The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-10
MORE SEWERS COMING
Street and Water Board Order
a Batch Of Improve
ments.

The Street and Water Commissioners
met yesterday afternoon at two O'Clock.
No action was taken on the street light
ing contracts. The Corporation Coun-
sci having advised the Board thai con-
tracts may be awarded by districts, in
sures an equal distribution of the con-
tract among the bidders.
The Jersey City Electric Light Com
pany. IN which Horace Farrier LIS inter-
ested. will, 1t is expected. get a big slice.
The Hudson County Electric Light Com
pany will get a section. and the North
Hudson County Railroad Company which
submitted a bid through John E.. Near
thur. will be taken care of.
The Board is to meet again lex Thurs
day. and the contracts will be awarded
then.
At the last meeting of the Board bids
were received for the construction of
half a dozen or more sewers on the
west slope of the Hail. to connect with
the West Side avenue main sewer. At
yesterdays meeting contracts were
awarded to-
John H. Hopkins will construct a
sewer In Harmon street; Burke & Jones.
a in Won Wagenen avenue; P. T.
Plunkett. a 15-inch eve in Fifteenth
street: Andrew Shaw. sewer in Columbia
avenue: J. H. Byunes. sewers in Kearny
and Boyd avenues: H. H. Holmes.
sewer in Eye avenue. and P. H. Flaherty.
Jr., & Co., sewer in Tonnele avenue.
This Is the Largest number of sewer
contracts ever awarded at ny three
meetings Of the Board. All. the sewers
are built under the liberal improvement
contracts for the ~imrovement Of vir-
ss ans sSsR was aWard9 s + z. th gla shsEtt
place and Magnolia avenue; The work
West Side avenue Will b done by
Edward O'Donneil.
Df 6; mssaen 8 gabarl splis slre for tas iml
Central avenue and the Boulevard; F.
H. Wagner for the Improvement OF
L e Nd,.s street tibet between : an the Bog Msnrsi
for permission to construct a lo-inch
drain in Garrison avenue. The petitions
BIDS were invited for the Improvement
of jackson place. between the Old Ber-
gen Road and the Boulevard. Twelve
fon RsSll' Jo asnpS %oIsn M Tasy T Maaiery.
i. Jones. i Edward oNeill. George Kieses
o;DonneM. sheTiden. shay Co. Thomas
F. McCabe. McCabe was low.
AS the Board q A~djgdieation. COMMITS Ms
| j~ecttons to the proposed asphalting OF
| Clinton avenue, between Jackson and
Bergen avenues, applied for by e.. A.
| Pyle, We're first called for. John Bum
sted filed remonStranceS to. the effect
that the paving was too costly, and that
they could not stand the expense at this
time.
The objections were sustained. and
| further work upon the proposed improve
10 the paving Of Charles street, be-
tween Central avenue and the Boulevard,
| objections were filed by Thomas Nc.
| Evan. G. F. vredenbergh, G.. Goetz and
Joseph Wood. They complain that
| Belgian block pavement is ~unsightlyy
and too noisy for a private street the
| Commissioners deemed the objections
! sufficient, and ordered the improvement
TO the proposed construction of a sewer
in Ninth street. between Division and
| Brunswick streets. M. T. Connolly OBJ
jected. He contended the cost was ex-
cessive. His objection was sustained,
and further action abandoned.
To the change of grade and improve
ment of West Side avenue avenue pc
tween Yale AND culyer ave. Avenue sy ob5 snd
| inasmuch as the Consolidated Traction
| Co. Is to have the use of the street, II
| should bear some part of the expense.
The objections were not sustained,
and the contractor was directed TO pro-
| coed with the work.
To the confirmation of the final assess
| ment map of the Improvement of Llafay-
! cite street. no objections We're made.
No remonstrances were flied against
the improvement of Eye avenue.