The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-09
TO VISIT WATERSHEDS
Street and Water Board Will
Devote Three Days to Find
ing a New Supply in
North Jersey.

The Street and Water Commissioners
at their meeting today settled the ques-
ton of inspecting the various sources of
water supply offered by the East Jer-
sey, the Jersey City and the Hudson
and Rockaway Water Companies. The
Commissioners with the members of the
Finance Board, the Mayor and a few
other gentlemen, will take Thursday,
Friday and Saturday in which to COM
plete their Investigations AS the guests
of the Jersey City Water Company the
officials VIII leave the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad depot in
Hoboken in private car at 4:15 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. They will arrive
at iBoonton about SIX o'clock. They will
spend the night at Boonton's best hotel
and be prepared to start out early
Thursday morning for the various beau
tifulIy situated lakes from which this
company proposes securing its supply OF
water.
Time permitting the Couper Lord es-
tate will be examined and notes taken
of the location of the Morris Canal
where it intersects the Rockaway River
at Boonton Falls.
Thursday night VIII be spent, at Boon
TONS hotel and early Friday morning
the officials will so out with the East
Jersey Water Company This company
has arranged a delightful trip for the
officials. Particular attention will he
paid this time to all the sources of pos
sible contamination.
FULL DETAILS TO BE GIVEN.
The representatives will be asked TO
give a full description of their plans for
directing sewage.
Friday night will be spent at Boonton,
and bright and early Saturday morning
the officials will start out in carriages
to inspect the sources of supply of the
Hudson and Rockaway Company. The
proposed locations of all reservoirs viii
be visited Nothing will be overlooked.
1t is the intention of the officials to re-
turn this time prepared to answer the
questions of all interested property own
ers. The officials may also be accom-
panied by Chief Engineer Ruggles.
whose duty it will be to keep a record of
the elevation of the sources offered, the
aow and the methods the company pro-
nose adopting in the construction of all
dams and storage reservoirs The party
will return Saturday evening.
1t is expected that "a contract will be
turn from the tour Of inspection.
This morning the Street ard Water
Commissioners received numerous ap-
plications for street improvements.
Henry Lenlbeck wants Jackson place
opened, graded wfdened, paved and
curbed.
Ferdinand Heintz and others want
Pavonia avenue improved between Chest
A. Tln,41 yar6
]. w. McKelvey and others are anx-
ious to have Montgomery street, from
Bergen avenue to the Boulevard, i'm
proved.
John Shields asks for the improvement
and Bergen avenues
M. t. Connolly and others petitioned
for the construction of a sewer in Ninth
street between Brunswick and Division
streets.
J. F. Otto asks for a sewer in Sherman
place. between Summit avenue and
Sanford place.
H. Lemrnermann asks for the improve
ment of Union street. between Ocean
and Bergen avenues.
MORE IMPROVEMENTS COMING.
Bids for the Improvement of Van Win
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| Jr., & Co., are low.
| Bide were called for the improvement
| of Claremont avenue, between Arlington
| and ocean avenues There was an in
| formality in the advertisement and the
bids had to be returned. The Commit
| tee on Streets reported favorably upor
| the application Of Mahlon Apgar and
| others for the improvement Of Wilkes
| street, between Sip avenue and the
| Boulevard, also upon the petition Of
Reuben Simpson and others for the i'm
| provement of Linden avenue, between
| Ocean and Garfield avenues.
| The contract for the filing in of Mer
| Ger street, between Merseles street anc
| Cornelison avenue was awarded to Henri.
! Byrles. The total cost of the changing
| of grade of West Side avenue, between
Yale and Culver avenue, is IS, 1920 Spec
! ifcations for the construction of a new
| bridge over Cornelison avenue and Mont
| gomery street We're adopted and bid'
were ordered advertised for. Charlie:
| Evans was appointed inspector of thu
| Oak street Improvements at a salar.
| of SO per day. Charles Fitchel was can
| didate for the place, but Evans is con
/ sidered a more practical man. Presiden
| F. w. Payne, Secretary Frailey, james
!! Brann and a dozen members of the Thirt
| District Improvement Association wer
| present demanding that the sewers il
the district be cleaned. They also, asked
| for diagram showing all the sewer
| in the district. The commissioners ad
vised them to appeal to the Finance
| Commissioners for a sufficient appropria
| ton for the cleaning of the sewers
Congressman McEwan was present a
| the meeting and occupied a seat beside
President Brown. He was there on busi
/ ness. He was not engineering appoint
| ments or dismissals Ex-commissi ionei
Cone was also present