The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-06
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NEW CITY HALL FACTS
The Work Performed by
The Commissioners Rela-
tive to the Side
WRONG IMPRESSIONS PREVAIL.
Finances su ficient to Build. and
Thirteen Thousand Dollars
Remaining.
WRONG IMPRESSIONS PREVAIL.

The prevailing impression seems to be
that the City Hall Commissioners have
not made mucn Roadway IN the matter
OF acquiring the remaining half of the
property on the block selected for the
City Hall site. The impression is false
and does a great injustice to the Com
missioners. Besides having acquired the
lower half Of the block facing 0 u Hender-
son street, the Commissioners have
owners on the Grove street
half, SO that the property of
Mr.. Fingado having a frontage of 25
feet on Mercer street can be secured.
That of Mr.. Moran, having a frontage of
20 and "a feet, can also be secu red. The
the remaining 4S feet on Mercer street.
owned by the Bumsted-R Robinson COM
bination. This, then, gives the Commits
sioners the option on ali the Mercer street
Droperiy. On Grove street IN option has
been secured on the Bumstead-
Robinson property of rs feet.
The Erwin property of 90
feet on Grove Is also obtainable, and may
be added to the list of property acquired.
lhc van CleeI property, representing q
frontage Of Sc feet on Grove street, is also
at the disposal OF the Commission. This
is all that has been secured as yet.
Amelia Hammond refused to agree upon
a price for 20 feet ow ned by her on Grove
street. Mr.. Smith holding Is feet. MIR.
Durkiu IS feet, and Patrick
Rooney. 20 feet, are all hold
the property each side of the objectors
has been secured and the result IS that
the DIRECTORS cannot in any way hinder
the construction OF the building. Patrick
Rooney tmagiG ed that his property Was
of such depth that the rear half OF his
lot would be required before ground
could be broken for The
ss the building line Is ten
feet beyond his laDd. On Montgomery
street the Commissioners have secured &c
feet of the Van Cleef property, SO feet
held by Martin Dewitt. 81 feet OF Horace
Farrier'-, 25 feet held by the George R.
Mckenzie estate. and the only piece they
have uor secured is Coughs fiat. The
objsc;ors may hold their property until it
is condemned, but the building Will go on
just the same.
MONTGOMERY STREET TO BE WIDENED.
The front building liue of the Hall Will
be 120 feet back from Grove street and
about 90 feet from Henderson. The
building is to be 157 wide n 176 feet
.ieep. One Improvement to be made by
Montgomery street. The roadway is
now 80 feet wide. out the plan proposed
is to widen the street 10 feet by
moving Ina curb back 10 feet.
This will greatly ada to the yalus of
property on Mont gomery street aud give
q greater beauty TO tho new building.
There seems to be nothing now In the
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cept the Board OF Finance may i%nberpose
an objection.
ANOTHER MISTAKEN IMPRESSION.
There is also q mistaken impression
that the Commission has not enough
money TO build the Hall even now. and
defray all the expenses attending it. In
behalf OF the members it must be said
that liberal estimates of the expenses
have been made and owe m above
everything there is q surplus OF Sis. 800.
The Commissioners have at their dis
posaI 1851, 000, and of this sum
they have set aside 1925 900
with which to pay their own
salaries, that of the clerk and inspector,
also the fees of Architect Brooms, and
for the acquisition of the upper half OF
the block. The bids amount to S342. 500.
which. add ed to the amount set aside tor
expenses, aggregates 1851. 596. or SIS. 404
less than the amount available a5 pres
ent. The Commissioners believe now
that they have the estimates down
TO rock bottom. and as everything
is favorable, van to proceed.
The Board OF Finance will
be asked at its meeting on Friday
evening to set aside for immediate use
the funds held in trust for the Commits
sion. The awards will be made as soon
as Richard English furnishes a sample of
the stone he Is to use in the constrn ction
of the building.