The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-01
BEYER'S SURPRISE.
Tie Discovery Of fioboken s
Missing Paving Blocks
Opens His Eyes.
FIRST STREET SEWER INSPECTED
Mayor Pagan Says lie Knows
Where the Stones
Went.

Mayor Lawrence Pagan OF Hoboker
IN onpany with Councilmea Snyder ant
capeiii OF the Committee on Sewers
Street Commissioner Bernard neyer; In
spaetS- of Sewers John Haggerty aae
contractor Tlloiaas t,avasayh yesterday
afrsrnocn Inspected the main lateral SEW
or recently constructed through Firsl
street. from Henderson street 10 the rsv.
er. The Mayor FIRST looked al the s!uict
gates foot of Hudson street at the ter,
minus of the brick sewer and the begin
ming % the pipes which lead direct to
the water under the tracks of the Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western Rail.
road, and after carefully examining them
said that to all appearances the work
was very well done and that thsy looked
70 be all right. He then wen the whole
length OF the sewer. looking carefully in
each manhole. With the exception of one
opposite Bloomfield street the work. he
said. was very good.
The one he found fault with. the brick
work was very rough and looked, he
said. as if it had been built by a news
paper reporter.
The sewers along the side streets he
also infinitely examined near Ferry street
for the purpose of seeing how well the
connections had been made The Bloom
held street W was apparently all
- @N4AC noACA sCig 81 Ii GEAys
but when they opened up the Garden
street manhole the Mayor was nearly
aqm0I about aft 1y Of fee fhe some ane o aSis tb nllsd
and paving blocks which SO mysterious
" disappeared.
Turning TO Contractor Cavanagh he
asked him to explain how the blocks
came to be in there.
I don't know, Mayor. replied Cayan-
when l made the connection. but dam
med it over there" pointing to a spot in
Ferry street a distance Of twenty-fyss
nave. put them there unless it was the
Nor5h Hudson Railway people"
the railway people never touched a
stone
linen turn ng to Street Commissioners
holes and receiving basins clean, and for
which purpose there is an appropriation
Of about 5000 a year. he asked him why
he mad not attended to h s duty and
cleaned it out. Beneath the paving blocks
was a quantity of old bags and other de-
.M ne Colt, exclaimed the Commission
er, 'sicw vas dat. Jerry?s ne asked Of
jeremiah Murtha. his assistant.
Jerry only looked at the much surprised
Boyer and laughed outright.
What made the occurrence so amusing
was the way Mr.. Beyer had all along com
dsmned the W and run down Contrac-
They must hat TANNED the sewer here,
that's all / can say" continued the Com
lt4SSAO4iCl.
But when the deeomposed bags were
brought to light n was showed to him
that the debris. must have been in there
many months before the sewer was even
commenced. his ch n dropped about a foot
ard he only muttered s.Gott tan7n."
Men We're put to work Immediately and
the manhcle cleaned.
The Mayor tnen left. and after inspect
ing the remainder of the main sewer and
tie other side street sewers. expressed
himself as being well pleased upon the
whole with the work. witt the exception
of the paving. TIL claim for paving, it
" II he remembered. were the ones he
vetoed. To q Jersey City News re-
porter he said that the paving was the
worst feature of the whole%iob, but be-
ness ne would nave that fixed so tina it
would be sone of the best features.
aOn." continued the Mayor. II know
where those blocks ~disaDpeared to. and
when the time comes I'll see that they
are produced"
Both Councilmen Snyder and Capelli
1onfed worried ali through the inspection,
while InsDeetor Haggerty's face was q
study. When the Mayor said that, he was
go ng to find out why it was that people
in whom the city placed its confidepce
and trust to look after its interests. did
not do their duty. one could almost hear
a certain few who were Of the inspecting
party groan
The meeting of the Committee of the
Whole tn decide whether the sewer shall
he accepted as il is and pass the claims
over the Mayors vetoes. will be held nevt
Wednesday The Mayor will probably
haze a. word to say at the meeting, which
will make a stir.