The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-14
RUSHING PUBLIC WORK
Bids for New improvements Re-
eeived By the Street and
Water Board.

Two hours were spent by the Street and
Water Commissioners yesterday Afternoon
in receiving bids for improvements, appli-
cations ard acting upon public work which
IS under way, and in some instances com
pleted. The rush of last summer in this
line promises to be outdone.
The Commissioners first met as the
Board of Adjudication. No remonstran-
ces were filed, and the following improve
ments were finally disposed of:-Improve-
gen avenue and the Boulevard; lateral
sewer in Boyd avenue, from the Boulevard
to West Side avenue; Improvement OF Sir
Boulevard and Wiley street, from Sit
avenue TO the Boulevard; sewer in Sea
View avenue sewer In West Side avenue
AS the Street and Water Board, BIDS
were received from ten contractors fol-
the construction OF a sewer In Walker
4 aYtsalse- 81 gsFph II. Jones was the lowest
bidder. The same contractc. was low
on the construction of a sewer in Clark
Charles o'NeiIi was the low bidder for
the construction of a sewer ii: Waveriy
street. On the Improvement of Clinton
avenue. Reehill and Edwards were low,
Thomas F MeCabe was low. He was
was SO low that the work viii bring
him a loss of about $500 IN one in
stance where he meant to charge 81 for
one cent
An application was filed i,y Henry Lem
peck and others asking for the opening
and, extension of an avenue, to lie known
as Lembeck avenue, 10 run through prop
erty owned by that gentleman, iron;
Old Bergen Road to Thompson avenue
subsequently, the n1acadamizing of the
new thoroughfare was applied. and both
petitions were reported upon favorably
Application was made for the construction
Of sewer In James streets Improvement
OF Clerk street and Glenwood avenue.
The residents of Church street who
thought Belgian block pavement would
SATISFY them, now want asphalt. The re-
A few property owners on Manning ave-
nue. filed protests against its proposed inn
proyement between Johnston avenue and
Grand street.
The final assessment maps of the i'm
prcvement of Eye avenue and the con-
structlon sof q sewer in Summit avenue
The Improvement of Van winkle street
was awarded 70 Thomas F. Mccabe:
the Barber Asphalt Co.; sewer in Pavonia
avenue from the Pennsylvania Railroad
cut 70 sFonnele avenue, to 2. 7. Plunkett;
non: sewer in Myrtle avenue. from 500 feet
west Of Ocean to Ocean avenue to J.
BreteTnitz; sewer In Baldwin avenue. to
to joseph |, II ~ Jones; sewer In Duncan ave.
nue., to 2. T. Plunkett; Improvement of
Harmon street, to Henry Byrne; i'm
provement of Cottage street and Waverly
place. 70 Thomas Harrington; improve
ment Of Combridge avenue. to r H
Flaherty. Jr.. & Co., and main sewer in
West Side avenue. to Henry Byrne
The opening. grading and extension Of
Monticello avenue was started on its
way by the payment of awards of dam
ages for property to be acquired to
make the Improvement. The work is 10
be done by Michael Muilery
The Barber Asphalt Company was di-
rected to asphalt Bright street, between
school is On the street. a nd the cobbIe
stone pavernents makes 1t impossible az
times for the teachers to make themselves
heard.
Until the last Tuesday in September
the Board viii meet on Tuesday morning
after the regular session to be held next
Monday afterAoon.