The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-26
NICE FOR CYCLISTS
Street and Water Board Will
Make a Route From
the Ferry to the
Boulevard.
TO BE LAID WITH ASPHALT
Conference With the Freeholders
As To the Sewers-More I'M
provements Ordered.
TO BE LAID WITH ASPHALT

Bicyclists will rejoice to know that TINS
morning the Street and Water Board
Commissioners decided to asphait certain
streets thus making adirect route from the
ferry to the Boulevard. The route VIII pc
Hudson street to York; thence to Hen
derson street to Mercer street, and by
the viaduct to the Boulevard. Inese
streets will be laid with asphalt, except
dng that portion of York and Henderson
streets between the tracks OF the Consoh-
dated Traction Company. Whatever the
ordinance affecting the company IN re-
gard to the space between the rails re-
Quires that will be done. In all probaoli-
ity the strip referred to will be laid Win
brick. This improvement has long been
talked of, but the city pleaded poverty.
Now, however, the route has become al
most a necessity. The entire work will
cost about $50. 900, and the license monies
will be minus precisely that amount.
Another matter pertaining to the Boule-
ward cropped out at this mornings meet
ing. So far as the city sewers system
in the neighborhood of the County Road
is concerned the Commissioners have
been somewhat in doubt as to the right
to connect sewers either crossing the
Boulevard or, in some instances, running
parallel with the road. The Freeholders
have maintained that they have exclusive
jurisdiction in the matter, while others
think the city's officials have some rights
there. There has been no clash, u
to the end that something may be done
to connect sewers laid down prior to
amalgamation of the sewers, both private
and public, the Commissioners have in
structed their chief engineer and counsel
to confer with the Freeholders and ascer-
tain precisely where they're at"
AS a result OF hearings yesterday the
Board confirmed the final map of the fol-
Slowing improvement, to which no OBJ
jections were made
Hancock avenue, from the Boulevard to
Congress street.
Lincoln avenue, from Central avenue
to the Boulevard.
Union street, from Ocean avenue to
Bergen avenue.
st. PauPS avenue, from PaliSade ave-
nue. to Summit avenue
A sewer on Garrison avenue, from Bond
street to Stnyvesant avenue.
Sewer on Harmon street, from Grand
street TO Garfield avenue.
The Board accepted as complete plans
for the following Improvements and Mr.
Bouton will request the Commissioners
of Assessment TO make the final maps
for the assessments-
Sewer on Randolph avenue; J. Hopkins,
contractor.
Sewer on Van Wagenen avenue; Burke
& Jones, contractors.
Grading and paving of Lake street; E.
o. Donnell, contractor.
Contractor Tommy Harrington was
granted ten days additional time on the
Congress street Improvement. His work
was delayed he said, because he had TO
sweep away such a quantity of fogI
J. II. We're was appointed inspector of
the West Side sewer.
Then the Board got out its guiliotine
and proceeded to decapftate George Free
Ugh, 5~gatekeeper and A. Ionic. general
at Belleville. To fill the vacant
positions w. H. Dunlap and T. KILN
were appointed at a salary of 81 per day.
Preliminary hearings nave been held
and no objections being made, the Board
decided to proceed, subject 10 the concur
renee of the Board of Finance. with the
following improvements
Sewer on Logan street; F. c. Meehan,
contractor.
Sewer on First street; John Nolan, con-
tractor.
Sewer on Harmon street; B. Garrison,
contractor.
Park avenue; contractor, J. H. Jones.
Inc Board then adjourned.