The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-16

on the south, is particularly un1nVftlng.
OF the streets enumerated, First street is
the only enc that can boast of a pave
ment, and even that is hard to find in Its
present condition As the cost Of the I'M
provement of these streets will fall upon
the property owners benefited thereby
and as a majority of those liable to the
provernent. by remonstrance; your Board
will be fully warranted in declaring your
Intention to proceed with the paving of
these streets, subject, of course. to the
n lTs5 where THMr1d no sewers sew roa are At present rs
The nearness to completion Of the Mer-
Ger street extension brings more promi-
nently forward the necessity for the re-
surfacing of Mercer street. from its
easterly erminus at Henderson street
westerly with a smooth pavement such
as asphalt. If your Board deems it wise
to proceed with this improvement as far
as Merseles street and even without re-
gard to what is lone on tina street be-
tween the points mentioned, as soon as
the filling In between its present terni-
tho viaduct at or near Factory street
is completed, something will have to be
lone to make the dirt road thus, created
as lasting and rs inviting as possible.
As the property on the line of the street
at that point will hardly stand an adj
ditional assessment for its Improvement,
be good judgment to pave it until1it has
completely settled, l beg leave to offer
the following -suggestion:-During the
session of the Legislature Of 1895 an Act
was passed, Chapter 70, which eInpow-
ers the Mayor or other executive officer
of any city. town or township in any
county in which there is located and
worked a stone crusher to make requisi-
ton upon the county authorities for an
| amount of crushed or broken stone in
sizes to be specified by said executive
officer not exceeding 1.5DO cubic yards in
each year for use on the streets or roads
of any sue city, town or township.
anee as complete of the present con-
tracts for the filling in and extension of
Mercer street. your Board viii ADOPT
specifications for the DONG OF me worK
Nreet referred to, the city to furnish the
sHQne, ETC., the perfect completion of that
driveway will be assured. In case the
amount of stone obtained in this way is
more than is necessary, the balance
might be used to advantage on some of
the adjacent streets, such as Fremont;
roads that have been perfected and those
that have been planned out in this city
up to date have been done by the off,
cials, with the support Of the property
owners, prior to the agitation that IS now
he establishment of Good Roads Assoc
done and that which it has been indi-
GATED was in contemplation was under
way it did not appeal strongly to- the
of6cials, policy was intended to produce.
BIT as the ferries and the Hill and the
Boulevard and the southwest driveway
aresbeing connected each with the other,
It is daily becoming more patent even
to thehscasual observer that great strides
are beihg made in this city to place 1t IN
the rsf.rank as a city Of good roads.
has been fca a smooth surfaced roadway
to the ferry. I have gone over the mat
ter carefully Aha ! feel safe In recon- sn1
Roards proceeding with the asphalting
Of Mercer street eaASerly to Henderson
street that it be carried over that street
Greene street. II laid below Greene
street it should only be- LAID on the north
side of the street as far Is hudson
street. This would afford Visiting cycl-
lists and drivers a smooth road from the
ferry to the Boulevard in this yyay: Ex-
change place to Hudson. to York. 10 Hen
GGienMood avenue, to the Bonlevara; the
loop that has already been asphalted,
/. e., varick from Mercer, to Coles, to
Eighth. to East Hamilton place. briggs
ferries and the Improvement of Jersey
avenue to the Hoboken line. brings sev-
& W. ferries. me Opposition that had
been making itself felt against the open
ing Of Baldwin avenue is gradually dis
aBpearing a aaz i y y m. my s sss assf hope that
possfbilities that its cempIetion viii pre-
ssnt are Of i9esieu aaad r ~aaydsntsse
tenn in this city. Webster avenue, be-
ginning at the West Hoboken line. is
paved except fcIs some 200 feet at II
Fourth District as far as Prospect street.
The opening of Bonner avenue, from
Prospect street through e. where i now
conn with Bonner from Newark ave-
nue. and the opening Of the same avenue.
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