The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-27
BOULEVARD INSPECTION
freeholders Fake a Jaunt
Over the New Road
Way.
VOTED IT A SUCCESS.
Some distractions Ordered Re-
moyed-pleased With
.ihe Drainage.

Much has been said by badly informed
or maitciously inclined individuals about
the county not having received any re-
a forthe large sum of money the Free
holders have expended In constructing
the new Boulevard. II these people had
accompanied the Freeholders yesterday
on their tour OF Inspection they woul
probably haye seen many things which
would have caused them to change their
minds. The occasion Of the official in
spection was that a few days ago the
Freeholders were notified by the Hudson
County ~Contracting Company that Con-
tract No. 2, covering the Boulevard De
tween Twenty-second street and Fifty
second street, Bayonne. would be ready
to turn over to the county as finished, SO
far as the grading was conc erned, within
few days.
Before acting on this contract aud con-
Guiding 10 accept or refuse IL. the hres-
holders concluded that The work should
be property inspected, and this was done
yesterday.
Al about half past ten O'Clock Director
Bruggeman, Chief Engineer Harrison.
Judge McGFath, Clerk Boyd, and Free
holders. Halliday, Ellis, Gallagher. Nc
Naiiy aud Kelly. departed from the Free
holders office IN coaches TO ami the
work. Three of these Freeholders are
ey perts in work OF this nature. They are
Halliday, EilIs and Mentally. Freebooter
Halliday is now retired from business.
but he was for many years one OF the
largest contractors in the State for build
ing roads. Freebooter Ellis Is to-day the
largest contractor Ia the county for cou-
structiug roads aud streets, and nearly
all of Hoboken's new and splendid
streets have been built under his critical
directions. Freeholder McNally Is
Yard Master in the Pennsyl-
of his business has acquired n considers
BILE knowledge off grades and like work.
Halliday is y new membe of the board
and, until yesterday. nevegp4saw the
Boulevard. McNaIly is also anew mem
Ter, and was in the same condition. OF
iunorances as to what had been done by
the Freeholders. MIR. Ellis is an old
member and was better Informed. The
opinions, therefore, of these three men
are very valuable in estimating the
quality of the work that had been done
by the Hudson Couaty Contracting Com
pany.
Freeholders Ellis, Halliday and Nc
NalIy. AS we'll AS the others who are not
SO well infoi med regarding practica al
work OF this character expressed them
selves az being very much pleased indeed
with what ths.couiractor had done
The Hrst STOP made by the Freeholders
was at Fifty seventh street. Bayonne, the
north end Of Section Q of the Boulevard.
This is one block south of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad. Here the Freeholders,
when they looked south, saw an avenue
with a sixty feet roadway and two side
walks each twenty feet wide. The road
- - x.,x II. xynrn q I ~, N o. n frf hVr fhnu
were graded rs firm as silk aud only re-
uuirea the laying OF he pavement. by
o5ner contractor, to be perfect. The
road is so graded that the centre is sufh-
GENTLY high to cause all rain water to
seek rapidly the cutters. which are so
arranged That they connect with natural
water courses and sewers n thus keep
tue road entirely free from water.
EXCELLENT DRAINAGE.
The E~rseholaers drove slowly over this
road, and it was noticed that wherever Ii
was necessary 70 MAKE sewer connections
receiving basins had been placed, and
that great care had been exercised to Sc
cure a proper drainage. Where natural
water courses had hirherto crossed the
surface of road, in the future this water
will pass beneath IL, through pipes laid
nnder the road bed. This etfectuAlly pre-
vents sny washing out OF this road rs
well as keeping it dry in wet, weather.
Ia VI - VIC ava
merry Avenue A, was simply a sandy
lane with y sen or twelve feet road way.
1t passed through a half mile of woods,
and, in constructing the Boulevard tine
Contractors mad been compelled to cut
down huudreds OF large trees and grub
no the stumps.s The evidence of this
work was plain to the eye from the hun-
dYeds Of great stumps that were seen
aIong the road.
The Freeholdsrs drove past a large
gang OF Itnlians who We're Engaged in
putting the inishing touches to the road
by removing tnererroin the loose stones
that had from one cause or another been
scattered ever it, When these loose
stones are removed the work SO far as
tile Hudson County Contracting Com
papy is concerned will be completed, and
it Will ask the county to pay 600
for the work done, Il was noticed by
the Ffeeholders tuat a number or houses
had been moved back and also that two
houses owned by q man named Salter
were in the way. One of these houses
must be moved back twenty feet and the
other about eight teet. SAiter has not
to move his buildings. He has been
given five days notice 60 get out OF the
way, and II he refuses lie will be made
uncomfortable In the Salrer home.
A block above the turn from Avenue A,
into Avenue b, Il awe was built by the
c0ntrdCbiQR COMPANY IFotH Ln6 Dcule-
ward to the river to relieve the road OF
surface water. This sewer Is nearly
three hundred yards long.
On Avenue B. near Thirty-fourth street,
the Freeholdsrs found a pump which was
IN the road WAY, five feet from the curb,
established by the Boulevard. The
pump supplies a dozen houses in the
neighborheod with WAFER. These people
petitiened the Board of Freenoiders not
to remove the pump, and the board de-
cided to have the we'll covered with heavy
tagging three feet beneath the surface of
the oad and pernlttted tue people
to place the pump inside the
curb aud to connect 1t with
lie coyvred we'll by pipes.
FR~EEHOLDERs PLEASED.
AT. Twenty-secand street contract No.
2cehded. The F~reehoiders ali admitted
Thai they had viewed an excellent piece
of work. ~ that when IL was paved
with Macadam In the centre, a Telford
Oh the sides, the Boulevard would be or
this section as perfect rs any that could
pc constructed. They all appeared to be
more than content with The work.
IL was decided to continue the
Inspection over contract No. ], aud, leav-
ing Twe6ty-second street, the Freehold
ers assembled a pretty steep grade to
Twenty first street. When asked why