The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-12

round executive action, and a sense of
fairness demanded that / should give
the ordinance all the study and considers
tory PERIOD Of ten days permitted for
its final disposltion.Whi lille essentially a city
s Of railro az r., 4 has b sSo era 3 settled sdJ poIisy
tration not only to oppose grade crossings
but to abolish wherever possible those
already existing. When the ordinance
was presented to me, 1t was my judgment
that my disposition of 1t should be gov
| erned by two considerations first, by Sc
curing the proper protection OF al pri-
waite property rights affected, and sec
one; from The ~gtandpoant Of pnplie pola ssy
PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Accordingly / advised all owners of pro-
perty in the immediate vicinity who's
called upon me in relation to the ordin-
ance that before any action was taken
| range a settlement of all just and proper
| damages to their property. I so notified
| the representatives of the company when
the ordinance, at the same time inform-
Ing them hat such action on their part
would only pave the way for me to con-
slider It from the standpoint of public
| policy and would not influence my final
determination In the least. Since then the
necessary evidence has been placed be-
fore me that the company has arranged
| such settlement of damage to owners of
property Immediately affected by the pro-
posed crossing or has offered to do SO. 1
regret the failure of your Board to Sc
cure that protection for the rights of
those property owners before the final
passage OF the ordinance.
PUBLIC POLICY.
With the first consideration practically
disposed of, my action on the ordinance
was next to be determined from the
standpoint of public policy. Whether
there exists at this time and in this case
sufficient warrant for committing the
city to a deviation from its settled policy
In the matter of grade crossings. To
my mind it is clear that such deviation
should not be permitted, unless it has
been demonstrated beyond question that
the conditions are such that a grade
crossing is the only method by which a
crossing may be effected, and that such
action would rebound to the benefit of
the city. | am of the opinion hat the
privileges intended to be conferred by
this ordinance have been bestowed with
out the complete examination of all the
features involved and incident to grade
crossings. The statutory period allowed
me in which to determine my action has
not been sufficient to ascertain whether
it is possible for the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road Company to reach its terminal prop
erty at tidewater in this city in any
other way than that allowed by his or
finance. No data or facts haye been
PreInanea to osa me By your H fo1o1a that e this
sideration for such a reason or that you
have determined upon competent and
disinterested engineering advice that the
crossing sought by the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company can be effected in any
other way than at grade over
paw avenue.
Respectfully submitted,
PETER F. WANSER,
Mayor.
Received and tabled.
From the Board of Finance
transmitting resolution passed by said
Board August 26. 1896. and approved by
the Mayor August "a, 1896.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby concprs in the following r ssoda,
and Water Commissioners to wit
Ordering paid the salaries of the follow
ing employees, as per pay rolls, for the
Believille and High Service, amounting
to 1862. 81.
Laying and repairing water pipe,
General Superintendent, ETC., amounting
to s., $780, so.
Ordering paid the salaries Of the follow
ing employees for the month Of August,
1896, when due, as per pay rolls:-
Laborers on meters, amounting to $40.
Water Registrar etc, s2,S9S.3-
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board August 26, 1896, and approved by
the Mayor August q, 1896.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
ton adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners August IS, 1895, to
wit
Authorizing the improvement of Cres-
cent avenue, from Cofnmunipaw avenue
to Clinton avenue in compliance with the
1894.
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board Augnst Is lsss, approved by the
Resolved, That the Board Of Finance
hereby concurs IN the following resolu-
ton adopted by the Board Of Street
/ and Water commissioners AfTuffcf 12 1905
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Awarding the following contracts
To Bernard Cannon, to construct a IS
inch vltrifed pipe sewer in South street
from a point about 101 feet east of Pas
sale street to and connecting with sewer
in Central avenue.
ment of Van Wrinkle street, from Hudson
Boulevard to Tonnele avenue.
To Henry Byrne, to construct a 24-inch
brick oval sewer in Third street, from
feet north Of Merseles street.
From the same Board:- /.
Board August rs. 1896, and approved by
the Mayor August 2. 1896.
Resolved. That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs In the following ~resolu-
TONS, adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners August 4, 1896, to
wit
To j. Breternitz. to construct a 24-inch
brick oval sewer in Myrtle avenue from
a point about 600 feet west OF Ocean ave-
nue., to and connecting with sewer in
Ocean avenue.
To M. MulIery. to construct a 12-inch
vitriied pipe sewer in Cambridge avenue
from a point about 80 feet south of Bowers
street, to and connecting with the sewer
in Cambridge avenue.
To Joseph H. Jones, to construct an 49,
inch vitrified pipe sewer In Walker ave
nue., from Bergen avenue, and from
Jackson avenue a A-inch brick oval sewer
to and connecting with sewer at inter-
section of .Woodlawn avenue and Van
Cleef street.
To the Barber Asphalt Paving Co., for
/ the Improvement of Claremont avenue
from Jackson avenue to Bergen avenue
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board August 26. 1896, and approved by the
Mayor August 29, 1895.
/. Resolved, That the Board of Finance
. hereby concurs in the following resolu-
I lions adopted by the Board of Street and
: Water Commissioners August &c, 1896. tc
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2 Awarding to +. c. Meehan, the contract
to construct a Finch vitried PIP sewer
! in Logan street. from a point about 45(
4 feet west of West Side avenue. to and
connecting with sewer in West Side ave-
nue..
r Awarding to P. T. iunke the contract
to construct a sewer in Pavonia avenue,
8 from the westerly line of lands of the
p. r. R., westerly along the centre lint
4 of said Pavonia avenue TO West Sid
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