The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-26
ASPHALT PAVING.
Three Bids Received Today
by Street and Water
Commissioners.
"A LADY SUBMITS THE LOWEST.
To Secure Property For a New
School Down ToWn-Other
Business Transacted.

The report that the Street and Water
Commissioners contemplated rushing
through a batch of hung up business re-
ceiving bids for asphalt paving and at once
awarding the work to a favored bidder,
attracted number of curious people to the
meeting this morning. The report was un-
true Outside of the routine business only
bids for asphalt paving were received.
The specifications were prepared by City
Attorney Spencer Weart and Chief En-
gineer Ruggles, and approved by Mayor
Wanser. They call for asphalt paving over
Belgian blocks, cobble stones or macadam.
The streets to be paved with asphalt are
Barrow, between Newark avenue and Grand
street, except the crossings at Railroad
avenue Montgomery and York
streets, Eighth street. between Grove
and Coles streets except the Erie street
crossing; East Hamilton place, between
Eighth and Ninth streets; West Hamilton
place, between Eighth and Ninth streets;
Pavonia avenue, between East Hamilton
place and Erie street.
THE BIDS RECEIVED.
Three bids were received.
The Trinidad Asphalt Company's bid was
sac per square yard for the paving. The
bondsmen Of the Company are Allan L. Nc
DerInott and Surrogate O'Neil.
The Barber Asphalt Company submitted q
bid. 1t was S269 per square yard over Bel
gian block, 81. II per yard over cobbles, S2.7S
per yard over macadam and ST. rs for block
asphalt adjoining car tracks. The Barber
Company filed with Comptroller Hough a
bond of IS, 900 for the faithful performances
of its contract
A. b. Shannon was the third and the
lowest bidder. No one seemed to know who
a GylhaAQT1endiV
it leaked out that she is the
widow of the late Contractor John
NJ Shannon. She submitted her bid
through her brother, James P. Hall. The bid
is 2.20 for paving over Belgian blocks, s.. 15
over cobbles, 81. 30 over macadam, and 225
with block asphalt adjoining car tracks.
James P, Hall and E. W. Keeney are her
bondsmen.
The bids were referred to the COMMITTEES
of the Whole. The contracts may be award
ed at a meeting to be held next Thursday.
The specifications called for a sample or
the pavement used by the companies to be
submitted, together with a list of the cities
or towns in which the pavement had
been laid. The Trinidad and Barber
Companies gave long list of the cities in
which they had laid the asphalt. Messrs.
Shannon, however, has never laid any
asphalt, but agrees to have asphalt procured
in Venezuela, s. A., laid by Bermudas As
phalt Company, in a manner which Will
comply with the terms of the specifications
in every respect. The bid of Mrs. Shannon
was an unexpected enc.
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
Seventeenth street, as improved between
Henderson and Jersey avenue, was accepted
as complete. G. j. Cronin and others were
empowered to improve at their own ex-
pense Congress street, between the
new County Road and Nelson avenue.
A plan of sewerage for land lying
east of Palisade avenue as far as Ferry
street on the north and Ravine avenue on
the south was adopted. A grade map for
Arlington avenue, between Communipaw
avenue and Harmon street, was also adopted.
A map for the change of grade of Park
street from Comnunipaw avenue to Astor
place was adopted. Clerk Bouton was di-
rected to advertise for about 10000 tons of
coal to be used at Belleville and High Ser
vice.
With the concurrence of the Board of
Finance the board will acquire, if possible,
an additional lot of land adjoining No.
School on York street.
1t is said that arrangements are being
made to replace the old school with q
modern structure.