The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-09
STREET ANDW ATER BOARD
Reforms Instituted by the Com
missioners-Pipe Wanted
Badly.

Prior to the meeting of the Board OF
Street and Water Commissioners this
morning, "Doc" Quimby and his curls
put in an appearance. and with tears in
his eyes he besought Commissioners
Somers and Dugan to protect the rights
of property owners in the South Cove
property. The doctor was somewhat
agitated over the permit given to the
Central Railroad Company to occupy
temporarily a small strip of land owned
by the city in the South Cove. The doctor
was wonderfully relieved when informed
that the city's interest in South Cove have
been fully cared for inasmuch as contract
had been entered into between the city
aud company, in which the latter can be
compelle to remove its tracks leading to
the coal pockets within twenty. four houpA
if necessary. The Doctor commended the
Commissioners for this precautiOn and
departed wiser and happier man.
The Pennsylvania Railway Company,
through Commissioner Dugan, presented
an ordinance permitting the Jersey City
aud Bergen Railway Company to lay and
operate single or double tracks In Bay
street from Newark avenue to the new
ferry, which will run from Thirteenth
street, New York, to the foot of Bay
street, in this city. The ordinance was
read and laid upon the table for. investi-
CATION. The ordinance will probably be
passed at next Mondays meeting.
Complaints have been coming In to the
Board from ali parts of the city relative
to the great scarcity of street lamps Pc
titions were received this morning from
John O'Neili, Adolpn Walter and others
to have more lamps placed on Lexington,
Mr. Dloipfiald Mpl1npV MindQ
Ocean, Delawaresand Wilmot avenues.
The petitions were referred for investiga-
tion. The requests will be granted rs
quickly as possible.
| NEEDED REFORM.
A resolution was presented by Commis-
sioner Dugan to the effect that all claims
| for supplies chargeable to the water ac-
count for use at Belleville, Pipe Yard, OF
office must be receipted for by the ell
| oiueer at Belleville, foreman of pipe
| yard, or the official head of the depart
ment in which the supplies are intended
for use. Unless the rule is com
piled with the Board vii
| supplies. and as a further precautiol
| Clerk Bouton was directed to notify the
| Board il any dereliction in this matter o I
| the part of any of the employees. Sup
plies in future will be purchased or
requstion, and not at the will of subor
| dinates.
| On Saturday last an alarming condition
of affairs was found to exist at the pipe
| ward. There was not a foot oil
| pipe ON hand and several hundred
lengths are needed to make necessary re
repairs. AS result of this neglect o
duty 100 pipe layers and other employe
| were laid off this morning, and will b
cur In requisition for 1900 lengths D
four inch pipe, and 100 leng this of inch
| Architect Giele submitted plans for th
proposed new public school, which will b
No. &c, on Zabriskie street. The building
will be three stories in height. with al
of front brick with brown stone trim
mings The building will have
frontage of 11S feet on Zabriski
street and about 100 feet ol
| Columbia avenue, with Il seating capa
city of from twelve to fourteen hundred
The estimated cost of construction ID $50,
COO. The plans were referred to tn
Board of Education for inspection an,
approval.
An objection was received from Collin
and Corbin on behalf of the Delta Rea
Estate Company to the opening of Pa
vonia avenue. The complaint was filed
STREET IMPROVEMENT BIDS.
Bids were received for the improve
ment of Smith street, between Monmouth
| and Brunswick streets.
Estimates were submitted by Henr.
| Byrnes, Dennis Burns, Michael Mullery
John Nolan. w. T. White. A. Minallo
Charles O'Neill and j. 7. Harrington
Henry Byrnes' was lowest.
The same contractors put in bids fo
the Improvement of Eleventh street, be-
tween Jersey avenue and Coles street
| Henry Byrnes was the lowest for thi
| work also.
Six bids were received for the improve
| ment Of jackson avenue between tn
| Newark and New York Railway ant
Claremont avenue. Charles O'Neill's BIZ
| was lowest.
A revised plan for the sewerage o
| Wade, Warner aud Ocean avenues wa
submitted by Chief Engineer Ruggle
and adopted. The work of improving tn
sewerage system in this section Of tht
city will be commenced at once,
A report from the American Casualt,
Company showed the boilers in use by tn
city to be in safe condition.
The pay rolls of the employees at Belle
vile for the month of October amounting
to IS, ,o77; laborers, repairing water pipe
and laying water pipes, amounting L
$500, were passed.
Another warning was given the prop
erty owners within Jersey avenue, New
ark avenue, Erie and Ninth streets to re-
pair their sidewalks. Unless the work Il
done now the city will do it at the eX
pense of the owners. The Commission
e1s are determined to have every street Ii
the city IN passable condition.
A claim of S62 of James Dodge for labo
performed in 1888 was passed.
Chief Engineer Ruggles was directed tt
prepare the necessary specifications TO
the sweeping and cleaninge of the street,
and the removal of the asfes and garbag
for the ensuing year. Bids will then b
advertised for.
Forrest street was accepted as con
pleted and the Board adjourned to NEE
next Thursday morning at ten O'Clock.
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