The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-11

CITY INPROVE EMENTS
Wholesale Operations Of the
Street and Water
Board Today.
.PAvEMENTs AND DRAINAGE
Monticello Avenue to Be Opened to
Orchard Street Private
Ihorougfares.
PAVEMENTS AND DRAINAGE

The Street ard Water Commissioners
met today. Nothing was said or done
about water. A conference, at which
some definite action is to be taken, is to
be held in the City Hall one week from
the coming Saturday. No one will take
the responsibility of saying so, but it is
reported, nevertheless, that the pending
proposition of the Reekaway.<and Hud-
son Company is to be thrown out. The
object IN doing this is to readvertise for
bids and secure. if possible, proposals
from the East Jersey and Jersey City
Water Companies as we'll as the Rocka-
way and Hudson. The competition, it is
vaguely hoped, may bring about great
reduction in the cost price of the plant
At this mornings session resolution
was introduced ordering s291.6S paid TO
Cornelius c. Vermeule for expert ser
vices in connection with the water prob
lem for the month of May. The Repub-
lican members voted to pass it, Messrs.
Boitwood and Heintze being excused
from voting
Public improvements are still engaging
the attention of the Commissioners, and
they are pushing as many through as
possible. The following provisional
awards were made today
P. T. Plunkett, opening and extension
OF West Side avenue. between Pollock
and Danforth avenues.
Michael Mullery, Improvement of Mon
ticello avenue, from Fairmount avenue to
Orchard street.
P. T. Plunkett, construction of sewer
in Broadway. from Tonnele to West
P. H. Flaherty, Jr, & Co., improve
ment of Central avenue, from Congxess
-frA %t Daf I1r1aI 1oaf
P H. Flaherty,. Jr., & Co.. Improve
ment of Cambridge avenue, between
Congress and North streets:
ment Of zabrislxia street between sum
nit avenue and the Boulevard.
T. G. Meehan, sewer in Bright street.
p. J. Condor, sewer in jackson place.
p. J. Condor, sewer in Fifth street.
P. ]. Condor, sewer in Sea View ave
Thomas Harrington, Improvement Of
Cottage street and Herbert place.
Joseph A. Jones, main sewer in the
Road, Bergen and Danforth avenues
Henry Byrne, to repair and 'nacadansize
Montgomery street, from the Mil Greek
Road to the bridge.
The Barber Asphalt Company, TO as
phalt Clifford place.
as follows.
Bernard Cannon to construct a sewer
Henry Byrney- sewer in Bay View ave
nue..
Edward o'NeIll. sewer III Leonard street.
ertp n t1s ne e Jackson eM aSenue WERE Il
rected 10 repair their sidewalks.
speeifieations were sl submitted for r,,hss the
street, and July 12 was fixed as the
day and date for a final hearing.
Stephen Vreeiand asked permission of
the Board to open an. avenue 70 be known
as Custer avenue, through his property,
between Old Bergen Road and the Boule-
ward.
Ocean and Garfield avenues, want that
thoroughfar asphalted, a share of the
cost to be paid out of the liquor license
fund AS an inducement to the Commits
sioners to have the work done, the petit
TONERS agree to bear one-third of the
The Board has decided to enter into ali
agreement with the West lIoboken au-
thorities to have Paterson avenue paved
the municipalities to bear the expense,
share and share alike
The Fifth Ward Improvement Associa-
ton sent a protest to the Board relat.1e e
to the deplorable condition of the road
ways of Fifth and Brunswick streets
Property owners of Columbia avenue.
Zabriskie street sewer be extended to
the. south of the avenue. The petitioners
will have to file a separate application.
Application was made for the macad-
amizing of Reservoir avonue, the inn
provement Of Leonard street from the
Boulevard to Nelson avenue; opening of
to Newark avenue; Improvement of
Clinton avenue, between Jackson and
Bergen avenues; Improvement of Hague
street, between the Boulevard and Pat
erson Plank Road; Improvement of New
kirk street, from Baldwin avenue to Sum
nit avenue, and Eighteenth street be-
tween Coles and Henderson streets.
The final map of the improvement of
gAU q hef fxyn u icrl,. ~
and the Hoboken line, was confirmed and
specifications adopted for the censtruc-
tion of a sewer in Cambridge avenue.
George CAM is anxious to open ave-
nues to be known as Welcome and Audu-
bon avenues, through his property, be-
tween Bergen and West Side avenues.
William e. Carter was appointed in
place: John Mitchell for tRe CONSTRUCTION GO 5tI5a
of a sewer in Ege avenue; g. ]. Acker-
man, for the repaving of York street,
and Edward Lappan. who refused to be
Janftor of the new City Hall because 1t
was dirty work, inspector for the open
ing and paving of Wayne street, for
which contract Henry Byrne paid the
city S1225, in order to get the rock there is
at the head of the Street.
The Board of Mnance was asked to ap-
prepriate $4,000 for the construet ion of
the Bay street Sc wer. The sewer is in a
F All bids previously received for improv-
ing sthe playground OF School No is were
rejected and new ones ordered advertised
q. G. Boughten applied for the position
oT Inspector of the Cottage street and
Herbert place Improvement George
dismissed for cause, asked to be REIN
stated on the ground that he is a veteran
Contracts fer supplies We're awarded as
John 3. Allen, special castings; w. w
Farrler, MIGRANTS, gates and metres. and
p. e Meigs Co. lumber.