The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-08-23
BAYOBNH'S CITY HALL.
The New Building Was
Badly Needed and Will
Be Welcomed.
ITS EFFECT ON PROPERTY.
When the Shore Front Is Filled in
1t Will Be in the Centre Of
the City.


The New City Hall at Bayonne promises
to be very fine structure and an orna-
ment to the city. It will be located at
the northwest corner OF Avenue e and
Thirticth street. It will have frontage
of 9S feet on Avenue Il and will be So feet
deep without the jail, which viii be IN
the rear. The jail win be 80 feet wide
and Al feet deep. and viii be connected
with the municipal building by COW
cred passagewav. The City Hall will be
built Of philadelphia pressed brick and
will be ornamented with terra Gotta trim
mings.
The entrance In the basement to the
City Hall win be on ThirtIeth street. To
the right Of the main hall will be located
the police station. room "a feet wide by
50 feeL deep. On the left of the ball viii
be the room of the Chief of Police, which
is to be ii feet by i6 feet wide, with a
private Office attached containing toilet
room. This room connects with the
court room, which will be IS fee6 by 20
feet In dimensions, and connects with the
detention room. Opposite the station
room is the mems sitting room. which
viii be 16 feet by 80 feet 0 inches. and be
aftachedato toilet room Is feet By feet.
The balance Of the ground floor will be
used as u cellar and a stairway TO the hrst
story.
TIE entrance TO this floor Is on Avenue
q. To the right of the hall the Collector
will be located in a room IS feet by 20
| feet, private Office 10 feet 8 inches by II
| feet connects with the main office, for the
| Collector, and contains toilet room. Adj
/ Joining the Office of the Collector Will be
that Of the City Clerk. The main Office
/ will be 20 feet by "A feet, and the City
| Clerks private office will be Q feet 8
| inches by II feet, with a toilet room at
| tached. The vault, which will be nearly
| in the centre of the building. will be 10
feet Q inches by % feet, and will be lighted
| Dy many iron bars. A corridor will
pass behind the vault, on which
| the Mayors Office will open. This room
will be 10 feet by IA feet in size and will
connect with the City Attorneys Office, a
room II feet by ii feet. A door from this
office will open on the 1reasurer's Office,
an apartment II feet by II feet All of
these Offices open on the corridor also.
| The Assessors office will be on the ex-
| treme left Of the corridor and Will be 10
/ feet by u feet inches in size, and back
| of It is to be the Water Department. q
room % feet by IL. The Commissioners
| private Office Will adJoin and will
be a room 10 feet inches by Is
| inches inches. In the rear OF the Water
Department will be workshop ID feet 9
inches by IL feet, with an entrance from
/ the outside of the building.
The main corridor and staircase will be
fireproof Beneath the stairway In the
rear Of the building will be Il - feet by Il
feet lavatory. The main corridor is to be
10 feet wide. The stairway Will be feet
wide.
On the second story the Council Cham
TO- q IT,. 4rf
located. 1he committee room will
open on it and face Avenue e. Il is TO be
i IA feet by % feet and connect with a toilet
room. Opposite the Council Chamber
will be the Board of Education room,
which will be AZ by 50 feet in size and
have a committee room attached, 20 feet
by IA feet In dimension, with toilet room
added. A room 10 feet by l6 feet will
open on the balcony. No use for it has
been assigned.
The top floor is to be an attic, but win
be built with dormer windows, and the
floor will be SO constructed that when
ever the city desires six or seven fine
rooms can be constructed.
The Jail will be two story structure.
and will contain fourteen cells in the
basement. The first floor VIII be used
for lodging rooms. and will be divided
into male and female wards. Each Will
be 2S feet wide and AZ feet deep.
/ called on the City Attorney of Bay
onne, Mr.. James r. Northrop, yesterday.
aud asked him what he thought of the
new City Hall building.
at was very much needed he re-
piled, "for the old City Hail has for
long time been Inadequate for the trans
action of city business and the vault was
crowded with papers, maps and docn-
ments. The property in the vicinity of
the new City Hall will be inn
mediately increased in value and
the city at large will be benefited.
The erection of any public
building always adds TO city's value.
This new City Han was absolutely neces-
sary. 1t is centrally located and conve-
nient to the railroad station. There was
quite fight between the First and Sec
ond wards as TO which ward should con-
tain the new City Hall, but the Common
Council finely determined on the present
location in the Second ward, because the
| city owned tue property.
~ believe the new building will en-
courage business very much 1t could
| not be better located, for when the water
| front on the New York Bay is filled in
the City Hall will be about in the centre
OF the territory of Bayonne, and viii be
as near the Newark Bay as the New York
Bay"
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