The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-07
HIGH SCHOOL REPAIRS
Street and Water Commits
sioners Have No Money
to Pay for Them.

The three members of the County Board
of Health held a meeting yesterday tC
transact routine business. Inspector
Saltonstall informed the Board that Leon
ard Schenkel, of No. 214 Congress street
and F. Grassman. of No. 20s Congress
street. had refused to connect their prop
erty with the sewer. The matter was re-
ferred to Counsel for action. A letter
from the Street and Water Commissioner
was read. II was to the effect that il had
no money to pay for repairs made at High
Schoo by order of d.. l.. j. Gordon
Complaint was made that J.. Tum-
uity has a bad privy vault on
there is a pool of stagnant water under
the house. Counsel to the Board re
ported that he had inspected the Trini
dad asphalt factory and that an odor was
observed by him 1000 feet from the place.
He said that it was not very dfsagreeable
claimed the odor came from varnish
works near bv
ENcRoACHING ON MILL CREEK.
INSPECTOR Keilt informed the Board
that the smelling works and one Condor
had each encroached on Mill creek from
eight to ten feet and on the advice of
counsel the matter was referred to the
Street and Water Commissioners with q
request that they GUST the
trespassers. Clerk Rooney reDorted
the number of contagious diseases In
July to be:--diptheria, Sc: scarlet fever,
u; membraneous cronp, Z; measles, 2
me Board was notified that the center of
Baldwin avenue, near Newark avenue.
was 30 high where it had been repaired
that it caused water to flood adjoining
property. and that there was no sewer to
carry off the water.
Among the numerous applications for
permits to conduct business. which were
granted, were those of James Foley,
slaughter house, at Fourteenth and Pro-
vost street; L. 3. Thurston. slaughter
house. same neighborhood; The L.
& B. Rubber Company, 70 manu-
facturc goods; Frazer Lubricator
to manufacture axle grease and oil on
Henderson street: the Jersey Sheep and
Wool Comrany. to pull wool and rickle
hides on Fifteenth street. near Jersey
avenue; the Jersey City Horse Manure
Transportation Company to cart through
Jersey City. Counsel explained that
Messrs. Sullivan & Bells, the propri-
rfnrs of this industry. were recently fined
$50 for carting without a permit. Will
ham Kennedy was granted Il permit to
cart sea grass mattresses to some lots he
owns in Hoboken. These mattresses he
partially burns and with the refuse fills
in meadow lots which he bought. He has
phuS ACNt1lulcu iJiuetSeH lobS anu OWLS
nine more he wants to fill in. Permits
were also given different persons to keep
about seventv-five cows.
HoBoKEN NUIsANCEs.
The Third street sewer in Hoboken
recently complained of by DR., SCHNEIDER
for emitting foul doors will be repaired,
Inspector ~Salstonstall reported. Mayor
Grassman has said he would call the at
tentiOn OF the Common Council to it
when it meets.
DR.. I. J. Gordon said the bill of $40 25
presented by John Maloney for work
done; was exhorhitant and recommended
That but 1892 be paid him. It was so or
dered.
Policeman Aldoretta, Counsellor Bretz-
Held and others from Hoboken. appeared
before the Board and complained of the
bad odor that comes from two smoking
establishments on jackson street. They
said the odor caused by smoking fish and
meat there was very disagreeable and a
nuisance. Inspector Saltonstall corrobor-
ated them. He was directed to make a
careful examination of the premises and
the Board adjourned.