The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-18
WILL BE A NEW CITY
Street and Water Board
Take Steps to Carry Out
the Mayors Grand
Scheme.
MAGNIFICENT DRIVEWAY TO Be BUILT
Commissioners Will Spend Over
Commissioners Will Spend Oyel
s6S,OOO in Improving
the Streets.

they were unable to reach yesterday.
The most important thing done this
| morning was the passage of a resolution
directing Clerk Bouton to advertise Tor
bids for the laying of asphalt, brick.
and Belgian pavement and the relaying
of considerable Belgian pavement in al
parts of the city. All the work mapped
out is to be paid for with the liquor IL
cense money.
The asphalt to be laid will be in Coles
street. from north side of Eighth street
to north side of Seventh street to north
side of Fifth street. to south side Of
Fifth street. to south side of Newark
avenue, over cobble stone pavement.
Varick street. from South side of New.
ark avenue to north side of Newark
avenue, over cobbles; from north side
of Railroad avenue to 80 feet south OF
Railroad avenue. over Belgian pavement:
from north side of Wayne street to south
side of Mercer street, over Belgian pave
ment.
LAFAYETTE IMPROVEMENTS.
Lafayette street, asphalt to be laid in
said street at intersection of said street
with Pine. Wilton and Halliday streets.
With the exception of Lafayette street.
the other streets to be paved form the
Street and Water Board by Mayor Wan
ser. When laid there will be a fine
asphalt driveway from the northern sec
ton of the city, through Coles street.
with several streets similarly paved in
tersecting, to Mercer street. where it
will connect with what is to be known
as the northeast drive of eight and
three-quarter miles in length.
AS soon as these drives are under
way work upon the northern macadam
and asphalt driveway will be begun.
In addition to the bids for asphalt or
dered advertised for, bids will be called
for the laying of considerable Kosmo-
crete or brick pavement.
It will be in York street, from east side
of Jersey avenue to asphalt pavement at
Barrow street.
Henderson street. from north side CT
Grand street to south side of York
street.
Third stree. from east side of Coles
street to west side of Jersey avenue
There will also be new Belgian pave
ment in Steuben street, from west side
of Washington street to east SIDE of
Warren street, new curb from about
100 feet east of Washington Street to.
Warren street.
Warren street, from where the Belgian
pavement ceases at about thirty-five feet
north of Pearl street, to north side Of
| Morgan street. less 210 yards of. Belgian
in front of No. / Engine House, which
is to be relaid.
Bright street, from east side of Barrow
street to west side of Grove street and
north side of Grand street.
Plymouth street, from east side Of
Warren street to west side of Washing
ton street.
Eye avenue, from east side of Ocean
avenue to 312 feet west of said avenue.
I BELGIAN BLOCKS TO BE RELAID.
| There will be many streets improved
| by relaying Belgian pavements. The
streets designated today were:-
West Newark avenue from west side of
| Five Corners to 100 feet east of Hacken-
| sack River bridge.
Jersey avenue, from north side of
Ninth street to south side of Fifteenth
street.
Provost street. from north side Sew
erth street to north side of Eighth
| street.
Van Worst street. from north side OF
Grand street to car tracks in Montgom-
cry street.
Gregory street. from north side of
Montgomery street to east side of Hen
derson street.
| Pavonia avenue, from west side of
| Provost to 100 feet east of Provost
| street.
Grand street, from east side of Grove
street to west side of Van Worst street.
A rough estimate of the cost Of the
| work mapped out this morning is s6S, 1922.
1t is expected by the Street and Water
| Commissioners to have a greater part of
| the street improvements ordered yester-.
day and today finished before winter,
sets in. In addition to the work already
ordered and the number of applications
for various other improvements now
under consideration, ten new petitions
for improvements were filed this morn
ing. They cover the improvement of
Liberty street between Palisade and Og-
den avenues, Pavonia avenue from Mon
mouth street to Brunswick: Congress
street, from Central avenue to Summit;
Magnolia avenue, from Chestnut avenue
| to the Pennsylvania Railroad; Central
avenue, from Congress street to the
Paterson Plank Road; Fourth street,
| between Coles and Brunswick streets;
Harmon street, from Garfield avenue to
Grand street.
| PART OF THE MAYORS SCHEME.
The latter Improvement. is part of
Mayor Wanser's good roadway scheme.
| An application was presented for a
lateral sewer in the County Road, under
the east sidewalk. between North street.
and Nelson avenue, and another for a
sewer in Harmon street between Grand
street and Randolph avenue.
Chief Ruggles filed new sewerage plans
for the Greenvilie section, by which
lateral sewers will be connected with
main sewers. It is expected to greatly
improve Greenville's drainage system.
John H F.cken protested against the
macadamzing of Arlington avenue.
Reuben Simpson thanked the Commits
sioners for appointing George Schmolze.
president of the Home for INDECENT Ger
mans, inspector OF the proposed improve
ment of Garfield and Arlington avenues.
The New Jersey Bowling Club also
thanked the Commissioners for the at
tent.on they had given the improvement
of Virginia avenue and congratulated
them upon securing such excellent work.
c. c. Van Reipen complained about a
fence that obstructed Van Re:pen ave-
nue. He asserts that it is over the
building line. The charge is TO be in-l
yestiEated.