The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-10
REAL ESTATE NEWS.

Contractor English IL making remarkable
progress in the construction Of the new CITY
Hall. The work of setting the limestone on
Montgomery street side has begun and by
Saturday the first story will be completed.
In another week the first story of limestone
win all be set. Mr.. English, under his CON
tract, was not to have begun work until
June1 BY October l the roof viii be on
the building and the outside work pushed to
a speedy completion.
Work upon the repaving of Fairmount,
Bergen and Ocean avenues will be begun as
SOON as the. Finance Board concurs in the
award made by the Street and Water Board
to Contractor O'Dqnnell.
TIE contemplated inspection Of the sewers
in Palisade and New York avenues, in the
northern section of the city, on Friday next,
| by Mayor Wanser, the Street and Water
Commissioners AID Engineers Raggles and
Moylan, is Of especial significance to prop
| erty owners in that locality. bftsS aSff
When, Mayor Wanser learned that the
| sewers, already unable to carry of the
| water, were to be tapped by sewers from
Hoboken, he was sorry indeed that he signed
the resolution allowing the West Hoboken
connection to be made. The resolution was
signed by the Mayor some seven weeks ago,
| and not until yesterday was ne aware of the
| deplorable condition of affairs existing in
that part Of the city.
The Palisade and New York avenue sew
ers are SO mall that the sewage water backs
up and floods the cellars of houses connected
with them. This fact has had a depressing
effect upon realty, and rendered renting
next to impossible. 1t certainly had a tend
ency to enforce low rents. The oyerfows
were SO bad that water was SO high in some
of the streets that it rose through the bot
toms of horse cars and compelled passengers
to seek refuge on the seats.
Mayor Wanser will suggest to the Street
and Water Board that two iron pipe sewers
be built to relieve the oyertaxed sewers
| mentioned. s3UAs 8dBg aa9afI sH ~
Mayor Wanser has been requested by
property, owners on York street between
| Jersey avenue and Barrow street to have the
| street paved with asphalt. The trolley car
tracks are. so high that it is dangerous to
drive acarriage IN either side OF them.
Thu prospect Of having Mill Creek filled in
and a constructed on Or near where
the creek is, is hailed with joy by property
owners near it. Should the creek BE- filled,
and all traces of it be affected, the ram
| shackle buildings near it would soon be re-
placed with fat houses. The creek at pres
ent is not only a menace to health, but has a
depreciative effect upon surrounding prop
erty.
The Booraem estate has undertaken the
| remodelling Of three old ia ;hioned houses on
| Grove street, just above First. The houses
| are substantially built, and set back perhaps
| fifteen feet from the building. In remodel
| ling they viii be turned into five story fiat
| houses with stores on the ground floor. Con
| siderable depth will be acquired, as the old
buildings are to be extended out to the
| building line. 1t is believed this move will
have the effect of making other property
| owners convert old dwellings into stores and
flats. Grov street promises to become the
business street.
Transfers.
George Coles. executor to Margaret Rockford. fol-
! $3.50, land and premises known as No. 267 Eight
George Arnold to Frederick Feistel, for 81, lot 456.
Block q, west side Palisade avenue, North Hoboken
Ebert A. Frank and Fannie Smyth, executors &c
street.
| 500, lot 80, West Hoboken. Merz transfers above
property to Jacob Bobek for $l,3n
Adam ~Siegfried to Henry ROLLS for 1851, lots z
Adam siegfried to Charles schulkcn. Jr, for 81,
66z. lot 81. Block 4.
Richard F. Stats to Samuel G. Morin for g. LAM
| southwest side East Forty-1rst street, 100 feet north
west of Avenue E, Bayonne.
Mortgages.
Margaret Rockford to George Coles. executor OF
property at No. 267 Eighth street for $3.50.
John F.. Eitriek to William E. Budlong, on lots 8
and SO, Block 36, also lot 81, Block 81, for $3.50.
John E. Kitrich to Ann Geraghty on above dc
William pundas to The Erie Building apd Loai
Association. on lot 81, Block 1853. Gilchrist street, 70
Jacob Bohek to Andreas Merz, on lot 90, Town o
John Holding to Frederick Rohledor. on lot G
west side Of Morgan street. Town Of Union, Tor SS5D
and Loan Association. on lot &C. Block 2, Germanii
avenue, for $500
Association. on lots 5 and G, Block u, Arlington, for
| S2,175.