The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-09
REAL ESTATE news.
Laws Passed by the Last Legis-
lature to Further the In
proyement Of the City.


AT the request Of Mayor Wanser, Clerk
Bouton Of the Street and Water Board
mas prepared a report setting forth the
operation Of new laws relative to street,
sidewalk and Improvements. The
report is an interesting one and should be
read by every property owner. 1t is as
follows:-
of his Honor The Mayor / herewith sub
nit a statement explanatory OF the re-
cent legislative eaactnents relating to
son showing the radical changes between
Ola and new methods. In common with
yourselves, AYE often felt that the
the insistments of previous laws, and that
II the municipality was permitted to
e esfninna,s a me more liberal spirit towards
you'd such petitioners be greatly bene-,
ated, but the city would by reason of an
increased demand for improvements soon
assume such condition as to excite the
favorable comment both Of our own citi-
Gems and Of the cbseryant visitor. The
of 1894 was enacted. This measure enaa-
naied from this city Previous require
much reduced. By reference to the act
however 1t will be seen that In order to
axe ~advantage Of it's provisions, the
1899 ~ IL ny Z i
liable to assessment for the tempt
Improvement but when the petition is
SO signed the city can advertise for pro-
posalS, award a contract, and have actual
work begun on an Improvement in less
than three weeks, while the cost to petit
TONERS Is represented by the pro rata
The cost Of all intersections. of all ad-
yertlslng, surveying, maps, ETC., is borne
py the Guy, while the salary of the in
spector is paid by the contractor, with
the additional advantage that when the
Improvement is completed the property
4ma we may exercise the option of paying
divided into five equal installments, bear
lngt per cent. interest. one Of each in
s!ailment being payable annually. For
citizens who can unanimously agree on
an Improvement it is a most liberal in
aucement New laws recently enacted
of 1895 relates to the sewering. navine.
and otherwise improving of streets and
sewers, Hitherto, when an Individual
and circulated it among his nefghbors.
meeting with and having to combat diff
which the work should assume, and often
times being rebuffed by tina too prev
alent citizen who believes that existing
aver the necessary signatures. repre-
froqtage had been secured. the city aHy
matter until $50 had been deposited 10
cover the preliminary expenses. TTnder
the most favorable conditions. from four
actual work could be commenced, and
When the Improvement or sewer was COM
pieteS; IT. became a lien, immediately
ferred to, one or more property owners
can now petition. No deposit is required
me expense of advertising and posting
IS reduced more than one-half. The inn
provenent can be begun and finished in
about half the time heretofore required.
ana, when completed, the property owner
can AXE his choice of paying immedi-
ately or on the five years installr1ent
plan. as explained above, except that the
lnstallments bear but six per cent. inter
I'm the matter of opening and extend
ing streets, etc, chapter $50 of the laws
What heretofore required three distinct
methods of procedure can now be done
for mqch less cost with one. Under
the old system it was first necessary
to proceed to change and establish a
grade in order to secure uniformly; then
TO acquire land and formally open the
the same so that its use would be pos
sIDie:, These various proceedings would
together occupy about two years, while
the ~apnoyanees and costs were such as |
TO make improvements of this nature al
most prohjbitive. Under the new law
lenapser ESD. one or more owners can
present a single petition, combining in
ltseif the establishment Of a grade, the
acquiring of land, and the actual work
u SidUliS, curD1nS, bridging where
necessary and flagg:ng, and under such
petition the necessary proceedings will
move as a whole. so that when its terms
be passable for both pedestrians and We We
hicles. Preliminary costs have been also
greatly reduced. while the instalIment
can be exercised If desired. h 4 b sGIien of
the last quoted laws an approximate Of
the amount can be assessed against each
and shown prior to the beginning Of the
actual work, when, If those liable to
mere, than oneshalf the amount Of pro- |
objections, no fis ther proceedings will
pc taken on that petition, thus retain |
ing the old established feature of the
printed for the use of the public blank
applications whereby improvements con- |
teraplated under the provisions of said
for. but / would strongly urge the ne
cess.ty Of having such petitions filled |
REQ requests es me may yhs Accord Tdds wifh he ln o noiIrv that lat
tablished by the city. The last new law |
to which would refer is known as chap |
Heretofore it has been practically IN
possible for your honorable body to
and sidewalks of this city. Owners
would be notified to make proper repairs |
but oftentimes the notices were unheed-
ed. 50 that while perhaps not a little
has. been accomplished, muc remains |
to be done. Under the new law, where
notice is served pom property owners |
and remains UNDECIDED for a space o. |
thirty days. this board is then permitted
to make such repairs as are found to DO |
necessary, while the cost thereof will |
be assessed against the property benefited
and added to the owners annual tax |
bin. It would seem to me that a clear |
understanding of this law must cause |
a majority of the owners of properties |
to place their curbs and Sidewalks in
proper condition, but in any event the
power now vested in your honorable |
body is such that the condition OF bag |
walks n crooked curbs need no longer |
exist in this community.
"Respectfully submitted,