The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-26
ers Of the County Of Hudson:-


ers OF the County Of Hudson
G~ntle1nen-.The severity Of the weather
mas eHectually put a stop upon all con-
enssnt w tga upon the new public D u fo "a
therefore suspened all inspectors and
surveyors, except those employed upon
There is no probability Of the work in
paving or grading contracts being re-
Sd Mesara Dsl asnr sne & sPMfi caivney. contract
Newark and New York Railroad and
pleted the work under said contract be,
tween Newark and New York Railroad
and Wiley, place, This is as. far as i
was possible for them to go, the right of
way over the Pennsylvania property
the remainedr Of the sectionmnot being
a aoa3 = Until fnr g Noggembe a.1 - 1884 S4t, and the the
preventing the completion Of the paving
contract until. the Spring.
road and Wiley place has been
Subject to Very e pihD heavy I travel, it ai SEEMS
just that a portion of tn retained percent
age OF 70 per cent, amounting to $13,0S1. 20
held on this work, should be returned to the
contractor, though technically your board cam
not formally accept the contract until It is
finished to Newark avenue. l would therefore
recommend that 50, 81. % of the above retained
R1fN ~ 100 . A4CAly On AColF
ney. leaving $3.270.42, or 5 per cent. Of the
gross amount estimated on contract between
Newark and N. Y. R. r. and Vile y Place.
being much more than ample to secure the
county. There still remains of the 200 working
days allowed for completion of this contract
about 40 working days.
The contract for gradingethis section between
Newark and N. Y. r. r. and Newark avenue,
made with the Hudson County contracting
Company was subject to the same delays
non requirement of P. r. r. lands) as the
no VIM 4t-a = r. %1A.-L A~U-z.A - -.
ing was completed over a year ago. There
remains to be done upon this contract only
the building and connecting of two basins al
the north end of p. R. r cut bridge and the
grading Of about 100 feet of the road at the
same place. or not exceeding $500 worth OF
work. There is now withheld on this contract
S2,SlS.14. As nearly the whole of this grading
Is now covered with paving and has been used
oy the public over a year, and any delay in
completing the small portion to be done is no
fault of the contractor, l would recommend
that W, GOO of the amount retained be paid the
CONTRACTORS, leaving sS19. IA as security for the
doing of work not yet done or allowed, and
which can be done by anyone for less than
$500.
The Hudson County Contracting Company
are also contractors for the paving, etc., under
contract No. Il, from Kill Won Kull to. West
Twenty-ninth street, Bayonne. On this con
tract there is withheld s14, TAI. 81. This contract
should have been completed some weeks ago,
but a number of pieces Of curb were condemned
and ordered reset. This has now been done at
an expense to the contractor Of about 81, 600.
Ihere was also ordered to be spread and
rolled about 800 cubic yards Of 10 inch stone
and screenings at portions of the road where
The proper depth of broken stonehad not been
observed, and also . some repaving Of the
cutters at points where the roller or ~resetting
OF cprp had disturbed the paving. The frost
has and will prevent these works necessary
for completion beig done until the spring. The
required work can be done by any one for less
than 5000, to secure which the county holds
Sl4, l4l,bf retained Darrantaod and II aAdS+;o1
there Is about $1,000 held back in the way OF
underestimates on paving incomplete. There
still remains about twenty-five working days
OF the two hundred working days allowed for
the completion of this contract
As all thepaving contracts are being prose-
cuted at a very low price, and the money re-
tanned has been in all cases actually advanced
py the contractors for the work and materials
and is much in access of any requirements of
the county as security for the work so nearly
completed, l would recommend that 81, $40. rs.
or one-half of the retained percentage. be
paid to the contractors on contract II, leaving
still ten per cent. of the whole amount esti-
mated, Or 1870. 10, and about 81, 900 not COW
cred by estimates. or sS,37O, to secure the per-
romance of less than 81. COO worth of work.
Contract No. 6, for grading ETC., between
Newark avenue and Paterson plankroad.
Messfs. Curley G. Pennell. contractors. This
contract is practically complete, but it il adj
Fisabie, however, that the final estimate be
Withheld until the paving contractor has ex-
cavated q sub-grade, so that it may be de-
terInlneu to a certainty that oil points of
rock in excavation have been removed.
l have withheld from estimates 400 cubic
yards of rock to cover these points, and there
IS retained by the county on account of worl,
already estimated, s3,9 .s3. 1 would recon-
mend that there be paid to Messrs. Curley &
Pennell 81, 1S2. 96. This will leave 5 per cent
Of the amount estimated to date, or 81, 100. 81,
still retained.
E. w. HARRISON,
Chief Engineer.
F~reeholder. Heating moved the report be
receiyed and referred to the Committee
on New Public Road and the Clerk of
the Board be instructed to write to the
different contractors to find out from
them when they intend to resume work
also to write to the Chief Engineer of the
New Public Road to find out what is the
sause of the delay of the work on the
New Public Road.
Adopted.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Claims Committee on Public GrcH1nds
Court House and Jail
Jersey City Supply Co... $40 IN
Regain & Higgins. 70 m
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