The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-09
C6UNTT ROAD COSTS
Continued frosn First Page.
a boy at SIS per month. or by a district
messenger when needed.

AS to the three surveyors assistants at
So per day. One served Il large number OF
the notices ia condemnation in the Fifth
and Sixth districts. md also acted as
clerk TO the c commissioners OF these sec
lions. He al SO accompanied the expert
| carpenters, house movers and maSOnS IN
their examination OF the buildings TO DC
taken aud moved IN these sections, and
is thus very fun iliar with the circum-
| stances surroun ding each case. AS over
one hundred ap peals have been taken In
| these sections, and the county counsel
| and the special counsel have by the order
of the last board been instructed to de-
tend the county's interest. aud have made
a requisition to me to prepare the maps,
get together the facts, etc., In all The
cases, I lave this assistant doing the
work, and you can understand the neces-
, sity for such proceedings, II the county Is
to be saved damage.
Another assistant has been employed
In going over the list of over 900 awards
| made by commissioners as filed of rec
old, and comparing the description OF
each piece condemned. with the maps. in
order to be sure that no small parcels of
land nave been missed. This is I'M
portant, as, after the road is built Il
the commissioners discharged, such an
error would probably cost the county
several times the yearly salary OF this
assistant. He has also been employed
in preparing evidence. Both OF these
assistants ave been used III making
| tracipgs of maps and plans OF detail 81 :,
to used by the contractors.
The third surveyors assistant is the
only one VINO has IA Il extended ex-
perience in engineering. His WORK III
the office has been getting up me guam
titles for preliminary estimates; making
necessary calculations TO fix curb corner
| grades at each street crossed.
curl ADJUSTMENTS.
The legal grades of the New Public
Road, as adopted by tue board, are the
| centre line grades ouly. At each cross
| ing, the four curb corners must be adj
| jusJed to conform as nearly as practicable
with the legal or actual curb grades OF the
city or town streets. or II damage Is
| caused by not doing SO, the county Is
| liahle. To do this, the cross section of
| the Public Road must in many cases be
more or less slightly tilted. In order to
DO this, and fix the curb elevation intelli-
gently so as to preserve the general SYM
metrical appearance of the Public Road.
some careful calculation n good judg-
ment Is equired
He has also been employed in prepar-
ing the many working plans which are
| required to meet problems OF sub-dratn-
| aye, arrangement of old connection cut
off, special basins. culyerts, etc., aud IN
measuring up for estimates. Also max
ing final calculations of cross sections for
uQal eSttIQdLeS. dlbcr CuEU duCo udfo
Teen adjusted as before mentioned. 1t Is
necessary tina one, at least, of these as
sistants should be able to do this engin-
eering office work.
There will be required OF the Office in
the next few months, the finishing up OF
the points in evidence for appeals, ex-
animation of the records for all sales
made in past two years or near. to appeal
cases, constant attendance at court dur
ing the appeals OF some one with knowl-
edge Of the maps, estimates and Wherea-
bouts of the witnesses on whom the
county will have to rely TO sustain its
case.
1t must be taken Into consideration
that every calculation, statement or
paper, prepared or used III my otlce. IS
gone over twice In order that any error
may be detected.
So far, not one of the many appeals
that have been made is based upon any
charge of the slightest error in descrip-
tiop, size or location of lands.
BOARD OF DRAINAGE.
would like to call attention of the
board to the fact that under Chapter LAI
| OF the laws of 1892. | am required co pre-
pare and file with the clerk OF your
board and in the Office OF The DEPART
ment having charge of sewers in every
CITY, town and township touched by the
| road. Il complete plan OF sewerage for the
road showing connection WITH present
sewer plans. also any change which may
he required. l have commenced these
maps Tor Bsyonne. hut press of olher
work has delayed their completion.
MANY inquiries are received from prop
erty owners. In regard to what meaus
they will have to sewer their premises
uuon the road, aud 1t Is very Important
these plans should be completed, in
order that If any alterations are required
IN city or town system. they can be made
Oh paper before building OF sewers on
present plans makes 1t too late.
There has been need of every Que of
these assistants up to present date. Tne
present incumbents have gwen satisfac.
ton, aud | see 10 mean to dispense
with ANY part of such help before the
appeal cases are tried.
| call the attention OF the board to
section is of the Public Roads Act, which
reads:
All subordinates to and assistants to said
chief engineer, as such aoard shall from tishe
to time by resolution declare necessary and
requisite. snail be nominated for employ m ent
by said chief engineer TO said board. but before
auy person 50 nominated shall enter into ths
service OF such board, his nomination snail be
confirmed by a majority vote OF the msnoars
thereof; all such suoofdinate5 and ASSISTANTS
to the chief engineer may be removed or dis
charged by said board az any time. s
These three assistants are now work
ing authority of u resolution OF tue last
boaru, authorizing me TO employ one
assistant from each surveying party, or
seven Ia all, at three (S3) dollars per day.
The number has been reduced. by COM
pletion of part Of the work, TO three.
| would suggest that IL your BOARD con-
slider such assistant necessary. YOU state
the fact in a resolution and fix the com
pensaEion per moRth-
STALKING oUT WORK.
In regard 10 thb hill for outside work
for surveyors and as sistants:-TnIs work
is absolutely necessary If the contracts
are to go on. Ii consists In giving the
stakes showing the lines aud elevations
to which the contractor works.
Clrb corners, basins, manholes. sewers.
and water drains. abutmenrs, piers and
iron work of bridges, all require to bs
staked out upon the ground OF adjusted
by an instrumental The work, so far. has
been carried on with the exception or the
winter months) with u large forcs OF
laborers, ana the contractors have re-
quired almost daily. a surveyors party on
on the ground &c provide for the
| work ahead. This work is very
much more troublesome h
the ordinary street work. The
| contractor has to commence wherever ne
| can find a place clear of buildings or APP
| peal cases, and the surveyor, IN placing
| curb stakes &C., Eas TO be continually
| changing his lines for the same reasons,
| costing time and trouble.
This work is dome this way, by au.