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

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Very respectfully,
W ". RUGGLEs,
Reeeived and ordered filed.
FROM the same ofdeer@
Jersey City, Sept. 8. 1896.
Inc Honorable Board of Street and Wafef
commissioners Jersey City, N. H.
sils-Acting upon your advice Of Sep
tenpef . ana accompanying the Board on
It's tour Of examination on september &
oyer the premises involving the question
OF ths proposed crossing BY the Green's
vile and Hudson Railway Company IL
4~omn1unipaw avenue. at the grade Of said
tporoughrare, / find, and beg leave "a
Tep9rf that the elevation Of the Central
Rahroaa IN the line of -omnnunfpa aye
mug - about thirteen (f3) feet.
Tnat the elevation Of the Newark ana
New York Railroad, in the line or foca-
ton of the GreenviIle and Hudson Raii.
way is about On feet.
That the elevation Of Communipaw ave-
nue. in the line of the iocation Of ehs
g~reeHvias and Hudson Railway is about
And, therefore, hat it viii be impossf-
Ole 10 cross under said avenue wit hs,ft
r ross ! craze crossings with the two
impossible for the G~reenyilIe and Hud-
son Railway Company to. In the line of
ss location. cross Communipaw avenue
overhead without greatly depressing the
present grade of the avenue (necessitaf-
ing q crossing of the National Docks
overhead and reach its terminal On any
Ul4A LIi4L L 0dVG HH9D
unaote to discover any means save thar
OF a grade crossing of Communfpaw ave-
nue whereby the Greenville and Hudson
halfway can make connection between ~
present construction and the criminal
respectfully submitted.
w. ". RUGGLES,
Received n spread at large IN flse the
A this point the privilege Of the floor
Was EXlEH0Qd 10 tfzrcr-
Record, T. o. Babbitt and e.. Broder;cEs
"to spoke m favor OF the grade crossing.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS
me following claims were presenfed-
george Y A~ckerman, $50; Auerbacher a
gaTrisr.' Sis. n Ssass. S S. 5. 81 s@ ~; Jo =;
B BennSn; VS. s45: J John P 8asTs, siss S. Patrick
Light GO. d.7ss.s7' siS7. So s. Slooe ca
Nswkirk. sfc2; A. Da1z. ss7; Louis Sfejeer
~ g; Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co., $f.75;
Steuier, S278; Carl Schmidt. $50. Ge5re1
NL4SdgIa 81 JARVIS F. Underhill. s5S.a1.
81 Sssw g, ssso ssSe, 81 30 s 90; Jersey City
ss919 Slsz9 SO 20 s29.10. 2o-4e. s2i.6 50.
sz9 60. Sl9.S $40. 40. STA. SIC. 40, $3.50. SIS. 81
slss . S2lse9 1890 $40 y, $500. SIS. S4.l9.
s19.20 .$46.S SC. SO 50, So 50. SO 3e1 s31 S1
5z51; s17:5 $40. s.. Is. s.; Jersey CITY
Heyald $2ls g $50. $50 $50 SID,
80 1880 IS. su. $50. &. q. 3, "a "a
SI.59 $3.50; So So $3.50 s1sst $50, SO. sS'
Journal Association. s7sS. x.S. Sl5.05. $40
s29I 8, $3.50, 9S2o. sls.so sao. 10 s9 IS.
SIS. $3.50. SO 30. $3.50, slS.s S7.7e. n.
g s. s g, S. $3.50 SIS, SIS. si9.7.
ST. sia.sS.. $i5.ss, 81 HIS 3. s sls u &; ~ e. e:
also p s5s ; 4 laying and repairing water
pirate committees.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMIT
TEES
The Committee on Streets and Sewers
reported on August 1926. payroll. laborers
on paved. streets. Sl,7A-2A as correct.
From the same committee
To the HONORABLE the Board Of Street
and Water Commissioners.
Your Committee on Streets and Sewers.
% whom. was referred August "A, 1896.
the application Of Henry Weirenbach
yitriaed pipe sewer IN Sherman avenue.
from ~ feet south of Bowers TO Griffith
street: and Of Henry L. strater and
avenue from Sherman place to Laidlaw
venue, and on September !, 1895. the
application of Charles Kraft and Others
for the construction Of a sewer IN Rose
avenue between Orient avenue and Clare
mont avenue. and sewers IN Orient ave.
AtlE. MClI.. ANA september S.E1hrr~ the aO-
plicati9n Of Elmer A. Darling md
others for the construction Of a sewer in
West Side avenue, from Belmont TO Dun
can. and laterals in k~ensi1gton. Jewett.
Belmont and Fairview avenues, conforms
ably 10 the provisions of Chapter Pr Of
the Laws of 1885, respectfully report in
ments are such that Should be made.
The reports were accepted.
Tha comnit4ae an Nf,sni.i,aI Tirb+f,.
reported on claims of Peoples Light and
Power Company, 2-S25, and Hudson EIec-
trie Company, ss.5ss.6S, as correct.
h reports were accepted.
The Committee on Assessments and Ex-
tensions reported on August, 1886. pay
roll laying repairing water pipe. 81
531.50. as correct.
The report was accepted
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.
The Committee on Streets and Sewers
presented the following
Resolved, hat the contract for this
widening and improving Of DeKaIb ave-
nue.. from West Side avenue to Hudson
Boulevard. in accordance with the pro-
visions OF Chapter 29 of the Laws Of
1925, be awarded to Thomas Harrington
at the prices named in his bid. he be-
ing the lowest bidder for the whole work,
unless at or before the time to be fixed
to hear parties in relation thereto a re-
monstrance against the said improve-
ment shall be presented to the Board OF
Street and Water Commissioners. signed
by the owners of property liable to more
than cne-half the assessment therefor;
Resolved, That the Commissioners Of
Assessment, with the aid and assistance
of the Bureau of Survey. be and ara
hereby directed to make and file in thu
office of the Clerk of this Board, a pre-
~liminary sketch or map based or this
award of contract, showing the amount
of materials estimated as necessary 10
complete the said Improvement, the real
estate or required TO be taken
for such Improvement, and, as far as
practicable, the lanes of the owners of
taken or any interest therein acquired and
owners, the probable total cost of said
contemplated Improvement and the prob
able amount to be assessed upon the
property so benefited thereby: and thar
when said map or sketch shall nave been
SO prepared and fled, the Clerk Of this
Beard is hereby directed 10 give such
public notice OF hearing TO be thereafter
given thereon as is required by the pro-
visions Of the act heretofore cited.
Resolved. That the contract for the i'm
provement Of Ninth street. from Bruns-
wick street to a point about 300 feet west
of Division street. confornably to the
provisions Of Chapter III of the Laws Of
1885, be awarded to Henry Byrne at he
prices named III his bid. he being the
lowest bidder for the whole work. unless
at Sr before the time to be fixed to hear
parties in relation thereto a remonstrance
against the said Improvement shah ba