The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-04
BOARD OF STREET AND WATER
COM MISSIONERS.

.Present-All the members of the Board
live () in number.
meeting held Monday. March 9, 1896, was
dispensed with n Were upon motion
COMMUNICATIONS.
From Patrick Larkins and others:-.
Petitioning for the CONSTRUCTION OF :
about 50 feet east of Bergen avenue to
Van Cleef street.
From Emma j. Van Houten and others
Petitioning for the construction Of q
sewer in Virginia avenue from West Side
avenue to Hudson Boulevard.
Prom Marcus Beach ana annaothhsesrnsn - ~ :
street, etc.
.Petitipning for the Improvement Of
Newkirk street, between Baldwin avenue
and Summit avenue
Petitioning for the Improvement of
Jones street between Sip avenue and
Newkirk street.
Petftioning for the opening n ex-
tension of Monticello avenue.
From F. j. .stuhr. attorney
In matter of final assessment levied on
sewer in Sanford place. etc.
From. Hudson City Improvement Co.,
by H. I. Darling. President
driveway and SIDEWALKS on webster ave
nue. from North street to the Paterson
Plank Road.
Received and referred to Committee
on Streets and
REPORTS OF TIE CHIEF ENGINEER
The Chief Engineer reported certlffcates
in favor off,
Patrick Byrne, $3.50 on account Of con-
w. VI. Farrier. 1000, on account of
W. W. Farrier. 50, 1893. ss. on account of
". W. Farrier, s7s.os, on account of
John Hopkins, sl,4o4.77, on account of
contract No. 819.
Received and referred to their ap-
propriate committees.
From the same officer
Submitting specifications for the con-
sewer in Central avenue, from Thorne
street to and connecting with sewer n
Bowers street; a in seventeenth
street. from a point IS feet west Of Hen
in Grove street; a 15-inch vitrified pipe
sewer in Leonard street from q point
about so feet west of Hudson Boulevard,
to and connecting with " in Nelson
avenue; a sewer In Halliday street. from
Ash street to and connecting with "
in Johnston aven Rsy an vlav iS- ayan
feet east of Ocean avenue, to and
connecting with sewer In Arlington ave
nue.. and a 15-inch vitrifed pipe sewer IN
west Of Central avenue, to and connect
ing with sewer in Summit avenue.
Nsi PRsEssEN \ OF CLAIMS.
The following claims We're presented-
Brinkman and Hauek, $40 s2s.os; 2.
y. b 6aIllnsE 7ss5, 81 81, E $40 E e: f n %. fa sssisg.
si6s. 20. IS; J.. W. Harrison, s2o.75. s12, $3.50;
Richard. jackson. $40: John e. Macarthur,
1924; Daniel Mcdonald; s25; 7. A; j s I5d i
4 ass. sso7. S.. s7o.s6, sis.65. $l2: $3.50, s5.S5:
John N. Van Tassel, $50; also March, 1896.
payrolls Commissioners and Clerks, 81
on meters, $40: laberers on parks. $3.50.
Received and referred to their ap-
propriate committees:
REPORTS OF Ss TAsDING
The COMMITTEES on Streets and Sewers
reported on claims Of Jacob June, szSos,
r.. $50, George +. Bouton. 'sl5.5o: /. W.
Startup, SO; N. D. Wortendyke, SIS; A.
Datz, $40; q. .. Mcknight, $50; w ".
fitions fer signs, ETC., as favorable.
To the Honorable the Board of Street
7 Your w coasu SRmp On Streets and Sewers
& tie w spplica Sss f z essfher Hne0e snit o. ana
vitrified pipe sewer in Sixteenth street
from hfty feet east of Erie street. TO
ant. acnnest with, sewer n Grove street,
esnl 81 a shs % avs Ws o of iss. respectfully Ss
report in fhHer Of granting the prayer
OF the petitioners. we believing that the
Improvement is enc which should be
From the same committee
To the Honorable the Board of Street
Your C5mnitfee on Streets and Sewers
to whom was referred January 20, 1896:
the application Of Timothy Burke and
vitrffied pipe sewer in Church street,
from a point about 80 feet east of Sum-
init nawsr ay ge rs,,,r to s sna c ogt II EgaaS with
avenue. conformably to the PROVISIONS OF
fully. report in fayor Of granting the
that the Improvement is one which should
be made.
From the same committee +.
To the Honorable the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners.
Your Committee on Streets and Sewers
the a%ppiic MfE rsl Of Hen mseen Martin ~ and
others for the construction of a N-inch
brick sewer. in Fifteenth street, from 76
iee West OF Erie Il street to and an connect eon-
formally to the provisions of Chapter 217
of the Laws of 1895, respectfully report
p m rao0e o. we beIisv fne P Phay the Df i fne
Pavement is one which should be made.
From the same committee,
To the Honorable the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners.
FOUR Committee on Streets and Sewers
to whom was referred December 80, 1895,
the application of John McGrath and
others. for the construction of a 24-inch
brick oval sewer in Seventeenth street,
connect with sewer in Jersey avenue,
eonformAbly to the provisions of Chap
ter 217 of the Laws of 1895. respectfully
report IN. favor of granting the prayer of
the petitioners, we believing that the im-
provement is one which should be made.
From the same Committee
To the Honorable the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners
Your Committee on Streets and Sew
erH. to whom was referred December IS,
1895, the application of Charles G.. Rode
and others for the construction of a IS
inch vitrffied sewer in Sea View avenue.
from a point about 500 feet west Of Old
Bergen Road. through Sea View avenue
and connecting with the sewer at the
intersection Of Old Bergen Road with
Sea View avenue, c~onformably to the
provisions of Chapter 27 of the Laws of
1895, respectfully report in favor Of grant-
ing the prayer of the petitioners. we
believing that the Improvement is one
which should be made.
From the same Committee
To the Honorable the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners
Your Committee on Streets and Sew
ers, to whom was referred December 16,
1895, the application of Murty McConvflle
and others for the construction of a Is
inch vitrihed pipe sewer in Fifth street.
from Newark avenue, through Fifth
street to Brunswick. street, and through
Brunswick street to- and connecting with
the sewer in Fourth street. conformably
to the provisions of Chapter 217 of the
Laws of 1885, respectfully report In favor
OF granting the prayer of the petitioners.