The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-25
URGING IMPROVEMENTS
The Street and Water Board
Hears All Sorts OF
Petitions.

The Street and Water Com missioners did
not order any dismissals today. A number
were decided Upon at a conference OF the
| Republican members, held Friday night at
the boards building, but it is said the Mayor
| has called a halt. 1t will probably be an
| other week before the remaining old en-
| pIoyes at Belleville and High Service will be
| decapitated.
Bids were received at this mornings Sos
sion for 10, 900 tons of coal at Belleville and
| High Service. The new board had inserted
SO many mines in the specifications, from
| which coal might be taken, that there was
healthy competition. George Haney, repre-
senting Coke Bros, one OF the largest
mining companies of New York, will in
| all probability be awarded the contract.
His bid for Sugar Loaf anthracite, a hard,
steam-producing coal, was S4.20, with prices
| on Goals not of quite SO good a quality rang
ing down to $500 per ton. He bid on pea
coal and offered to supply the 10000 tons at
$3.50 per ton. Chief Engineer Miller, 1t Is
| said, proposes using pea coal, as he has found
by experience that it is better for steam
! creating purposes than egg coal.
Mackay, Young & Co. were low bidders
on Packer anthracite. Their price was 1874
| per ton. Other bidders were Charles Herser,
Edwards q Walker and A, S. Swords q
Co. The bids are in the hands of the COM
nittee. The contract will be awarded at
next Mondays session.
NEW loo wANTED
President Allen, Directors Hoos, Degnan
and Superintendent Snyder of the Board OF
Education were present at the meeting and
addressed the Commissioner on the neces-
sity for replacing Annex Schools Nos. IL and
10, On Mercer and Wayne streets respec-
lively. These building are in a deplorable
condition. They are packed to Overlooking
and hundreds of children are hut out.
President Allen stated that No. l School
was an unfit building for school purposes:
but be maintained that it was all right for
the present, and that Nos. II ana IS were
more in need of being replaced with larger
buildings than any other. The question OF
rebuilding the annexes was referred to the
committee of the whole.
ENGINE HOUSE, TOO.
The Finance Commissioners were asked
for an appropriation of $4,000 with which to
build an engine house i'll the Hudson City
section. President Macarthur says that the
Hill needs more protection from fire. This
money will probably be appropriated.
IMPROVEMENTS ASKED.
TIL board reconsidered and rescinded all
resolutions passed in relation to the opening
of Baldwin avenue. Property owners who
objected to the opening as originally planned
certioraried the proceeding. The new board
will try to please all property owners inter-
ested.
John M. Jones asked that a grade be es-
established in Enos place.. Monroe H. Sim
mons and other pelitioned the board
for the construction of a sewer
in West Side avenue, through
Yale. Mallory and Hatch avenues to New
ark Bay. J.. II. C~ronkwight and others
want the grade of Seventh street between
Brunswick street and Newark avenue raised.
Father Ter Woert wants a sewer in Nelson
avenue. The Rev. R. A. Motley wants a
sewer constructed in Sackett street and Ed
ward Allen desires the Board to construct a
sewer in Columbia avenue between Zabriskie
street and Laidlaw avenue. All THESE petit
lions were referred to the Committee of tho
Whole.
Ross and Sanford complained to the board
of the scarcity of water in Hudson street. 1t
is due to the fact that there is but a ten inch
main in the street. A larger one will be
laid.
The New Jersey Central Railroad petition
ed the board for permission to lay a branch
line from its Newark and New
York division across West Side
Pollack, Culver and Fisk avenues
at grade. The object is to reach several
large manufacturing concerns in that local
ity. The petition was referred to the COM
mittee on the whole.
Clerk Bouton filed preliminary estimates
of the cost of the Old Bergen Road and
Bowers street improvements. The board
will meet pain on Thursday