The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-10
TWO new OFFICES MADE
The Street and Water Board
Divides the City for
the Benefit of Two
Water Tappers,

The Street and Water Board this morn
ing passed resolution offered by Com
missioner Dugan dividing the city into
two water tapping districts, making the
Pennsylvania Railroad the dividing line.
The districts will be known as northern"
and Southern" respectively. The pres
est Taper and his assistant will have
charge of the southern district.
Peter Herman was appointed Taper of
the northern district at a salary of 81, 200.
and Peter McGowan assistant at salary
of 5000. The whereas preceding the
resolution stated that the rapid increase
Of building rendered the present service
insufficient to meet the requirements OF
the building interests of this city.
Acting Secretary George Schmolze, of
the Greenville Property Owners Associa-
ton, was appointed inspector of the Lin
den avenue improvement job.
THE NEW STATION HOUSE.
The Board called for sealed proposals
for the erection of the new Fourth Pre-
cinct Station House. In addition to the
presentation OF lump bids the contractors
were required to make separate bids on
the. masou work, carpentering, plumbing
and gasfitting, etc.
There were but two bidders on the
mason WORK. When bids for the carpen-
tering We're called for there was no re-
sponse
The two bids for mason work were
ordered destroyed and the clerk ordered
to readvertise for proposals. The two
bidders on the mason work are said to be
Thomas Harrington and Joseph Cutley.
The resolution passed by the Fire
Board last Wednesday night authorizing
the clerk of that Board to inform the
Street and Water Commissioners that the
lot adjoining No. Is Engiue House, upon
which it is proposed to erect the new sta
tion house, was the property of the Fire De-
partment and could not be surrendered
for other than Fire Department purposes,
was received and referred to the Corpora
tion Counsel with the request that that
official forward a legal opinion of the
matter as soon as possible.
Commissioner Dugan thought the COM
munication should be filed and no further
notice taken of it.
The final assessment maps for the Laid
law avenue sewer, the Zabriskie street,
Baldwin avenue and Gardner avenue i'm
provenents were confirmed by the
Board.
contracts for improving Danforth avenue
and Sherman avenue, they being the low
est bidders for both jobs.
The Street and Sewer Committee re-
ported favorably upon the proposed
change of grade to portions OF Linden
avenue, ana TO laying water pipe IN
Walker avenue, and permission was
granted the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad to repair its bridge
across Hoboken avenue
The petition presented in July last for
sewer in st. Paul's avenue, and against
which remonstrance was made at the
last meeting of the Board, was referred
to the Commissioners of Assessments to
ascertain If the required number of prop
erty owners along the linesof the pro-
posed sewer had been secured.
AGAINST THE CLAIM.
Corporation Counsel Edwards, TO whom
was referred the disputed claim of J..
Kelly for work as inspector of the Web
ster avenue improvement, notified the
Board by communication that the claim
should not be paid.
Mr.. T. Newbold, as counsel for Mr..
Kelly, had threatened to sue the Board if
the claim was not paid.
Wharfage receipts deposited with the
City Treasurer since December 81 were
reported as 1,17S. SO.