The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-25
THoROueHPAREs FOR WHEELMEN

commissioners Looking After MONT
gofnery and Wayne Streets.
Street as.d Water Commissioners Brown,
Harding and Kaiser this morning took
o hook at Montgomery street between
Brunswick street and the CorneIison ave-
nue. bridge. During the last week numer-
ous complaints as to hts dsploraible con-
dition have been made to them and a
delegation of wheelmen, who called upon
COMMISSIONS Harding, pronounced 1t
unsafe. Being practically the only street
wheefnen have to reach the Boulevard,
Commissioners Harding urged his coli
leagues to action. While it has been
impossible to repair the street, owing to
the change OF grade the Consolidated
Traction Company has been making in
its tracks, that work is now finished and
the street is to be repaired at once.
Henry Byrne has the contract TO i'm
prove the street and he has promised to
put a large force of men to work in the
course of a day. Byrne is opening
Wayne street and as fast as he quarries
the rock in that t~horougalfare 1t will be
crushed and laid in Montgomery street.
From Brunswick street where the ma
cadam roadway begins. a fine top dress
ing is to be placed on the present ma
cadam SO that wheelmen in a short time
will find the north side of the street an
excellent outlet to the Hill. The south
side of the street is also to be macadam-
lied and the work would have been
done long before this had It not been for
delays caused by the construction of the
NTH Greek sewer. Contractor Byrne is
anxious to start the work and now
that the Commissioners have seen the
street, they too are anxious to W. the
Improvement pushed to a speedy eccni-
pletion. The outlook for downtown
Boulevard is bright and the Commits
sfoners wfl doubtless receive the thanks
of both wheelmen and drivers when the.
work is done.
OF the Montgomery street Improvement
VIII be the opening of Mercer street.
Henry Byrne also has that contract. The
visuuot is up and in a few weeks will be
completed. 1t is a strong structure despite
its frail appearance. When completed it
wiz have a brick roadway and the rise to
the entrance0 Church street is so grad
ual that Mercer street will doubtless be
the main outlet for downtown wheelmen
to TIE EMl. This morning the National
Decks Railroad Company began driving
piles for the foundation of a~butznents
under its wooden trestle at the proposed
has consented to remove four of the
trestie supports, which will allow the
street to be the full width at that point.
The New Jersey junction Railroad has
already begun to remove two of the
iron supports of its trestle and everything
now points to a speedy completion of the
work. Contractor Byrne has done as
much filling in as he can until the inn
provement is ready for grading, SO that
paving may begin. Mercer street is
now paved above Brunswick street with
Belgian blocks. That pavement will be
continues to the approach of the via
duct. Church street, which is the con-
~tnuaticn of Mercer, is also paved with
Belgian ever to the Boulevard. AS soon
after the whole work, as mapped ont
at present. is finished an effort Is to be
made TO find sufficient money to have the
whole street from Henderson TIC the
BcufevaId. except the viaduct, which
will have a brick roadway, paved with
asphalt.
Wheeinnen and drivers are watching
the progress OF the work with Keen in
terest and all are hoping that it will
be completed and thrown open before fall.