The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-27
THAT HILL OUTLET.
Seventeenth Street Seems to BE Consid-
cred Best and Cheapest.

Seventeenth Street Seems to BE Consid
cred Best and Cheapest.
The Citizens Street Improvement As
ISOLATION met in St. Lucy's Hall last
night. The attendance was large and
deep interest was manifested by the
members i'll all of the proceedings. The
President, P. j. Connolly, presided.
When he called the meeting to order he
said that the committee of two from each
street north of Eleventh street to
Eighteenth street had decided that Sew
enteenth street was the one which should
be opened TO HoDokeu avenue to give the
people in that section of the city an out
let TO the hill. He said Chief Engineer
Ruggles had estimated the cost as fol
lows.
From Jersey avenue to Hoboken ave
nue., 20.500 cubic yards of earth filing.
S., 100: for 9, 100 feet of Tagging, 81, SOL. 60;
for $50 cubic yards of sand, $3.50: for 2,44O
feet of curbing. Sl,464, or a total OF
S9,355.60. Continuing his remarks, the
President said that he was one of a com
mlttee that had been appointed to wait
on Corporation Counsel Edwards fer the
purpose of ascertainiug precisely what
rights the citiZeps had in the proposition
to open Seventeenth street.
After examining the Chief Engineers
estimates, Mr. Edwards looked at the
maps and learned that the city only
owned d %thirly-hve feet strip of the land
proposed to be taken, aud that a man
named Bishop owned thirty-two lots
facing this strip.
LAND AT A FAIR PRICE.
Mr.. Connolly aud bishop yesterday
went TO the office of Mr.. Edwards to-
gether and Bishop expressed his willing
ness to sell the city ali the LAND required
at u fair price. The Board Of Street and
Water Commissioned have advertised
once for proposals to open his street, but
since then the Commissioners learned
that it would be necessary TO re-adver-
for this advertising the Commissioner
demanded a deposit of $3.50. which Mr..
Bishop put up, the money To be returned
to him when The contracts are awarded.
President Connolly said that the Lrop-
erty owners immediately benefited should
not pay more hau one-Lhird OF the cost of
the Improvement. and the remaining two-
thirds should be paid by general assess
inent.
Judge Kenny told the association he
was glad the committee had been so eu-
ergetic aud that there was a prospect of II
light assessment on the property owners
benefited. He was certain the Street and
Water Board could levy Il general assess
ment, and believed the city at large
should pay .wo-thirds of the COST.
A motion prevailed that each property
owner who belonged to the association he
assessed 81 TO pay for the rent of the hall
and lights, which heretofore had been
generously given the association by
Father Gillen, and S17 cash were collected
and 81 were promised.
THIRTEENTH STREE SEVER.
Mr.. Waters, Chairman of The commit
tee appointed to solicit the city to repair
the Thirteenth street sewer, reported that
the Board of Finance mad appropriated
s.. 1000 for this purpose. If there should
be Il surplus remaining from this sum it
was TO be expended in cleaning tue sewer
to the river.
President Connolly expressed much
qualification at this report, and pledged
the association to aid the Thirteenth
street people to open that street to the
Hill as sUon as Seventeenth street was
improved.
Timothy Murray asked the association
to appoint q committee to wait on Side
walk Inspector Muldoon and have him
cause the sidewalks TO be put in a decent
condition between Fifteenth street and
the Hoboken line. This improvement is
much esded, for the walks are in a uiost
deplorable condition. Judge Kenny
liked the proposition and said the Street
aud Water Board had a perpetual fund of
Sl0,00 to be used for sidewalks. When
repairs were made, if the owners did not
pay for them the city did, aud charged
the amount against the property, making
a lieu Oh it until the owners did pay.
President Connolly appointed F. c.
Meehan, Timothy Murray and Michael
] Sullivan a committee to attend to This
{ improvement. The meeting was then adj
lourned until October 10,