The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-01
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
REAL ESTATE NEWS.
TO EiIl In Haili Creek.

50 Va C0O DoAA ~ OAACO win clO
ers (by virtue of which position he is a mem
Der Of the City Board Of Health, it has been
his one desire to have Mill Greek filled in.
That desire is now about to be gratified.
Mr.. Feeney hasalways regarded it mot only
as an eyesore but a disgrace to the city.
Running as it does, he says, through the
very heart of the city it has become a
menace to health and don more to depre-
ciate the value Of property within a radius
of four blocks of it than any one thing
possibly could.
Many years ago, Mill Creek was a tide
water creek. Now 1t is a bed Of filth and a
disease breeder. The creek fills up with the
rising tide, about four inches, but that water
never recedes. 1t overiows adjoining lots,
leaving disease germs and all kinds of filth
on the nearby lands to rot and stagnate.
Years ago, when Mill Creek was an unob-
structed little body of water it was regarded
as a Godsend to the community. Laws were
passed protecting it, prohibiting n one de-
posting anything in it which would In any
way tend to choke it up. 1t was at that
time flooded by the rising tide. and
oil refuse matter which emptied in
to it went out through the South
Cove with the receding tide. The result of
its then apparently redeeming features as a
drain is what is causing the trouble now.
The sewers of the Heights were made to
empty into it, in fact the entire southern
side of the Hill draws into it. The result Of
this has been the rapid filing UP of the little
stream which finds an origin near Wayne
street. Not only has it filed up from
natural causes, but people who live near by
odors which arise from it that they have
dumped ashes and garbage, cans and every
conceivable article iHtoit.iI# &
AdohdIfttttWas finally built to protect it,
and, mower enterpri5ingS contractor in OPEN
ing a street oyer # has flied it up at either
end go Saaj fhat water can barely work
It Wasonify last last summer nm that THE JERSEY
CITY News called the attention of the health
authorities to the fact that dead dogs were
being tossed into the creek. This was the
time when the dog tax was enforced, n
CANNES met sudden deaths. At that time it
was under consideration to clean out the de-
composed matter which had settled at the
bottom. An experiment was mad Decom-
posed animal matter, and filth to the depth of
five feet were found. To have disturbed it
meant the spreading of q dreadful contagion,
to the minds of the health officials. The
idea was abandoned. Now the waters of
the creek from Wayne street to the Cove
outlet are thicker than molasses, and ap-
pear to be alive with vermin. The odor
arising from it is terrible. The creek is now
useless as a drain, but still there pours into
it more sewage than when it was first drawn
into service. Its effect upon property in the
very heart of the city is demoralizing; its
effect upon the city similar.
s Mr.. Feeney has, now succeeded in having
a resolution adopted by the Board of Health
looking toward the filing in of the creek,
and1the construction of a sewer in its stead
which VIII carry off the sewage now being
scattered over the marsh land adjoining the
creek.
Health Inspector Benjamin has been di-
rected to secure the signatures. of property
owners AUDITING on the creek, who are
agreeable to having it filed in, and also to
having q sewer constructed by the Street
and Water Commissioners The course be-
ing pursued is entirely in pursuance OF an
act of the last Legislature, which permits the
filing in if proper drainage facilities are pro-
vided in its stead. l spent al hour near the
creak yesterday talking with the owners of
them, and they intend signing the petition to
a man.
Transfers.
John J. Toffey, as Sheriff, to the Temple of Israel
of West Hoboken. land and premises west side of
Clinton avenue. s. feet south of Rackensack turn
Phoebe Van Buslsirk to Caroline shoenfeld for
S45, lots % and 80. Block 29SB.
Frank ]. Matthews to Frank ]. Madigan for s2,400,
land and premises south side of Nintn street. lSI
feet west Of Monmouth street.
Mortgages.
/ Bep1amin Ritter to Produce Exchange Building
aud Loan Association on land and premises at Der
gen and Orient avenues for 5000:
Annie Ronc0roni to Sarah J. Whitford on lot s,
plot IS, West Hoboken, for 81 800.
z Temple of Israel of West Hoboken to Charles F..
hob:oSen, L for si.5to. Second mortgage is given on
the same property to Isaac n. Bernstein for s5oO;
northeast side of west F%ifty-arst street, SIS fee5
southeast Of Avenue C, Bayonne. for $500.
Frank j. Madigan to Frank j. Matthews on land
and premises south side of Ninth street, 1S7 feet
from Monmouth. for 1920, and a second mortgage
for 81 LOGO,
Walter S. Brigham to Louisa Carpenter on lot 50,
Block B, County Block 2247, Town of Union, for
$4,000.
A Big Sale BY Mr. Frank Stevens.
On Decoration Day the Real Estate Trusts
Company of No. So Montgomery street, sold
at auction the property belonging to Mr..
James H. Symes, at New Durham, Hudson.
County. Mr.. Frank Stevens, the company's
efficient a~uctioneer, conducted the sale,
,,ndar q laroa tant Rafore the ca1a heoan