The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-31
THINKS IT PERFECT
Supt. Coyle Tells the Free
holders Something About
the Boulevard.
NO E " CONTRACTS MADE
Freebooter Percy Kicks About the
Price of Ice Cream
County Matters.
NO SIDEWALK CONTRACTS MADE

ut took the Freeholders two hours yes
terday afternoon to find out that they
were unable to agree upon the tagging
of the Boulevard. Each of the two
kinds of blue stone and the different
varieties Of artificial tagging had its
champions. AT the end of the discus
sion it was decided to postpone the
award of the contract until the next
meeting.
Several Freeholders having expressed
a desire at the last meeting to hear from
Michael j. Coyle, Superintendent of the
Boulevard. the superintendent submitted
this communications
To the Honorable Board of Chosen
In obedience with the adoption of a
resolution passed by your Honorable
Board at a meeting held Wednesday,
on the condition of the Hudson Boute-
ward, as well as the progress made by
the different contractors who have con-
tracts for the sprin&ling and maintaining
of same, l would beg leave TO submit the
following
First-Since my incumbency in office
as superintendent 1 have made a daily
( examination of the road and since the
contracts for s~prinkling and maintain
ing the said Hudson Boulevard nave
been awarded / have superintendent same
and have made said contractors conform
in every particular to the terms of their
Second have notified the different
municipalities throughout the county to
remove their respective lamp posts;
some still remain | have notified the
residents along. the line of The road to
remove the water troughs and bridges IN
front of their residences. Nearly all
are removed and / expect the balance
to be removed in a few days.
Third have notified the Western
Union Telegraph Company, the Hudson
County Electric Light Company and the
New York and New Jersey Telephone
Company to remove their poles from the
line of the Boulevard. The Western
have complied with my instructions.
Fourth have notified Messrs- Henry
e McGibney of several depressions in the
road on the upper section. They have
attended TO same and / would state the
road is now in good condition.
Fifth have notified Messrs. O'Brien,
Mannix, Cannon and Kerr to cut the
grass and weeds on the sidewalk under
their different contracts. Messrs. O'Brien
and Cannon have complied, the others
have not done so as yet. I have also
notified them to keep the cutters cleaned
as we'll as to clean out the basins and
keep their different portions of the road
in good condition. I have notified all
residents who had box or drain pipes
draining into and on the Boulevard to
pools of water collecting in the gut
tiers. In many places said drains have
been removed.
1 nave notified the Health Inspector
of Jersey City to have removed at once
a box sewer running from a water closet
on Falrview avenue into one of the basins
of Police Murphy that the panapet of the
wall over the Erie tunnel is continually
being destroyed by boys, who loosen the
eurbing stones and throw them down
the banks
SIXTH have notified the Consolidated
traction Company to repair the crossing
have also called the attention of the au-
thorities of the Rutherford Traction Com
pany OF the necessity of notifying their
cars before crossing the Hudson Boule-
YARD at the Paterson plank road, and,
hnally, l have notified the police depart
mfnts of the different municipalities in
Inc county to aid and assist in enforcing
the rules and regulations governing traf-
OF Jersey City and Bayonne have prompt
" complied and have rendered valuable
assistance to the county.
The communication was ordered spread
on the minute
Freebooter Piercy knocked up a fuss
over a claim for 400 quarts of ice cream
at 20 cents q quart. The cream was fur
On the glorious Fourth. Freebooter
Percy said the price was double what it
ought to be.
"You can't get Neapolitan cream for
Riordan-
Yes. / can" replied Freebooter Piercy.
My brother is in the business, and he
viii furnish it for 30 cents a quart,
All right" INTERCEPTED Director Heller.
We'll give your Brother the Job next
year" The claim was passed.
A communication signed by about one
hundred taxpayers in North Bergen. was
received. stating that that section of the
county is falling into a condition of in
noeuous desuetude, because business wag-
ons and trucks are not allowed on the
bouieIard, and asked that the rule be
1mended. Referred to the Committee on
PuDlle Roads. After a hot contest per-
mission was. given to the Fourth Regi-
ment Athletic Association to win an
advertising banner over the Boulevard.
Inc vote was ten to nine. Freeholders
Gnllen. Heating, Kelly, Klumpp, Klein,
McComb. Piercy, Riordan, Ripple voting
against it. Several land and Improvement
associations of North Bergen Joined IN
requesting the Board not to award the
contract for the Boulevard Tagging until
they could have an opportunity to be
heard, Referred to the Committee On,
Fuphe Koads Permission was granted
TO the North Hudson Clerks Association
70 parade in wagons on the Boulevard
on the occasion of their picnic. The
Board will meet again next Thursday.