The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-18

time. I am alive to the fact that Pacific
avenue is not in. the very best condition.
beginning of new driveway link to
connect Lafayette and the southerly part
Or lower Jersey City with the Southwest
Driveway, but / feel that there are sew
eral objections Of merit to doing this
work at this time
/ The bridge over the Morris Canal
has been declared to be III bad con
dition. No settlement has as yet been
arrived at as to what should be done
with it and how or when. AS l under
stand It, there is also some question as
yet undetermined about the grade of that
street III connection with the sfade OF the I
proposed new bridge.
2. The making of Pacific avenue a
smooth-surfaced ro8iway at the present
time would be vaIueless for driveway
purposes. Its value can only be estimaf-
ed in connection with the extension Of
s,arteret Or BramhaIl avenues from Their
present termini to Pacific avenue. II the
proposed extension of Bramfali avenue
was sNnearer to being an actually, the pro-
posed Improvement OF Pacific avenue
would be urged by me as earnestly as
the connection of the Mercer street extern
sion by a smooth-surfaced roadway with
the ferries and lower Jersey City. So
that | am constrained to retard the work
contemplated by your resolution until the
objections stated have been disposed of
or at least until the completion of the
present incomplete roadway systems.
BERGEN SQUARE.
regret that a similar line of reasoning
has forced me into the same position re-
garding Bergen Square. appreciate al
that all those in favor OF this Improvement
have urged upon your Board in securing
the adoption of your resolutions; / know
that it is a public meeting place, that II
fronts a school house and that it is
historic portion of the city, but think
my position insofar as the expending OF
the street monies is concerned. will make
clear my present opposition to surfacing
it with asphalt. I hope to see all the un-
te he f,ff
covered or removed, and the completion
| of smooth surfaced roadways between
the ferries and the Mercer street exten-
sion before the completion of my term
of Office In order that these results
may be brought about / will not consent
to the diversion of the license monies
| to any other plan or system except for
matters of health / know that cannot
compel your Board to take the initiative
in producing this result but / submit
that inasmuch as the license fund is.
general account gathered from the whole
city, applicable TO no particular section,
that it should be expended for the great
est good of the whole city. The city has
defined certain policy in this matter
during the last Two years: a. by making
determined ATTEMPT to abolish cobble
stone pavements, and (21 to make con-
tinuous driveway systems; as yet the
work contemplated by that policy is in
gladly aid in pushing forward the work
contemplated by your resolution. to which
at the present time l make the objections
contained in this communication. IL Is
hardly necessary for me TO add that 50
much of your resolution as has met with
my approval was contemplated by the
policy to which the city is committed.
P. +. wANsER,
The message was filed away without
comment To override the Mayors veto
four votes are necessary. They cannot
be obtained, as Commissioners Heinfze
and Bo,twood are also opposed TO the
asphalting of Pacific avenue and Bergen
square. The message is regarded as a re-
buke to Commissioner Kaiser, who had
liquor license money than laying a BIT
sof asphalt here and there in the. city
where it would be impossible to make a
continuous driveway.
Commissioner Kaiser is put out by the
veto. and ii is expected that in order TO
sqisre accounts with the Mayor he VII
refuse to order Mercer street. asphaAted
and also check the laying of the cycle
path from the ferry TO the Boulevard
The Commiss Ioner's actions are being
watched with keen interest
The Street and Water Commissioners
this morning, at their meeting. made hf-
teen awards for public improvements in
| various parts of the city. They were as
| follows
| nue. E, to Reehill & Edwards.
( Old Bergen Road, from Gates avenue to
f1Ity-third street: TO Reehill & Edwards.
! North street, from the Boulevard to
FNelson avenue. to Bernard Cannon.
Reservoir avenue, from Webster avenue
/ to Central avenue, to Thomas Harring-
/ ton.
! Garrison avenue, from Stuyyesant ave-
| nue. to kearny avenue, to Edward
/ O'Donnell:
stuyvesant avenue, from Van Reipen
avenue to West Side avenue, to Thomas
/ Harrington.
| Arlington avenue. from Comnlunipaw
avenue to Grand street, to Reehill & Ed
1 wards.
| ST. Paul's avenue, from Summit to Tom
nele avenue to T. f. AfeCabe.
| Newklrk street. from Sip avenue TO
| Summit. to Dick street to the end of that
| street, to Joseph H. Jones.
| Neptune avenue, from Ocean avenue TO
| the Boulevard. to T. f. MeCabe-
! Hague street, from the Boulevard to
Paterson Plank Road, to Bernard Fee
Columbia avenue, from zabriskie street
to Lincoln, to Michael Mullery.
Grace street. from the Boulevard to
Nelson avenue. to John McCabe-
Prescott place. from Grand street to
Park. to Thomas Harrington.
Anthony Luker was appointed inspec-
tor Of the Tonnele avenue sewer: ]. H
Tresouthwick sewer in Leonard street;
Benjamin aHallon, sewer in Sip avenue,
Patrick Rooney. sewer in Third street .
Frederick Smith. sewer in Old Bergen
road. and Albert Schmall. sewer in Kear-
ny avenue.
Nine bids were received for the rebuild
ing of the Mountain road sustaining wall.
Michael Mullery -waS low.
T. E. Doyle filed a remonstrance against
the proposed assessment for the st.
PauPs ayenues improvement.
Carl Bcdendieck and others asked for
the appointment of e. P. Sergeant as in
spector of the improvement of Stuyvesant
avenue
Petitions We're fled for the change of
grade of Woodlawn Fulton and Stuyves-
ant avenues. Dwight and Van Cieef
streets. Application was made for the
asphalting Of the lower end of Crescent
avenue and the construction of sewer
in Virginia avenue.
The Kearny avenue sewer and the Pam
rapo avenue improvement were accepted
as complete
The Board adjourned until tomorrow
Adjourned meetings will be held every day
this week in order TO make the reception
of bids on Monday come on in regular
meeting. Mondays session. by reason of
the sadjournments, will be part of the
regular meeting of last Tuesday
SHOT BY A CRAZY BOY.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y. Aug. is. 1885,
Last night, at Mohawkville, a. suburb of