The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-07
REAL ESTATE NEWS.
Street and Water Board Con-
template Many Improve
ments Which Will Bene-
fit Property.
fit Property.

The Street and Water Board, last
night, adopted new specifications for the
sweeping and cleaning of the streets
and the removal of ashes and garbage
for the fiscal year beginning December l.
The specifications are the same as those
Henry Byrne is working under. Mr..
Byrne is about the only man in the city
who has a sufficiently equipped plant to
do the work. This, together with the fact
that the Mayor and Street and Water
Commissioners consider that Mr.. Byrne
is doing more and better work for the
money he receives than any other con-
tractor could or would do, practically
places the work in Mr.. Byrne's hands.
Mayor Wanser has consented to "a
more money appropriated during the
coming year for this work than hereto
fore. Property-holders may, then, look
forward to an era of clean streets with
pleasure.
IA main sewer is to be built in Mon
trose avenue. Bids are to be advertised
for as soon as practicable. Property
owners on Zabriskie street have re-
quested the Street and Water Commits
sioners to lay a vitrifted pipe sewer
there. 1t is. to be done by contract as
soon as possible. <
The Street and Water Commissioners
gave the final hearing on the proposed
improvement of Woodward street last
night. No objections were presented,
and work will be begun at once.
st. PauPs avenue is to be fixed up in
fine form before frost sets in. If pos
sible. To begin with, a twenty-four
inch brick sewer, which will drain a
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the work were received by the Street
and Water Board last night. John Hop
kins, Sheridan & Shay, P. ]. Mullery
and William Ormsby submitted esti-
mates. Sheridan & Shay were low. The
avenue is to be improved by repaving
as soon as the sewer is completed.
A. B. Dayton and a number of other
property-owners on Bowers street have
filed a petition with the Street and
Water Board for the construction of a
sewer there.
R. M Vernen was granted permission
by the Street and Water Board last night
to construct a sewer in Charles street.
A mmunicatio from the Good Cow
eminent Club was received by the Street
and Water Board requesting that street
names be alike to lamp posts and that
steps be taken to afford more and bet
ter communication with the Boulevard
from the lower section of the city. The
club suggests that Mercer street be
opened. The letter was filed.
Transfers.
John ]. Toffey to Robert Kemp. for 81. O49,
lot No. l, in plot 8 of Block 10, fronting on
Golden street.
James Hart to Patrick ]. Smith. for 81, lot
1 of land on York street, numbered lot T.
Block "a.
Patrick ]. Smith to catharine V. Hart. for
81, lot On York street, lot T. Block S4.
Ella Regain, John Regain, William Leslie,
Minnie Leslie, Kate Penders, Jennie Penders
and William Penders to Valentine Moravsky,
for 3,500, lot in Block 222, fronting on Will
low street.
E. G. Lofgrist and E. C. Ljungholm to
Victor Anderson, for $500, lots in Kearny,
Nos. /, 8, 3 and 4, in Block As. lakewood
avenue.
John J. Toffey to Mathilde Macintosh.
for $780, ssf roperty of w. Russell Com
pany on ,tnent.
Ella f. UpdiI.e to c. R. Behrens, for s725,
lot on Columbia avenue, Arlington.
William T. Let's to Edward S. Let's. for
81, lot on Bloomfield street, Hoboken, $40 feet
south from southwest corner of IN
Edward S, Let's to Margaret A. Let's, the
above described lot on Bloomfield street. Ho-
boken, for 81.
Oscar Jackson to Geo. c. Tenant, for
81, s55. lot 4, on Clifford map of Park street.
Minnie Pettke to Antoinette Redlich, for
$3.50. lot go, in Block 3, on Fayelle avenue.
John D.. Carscallan, executor of ]. Falkin-
burgh, to c. Howard Slater, for 1850, tract
of land on Van Horn street.
Rynier J. Wortendyke to Florence Ran
dolph, for 81, 800, lot on Fifth street, SO feet
west from northwesterly corner of Fifth
1 and Coles streets.
Pauline Habermann to Town of West Ho-
boken, for 81, 200, lots 1, 2, 8, 4, 5 and s, in
Block z, on Elm street.
Mortgages.
Henry Frerichs to Frederick B. Kopf, for
81, 700, lot on Jackson avenue, near Eye ave-
nue..
Ann Nj. Cox, Thos. F. Cox, Edwin P. Cox,
Joseph S. Cox, and Alfred e. Cox to Provi-
dent Institution for Savings, for 1900, lot
IA, in Block 14s, in Aharsimus map, 1904.
Ann M. Cox and others to John Kilroy, for
50, 500, land on Jersey avenue, SO feet north
from northeast corner of Seventh street and
Jersey avenue.
Valentine Moravsky to Katie Penders, Will
lam Penders, Jennie Penders. Minnie Les
lie and Ellen Regain, for 81, 500, lot on Block
900. on Willow street.
A.. McDermott to Geo. Schambach, for
1000, lot "A, Block I, fronting on Ferry street,
Hoboken.
Antonio Redlich to ]. E. Andrew, for $1,000,
lot 80, in Block 3, fronting on Fayelle ave-
nue..
George G.. Tenant to New Jersey Title
Guarantee and Trust Company, for $1,000,
lot 4, on Park street.
Frank J. Matthews to Caroline H. Forcks,
for $1,000, lot IA, on Block 214, fronting on
Seventh street.