The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-09
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BOSTWICk PLACE, from Storms ave-
nue. TO the east END of Bostwick place,
qs square yarcs, a distance of $40 feet.
81. 700.
BROWN PLACE. from Garfield avenue
j. Tagged and curped. etc.. at a cost of
RANDOLPH AVENUE. from carteret
distance of $3.50 feet, Graded, tagged and
enrped; stG az a cost Of
Po " i 81 h q s SSTREET from Sip avenue to
go feet. Maeadamized al a cost Of 81. 300.
The foregoing enumeration embraces
enly such asssssapie improvements as
OF them are notably good in that they
flght angle main t-horoughfares. The I'M
p [eosa q Jersey avenue deserves es-
I9re our means OF communication with
Hopoken was limited to Grove street.
The report next takes up street i'm
provements already commenced but not
completed. It gives the following list
ay MAGNOLIA 3 4 AVENUE, from Waldo
ST. PAUL'S AVENUE. from Summit
aalxoeanLue Avenue. IS being paved with Belgian
PAMRAPo AVENUE. from Old Bergen
d : to the Boulevard. is being maca-
UNION STREET. from ocean avenue
TO asn5 Se1rtgen avenue, is being paved with
LAKE STREET. from Montrose avenue
Belgian block.
LINCOLN STREET. from Central ave
n Raioi 70 the Boulevard. is being paved with
HANCOCK AVENUE. from Congress
S wifs R e lowers h,a street is being paved
Van MTNKLE STREET and FERRIS
STREET. from Newark avenue to the
aRLfNGia rs NPelng VipPpMTq qHXssd "a NV
VIEW AVENUE and GARFIELD AVE
NUE. are being -macadamized, from
Grand street to Custer avenue almost
ment has been termed the Southwest
Drive and when completed will open
up for light driving and bicycling a
grand broad roadway continuing for sew
and with the Improvement of Pamrapo
aYenue-heretofofe matchmaking a d.
rect connection with the Boulevard, thus
offering to drivers and wheelmen a good
Kull.
MERCER STREET, where it crosses
being revolutionized, A portion of the
filling-in process has already begun, and
contracts have already been awarded for
its Improvement, and for the construc-
ton of a viaduct which win permit of
an elevated connection with the Hill
section by means Of the ,viaduct or by
COAillllulIS diOu& Tile OlQ IGV6l ana con-
Meeting with Cornelison avenue. The
improvemnt is a radical one. Its full
benefits can pc only measured in the
years to come, but we consider it the
greatest achievement of a busy year.
THIRTEENTH STREET continuation
in line with our action in the matter
OF the Mercer street opening is the ex-
tension Of Thirteenth street to Hoboken
venue Residents of the locality situat-
ed north of the Erie Railroad have for
years endeavored to secure a direct con
poafinn with fhof.a nniohhnrc an Tho IIs11
and their desires are now about to be
realized.
We have awarded contracts for the
construction Of such a viaduct as will
cannot but be beneficial to both. With
Mercer street uniting on the south, two
other, and Thirteenth street performing
the same service for two like sections
on the north. we feel that if there were
nothing else to record as a history OF
the years accomplishments, there
would yet be ample cause for congratu-
lation.
In addition to the foregoing. contracts
nave been awarded for the following
improvements, pom which work will be
commenced as soon as the winter season
is ended
nue. to the Boulevard.
EGE AVENUE, from Jackson avenue
VIRGINIA AVENUE, from Jackson
CONGRESS STREET, from Central
avenue to Summit avenue.
WEST SIDE AVENUE, from Yale ay-
enue to Culver venue
ORCHARD STREET, from Crawford
street to Montgomery street.
OAKLAND AVENUE, from Hoboken
avenue to Prospect street.
DWIGHT STREET. from Ocean ave-
nue. to Van Cleef street.
CHURCH STREET, from Mill Road
oI7n RPEyRGEN ROAD from Gates
avenue to the Boulevard.
BARTHOLDI PLACE, from ocean av-
enue to Old Bergen Road.
JACKSON PLACE, from Ocean ave-
HANCOCK AVENUE, from Bowers
street to South street.
The report next deals with the CON
struction Of sewers paid for by assess
ment. The Board paid most attention
to plans for the drainage of entire sec
lions. 1t prevented in every possible
case the Improvement of any thorough
fare in which a satisfactory sewer had
not already been laid. The description
in detail of the sewers laid takes up
nearly as much space as the list of street
openings. 1t is hardly as attractive
reading, however. A condensed list Of
the drains laid, with the cost. is as fol-
lows
st. Paul's avenue. 81, $50; Ocean ave-
nue., Armstrong. place, Woodlawn ave
nue. ast and Gs 4 asa. s ayenue' ay sf,sm, Is Sa.
Larch street. $l.150; Griffith street,
s. 49,; Pine street siz,6eo; Fulton On cay aven9e'
2; aSg; av wooalaS ss,4oo; Won't Monfros ss''G avena ae,
$500: Waverly street, 81, $780,; Van Rey-
pen place and Stuyvesant avenue, 50, 400;
Central avenue, s., $780,; West Side avenue,
$27 $50; Highland a~venue,{ 81, 900; Zabriskie
street. $500; West Side. Yale, Mallory
and Hatch n S27,5N- This last
item is the great drainage system for
completed by the Summit avenue, San
ford place and Hudson Boulevard sewer,
costing $2l,5G0, and draining a large part
of old Hudson City.
The list shows that 6.54 miles of sewer
were constructed in the year. In addi-
ton, the following have been begun and
ere in various stages of completion
Cambridge avenue. Bowers street, to
South.
son avenue.
Garrison avenue, Bond street to Stuy-
vesant avenue.
Contracts have already been awarded,
and the coming Of spring is awaited for
the beginning Of these
Eye avenue, Boulevard to West Side
Boyd avenue. Boulevard to West Sid
avenue.
Van Wagenen avenue.
Fifteenth street, Henderson street to
Provost.
! Harmon street, Grand street to RAN