The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-03

Oh! What ADIFFERHNCB
One Railroad Isn't as Good
as Another in This
Town.
NATIONAL GETS BROWN PLACE.
But the Street and Water Board
is Still Against Electricity
and Rapid Transit.

The National Docks Storage Company
Railway has won its fight to cross Brown
place with its tracks. The fight was set
tied at an adjourned meeting Of the Board
Of Street and Water Commissioners held
this morning. The following preamble
and resolution was unanimously adopteds
Whereas, The National Docks Railway Conn
pany has presented an application Z, this
Board. dated November 27, 1891, for lsave to
cross the Brown place sewer, and has therein
grsnted, to con truct support for their tracks
and m aintain bridges arches over the sewer.
having an elevation OF not less than twelve feet
in the clear above the crown Of the sewer. rest
ing upon stone abutments or foundations to be
constructed on each side of the sewer, twenty
feet apart and SO constructed that excavation
NAV at any time be made by the city
between the abutments and foundations to the
full depth of the srwe-. such structures to be
made ia accordance with the pans approved by
the City Engineer and annexed to the application,
and he sewer not 10 be injured by the eompl ny,
and If injured to be forthwith repaired; there
Resolved, That the said application be'granted
upon the plans and terms offered and agreed
to by the company, which are hereby accepted
and approved; provided however that n case
street shall hereafter be opened upon said strip
of fifty feet owned by the city that sa
company shall, when requested by the city
authorities, move back sau ADJUSTMENTS to the
side lines of the street and construct their rail-
road across said strip in accordance with law,
and in such manner as to leave clearance OF
at least twelve feet above the top OF said sewer
STILL AGAINST RAPID TRANSIT
A resolution from the Committee on
Streets demonstrated the fact that the
Board was still opposed to the Jersey City
and Beraen Railway Company operating
electric cars on its lines throughout the
city. On September "a. 1885, an ordin-
two days later. giving to the
company the power to use
Electricity az propelling power for
its cars" The resolution presented by
| the committee on streets this morning,
repeals that ordinance except so far as
regards the using of the power
on the Montgomery Street line.
| The repeating of this old ordinance
| puts check upon the company's running
! electric cars on any of Its lines except
| Mont gomery street. If the company de-
sires to operate the system on the other
| lines it will necessitate another light in
court.
Following this attack upon the COM
| pany another resolution from the samo
| committee repealed AN ordinance adopted
| bv the Board OF Aldermen, September
| 49, 1887, which was vetoed by the
| Mayor. but passed over the Mayors
| veto October l, 1887 giving to the com-
! pany the right TO use certain streets In
| which horse car trucks could be laid and
| operated. The ordinance was passed to
| Rlt0 tu0 COnpdHy buG ROWCk w So =
line from Newark avenue ana
Fret street through First street
| TO the river front ana
| from Newark avenue and Henderson
street, to Hopoken. This ordinance was
| repealed, say the Commissioners. because
! the company never made any use OF It.
/ CONTRACTORS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
| A communication was received from
| the Mayor calling attention to the fact
that in cases of improvements the con-
tractors had a specified time in which to
| com plete the york. II the work Is not
com pleted within the prescribed time the
| Inspectors fees must be deducted from
| the money due the contractor. This rule
| will be enforced In future.
| A grade map presented by Chief EnRin-
eer Ruggles for the change OF grade OF
| Columbia avenue was adopted, and the
final assessment map. corrected. OF the
Woodward street improvement was con-
| firmed.
| Mr.. Parker complained of the deplora-
| BILE condition of the north side OF Rail-
| road avenue. between Warren and Hem
| derson streets. The matter was referred
to the Committee on Streets.
A communication was received from
| Martin o. Ramey Of Hackensack who
was appointed Water Inspector at his
own request without pay. Ramey mas
been endeavoring to cause the
s1ty 1ayr e BeeSer Beosssd wss seainse hs says Sns
has a sewer emplying into Saddle River.
The complaint Is the result OF personal
feeling Ramey rebukes the Board and
| threntens indictment If be does not secure
the necessary material to permit
him to perform his duties properly.
Ramey ordered about 500 worth of STA
tionery for his own use. and Clerk Boutou
said It would be forwarded to him. The
| package never reached him, and he Is in-
dgnant. 1t is believed he Is crazy.