The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-26
FORBETTER STREETS
Many Applications for In
pTovements Filed With
the Street and Water
Board. .,,
SEWERS MUST BIZ BUILT FIRST
Contracts Let and Bids for SUPP
plies Received By the
Board.
SEWERS MUST BE BUILT FIRST


The Street and Water Commissioners
are being swamped again with public
improvements. In all parts of the city
property owners want sewers built and
streets paved and are trying to get in
under the law which gives them five
years In which to pay their assessments.
While applications are pouring in the
Commissioners are doing their utmost
to get all the improvement possible under
way. 1t is a fact that within O few
weeks a greater number of public inn
provements will be under way than ever
before dn the history of the city. Old
improvements which nay been hung up
for one reason or another are being
rapidly released and shortly in all parts
of the city, there will he substantial signs
of the city's streets being made better.
After months of debate the Commits
sioners nave decided to enforce a new
rule. 1t Is to make no street improve
ments until proper sewers have first been
laid. 1t has occurred frequently of late
that streets ave been paved at consider
able expense and after the work has
been finished the property owners nave
come to the conclusion h they re-
quired a sewer. AS a consequence well
paved streets have been torn up and by
reason of repaving being poorly lone
the street has presented a ~deplorable
condition. This has been the cause of
so much grumbling that the Commission
ers are determined that paving shall
follow the building of a w not vice
versa.
Another new departure which will re-
heve property owners of an assessment
not contemplated in the improvement is
the forcing of a contractor to pay the
salary of the inspector when he does not
finish his work within the specified time.
This rule is to apply no matter whether
the Board grants an extension of time or
not.
There We're several nspectorships to
pc given out yesterday. The lucky men
were Joseph Conkright, who will look
after the construction of a sewer IN
Fifteenth street; Edward Groeschel, Oak
land avenue Improvement; Gus Ping
stem, Congress street Improvement, and
prOVement.
Petitions were filed for the opening Of
ime loWer section Of Pamrapo avenue,
Garleld avenues, and Fourth n Ninth
streets, and Duncan avenue. Prelimi-
nary maps for the improvement OF "a
i+oAiC SlIG6t, U6IWe6n summit aVen1lH
and the Boulevard, West Side avenue.
Central avenue, Cambridge avenue. Mon
tlceHo avenue, n the construction of a
sewer IN Broadway were adopted. Maps
provlding for the change of grade of
van Wagenen avenue, Tuers avenue,
Monticello, Pavonia and West Side ave
nues, IN order to make a more complete
sewage system, were adopted. The Com
mssioners also, by resolution, declared
then. intention to build a sewer in
avenue and to improve Myrtle
avenue I'M Hutton street.
TO. Thomas F.. McCabe, the contract for
the Improvement of Fairview avenue was
awarded. Sewers in Irving street and
built by Edward O'Nein and p. r Pun
of work. 1855
street the privilege was given to pave
the street at their own expense.
The trustees of the Pilgrims Baptist
Cnurch IN Charles street complained
from in front of their place of
worship and asked that they be refl1rnad
as soon as possible.
Inc pnbiic improvements there were an
uIusuaI number Of estimates submitted
py contractors. For the improvement of
Marmon street there Were ten bidders.
Of a sewer in Central avenue
VIII DOUBTLESS go to p. T. Plunkett, he
Deing the lowest of seven bidders. Michael
eMullery was low for the construction of
a main sewer in West Side avenue with
laterals. The improvement If
street, between Montrose avenue and
ODonnell.
Bids We're next invited for the furnishing |
Of general supplies. For fire brick, fire |
s sn6mi pplds' il Ths 1 biddles ese. we two W 5ias mere
and D. D. Clark. The latter was |
For the furnishing of hay, meal,
bran, salt, and soap there were two bid
ders. They were Duhme & Troll and E,
Dugan. Dugan was low. ,
Four proposals We're received for fur
nishing cylinder and kerosene oil. The
John T., Edwards, Jarvis F. UnderhiIi and
Metropolitan Oil Co.. Underhill was
low.
For stove coal, blacksmith coal. coke
and wood, five bids were submitted. The
coyle, Richard Dooley. EDWARDS A'' {
and Horace MacBride. Coyle
For paints. and oils two bids were pre-.
Co Edwards was low.
The others bidders were Harry
Hayes and W. W. Farrier
so sld so ar fd the B faEnlnihlng gpS e H 4'eS tons ssry,c Of
were as follows:-A. Fl. Ross & Co, for
Hish Service, $50 from ReynoIdsville
nins Belleville, So same mine A. $
mine; Harry Willet, 1924, from Ciearfleid
mine. No. g.; Peale. Peacock & Kerr, |
rs Patton mine; David Jones. ss.17; ogle
!Riasi sI mime gss SIX. from rom MI f1sn v Slsn
Charles I. Davis. s3.09. Colorado mine,
q bloomington Mining Co.; David e.
mhst'a'a Perey HeIIrne ss-V Z Son. sonm s.os. from
Norwood mine: Mackey, Young & Co.
Z. 03, Coaldale mine.
Contracts viii be awarded at the
aext meeting.