The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-25
MORE ASPHALT WANTED
Street and Water Board Pro-
vide for Improvements and
Make Appointments.

A large quantity of routine business
was transacted by the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners after recess
yesterday, and a number of minor APP
pointments were mad Among the
communications received was one from
Father Hennessy, rector of st. Patriek's
Church. who, with a number Of others,
petitioned the Board to have an asphalt
pavement laid on Bramhall avenue.
The Hudson County PAYERS Union
sent in a communication which was a
gem in its way, asking the Board to see
to it that none but Union PAYERS were
employed by contractors who were
awarded contracts to do city work. 1t
was signed by the President, Vice-Presi-
dent, Secretary and Treasurer of the
Union, and was referred to the Commit
tee of the Whole.
Elliott Greene, Jr., and others petition
ed the Board for the asphalting of Pa
vonia avenue, from West Hamilton
place to Monmouth street, and Patrick
Welsh and others asked to nave street
lamps placed in Tyson place. A. M.
Downey asked permission to build a
private sewer in Woodlawn avenue.
Patrick Byrne and James Corcoran pre-
sented petitions signed by their friends,
asking for their appointment as inspec-
tors. the former on the Improvement of
Orchard street and the latter on the Six
teenth street sewer.
A MODEST CANDIDATE.
ington, Conn. wrote that he had read in
the newspapers hat the Board was going
to appoint an expert engineer to look
estimation he was just the man for the
place, He is a member of the State
Board of Engineers and a very capable
man.
A communication from the Clio Wheel
men rendering the thanks of the bicy-
clists to the Board for the excellent man
ner in which the streets of the city have
filed.
b following, ap%pointments were then
work of repaving Bright street; Abraham
B.. Curlein, inspector of the new sewer in
Garrison avenue; E; B. ReSHai inspector
John r. Jurgens, inspector of the improve
ment of Magnolia avenue; John r. Van
Easel INSPECTOR r Of the mrp Fos fnanaeto OF
of the paving of Ninth street with as
phalt; John Burke, Inspector of improve
ment of Hancock avenue, and Philip Eb-
ert, to inspect the work on sewer IN
The Committee on Streets and Sewers
ment with the Street Cleaning contractor
to have the streets hat are paved with
Sphal cleaned oftener. SpecltlcdtlonS
were submitted by the Chief Engineer
providing for the repairs to sidewalks,
the cost of such repairs to be paid. by the
property owners,, n the same We're con-
CURED in and adopted by the Board.
NEW TRUCK HOUSE REJECTED.
1t was decided to reject all proposals
received on September II for the building
of a new truck house in the Hudson City
section. THAI was done because the APP
preparation of s12, 900 is insufficient to pay
for the work under the present specifca-
tons, the ground costing more than was
anticipated. The plans will be modified
and new bids asked for.
fireman at Belleville, vice NJ. B. Foley,
resigned, at a salary of $50 per month,
and Edward Corbett was appointed coal
passer in place of S. F. Holmes, pro-
NOTED,
The. Woodlawn avenue sewer, built by
Contractor Edward White. was accepted
by the Board as completed. n these
contracts awarded:-For the Improvement
of Paramount avenue, to Joseph II;
Ferris streets, to J. j.. Harrington; i'm
provement of Wilks street. to Thomas
Harrington; sewer in st. avenue,
to NJ. Mulvey; sewer in Garrison avenue.
to j. j. Harrington, and for a vitrified
pipe sewer in Sixteenth street, to M. Null
raw