The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-21

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Notice is hereby given that on the eighth day
of April, 1895, application was made to the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners py
Frank j. Matthews and others, eonformaply 70
the provisions of Chapter 2S9 of the Laws OF
1895, to cause
THIRTEENTH STREET
between Coles street and Hoboken avenue
to be improved in the following manner.
To have constructed in the SAID street AZ
such grades as may be fixed by your Board
in the carriageway between the curb lines, a
viaduct 10 lead from Coles street to the easter
ly side of Hoboken avenue as now improved;
said viaduet to be twenty feet wide and con-
strr1oted Of masonry and solid filling, between
the westerly line of Coles street and the east.
erly line of Monmouth street: I n part ca OF
ria ges only. Said viaduct to be built Of iron or
steel from the easterly line of Monmouth street
10 fine easterly side of Hoboken avenue, upon
such plan as may be adopted by your Board.
said viaduct west of Monmouth street to be
constructed so as to leave a clearance of all
points of at least Is feet above the said estab-
iished grade of Thirteenth street. Such viaduct
west of the easterly line OF Monmouth street
a carriageway 20 feet in width, and two
W 6 feet wide on either side. Said
W at Monmouth street to be connected
with the sidewalks on the grade OF Thlrteenth
street by iron or stone steps. Across the lines
of the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company
said yiaduct is to be constructed at the grades
and in accordance with the dedicatory agree
ment hef ween the city and the said company,
dated December fourth, eighteen hundred and
In addition to the above work we ask to
nave all olItT pth 0VhS NAAoe tAIS " -
essary for the flow of surface water upon
said viaduct, and to complete said improve
ment in a good and substantial manner,
We also ask that the sidewalks on Thir-
teenth street, between Coles street and Mon
mouth street, be narrowed from Is feet in
width to s feet in width on either side, thus
leaving a carriageway nearly 20 feet in width
on either side of said stone viaduct, leav-
ing the details of said work to the discretion
of the Board.
Notice is also given that on the eighth day
of October, 1895, the Commissioners of As
easement and Chief Engineer filed in the Oft1Ce
of the Board Of Street and Water Commits
sioners their preliminary map and report for
cost Of the contemplated Improvement and
the probable amount to be assessed on prop
erty specially benefited thereby, and the
office of the Clerk of said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
of are included in said assessment, namely
Eleventh street, from Provost street to
Coles street.
Twelfth street. from a point about 400 feet
east Of Provost street to Coles street.
Thirteenth street, from exterior line of solid
filling to Coles street.
fourteenth street, from a point about 2s6
feet east of Provost street to Coles street.
feet east of Provost street to Coles street.
Coles street, Jersey avenue, Erie street,
Grove street, Henderson street and Provost
street, each from a point about 100 feet south
of Eleventh, street TO a point about 100 feet
north of Fifteenth street.
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act heretofore cited, the twenty-ninth
day of October, 1895, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, and the
Water Commissioners are hereby fi Setdf as The
time and place when and where the Board OF
Street and Water Commissioners will meet to
hear parties interested in said application and
all responsiveness against the said proposed
Improvement that may be presented in writ,
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. 7. RouroM,
Dated Jersey City. October Is, 1895.