The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-03
REAL ESTATE news.
President Stevens Has Another
Opportunity for Home Seek
erS and Investors.

Commissioner Cones attack upon the
Consolidated Traction Company for its
utter disregard Of the comfort of the
patrons of the road and failure to COM
ply with that provision of its magnificent
franchise, requiring the removal of snow
from between its tracks and the curb,
has been productive of some good. Trans
fer stations have not been established
as suggested by Mr.. Cone, but the banks
of frozen snow, which for more than a
week nave rendered driving dangerous
and made It practically impossible for
anyone to reach the sidewalk in a street
where the trolley lines are operated,
nave in many instances been removed.
The work of removing the unsightly n
awkward entertainments began yesterday
morning. Only a small force of men
was put to work, the company evidently
believing that one warm day will do.
more. for it's interests than one hundred
men.
Mayor Wanser expressed himself as
displeased that the company should show
bad faith in living up to its agreement,
and as soon as the streets are properly
cleaned this time he proposes having
an understanding with the officials which
will lead to a speedy removal of snow in
the future.
The Fill streets are In bad shape still,
but it is understood hat they will all
be rendered passable between the car
tracks and curb before Saturday.
Work had to be abandoned at City
Hall all last week. The cold weather
was too much for the inside workmen.
INVESTORS OPPORTUNITY.
President Frank Stevens. of the Real
Estate Trusts Company, will have maps
ready in few lays showing where
every piece of property he is to sell for
taxes is located. They will also, show
the size of the lot, what street number a
house erected would be. and give all
the information a careful buyer wants be-
fore going dow in his pocket.
President Macarthur, OF the Street and
Water Board, has given the property
owners of the old Fourth district a
sufficient number of improvements in
the way of paved streets and ewers to
make him a strong candidate up that
way. He has also placed several men
on the city's payroll. Some of them
are McArthurs. They are acquaintance,
not relatives.
Building Inspector Neill will probably
be taught a lesson in official courtesy
at the next meeting of the Board of
ness of his office without presenting an
intelligent report of the work he has
done for the Aldermen, his unwilling
employers, first; An Investigation of
his books show that during 1894 permits
We're granted to erect 1,os1 buildings,
involving an outlay of s2,252, 056. In 1893,
sS5 permits were granted and they repre-
sented investments to the amount OF
sl,e5s, 2ss. The greatest number of per-
mits were granted in March, April, May
and June.
provement of Randolph avenu will be
followed by lots of other needed i'm
provements in the spring. An outlay oc-
casionally Is necessary to enhance the
value of realty.
When Jersey City Investors awake to
the fact that it pays better to erect a
good substantial brick or stone building
thansa frame rookery the better it viii
A great big kick is being made by
Newark avenue property owners who
are disguised with the Street and Water
ton of a frame building adjoining the
bell tower. When the permit went
through the board 1t was understood that
a little cigar store "a to be placed
there. Instead a. substantial eyesore
was built and is occupied by a half dozen
| people engaged in various enterprises.
The rent the city receives is s26 per
mOnJn. Inc building is a QlSSrac to the
| avenue and should be removed by Mayor
Wanser at once. AS the head of the city
government he cannot expect property
the officials appointed by him are to
be permitted to authorize the construc-
ton of peanut stands and small, one
story frame stores next to it. Such
! buildings only encourage the erection Of
frame houses, and Newark avenue has
enough of those at present to prove that
Jersey City is about one hundred years
behind the times.