The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-27
BROOME REPORTS.
He Obligingly Tells the City
Hall Commission What
English is Doing.
EVERYTHING LOVELY, HE SAYS
Various Contractors Ask for an
Extention of Time-To Prevent
Fines for Delay.

The City Hall Commissioners held
special meeting this morning to receiv
report from Architect Broome as I
the exact status of the work under Ricl
ard English's mason contract. Mr..
Broome was asked for this report several
days ago, but for some reason deferred
presenting it. Yesterday President Pear
son demanded the report be ready today.
and Broome obligingly filed it.
The architect and Contractor English
have been on remarkably good terms
during the wrangles WHICH have char
aeterized work on the monstrosity. and
this is the way he speaks of the work
yet to be done by English
There is some concreting to be done
in boiler room. and few drain pipes
to be put in basement. Patching and
pointing up plastering where may be re-
quired throughout the building; iron work
on main stairs and of tower and the
marble and slate treads and platforms
to all front stairs not finished. The con-
tractors are working on these stairs.
Glazed brick are being placed in the
vestibules and will be finished in few
days Some unglazed brick to come out,
as condemned by your Commission. The
stonework of exterior is to be made good
as required by resolution of your Com
mission. Iron vault doors are about
finished and in position, ready for brick
ing and finishing around them. Marble
tiling is almost finished; will require about
ten days more. Marble bases are ready
to go down next week. Mantels, as re-
quired by the mason's contract are ready
to go up, and can be finished within
the next ten days. The building has
owing to the cold, damp air; as heat
is now in the building this class Of
work can be finished in short time
Centre pieces and brackets are being
placed in position and will be finished
in few days. The cleaning down and
pointing up of the exterior is yet to be
done. The mason was willing to do
it long time ago, but as the Commis-
sion did not assent to his doing 1t then,
it will have to be done later on, as Sc
we're winter weather will not admit of
There may be few things of a minor
nature that the contract requires Mr..
English to do, which cannot now re-
call, but previous to final certificate be-
ing issued l shall make a careful ex-
animation of his entire work and see
that everything properly belonging to his
part or whole has been accepted or GER
titled to, do not think the work under
Mr.. English's contract not as yet com
pleted viii cost over FIVE thousand dol
lars, and the city holds over ifty-five
thousand dollars as security"
The report was ordered spread in fun
on the minutes.
Have all the glazed bricks In the cor
ridors which have been condemned been
removed?" asked Commissioner Burke of
the architect.
yes was the reply New glazed
bricks, which are entirely satisfactory
are being laid by Mr.. English
The bricks may be satisfactory to Mr..
Broome, but there seems to be a division
of opinion among the Commissioners.
They propose seeing ito it that all the
glazed bricks are of uniform size and
color before they will accept them.
1t was proposed today to grant an ex-
tension of time to the vardoufs contrac-
tors in which to complete their contracts
A question as to the right of the Com.
nrissioners to do this has been raised
and the subject was referred to Corpora
tion Counsel Blair for an opinion.
Richard English asked for an extension
of time and it will doubtless be granted
1T is a we'll known fact that the Street
and Water Commissioners frequently
grant contractors extra time in Wnlcn
fo complete their work. This is done to
nrevent the contractors from being fined
for work not being finished at the speci-
The Board will meet again next Mon
day morning The various, contractors
AT that time will be directed to push
their work along as rapidly as possible.