The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-22
A LIGHTNING CHANGE.
Street and Water Commits
sioners Favor Rapid
Transit.
THURSTON MAY DO AS HE LIKES.
Wooden or Iron Poles Can Be Used
West of Varick Street
Cars to Bay Street Ferry.


held an adjourned meeting last evening,
and by the unanimous adoption of reso-
luton, showed that they favored rapid
transit and intended doing all in their
power to aid the Jersey City and Bergen
Railway Company in operating the elec-
trio system on all its lines. Whereas iron
poles have been used ON the Montgomery
street line, the Commissioners have made
an offer to the company to permit them
to use wooden poles on all their lines west
of Varick street.
The Commissioners also passed an ordi-
nance empowering the company to lay
single or double tracks from the Bay
street ferry, to run through Henderson
street and connect with all their lines.
The resolution, as adopted concerning
rapid transit, was introduced by a pre-
ambIe reciting the facts of the writ in
Chancery and Chancellor McGill's decis-
lons, with which the readers of The NEWS
are Iolerably familiar, after which comes
he following new matter":-
Whereas, we have always been and are de-
sIrious of promoting rapid transit in this city,
and especially those parts of the city farthest
from the ferries; be it
Resolved BY this Board, that the Jersey City
and Bergen Railroad Company be and are here
by authorized and empowered to erect poles or
posts and string wires ther -on as set forth in
the plans submitted, provided, however,
said Company proceed to equip al their lines IN
this city with an electric system xcept that
west of Varick street, posts OF wood may oe
used, such posts, however, shall b. Straight and
neatly painted and shapsly, and bs it further
Resolved That the said company be author
lied and empowered either to OBTAIN the neces-
say electricity from any electric company, or
from plant of its own and in either case con-
af hair a Dlant
wires or by other devices or posts which they
may erect for that purpose, the work done
under the supervision of the Chairman OF the
| Committee on Streets, who will aid the company
| in the pid prosecution Of the work.
| Following the adoption of this resolu-
| tion came the passage of the Bay street
| ordinance referred to.
| CLEANING THE STREETS.
| The matter of awarding the contract
| for the sweeping aud cleaning OF the
streets was next taken up. Last year
| $3S, 900 was appropriated for this purpose.
| but the sum was Insufficient, and subse-
queutly an extra appropriation was made
| Of 81, 900. This year a still larger sum is
required Contractor Byrne's bid this
| year is S19, 500 for removing ashes, IS, 600
| for garbage, aud S25 per mile for sweeping
| and cleaning streets. His bid exceeds the
| appropriation, aud the following resoiu.
| tion was adopted
I whereas, all the bids received for such work
| are in excess OF the appropriation Of thirty
thousl md dol made for th At purp pose ior tn Q
| present fiscal year, which appropriation is in
| sufficient Tor the opsr and efficient execut ion
| of said work, and,
| lower proposals from responsible bidders would d
not follow a a Reimbursement of said work,
and,
| though not the lowest bidder for said WORK,
| Henry Byrne is the most responsible bidder for
| said work, who offers the terms most advantag-
| eous to the city ana wha has plant best ad-
| apted for the prompt execution OF such work.
Resolved, That with the concurrence of the
| Board OF Finance the contract for sweeping
! and cleaning the STREETS and removing the dirt,
| rubbish, garbage, ashes ETC., theref' ON in Jer-
| sey City. according to specifications made by
| the Chief Engineer and on file with him, be
awarded to Henry Byrne for the whole of the
| present fiscal year from the first day of Decem-
| ber 1891, including all work heretofore per-
| formed by him since December !, 1891. pending
| the award of the coptr act for this year a and
| after the rates bid by him for the respective
| works, or $780, for removing ashes. So 900
| for garbage and SIS per mile for sweeping and
| cleaning the streets.
| This resolution must now go to the
| Board OF Finance for concurrence or re-
| lection.
The appropriation this year for the
| lighting of the city by electricity and gas
| exceeds list years by $4,000. and it is
| probable that many electric lights will be
put up in various parts OF the city beside
greaU numOer OIL gas lamps. Slerh
| Bouton was directed to advertise for
| bids.
A petition from Dodge & Co. to plank
| St. Paul's avenue from their works to
the New York. Lake Erie and Western
| Railway was granted. Superintendent
! Tumulty was also directed to nave West
Side avenue brought to the proper grade
near the Delaware and Lackawanna Rail-
| way crossing. This is also done for the
| firm of Dodge & Co.
The passage of the pay rolls for Decem-
| ber and batch of claims aud the accept
ance of Cambridge avenue as com pleted
| concluded the business