The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-18
SCHOOLS need REPAIRS
Nos. 8, 7, 8 and 10 Are All
in Exceedingly Bad
Condition.
BROWN PLACE ONCE MORE.
Byrne Likely to Get the Street
Cleaning Contract Again
Street Light Bids.

At the meeting of the Street and Water
commissioners all the members of the
Board were present. Warren G. Nugent
notified the Board that the cellars of the
property on the southwest corner
OF Jersey avenue and Tenth street
had been flooded for some time
past from the overflow of the
main sewer, which Is filled to the man
hole covers. The tenants are suffering
from fevers and other diseases brought
about by sewerage In the cellars. The
communication was referred to the prop
er committee, which will no doubt take
immediate action.
Charles A. Pdngsten, as commmittee-
man for Public Schools Nos z. and 10,
on behalf of the Board of Education,
called the attention of the Board to the
fact that the boilers and outhouses
or Nos. and 8 are in absolute need
of repairs, and that No. 10 School needs
looking after in many minor particulars.
The committeeman said he did not wish
TO be held responsible for the consequence
OF failure in prompt attention. The
communication was referred. The Board
Of Finance has made no aparopri-
tAOh Aoi ouSn lcpdiIS. commissioner
Madden suggested that the Commission
ers make tour of all the schools and re-
port all repairs and ask the Financiers for
an appropriation sufficient to cover all
needed repairs.
J. H. Brensinger, Principal of No. 8
school. in Bright street, by order of
School Director Hugh Kelly reported
that the roof of his school was In q
dilapidated condition, and unless it was
repaired Immediately he would be COM
PEELED to dismiss one of his classes.
LEHIGH VALLEY AND BROWN PLACE.
The Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
Company submitted a petition, informs
ing the Commissioners that it desired to
agree with the city for crossing by its,
railroad the Brown place sewer and
the strip of land of the city, fifty feet in
width, through which the sewer is
bailt. and asked that the terms of cross
ing may be settled upon and fixed by the
city. The company offers to construct
for the support of its tracks and
to maintain bridges over the said
sewer and land having an elevation Of
not less than fifteen feet in the clear
above the crown of the sewer, resting
upon stone abutments and foundations
constructed on each side of the said
sewer not less than twenty feet apart, and
so constructed that excavation NAV nt
any time be made bv the city between the
foundations thereof to the full depth of
the sewer. The company agrees not to iu-
jure said sewer. In case the strip of tifiy
feet in width owned by the city shall here
after be opened and graded as street
the company ffers ana agrees that when
required by the city to set back the abut-
mems outside the strip and leave clear
ance of not less than fifteen feet above
the crown of said sewer as now con-
structed.
The concluding paragraph of the pc
tition reads:-"For the damages for this
crossing (Which we think are but nom-
inaD the company offers to pay to the
city one hundred dollars"
Mr.. Charles l.. Corbin, of Collins 81
Corbin. who represented the company,
could object. The people wanted the
strip for street purposes. but such
street of no earthly benefit to them even
if they got 1t.
Referred TO Committee on Streets.
BYRNE WILL GET THE CONTRACT AGAIN.
Bids were received for atreet cleaning
and garbage removal. Joseph Mailly was
the only bidder against Byrne. His bid
was $1,000 for asnes, $4,000 for the
removal OF garbage, and $25 mile
for street cleaning. Msilly's bid was the
same for the removal Of ashes, 1000 for
removal of garbage, and S24 a mile for
cleaning streets.
Proposals were also received for light
ing the streets with gas, oil and electric
lights. The United Gas improvement was
lowest on gas lamplightthe Hudson Coun-
ty Electric Company lowest on electric
lights, and the New York and New Jersey
Globe Gaslight Compang lowest on oil
lighting. The bid of the Jersey City
Electric Light Company was thrown out
rs informal for the reason that they had
no bond or aSSurety