The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-20
S. & W. BOARDS WORK.
A Raft Of Business Disposed of al
Yesterdays Meeting.

Mayor Wanser's veto OF the North
Hudson County Railway ComDany's
ordinance was received by the Street and
Water commissioners yesterday and fled
away for future inspection.
The members of the board have been
puzzled for some time past as to whether
they had the right 90 pay the bills in
Cured by the city for street lighting pur-
poses under the five year contract
entered into with Bob" Elliott's
Companies. Corporation Counsel Ell
wards advised them in the affirmative,
Chief Engineer Ruggles filed revised
Sc wer plans for summit avenue. and also
Charles street with the board. but they
were not adopted inasmuch as The Com
mittee on Streets had not looked them
over.
ga petition from George Clifford estate
to open Clifford venue from Bergen ave
nue. to the County Road, was received
and filed.
Winifred q. Dunn and Others COM
planned of the deplorabie condition of
Garfield avenue at Pearsall. 1t will be
improved.
CHRISTOPHER Fisher was given permits
sion to maintain a private water pipe in
Academy street.. aud Petrina Somers was
( promised that the sewer in Grove street
between Serond and Third streets would
be inspected and cleaned. SO as to prevent
cellars from being overi0wed in future.
C. q. Van Reiper complained of OBJ
structions on Vau Reipen avenue. They
will be removed when Street Superin-
tendent Tumiity gets up that way.
Six bids were received for the furnish
ing and laying Of the $40 lineal feet of
submerged wa.ec pipe across the Hack
ensack. Tie Sanford g. Stillman Co.
were the lowest bidders. They will fur
nish and lay the pipe at $22 per lineal
foot. They were awarded the Contract
at once aud work will be begun as soon
as practicable.
Final assessment maps Of the Arlington
aud st. Paiil's avenues sewers were or
dered prepared. The same course was
pursued in the Sip aud Duncan venue
Sc wers.
A resolution of the old Board of Works,
giving William Wall $l4 damages in the
change Of grade of MONTGOMERY street.
from Bergen to West Side avenues. was
%rescinded. A new award is to be made in
his favor, the Supreme Court having
opened the award for further considera-
ton.
Contractor Albert Minardo. whose esca-
pades in Hoboken made him famous, was
paid 1856. 81, as retained percentage on
the improvement OF Erie street. The fn-
junction against all his warrants have
peeu raised.
The resolution ordering the construc-
tion of a III Gern,anfa avenue from
2 .briskie street, 210 feet south to Hutton
street. was rescinded. Herman Kennedy
was appoiated II fireman az Belleville at
a salary of s65 per month. and frederick
SchuessIer an order at $50 per month.
j. "Huftyo Sullivan was appointed
'.Tony"sConk's successor rs Lump In-
specJor. Louis H. Broome was appointed
Inspector ansl dir eated t. prepare plans
tor the joint School No. 9.
aud brick No. 4. HIS compensation
was liked at three and one-nalf per cant.
gu the total cost. At School NO. 25. $500
aGditionsl will be expended, at Mayor
Wanser's suggestion, III fixing sliding
doors so that they will be stryiceaole
and not dangerous to life and limb, as
under the original specifications.
Architect Broome was also directed to
set supplementary plans for the Fifth
precinct station house in Greenyille, for
the purpose of increasing tbs staele
facilities there.