The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-16
RAVINH ROAD SEWER
CorporationCo unse1EdWards
Advises That the Nuisance
Be Abated.
JERSEY CITY RESPONSIBLE
other Business Transacted at the
Meeting OF the Finance Board
Yesterday.

A week or more ago Mayor Lawren ce
Pagan of Hoooken gave the members OF
the Board of Financs q gentle handling
over the Goals for dereliction in the mat
ter of the now famous Ravine Road
sewer.
Mayor Pagan in a letter to CORPORATION
Counsel Edwards showed that the how-
G OF sewer into Hoboken was a menace
to the public health aud was causing q
dangerous depreciation in property value
In the neighborbood Of where the sewer
is to be. Mayor Pagan concluded
his remarks by stating that unless jersey
City took some action Immediately he.
acting on the part OF the city OF Hoooken.
would take steps to compel some action
to be taken. Mayor Pagan, by pursuing
this course, awakened = Lively interest Ia
the Ravin Road sewer matter, and II the
members Of the Board of Finance act
upoh Corporation Counsel Edwards adj
vice. as submitted to the board at yesfer-
days session.. the sewer will be built In
very short order.
This is what Mr.. Edwards says in his
letter to the board:-
| CORPORATION COUNSEL EDWARDS ADVICE
Hon. Board Of Finance:
DEAR SIRs-At the request OF your president
| / have again min into the questions in.
voiysd 10 building Of the proposed Ravlne Road
sewer outlet, and the assessment to be made TO
meet the expense thereof. The report hled with
! the last preceding Board of Finance on March
81, 1898. by the commissioners appointed by
Judge Magic Of the Supreme Court fully set.
| out the scope aud object of the enterprise, the
plan adopted by them and the engineer
ing and other difficulties encountered.
This report will be found 10 the printed minutes
for last year. No action was taken by that
board, az It haid practically no meetings after
the receipt thereof
Mayor Pagan of Hoboken has recently writ
ten to me on the subject. urging action on the
1 part of Jersey City. The nuisance complained
OF in his letter actually exists. as viii appear
from the report of the commissioners. IL has
been q matter of complaint before several
| Grand Juries. and on one occasion a pre-
sentiment wss made. The sewage SO
cast upon the meadows comes wholly from Jer-
sey City. While the cost Of the proposed ey,
tension will be nearly $1,000 o0, the expense will
bs borne. not by the city at large, but by assess
msnt on the property bensftted on the Heights
In Jersey City. The law provides that the sewer
| shall be built uude- the supervision OF the Com
| uissioners appointed by Judge Magic who shai
certify the cost thereof to the Commissioner of
Assessment ia Jersey City, by whom the assess
ment Is to be made. As the work progresses,
Jersey City will issue improvement certificate
or bonds TO pay the contractors, precisely a. In
certificates will In turn, be taken
up by the assessments when paid.
As nearly all Of the sewerage area on top OF the
the whole cost Of the improvement will become
an immediate lien upon the property assessed.
In my opinion the city viii be forced to aeate
this nuisance and construct this outlet sewer.
If done under the present scheme the cost
thereof will fall wholly on the ~proparty bene-
fitted. No part T Of that a.s cost can n Ds ! charged "a
lower Jersey City. l should advise your Board
to pass a resolution requiring said Commission
to proceed with az convenient sDeed to acquire
sewer and pledging the credit of the city for the
payment thereof. Yours respectfully,
WILLIAM D. EDWARDS.
The communication was referred to the
committee of the whole.
PAY ROLLS PASSED.
The Board coucqrrel in ths pay roll OF
the Water Registrar, 1886. for the
month Of August, save the salaries OF
Fred Decker and Jacob Hller Eiier will
receive onlv SO per month in future.
instead Of SIS.
was also passed. On MOTION OF Commits
sioner Bedsll the October, 1913, interest
was provided for by drawing ON general
acceun to pay interest on assessment
bonds, $50. 100. and IN water account for
$40. $50, or Sl29.4l5 In all.
Many small amounts emanating from
the adjusted lien account were trans
ferred.
NO DECISION IN NOLAN CASE
Erwin & Kell,r, special counsel an
gagged TO fight the mandamus proceed
ings of John Nolan against the city.
reported that Judge Lippincott had
proceedings as yet. and advised that no
claims be paid from the disputed
handel down. The transfer Of
81 600, as asked by President Feeney
for the construction of the addition TO
the Fifth Precinct sraronhouse. was
acted upon favoraDly, aud the WORK will
0e begun Immediately, The payroll of
laborers for the laying and repairing OF
water pipes for July. 90. 639. was passed,
as n as also the payroll of laborers on
meters for August. $623. 33.
NEW SEWERS.
The Board c%oucurred in the construc.
tion of q sewer in Seveuth:street, between
Brunswick street aud Newark avenue,
n also In the much talked of and mucn
desired West Bergen sewer, which be-
gins at the intersection OF West Side and
Oxford avenues aud extends to the
Hackensack River
The payroll Of the General Superinten-
dent for August, 81 1865, WAS passed, as
was also the payroll for the laying snd
repairing OF water pipes for July,
amounting to- S3,449. The Bellevills aud
High Service payroll for July of $i.615.16
WAS passed, as was also that for laying
water pipe In August. 1893.
City Collector O'Neil reported to the
board that the assessment map for the
sewer in Ocean Avenue from Ssa View
avenue to Gates avenue amounting 10
3d. $40. 20 Is ready for collection.
THAT WATER REPORT.
The board also asked once again for the
receipts and disbursements OF The water
department for the past year. This re-
port will be sumbitted some day, more
probably after election han before ft.
The board adjourned subject to the call
OF the chair.