The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-06
REAL ESTATE NEWS.

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on the evening of October 20 the
Street and Water Commissioners Will
meet to hear remonstranceS II any are
to be presented, against the c~onstTucsion
of the big main sewer IN west olue
avenue.
SIX years ago application was made to
the Board Of Works for the construction
Of a sewer IN tina avenue from Will
iains avenue to Newark Bay. That APP
pIication met with opposition, not only
from property owners. but also from
the Board Of Wo n5SIi I T. was 3 ,s aan nwb ep
w. ii. Beach and others filed a new one.
1t fell into the hands of the new com
missioners and no time has been lost IN
viii drain an enormous territory and
Will result in enhancing the Valuations
Of every piece of properly per- nr ai1ef 6Ie co ~
it at least one Ell, third, a me ss Pf so6 bSt c ne
benefits to be derived, double tnat
amount. The sewer is to begin 20 feet
south of the south side of Williams aye
nue.. extending through the centre line
of Yale avenue, along the centre nne OF
that avenue to Mallory avenue; thence
southerly to the centre line OF Hatch
avenue; thence westerly along the centre
line of that avenue, produced, under the
Morris Canal to Newark Bay.
One of the first obstacles that CON
fronted the commissioners after the NJ,
ing of the petition was the fact that an
easement had to be procured TO a Slril
of land thirty feet in width, being nfteen
feet on either side of the line or Hatcn
avenue, produced westerly from the eas'
to the west side of the Morris canal
In addition to this a fee simple had %
be acquired in another strip, thirty reel
wide, being fifteen feet on either sue ~
Hatch avenue where produced, westerly
from the west side of Norris Canal TO
Newark Bay. Considerable time has
been consumed by the Assessment com,
is liable to assessment for BENEFITS de-
rived from this great sewer. IN deter
mining upon this the commissioner
haye di vide d the 4 p seaptio5 1 inelu e@o S the
property upon which the heaviest as
sessment will fall, because 1t Will re
ceive immediate and direct ,tappine
perty along West Side, avenue from VIII
f fiVe feet sHep south Of Yale Avenue, ali on
Yale avenue, from west Sloe 70 a pom
nue., all on Mallory avenue, to a point
about twenty-five feet south OF Hatch
avenue and all on Hatch avenue from
included in the first assessabie section
SECOND SECTION.
The second section is made up of pro
perty upon which the beneht is pros
ton of lateral and connecting sewers
Any assessment levied upon such pro,
perty will constitute a lien upon IT., a.
and from the time any. lateral sewer
is constructed, which is later connected
With the main sewer. Persons familiar
with the lay of the land In that terri
tory will realize at once That the numpei
of lateral sewers that VIII be built i'm
mediately upon the completion OF the
main sewer by property owners VINO
now complain that it would be a vast
venues because of the lack of seWag
BOYD AVENUE. ~
To begin with, Boyd avenue is 0 o.
E4ri. oloCc IT otc-n on IL from a n0inf ahOJi
100 feet west of Bergen. avenue to {
point about 100 feet and eight inche:
east of West Side avenue, will have tt
be connected with a lateral sewer which
ean empty only into the main sewer
Other avenues similarly situated are
Virginia, from a point about 94.S fee
west of Bergen ayenue to a point anou
from a point about 80 feet east of Nal
lory avenue to the Morris Canal: Clarke
avenue from a point about $500 feet ives
Kearny avenue from the Newark ane
New York Railroad to a point about y
feet east of West Sid avenue; Yalt
avenue from Mallory to East cana
S3.36 feet west of West Side avenue tt
Mallory avenue, Grant avenue from
Mallory avenue to East Canal street
East Canal street TT 1ro ~ feet so,5 aYeho %
Grant avenue, Mallory avenue from Vlr
ginia avenue to Yale avenue, n IRON
Hatch avenue to the Newark ana New
York Railroad, Hudson County PUBLIC
Road from a point about 1888 feet nortf
Of Boyd avenue to the Newark and New
York Railroad.
/ STRANGE will be made against the pro
/ posed Improvement. Property owners II
that locality appreciate, without pelns
told, that the sewer will DO more 70
ward developing their holdings thar
anything else possibly could.
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