The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-20
RE L ESTATE NEWS.

G~reenviIle property owners appear to
be very, much alarmed over the pros
poets of the Street and Water Board
permitting the West Side Connecting
Railroad to cross Danforth avenue, near
the Morris Canal, at grade. At a meet
ing of the board last night a second
remonstrance against the proposed cross
Ing was entered. Some of the DIRECTORS
are John Morrell, Richard Routh, John
Brinkman, j. Walbrecht and John
Holmes. There are in all about one hun
dred signers. They claim that grade
crossings are not only dangerous, but
detrimental to the growth and prosperity
of n city or locality. The Commission
ers are to meet the DIRECTORS mex Thurs
at the point where the proposed cross
ing is to be made and discuss the stu
alton. 1t is believed that an amicable
adjustment of the differences will be
TO SUE THE CITY.
The law firm of Wallis, Edwards &
Bumsted has been retained by Contrac-
tor P. J.. Condor to bring suit against
the city for $1,066.5O, retained percent
age on the Improvement of Grove street,
between Grand street and Newark ave-
was made to Mr.. Condor on September
rs. 1891, when it was accepted as COM
plete. Since that time he has been en-
deavoring to recover the retained per-
don's counsel notified the Board last
night that a limited time would be
given to pay the claim. If no move
in that direction is made. suit will be
brought. The retained percentage is a
legacy of the old Street and Water
Board.
NEW scHooLHoUsE.
1t begins to look as though the pro,
posed new schoolhouse at Wayne and
Monmouth streets will be begun short
ly. Last night the Street and Water
Board appointed r. w. Sailer supervis-
ing architect at a fee of 4 per cent. on
thu nnCt nf hIi11inpr Extraordinarily iG
wondering how Louis Broome let this
place get away from him. job Doscher
and other property owners OF Lincoln
street have petitioned the Street and
Water Board to build a sewer for them.
The board has decided to make the de-
sired improvement of Virginia avenue
between Ocean and jackson avenues.
w. K. Cline and others have called
the attention of the Street and Water
Board to the almost impossible condi-
ton of Monticello avenue in parts.
Charles street, between Summit n
Nelson avenues, Is to be improved n
G.. A. Ryan has been authorized to
construct a private sewer in Olean ave-
nue. by the Street and Water Board.
Transfers.
Gioseppi Gaudolfo to Pagan Iron Works
for $500, lot 20, in Block SO, maj of Hobo
Isabel D. Brown to Geo. T.. Brown and
others for ST., 1000, an estate of T. c.
Brown, late of Jersey City.
James H. VanBuskirk to De Witt Van
Thirty-second street, Bayonne.
Charles Moran to H. ]. Baumgart for
81, 900, lots 50 and SO, in Block 925, on Col
umbia avenue.
four lots, IS, 6, s.. IS, in Block 5, on
Tonnele avenue.
Margaret Sites to Central N. j. Land
Improvement Company for $500, lot on
MA1dnw Strppt RaV0nnPL
Bryan Smith to Bernard BREEDER for
$4.125, land and premises on Bloomfield
street, Hoboken.
50, 600, lot 6, in Block II, now No. 43s and
No. 246. Second street.
Silas H. Brown to Catharine Brown for
Alice MacFarlane to New York Bay
Cemetery Co. for$47.50, lot No. 700 in New
York Bay Cemetery.
Maria H. Campbell to Jennie Van Gelder
$4,000, tract of land in North Bergen
Township, at Bulls Ferry cross road.
Frederick c. Hansen to John Gurtler
for 500. lot Gil, in Block 20, on Humboldt
VIM. Pulls to Chas. j.; Pulls for $500,
land on Hackensack Plank Road, in
North Bergen.
pany to Gustav Hansen, lease of premises
in Fourteenth street, Hoboken.
Emile Martens to Carolina Martens,
lease of premises at No. 24S Central ave
nue..
Hugh N. Camp to H~ackensack Water
Co. for $500, tract of land in Weehawken
on east side of Bulls Ferry Road.
Mortgages.
Frank A. Mackie to American Insur-
ance Company for 81, 250, premises on Pa
yonia avenue, Kearny.
Frank A. Mackie to American Insur-
ance Company for $l,250, lot %, Block 6,
Pavonia avenue, Kearny.
Mary Phillips to Charles Soldier for
81, 800, one acre of land abutting lands
of ETC. Morton and Abraham Vreeland
and N. & N. Y. r. R.
Thomas Mccormick to Z. =. Trimmer
for s., 1850, lot on Patterson street, Harri-
son.