Bergen road;
improvements ON Germania avenue, from
Monticello avenue to Bleeker street; inn
provements on Sherman avenue, from
South to Bower streets; final map for
sewer in Laidlaw avenue, from Summit
to Central avenues.
The third of March was fixed as the
time for hearing remonStranceS concern
ing these improvements.
The clerk also reported as having been
fled with him preliminary estimate for
the Improvement of Hopkins avenue,
from Summit to Central avenues.
The Board of Finance will be requested
TO appropriate s326 rs for the purpose of
altering No. 5 Engine House.
All foremen on street improvements
not heretofore discharged, on resolution
were discharged, the discharge to take
effect after this date.
The remonstrances against the Linden
avenue improvements, previously pre-
sented by Messrs. Simpson, Dettweiler
and others, were withdrawn in COM
munication sent to the Board.
The petition asking that the western
line Of the Montgomery street sewer be
extended to tide water, was referred to
the Corporation Counsel.
A communication from the Board of
Health was presented complaining that
the street cleaning contractor was using
the vicinity of Eighth and Brunswick
streets as a dulnping ground without
covering the garbage with proper top
dressing.
The clerk was instructed to communi-
cate with the Corporation Counsel in
reference to the $T5, 900 assessment money
for the extension of Academy street.