The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-20
wGRBHNVILLB'S BOON.
New Buildings Springing Up
and Many Improvements
Under Way.

The pace of Improvement in Greenville
has been increased this fall and winter,
and everything points to a most lively
building season with the opening Of the
spring. The recent macadamizing OF
Garfield avenue had its effect among
other things. The trolley is responsible
for some OF the added boom. The Boule-
ward doubtless did ITS share, and above
all the prospect of good drinking water,
though still a trif1e remote, helps along
the good work.
Builders are fairly busy aiready,a and ow-
ing to the mildness of the season up to
q few weeks ago much of the work has
been recently begun. Residences are be-
ing erected, but mostly for rental pur-
poses. small buildings of this sort at
moderate rent never want foS a tenant.
The rent usually varies with the neigh
oorhood, but applicants are never want
ing. The erection of well improved and
finely located flats is another feature.
These find great favor with small fami-
lies DESTROYS of comfort. Those in the
Lembeck Building are at once the best
and highest priced in town. These are
all occupied at the present time.
Among the new structures in various
states of erection Is a row of two-stery
frame houses, seven in number, on Clerk
street, near Bay View avenue. Two
pretty cottages of three stories, on War
ner avenue, between Ocean n Old Ber-
gn Road, are being erected by MI. D.
W. Oliver for entail. The firm of
Holmes & Cogan is building a tenement
FOR the accommodation of its employees.
On the ground floor will be located the
business offices of the firm.
Mr.. Thomas Thorne Of Hooker avenue
Is building a home for himself and fam
on Hooker avenue, which he has rented
out. On Ocean avenue, near Gator, a
large low brick building is being erect
ed; = !, VIII be ussd as a gas.ftting
tory or similar size and shape is going
Up on Gator avenue, near Old Bergen
Road. What business will occupy it
could not be learned.
Improvement of buildings already erect
ed is being made in one or two cases.
Under this head comes the erection Of
an Ha.d immense wing by the Eureka Fire
near Garfield. The wing, like the rest of
the big factory. is of brick. In it will
be located the engines, pumps and heat
room in the main building for the vul-
canizing of the hose, a branch of the
business the firm has begun to engage in
only within the past six months.
house. NO: 50 Danforth avenue, formerly
occupied by Mrs. Ely n used as a
boarding house. Interior and exterior
are undergoing a thorough renovation and
rejuvenation. The clumsy old porch has
been entirely removed and a more mod
ern entrance will take its place.
h house at Garfield and Pearsall AVE-
nues is being remcdelled by James Dodds,
the Greenville plumber, who will occupy
1t upon its completion, Mr.. Dodds be
came the owner of the house but re-
Gently.
The. excavation for the new Turn Hall
has been completed, and the founda-
tons will be begun in a day or two.
This will be a frame building, two stories
in height i'm front. In the rear the lower
story will extend as high as the roof.
This will be used as a gymnasium. In
front, on the ground floor, will be a sa-
loon fitted out by Brewer Bachmann of
Staten Island, who will hold a mortgage
of 5000 IN the building. In the sec
ond story will be located the meeting
rooms.
These are the buildings now going up
in Greenville. The ground is now too
hard for other excavations, so there is
little likelihood of any more being erect
ed before the end OF October. The work
men on the excavation for the Turn
Verein building had the greatest difficulty
IN breaking the ground. They were COM
PEELED to heap the earth with manure
over night to prevent still further freez-
inE.