The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-17
CONTINUOUS DRIVE OE EIGHT MILES
Bids Opened for the Building Of
the Various Sections Of
the New Road.
Many Outside Competitors on
the Mercer Street
Viaduct.

met this morning. More than two hours
were consumed in receiving bids for the
large number of improvements that the
Comm sssioners have under way. The
most important of the improvements for
which bids were invited was the opening,
extension and Improvement OF Mercer
street. The lobby was packed to over
flowing with contractors. all of whom
were prepared to bid upon each improve
ment. The building of a viaduct, which
is involved by the extension of Mercer
street to the Hill. brought many bidders
from New York and adjoining cities, all
of whom were anxious to do the work,
which is estimated to cost about Ssh
0OO For the purpose of exped!ung the
work e Commissioners made the via
sducs,s fth ITS proposed brick roadway a
separate piece of work. The bidders
Tor this part were:-F. c. O'Reilly &
Son, Henry Byrne, Kings Bridge Com
pany, Joseph H. Cutley, Clark & Co.,
H H Holmes. Fagan Iron Works,
John E. Macarthur, Post & McCord. and
Garret Pearson.
The contra& will probably go to Post
& McCord, a rough estimate showing
them to be the lowest bidders.
THE FNFW VIADUCT.
The viaduct will begin at Factory
street at the Mill Road. with a side road
ARRANGEMENT which will afford direct
communication with Cornelison avenue
Bids were next invited for the i'm
provement of the Church street and of
the drive between Merseles and Factory
streets. Estimates were submitted by
H H. Holmes, P. H. Flaherty & Co.;
Sheridan-Shay Company, Philip Tu-
muity. Patrick Plunkett, John Nolan
and Thomas Harrington. The lowest bid
der is Phillip Tumulty. The lower sec
tion of the new driveway, forming the
approach to the viaduct at Merseles
street, brought bids from P. H. Flah-
erty, Jr & Co., H. H. Holmes, B. C.
ORelly, Phillip Tumulty and Rfhry
Byrne The latter is the lowest bidder
Bids were also received for another
: section Of Mayor wanser's magnificent
driveway. The bids were. for the north,
drive, which provides for the improve
ment of Arlington avenue, from Grand
street to Bay View avenue, Bay View
avenue from Arlington avenue to Gar
field avenue, and Garfield avenue from
Bay View avenue to the macadam pave
ment about 800 feet south of Gates ave-
nue..
EIGHT MILES OF DRIVEWAY.
The new roadway calls for about 5000
square yards of Belgian pavement and
about 40230 square yards of macadam.
When completed a continuous, smooth
driveway of about eight miles will be
thrown open to the public. The north
driveway will be attractive in many re-
spects and will give an outlet to the
Boulevard that will be appreciated fully
as much as the opening and extension
of Mercer street.
For the work on the north drive
twelve bidders responded. The figures
We're surprisingly low and persons liable
to assessment will have no cause to
complain. The work under the specifica-
tions must be completed by December
of this year. Mercer street, it is ex-
pected, will also be completed on or
about that time.
FOR NEW WATER MAINS.
Seven contractors responded when bids
! for the laying of the new water mains
! through Tonnele avenue to Snake Hill
were called for They were:-P. H.
&laherty, H. H. Holmes. M. T. Connol-
szy, Lawrence McGoyern, Garwood Fer
&rfs, Thomas Trotter and Andrew Shaw.
# Shaw is the lowest bidder. He will
Elay $500 feet of Il inch pipe, 80 feet of s
&inch pipe and so feet of inch pipe.
xThere were wo formal bids received for
! f#restoring the surface of the Boulevard
Y where it has been torn up by city en-
ployes in laying water pipe or building
sewers.
Henry & McGivenly were low. Their
price was 1880.
For the building of lateral sewer in
Cambridge avenue bids were submitted
by Michael Mullery, Edward ONeill,
Dennis Burns, Andrew Shaw, P. H.
Flaherty Thomas Wood, Phillip Tumil-
r,l, Tai1I
is the lowest bidder Eleven contractors
filed estimates for the construction of a
lateral sewer in Larch avenue, from 400
feet north of St. PauI,s avenue, to con-
meet with the ST. Paups avenue sewer
John Hopkins was the lowest bidder for
the work.
Twelve bids for the Improvement of
Thoine street were, received. The esti-
mates were so close that it was i'm
nossible to determine who was the low
est bidder.
ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT.
Another improvement which Commis-
sioner Kaiser deemed necessary is the
opening and paving of that section of
Wayne street from Cornelison avenue
to the Hill. Bids for the work were re-
ceived. and fifteen contractors res
ponded.
ditional roadway to the Boulevard. Driv-
ers are now compelled to reach the Hill
by turning from Wayne street into Acad-
emy street. Henry Byrne was the low
est bidder. He astonished all competi-
tors by agreeing to pay the city fifty
cents for every square yard of rock he
excavates
In the section of the street to be i'm
proved fine grade of trap rock has been
found and Byrne, knowing this. antici-
pates quarrying a lot of blocks and Sc
curing fine stock of rock for macada-
MIXING purposes Another driveway re-
commended by Mayor Wanser is the ma
cadamizing of Pamrapo avenue. to the
4 extent of about $500 square yards. When
finished another continuous driveway
win be provided for the residents and
drivers Of that locality. Twelve contrae@