The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-07

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Defeating portion of terrace, Germania
and Columbia avenues.
-Four az petitions for signs, etc.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Streets and Sewers.
From H. J. Reilly:
In matter of pending proposition of new
water supply.
Received and referred to the Committee of
the Whole.
From Jos. Doyle:
ardow, contractor, on improvement of Sher-
man avenue.
Received and referred to the Corporation
Counsel.
From American Casualty and Insurance
Company:
Submitting report of inspection of steam
boiler.
Received and ordered filed.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor the Acting Mayor:
JERSEY Cry, July %, 1892.
To the Hon. Board of Street and Water
Commissioners
Gentlemen, Il beg to call your attention
to work done by Andrew Shaw, contractor,
on sewer in Charles street, the brick being
laid by said contractor and the mortar now
being used are both inferior in quality and
not according to the specifications of the con-
tract between Mr.. Shaw and the city. / do
spector on any improvement for work done
or materials furnished or for services rendered
where their agreement with the city is not
being lived up to.
Very respectfully,
REUBEN SIMPSON,
Acting Mayor.
Received and referred to the Committee on
Streets and Sewers.
JERSEY CRY, July "a, 1893.
To the Hon. Board of Street and Water
Commissioners:
Gentlemen, II herewith return without my
approval the resolution of your Board passed
July II, 1898, to wit:
Resolved, That the work under contract
No. 655, for the improvement of Hooker
avenue, from Avenue E to Ocean avenue, by
Chas. ONeill, contractor, be and the same is
hereby accepted as completed, and that the
cost and expense of the said improvement,
together with all maps, specifications and
other data pertaining to the same be and are
hereby referred to the Commissioners of
Assessment for procedure according to law.
Your Board has no right to accept as COM
pleted the work done under contract for the
improvement of any St Get where the con-
tractor has not lived up to the terms of the
contract with the city. l know from per-
sonal observation that Mr.. O'Neill has not
lone the work on Hooker avenue according
to the specifications of the contract on file in
the City C~omptroller's office; the curb has
not only been poorly set in some places, but
the greater part of it is only four inches in
width, while the specifications require that
it should be five inches.
Very respectfully,
REUBEN SIMPSON,
Acting Mayor.
JERSEY Cry, July, "a, 1899.
To the Hon. Street and Water Commits
sioners:
GENTLEMEN:-I herewith return without
my approval the resolution passed by your
Board at its meeting, held July II, 1898, to
wit:
Resolved, That improvement certificates
for 81. 500 be drawn in favor of Chas.
O'Neill, final for work lone and materials
furnished on account of contract No. 65S,
for improvement of Hooker avenue. from
Avenue E to Ocean avenue, also
Resolved, That $137.9 90 be paid to Chas.
O'Neill, being final on contract No. 500, for
improvement of Hooker avenue, from Avenue
E to Ocean avenue.
In another communication to your Board
l have given several, and to my mind, ample
reasons why these payments should not be
made. l do not propose, as long as l have
the power to stop it, to be a party to any act
by which the cost of an improvement which
has not been made according to contract
shall be thrown upon the city.
Very respectfully,
REUBEN SIMPSON,
Acting Mayor.
JERSEY CRY, July 28, 1898.
To the Hon. Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
my approval the resolution passed by your
Board July17, 1898, to wit:
Resolved. That in accordance with awards
of contracts previously made on July 10th
inst, this Board hereby ~designates the fol-
lowing streets or portion thereof, as streets
in which Belgian blocks is to be relayed in
accordance with proposal Of John Nolan,
and that the Corporation Attorney be re-
duSotSo W PiCpdiC liC liClCSSdiy GOnlldCl Oi
contracts therefor:
Henderson street, from Pavonia avenue to
Hoboken line; Congress street, from Pater-
son Plank road to Central avenue; Newark
avenue, from Fifth street to Palisade avenue;
Franklin street, from Ogden avenue to Cen
trail avenue; First street, from Grove street
to Greene street; Steuben street, from Hen
dcrson street to Warren street; Monmouth
street, from Grand street to Bright street;
York street, from Jersey avenue to Mon
street; as to the following items,
Henderson street, from Pavonia avenue to
Erie Railroad; Franklin street, from Ogden
avenue to Central avenue; Congress street
from Paterson Plank Road to Central avenue;
York street, from Varick street to Monmouth
street; Monmouth street, from Bright street
to Golden street.
Henderson street, from the Erie Railroad
to the Hoboken line is badly in need of re-
but that portion between Payonia
avenue and the Railroad can be easily and
quickly repaired by days work. The bridge
stone on the north side of the intersection
of Ninth and Henderson streets might be
replaced with new stone to good advantage.