The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-18
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the fifteenth
day of April. 1895, application was made to
the Board of Street and Water Commission
ers by Henry Byrne and Others, in conformity
with the provisions OF Chapter 2S9 of the Laws
of 1895, for the causing of
MERCER STREET TO BE OPENED AND
CHANGED AS TO BOUNDARIES,
and a grade established thereon between the
west line of Merseles street and Mill Road, and
the establishing of a new grade on Church
and the improvement of Mercer street and
Church street, between Merseles street and
Summit avenue, as hereinafter set out and in
accordance with the following description and
map annexed to said petition:-
Said Mercer street to be so feet wide between
of way of the National Docks Railway; 80
feet wide between said line of right OF way
and the west line Of Of Factory astnr ST. street aha qf pro- Of
boundary mentioned, and so feet wide between
the west line Of Factory street and Mill Road.
The centre line of said Mercer street may
be described as
Beginning at a point in the west line of
Merseles street, said point being distant $50
feet south of the centre line Of Wayne street,
as now opened, measured at right angles to
said centre line OF WAYNE street; thence run
now opened, and distantA2 60 feet south of the
centre line thereof, measured at right angles
to Cornelison avenue; thence contihu4ng said
centre line OF Mercer street, as described, 70
the east side of Mill Road, excepting that
part of said Mercer street to be 80 feet wide
between the right of way of the National
Docks Railway and the west side of Factory
street if produced northerly; the centre line
of said part of Mercer street beginning at a
point distant 245 feet, measured at right angles
from said centre line of Wayne street and
running parallel with said centre line of
| Wayne street, between the west line of the
right of way of said railway and said west
line of Factory street.
The grade to be established for Mercer street
may be described as follows:-
beginning at the west curb line of Merseles
Wards base; thence westerly about two
hundred and twenty feet with an ascending
grade Of 9 inches per 100 feet; thence her eo on a
centre line of National Docks and New Jersey
Junction Connecting Railway; thence on an
ascending grade of liz inches per 100 feet
to Factory street; thence on an ascending
grade of 4 feet 9h inches pei 100 feet from the
west curb line Of Factory street to the east
point with the established grade of Mill Road.
The proposed establishing of a new grade on
win avenue may be described as follows:-
Beginning at the west curb line of Mill
Road at the present established grade of said
Mill Road; thence westerly on an ascending
grade of 6 feet 2 1-9 inches per 100 feet to the
east curb line OF Baldwin avenue; rea Qua
Church street may be described as follows:-
To be graded to the proposed new grades from
Summit avenue to a point about 100 feet east
of Mill Road, and curbed. tagged and. paved,
and a viaduct about so feet wide to be con-
st # ed. from On "a a point st about w 1y Iee yia eas. IS IS
to have a 30-foot carriageway and 10 feet side
walks, the carriageway to be paved and SUIT
4 aDle. SiuGWdihSE PlO GNU rAooatt5 tOsAN
proposed grade herein mentioned between Fac
tory street and Merseles street, and the con-
struction of the necessary side approaches
under said viaduct between the west side OF
Factory street and the National Docks Rail-
way. so that under said viaduct the natural
lay of Mercer street can be maintained.
Notice is also given that on the twenty
fourth day of September, 1885,. the Commits
sioners of Assessment and Chief Engineer
filed in the Office. of the Boarh of Street and
/ Water Commissioners their preliminary assess
ment map and report for said improvements,
showing the probable total cost of the cons
templated Improvement, the probable amount
fted thereby, the lands to be taken for and
lands damaged by said Improvement, together
with awards made therefor and as FAR as
practicable the names of the owners thereof.
The land to be taken for said proposed i'm
proveraenx may be described as follows.-
Merseles street, distant 200 feet south of the
intersection of the centre line of Wayne street
with the westerly line of Merseies street
thence running westerly parallel with Wayne
street and distant 200 feet therefrom, measured
at right angles to the westerly line of the
right of way Of the National Docks Railway
thence northerly along said right of way 3
parallel with Wayne street and distant IT'S fee
therefrom. measured at right angles 2S7 fee
/ 6M inches to q point: thence southerly at righ'
angles to Wayne street % feet to a point
thence westerly parallel with Wayne stree
and distant 200 feet therefrom. measured a.
thence southerly along the easterly line q
| NM Road so feet TX inches to a point; thence
easterly parallel with the s~outferiy line OF
| Wayne street and Distant 260 feet therefrom
measured at right angles to the westerly
line Of Merssies street; thence n~ortherly along