The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-19
BOARD OF STREET AND WATER
COMMISSIONERS.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
econ tn1Led.l

81, 1898, amounting in the aggregate TO
$500.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance be
and is hereby requested 10 appropriate TO
this Board the sum of thirty-thtee hundred
(S3, 300) dollars for the purpose OF liquidating
claims for necessary and required repairs TO
engine house in excess of appropriation here
tofore made in accordance with an act
entitled, AN Act providing for the pay
ment of claims incurred in repairing pubic
buildings in any city,"
Approved March 10Th, 1888,
The foregoing were each adopted by the
following vote on the call tor the ayes ana
nays:
Ayes-President Madden and Commits
sioners Somers, Dugan and Yoe az.
Absent-Commissioner Cook ~.
The Committee on Printing and Stationery
presented the following
Resolved, That So be paid to E. w.
Bullinger for subscription to guide.
y Charge Printing and Stationery, 1892 and
'93.
Adopted by the following vote on the cali
for the ayes and nays:
Ayes-President Madden and Commits
sioners Somers, Dugan and Voc az.
Neutrality-suspicious. Cook az.
The Committee on Laws and Ordinances
presented the following
Resolved, That $12 be paid to Lizzie
Woodcock, for type writing copies OF
ordinance to authorize the I. c. Hoboken <
Rutherford Electric Railway Co. to lay
tracks on certain streets.
SIS to Lizzie Woodcock, for type writing
copies of ordinance to authorize the North
Hudson County Railroad Co. to lay tracks
on certain streets.
Charge ordinance account.
Adopted by the following vote on the call
for the ayes and nays:
Aves-President Madden and Commits
sioners Somers, Dugan and Voc az.
Absent-Commissioner Cook ~.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Resolved, That the use of such streets and
public parks as may be required TOR the pur-
pose of the anniversary and parade OF the
Jersey City Sunday schools on Thursday, June
9th, together with permission to erect in said
parks (under the supervision OF this Board.
such reviewing stands as may be necessary be
and is hereby granted.
Adopted by the following vote on the call
for the ayes and nays:
Aves-President Madden and Commits
sioners Somers, Dugan and Voc AZ.
Observation-Disclosures Cook ~.
L TIC oOdlQ i'll aolOothSoS
GEO. T. BoUToN. Clerk.
Regular meeting of the Board Of Street
and Water Commissioners held on Monday,
June 12, 1898, at 10 o'clock A. III.
Present-A1l the members of the Board,
FIVE in number.
Reading Of the minutes of regular meet
ing held on Monday. June 5, 1893, was dis
pensed with and on motion were approved as
engrossed.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AND COMMUNE
CATIONS.
From Jacob Schmidt and others
For the Improvement OF Paterson street,
between Central avenue and Pierce avenue.
From Leon Dalton and others:
demonstrating against car tracks on Bram-
hall avenue.
From Henry Thompson and others:
Requesting the Board to have the tiers of
wood and old sheds in Canal street removed.
From Reon Barnes:
In matter of proposed vacation of portion
of Washington street.
One "a petition for awning.
Received and referred to the Committee on
Streets and Sewers.
From Andrew J. G. Foye:
Requesting permission to construct an D.
Inch DTlVaLG sewer III OullCdl dfCHuC.
Received and referred to the Committee
| on Streets and Sewers, with power.
From leila G.. Jaccard and others:
Requesting extension of water main on
| Bergen avenue, between Park and Neptune
avenues.
Received and referred to the Committee on
Assessments and Extensions.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor the Mayor,
Jersey Cry, June 9, 1898.
| Hon. Board, Of Street and Water Com
m~issioners.
SIRss:-I herewith return without M
| approval, your resolutions passed May 20.
1893, entering an agreement with the
National Docks and New Jersey Junction
| Connecting Railway Co., under the provi-
sions of an act entitled An Act to authorize
any city of this State to enter into contracts
with railroad companies whose roads enter
their corporate limits, whereby said COM
panies may relocate, change or elevate their
railroads, and when necessary for that pur-
pose to vacate, change the grades OF or alter
the lines of any street or highways therein.
Approved March 10, 1874, and the sup
plement thereto approved March 9, 1893.
This company as appears by its petition to
YOUR Board was formed for the purpose of
connecting the New Jersey Junction Railroad,
which extends from the Pennsylvania K. r.,
north to Weehawken, with the National
Docks Railway, which extends from the
Pennsylvania Railroad, south to Caven Point
in Jersey City, and thence TO Constable Hook
in Bayonne although only a few hundred
feet in length it will form a very valuable
link in the National Docks Railway System.
The one great obstacle In the way Of con-
s~tructing this road has been the requirement
of its right of way under the yard of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at the Point
of Rocks for a change of grade of a few feet
in the yard of said company. After a bitter
contest with many hearings in the Court, the
Pennsylvania Railroad has been awarded
damages to over one hundred and eighty
thousand dollars.
In order either to lessen the award or at
best to build its road in conformity Herewith
and thus save a greater outlay of money, the
Connecting Railway Co. resolved to procure
the Vacation of Railroad avenue at this point,
and the lowering Of the grade Of Wayne
street. Toaccomplish this result, application
was first made to the Legislature of 1898, fol-
the passage of a supplement to the act Of
1874, above recited, enlarging the powers OF
the municipality in this regard. The powers
granted by these acts to your Board are very
broad. In order to promote the interests of the
city your Board was invested with power to
open, vacate, alter the lines and change the