The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-07
MORE IMPROVEMENTS.
Street and Water Board Re
eeives Bids for Public
Works.

The Street and Water Commissioners
were in session yesterday afternoon from
two O'Clock until nearly SIX. The lengthy
meeting was due to the reception Of bids
for an unusual large number Of improve
nents. For ali the public work an aver
age of eleven contractors submitted esti-
mates.
The Standard and Barber Asphalt Com
panies competed for the Improvement
The Barber won by five cents a yard, the.
usual price at which it defeats its com
petitor.
Bid were received for the construction
Of q sewer in Van Wrinkle street, i'm
provement Of Beacon avenue. from sum
nit to the Boulevard; sewer in Myrtle
avenue; sewer IN Baldwin avenue: i'm
provenlent of Pavonia avenue, from Sum
nit to the Boulevard: sewer in Broadway,
from Tonnelle to West Side avenue inv
provenlent of Armstrong place. between
Ocean and Garfield avenue, and the i'm
proyement of Baldwin avenue.
Bids were also received for the furnish-
ing Of Public School No. 8. The bidders
were:-Willian Dunn. Andrew Denlarest
Seating Co. Grand Rapids School Furni-
ture Co., Potter & Putnam, New Jersey
School and Church Furniture Co. Cnand-
Ter Adjustable Chair Co, Beal & Daniels.
and the United States School Furniture
Co. The bids were referred 10 the proper
committee.
The Commissioners met as the
Board Of Adjudication, and Messrs. Flayel
MCGEE and Theodore Rurode appearing
for Mrs. Kate Coleman. protested against
the proposed construction Of a sewer in
Bright street. Her reason Is that she al
ready has a private pipe which drains her
property. The protest viii be considered.
No renonstranoes were led against the
main sewer in West Side avenue. sewer
IN Cambridge venue Improvement Of
Cottage street, opening and extension of
Monticello avenue and improvement Of
Paramount avenue, between Orchard street
and Summit, avenue, The work will now
be pushed along as rapidly as possible,
F.sC. Barnes objected to the assessment
OF his property which faces the Boulevard.
for the constrqctlon OF a sewer In Boyd
avenue. " J.. Clark also led a renon-
STRANGE against the proposed Improvements
Of Pearsafl avenue, between Garfield ard
Ocean venue
Specifications were submitted by the
Chief Engineer for the CONSTRUCTION of
sewers IN the boulevard and Harmon
avenue was asked for oinen' Bernard Is eany
non was granted an extension Of thirty
five days in which to complete the I'M
pfovement of Nelson avenue.
The contract for the construction of a
sewer in Third street was awarded 10
Henry Byrne.
The contract for the building of the
Thirteenth street viaduct. was transferred
from the washington Iron Bridge Co to
the Carnegie Steel co. The transfer viii
cause no delay in the work.
William Moore called the Boards at
tention 10 the fact that certain Tagging
had been removed from Waldo avenue
ard laid in Magnolfa avenue. Al inves-
t.gatfon is to be made.
William Haley and John Schroeder, la
borers on streets, were bounced. and
Thomas OsGrady appointed 10 succeed
Haley; Owing 70 the great amount of
work being done in the line of public inn
been kept too busy.
The Board yesterday appointed George
Ferris surveyor at 800 a month. The
office is a new one. r. NJ. Harar was
awarded a contract for the equipment Of
No. 8 School with blaekboards, at 23A
cents a square foot.