The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-23
REAL ESTATE NEWS
Van Worst Square to Be I'm
proved and Beau
titled.
FOUNTAIN, FLOWERS AND FISH
Big Boom in Building Many
Houses Going Up in all Parts
Of the City.

The Street and Water Commissioners are
certainly trying to make every dollar count.
An unusual large number of streets have
been improved and a number of much
needed sewers constructed under their
supervision. They are trying, it appears to
real estate dealers, to encourage spectators
to buy and build. Just now they have under
way an improvement which will be hailed
with JOY particularly by property owners on
Van Worst square.
All the old dead grass, all the dead and
half dead trees, dilapidated and unsafe
benches, the tumble down and disgraceful
fence about the fountain in Van Worst
square are to go. Nor is that all. The
unsightlv fence which now shuts the grass
n splashing water in the fountain from
view and completely encircles the park Is to
go. The entire square is to be remodelled
and laid out in a manner which will make 1T
at the least calculation so per cent. more at
tractive.
PLANS ALL READY.
The plans for this work ave been drawn
and approved by the board, and the work Of
removing the big iron fence is to be begun at
once. Persons who are familiar with the
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frances in the centre of each block bounding
it, which are York street, Jersey avenue,
Montgomery and Barrow streets. These en-
frances admit one to walks sixteen feet wide,
which run to the centre where the %fountaln
is situated In addition to these walks, an
other six feet wide runs all the way around
the Park inside the iron fence. Immediately
after removing the fence the Commissioners
propose lowering the sidewalks surrounding
the park to the level with the grass. Then
four new entrances are to be created, max
ing eight in all. The new walks will be only
eight feet wide. One will extend from the
corne of Jersey avenue and York street to
the centre of the park. 1t cannot be per-
fectly straight owing to the location of sew
eral magnificent shade trees. The second
will extend from Jersey avenue and Mont
gomery street to the centre; the third from
Montgomery and Barrow and the fourth
from Barrow and York streets.
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The plans, as prepared, show that this will
greatly improve the appearance OF the park
and will permit of a larger Number OF people
con~gregating there. The six foot walk now
inside the fence is to done away with, filled
in and sodded. The walks are to be paved
with asphalt, the Barber Asphalt Company
having already consented to pave them at
one-half the price that is charged for street
paving.
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and new benches provided. There is $4,000
available for the work and if, when it is
completed. there is a sufficient sum remain
ing, a new fountain is to be purchased, a
larger artificial lake created and if possible
gold fish placed in it each summer. Flower
beds will rnament the lawn and the old
park will be converted into a little paradise.
if such d place will be permitted to exist III
this city. As soon as Van Worst Park is
completed, Hamilton Park will be given a
new dress. Plans for it's Improvement on q
similarly extensive scale are now being
prepared. The work in both parks is to be
done by private contract.
Real Estate Notes
Next Tuesday morning the Commits
sioners of Assessment will meet to hear
remonstrances, if any, against the filing
of the final map of the improvement of
Zabriskie street, from Central avenue to
Summit avenue. The street is to be
paved with Belgian blocks.
On the same day the board will deter
mine upon the ina map of the Pater-
son street from Central to Pearce ave
nues, improvement. Objections, If any,
will be heard against the paving OF Park
street, from Communipew avenue TO AS
tor place. Mr.. w. H. Speer is the petit
toner for this improvement.
The preliminary assessment map of the
sewer in Montrose avenue, from Carlton
avenue to Sanford place, will also be
filed at this meeting.
S. w. Boucher is investing $500 in
a three-story frame on West Newark
venue, at the Boulevard.
AT No. $50 Grand street a four-story
brick is being erected for T. G. Maroon.
1t is to cost $3.50.
Charles Mevan is having two two-story
frames erected at Sackett and Oxford
streets, at a cost of $1,000.
Augeno Prick is spending $4,000 in the
erection of a two-story frame at No. So
Hooker avenue
Joseph E.. Grifing is investing 81, 600 in
a two-story frame now in course of con-
struction at No. 234 McAdoo avenue.
On Ogden avenue, between Bowers and
South streets, Charlotte Scharf is build
ing a two-story frame. 1t is to COST
SIS $500.
On Bowers street. between Summit and
Central avenues, Helen Lutzen is spend
ing 1890 in the erection of a two-story
frame dwelling.
Transfers.
Sophia Spokesman to Maggie Fredericks, for
Charles A. Lewis to Lucia Stell, for $500,
land east side of Baldwin avenue, 256 feet
northeast of Prescott place.
Tysillo Thomas to Max E.. Muller, for s., 900,
It'd and premises west side of Columbia
Avenue, 14S feet north of Blocker street.
Oscar and Frank Frommel to Ernst Rehm,
for 81, 1870, land and premises northwest cor
ner of Grand and Fourteenth streets, Hoboken.
Oscar and Frank Frommel ct al, to Bernard
Cassidy, for 81, 200, land and premises east side
of Grand street, 25 feet south of Fifteenth
street, Hoboken.
Virginia Mclean to Charles H. Fahy, for
$500, land at the southwest corner of Newark
and Nelson avenues.
land north side Syms street, 1879 feet west
of West street, Kearny.
James L. Jarvis to Henry J. Pierson, for 81,
lots 20 and II, Smith street, North Bergen.