The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-03
BROWN PLACE MAPS
Filed With the Street and
Water Board by En-
gineer Rugg1es-
New Car Line.

There was little hitch at this morn
ing's meeting of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners. Some time ago,
a petition was granted by the Board to
reconstruct about three hundred feet of
the Thirteenth street sewer, which is in
the swamp.
Chief Engineer Ruggles in preparing
the specifications for the work made an
error so that it read that the sewer was to
be repaired between Coles and Division
streets. instead of from Monmouth to
Division streets. Commissioners Dugan
and Somers objected to the reception of
bids because of the error in advertising.
The quantities. however, were alike and
Commissioner Cook, who seemed very
anxious to receive them, carried the day.
Four bids were received. James Nal
lins' bid was IS 80 per foot, P. j. Muir
phys, $3.50; +. g. Meehans. Sc. so, and NJ.
Curley's. So 80. A motion to award the
contract to Curley was made and sec
onded and carried.
BROWN PLACE.
The Brown place litigation was brought
up when Clerk BoutOn reported the sery-
ing upon him OF the Injunction obtained
by the Lehigh Valley Terminal and Ma
tional Docks Railroad Companies, and
the Morris Canal and Banking Company.
Chief Engineer Ruggles also presented a
grade map for Brown place and asked its
adoption.
Commissioner Dugan suggested that as
the matter WASH court it would be ad-
v1sable to receive the grading map and
hold 1T for future use. This did not please
Comml ssioner Cook. Mr.. Cook main
tains that the special meeting at which
Brown place Was declared public street
was legal. Commissioner Dugau
with him and voted in the early
part of the meeting against the adoption
of the minutes of the special meeting
He was outvoted, however. The three
members of the Board who voted for the
resolution. declaring Brown place pub
lie street, are still uneasy about the reg
ularity of the special meeting and will
consult Corporation Counsel Edwards on
the subject. The grade. map and all
other matters pertaining to Brown place
were laid over.
WATER RIGHTS FOR THE CITY.
After the Brown place matter was dis
posed Of, Mr.. Cook offered the following
resolution:-
Resolved. That the Corporation Counsel be
directed to Apply on behalf of the city to the
Riparian Commissioners of the State of New
Jersey for ants of lands under water in front
fronting on tide water in the Hackensack
River, Newark Bay and New York Bay.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted. This scheme is to secure the
right aud title to the fifty feet OF land
extending to the New York Bay Shore.
NEW CAR ROUTE.
Commissioner Cook next presented an
ordinance for the relief of the Jersey City
and Bergen Railroad Company. 1t gives
TO the CO npany the power to operate by
the trolley or other electric system, a
single or double track line in Bramnall
avenue, from its tracks on Grand street
to Bergen avenue to Clenoenning avenue,
and to the Hackensack River. The or
dinance was laid over under the rules.
The petition of the Citizens Improve
ment Association to have Seven eenth
street opened from Division street to the
Hoboken avenue was referred to the
Board of Finance for concurrence.
A similar petition was received from
Thirteenth street property owners, who
object to the opening of Seventeenth
street, The petition was referred to the
proper committee. The Contract for the
construction of sewers in Ocean avenue
was awarded to Henry Byrne.
Erie street was accepted as completed
and the assessment map referred to the
City Collector.
FACE THE MUSIC. Mr. CARR.
Humphrey w. Carr, who made some
startling inuendoes against the mem mbers
of he Board at a meeting of the Board of
Trade, tailed TO appear at this session and
offer an explanation of his conduct.
Clerk Bouton was directed to summon
him at the next meeting of the Board,
which will be held on Thursday morning
at nine o'clock.
The July and August pay rolls of the
reassessors and September pay roll of la
burefs in parks were passed.
Permission was granted John English
to operate carriage way at No. 272 Bar
row street.