The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
FASTENING SLOWLY
Mayor Wanser eonfers With
Officials as TO City
improvements.
FINANCIERSs CALL ssA HALT
1TD pE-
improvements Passed Upon That
Will Go Through-Then No
More Until the Spring.

Mayor Wanser held conference To-
day in his private, office With the menu
bers of the Finances and Street and
Water Boards. Clerk Bouton of the lat
ter board and Corporation Counsel Weart
were also present. 1They object of the
conference was to discuss public inn
provements generally.
All during the summer months the
Street and Water Commissioners have
been receiving applications for improve
ments under theJlaws of last winter,
which are, as has been explained in
1.-THE News from time to time. more
liberal than those public improvements
made previously. Every reasonable
application was reported upon favorably,
bids were advertised for and awards OF
contracts made. q
Mayor Wanser and all the city officials
were SO delighted at having so many
applications fled for needed improve
ments that they pushed them along at
a great rate. In the rush the quite i'm
portant factor was overlooked that the
city would soon be called upon TO pay
ali the contractors their money in full
VIII lie the city wodld have to ,sait for
the assessments for ivs s1ars unuer the
law.
The Finance Commissioner were the
first to check the rush for improvements.
not wishing to get too much of the city's
money tied up in improvements. 1t was
the halt in the Finance Board that
brought about today's conference.
WILL COST $500, 0G0.
When the recOruS were 5one over to-
day 4 was a surprise to some of the Off
Gals to 1lna that there are u;idet Nas
ard only awaiting the concurrence OF
the Board OF Finance a half million dol
lars worth OF improvements. Inc great
bulk of the sum viii have to be raised
on bonds by the city.
Not one of the onicials want to IN
crease the CITY 5 deDl, neither do they
want to prevent amy Improvement I'M
der way from beng made. 1t was found
by practiclng economy n several prancn-
Is OF the CITY government thar al the
improvements could be maze without
precipitaling a financial ~stringency.
Il was accordingly aeciuad -. Ill the
!. oticsais that every Improvement that
has been passed upon snail Dc niade.
No new applications, however. WIN pc
believed the city Will lave collected a
suffcie1t amount from uais improve
mems 20 permit more being made IN
the spring.
SURE IMPROVEMENTS.
The filing in of Mill Creek me
construction OF a Ikpe sewer IN us steoo
is an assured5imDroyement.
The opening. grading, paving ana coa-
struction of a yiaduct IN Mercer street
is to go t~hroughsAs r,,u
The construction of the viaduct in Thlr-
teenth street is still another sure thsng
Bv this MORNINGS agreement many
of the Improvement which VIII beaulhS
the city ana Herv ine feW ne eoS F' VIII perhaps
r al hat under the five year assesso
ment payment law more than ossnoo o s9
p m9rin for or and wifi be MADE.
ESs vorl eAg4 to the Off
Gals his pleasure that property owners
rave awakened and ere ASSISTING IN
bringing the city up 70 the proper slanu-
ara FrNANcIERs' TURN.
The ofieiais d ~.scussed the water ques-
ZION in an Informal way. It was declded
that it would be advisable TO gel me
temporary supply CONTRACTS out OF the
If contract7 prepared by Mayor Wanser
Sfu appv and the sffeet and Water
Board now oney 5ackS Tne a agpees thai
a special meeting Of the Board OF FL
rance should besheld tomorrow evening
for the purpose Of approWn the Iopm
Of contract. This done the agreements
VIII probably all be signed and hled
away by Saturday next
The officials have been informed that
the East Jersey fGenpany. is pushing the
work az LAYING reains speedily. Residents
nav e~ppct auCnristpas present in the
form of puTa water from the Pequan-
The ceir.a.s also d~scussed the form
Of nronosifion trait - to be submitted
n the pacu3a Of Harrison. Notning DEN
n;te vsas Done about It. however. Secre-
1arv Nevin is to 20 to Harrison to-
morrow nielt to sound the Councilmen
ard gee hcw thev feel aoout paying this
city sGn per milton gallons 1t is De.
4;eved that a contract at that price will
b. accepted.
The proposition will doubtless be pre-
pared by the law officers in the early
mart of next week and officially pre-
scented to the Harrison Councilmen.