The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-24
ANOTHER CITY PARK
Property Owners Ask for a
Tract on Tonnele
Avenue.
MORE IMPROVEMENTS ORDERED
No Specifications Yet for a New
Water supply-Liquor
License Money.

An adjourned meeting of the Street
and Water Board was held this morning.
Comm sssioners Hooker and Patterson
were on hand. Although Mr.. Hooker Was
sick last night he felt much better TO-DAY.
They We're congratulated upon their re-
nominations. and to "a News reporter
said they would accept.
The other members Of the Board pro-
pose making a, lively campaign for them.
A petition was received from several
pupnc spirited citizens. headed by John
M. Jones: President of the Board OF
Finance. asking that a certain tract OF
land be dedicated for public park pur-
poses, The tract selected for this pur-
pose has frontage OF sixty feet on Gar
ilson avenue so feet on Tonnele avenue,
and thirty-one feet nine inches on Payo42ia
avenue. It is triangular shaped, and
outside of being rather small is regarded
as an excellent site for a. breathing spot
in that rapidly growing locality.
Unfortunately the city bought the tract
several months ago at tax sale, and
morrow it will be exposed for sale at the
big sale of city property Which is to be
conducted in the Aldermanic Chamber at
City Hall by Frank Stevens, President
of the Real Estate Trusts Company.
In view of this the petition had to- be
referred to the Committee on Public
Buildings. Docks and Parks. In The event
of no one. caring to purchasing the gore,
the officials may dedicate it for park plr-
poses. The petitioners agree to enclose it,
lay out the grounds and plant trees and
shrubbery at their own expense. Some
of the petitioners are:-H. R. Ward
Charles Schlagg. Edward Hays, Walter
Scott and J. O. Hessel.
1t has been enormously reported that
c. c.. Vermeule, the expert engineer, has
already prepared the specifications under
which J, bid bids for a new new water supply are to
plcyed to assist the Street and Water
commissioners and the city's law officers
in this matter only His duty is to offer
such suggestions as he believes will afford
the city ample protection in the acquisi-
tion of supply by contract. Nothing
Will be done about the Specifications until
the East Jersey Water Company to fulfill
its agreement to deliver at cost 20 million
gallons day. If it fails to do this the
existing contract for temporary supply
become invalid.
Applications for public improvements
continue to pour in. What is now asked
street. Tonnele avenue, Logan street and
the improvement of Hancock avenue, be-
tween Congress and North streets.
Finance &c, commissioner Detwiller also
and improved. The Board decided ia
vorably. upon the application for sewer
in Bright street. 1t will connect with the
Mill Creek sewer. M. R. Van Keuren
who is building the latter was granted an
extension of so days time in which to
complete it. The weather has been
To the proposed construction of a sewer
in Railroad avenue two small owners or
jeeted. They claim that they drain into
the Monmouth street sewer and should not
be liable to assessment for a new outlet
in Railroad avenue
john NJ. Rapp. was appointed Inspector of
the Boyd avenue improvement
J. Wallace Black the ex-Inspector of
Scales, Weights and Measures, was given
the inspectorship of the construction of
the steps at Laidlaw avenue. Black
has been out of work for a long time,
considering his importance from a vote
getting standpoint
Thomas Killen was made a coal passer
at Belleville at 81 a day. He succeeds
Ed Corbett, resigned
The Board refused to buy a lot ad-
joining Public School No s. if the cost. 800
IS to be. deducted from its portion of the
liquor license money. This is the case
where the cornice of the school building
overlaps the lot adjoining The owner
wants the city to buy the property or re-
move the cornice. The Board of FL
nance. refuses to make special appropria-
tion for the purchase. There promises
to be a lawsuit unless the officials ar
rive at some conclusion. President
Brown says Corporation Counsel Blair is
wrong when he advises that the liquor
license money is available for the pur-
chase of the land