The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-27

A~- - ~ NAliOlSlIdlCe. your 1DdIu
Will pc FULLY warranted in declaring your
intention to proceed with the paving of
these streets, subject, of course, TO the
nTsf, where no sewers are at present.
PERFECTION OF GOOD ROADS SYS-
The nearneSS to completion of the Mer-
Ger street extension brings more promi-
nently forward the necessity for the re-
surfaclng of Mercer street. from its
easteIly terminus 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 done on that street be-
tween the points mentioned, as soon as
the filling in between its present termi-
nus at Merseles street and the mouth of
the viaduct at or near Factory street
is completed, something will have to be
done to make the dirt road thus treated
as lasting and as inviting as possible.
As the property on the line of the street
at that point will hardly stand an adj
ditioral assessment for its Improvement.
and as it is questionable whether it would
be good judgment to pave it until 1t has
completely settled, / beg leave to offer
the following suggestion:-During the
session of the Legislature Of 1896 an Act
was passed, Chapter 70, which empow-
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 1900 cubic yards in
each year for use on the streets or roads
of any such city, town or township.
If at the proper time, upon the accept-
tracts for the filling in and extension of
Mercer street, your Board VIII adopt
specifications for the doing of the work
of m~acadamizang the portion of Mercer
street referred to. the city to furnish the
stone, ETC., the perfect completion of thai
driveway will be assured. In case the
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more than is necessary. the balance
might be used to advantage on some Of
the adjacent streets, such as Fremont.
Wayne or Cornelison avenue. The good
roads that have been perfected and those
that have been planned out in this city
up TO date have been done by the Off
Gals with the support of the property
owners. prior to the agitation that's now
becoming more evident in this city by
the establishment Of Good Roads Assoc
Citations. While the work that has been
done and that which it has been indi-
Gated was in contemplation was under
way it did not appeal strongly to the
popular mind what the real object of the
officials policy was intended to produce.
but as the ferries and the Hill and the
Boulevard and the southwest driveway
are being connected each with the other.
it is daily becoming more patent even
to the casual observer that great str des
are being made in this city to place it ir
the first rank as a city of good roads.
The latest Development of the agitation
has been for a smooth surfaced roadway
to the ferry. / have. gone over the mat
ter carefully and I feel safe in recon-
mending that in the event of your
Boards proceeding with the aspbalting
of Mercer street easterly to Henderson
street that il be carried over that street
to York; thence down York as far as
Greene street. If laid below Greene
street it should only be laid on the north
side of the street as far as Hudson
street. This would afford visiting cycl-
lists and drivers a smooth road from the
ferry to the Boulevard in this way: Ex-
change place to Hudson: to York. to Hen
derson, to Mercer, to Church street. to
Glenwood avenue. to the Boulevard: the
loop that has already been asphalted,
i. e., Varick from Mercer. to Coles. to
in close touch those who use the Erie
ferries and the Improvement of Jersey
avenue to the Hoboken line. brings ev-
cry one within easy access to the D., L.
& w. Ferries. The opposition that had
been making itself felt against the open
ing of Baldwin avenue is gradually dis
before the end of the present year that
improvement VIII be well under way. The
possibilities that its completion will pre-
sent are of incalculable advantage
tenn in this city. Webster avenue. be-
ginning at the West Hoboken line, is
paved. except for some 200 feet at its
! northerly terminus. through the Old
Fourth District as far as Prospect street.
The opening OF Bonner avenue, from
Prospect street through to where it now
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connect with Bonner from Newark ave-
nue. and the opening of the same avenue.
between Academy and Church streets.
| will bring al the east SIDE of the north
ern part of the city within easy and
pleasant access to the main driveways
to the Jersey City ferries. The opening
Of Baldwin avenue, at it's southerly ter
minus, into Summit avenue will also
make more readily accessible the SOUTH
west driveway which VIII soon be com
now in circulation for the several open
ings Of Baldwin and Bonner avenues are
successful beyond the hearing stage,
property owners on the line by the
~asphalting of the portions of paved
streets now included in that system. to
wit: Aston place. from Park street, to
Summit avenue, Summit avenue TO Bald
win avenue produced, Baldwin avenue
between Academy street and Newark
! street north. The Importance Of this
roadway will be made more evident
as it reaches completion; 1t is too much
year, but its accomplishment will mean
a great deal for the city. as it will
provide a direct roadway from the West
Webster avenue to Prospect street Bon
ner and Baldwin avenues from Prospect
street to Summit avenue, the latter ave-
nue. to Astor place, Aston place to Park
street, Park street to C~ommunipaw ave-
nue., to Arlington avenue. to Bay View
avenue. to GARFIELD avenue. to Bayonne.
The popularity Of the southwest Drive
way Is rapidly becoming manifest as it
approaches completion. and it Is virtually
necessary that steps be taken to cave It
as a road for driving and wheeling. The
heavy wagon travel to and from Bayonne
should be prohibited by ordinance of your
Is II the best shape to Withstand truck
ing, SO that 1t will work no hardship upon
anyone to limit the travel on the south
east Driveway TO Light wagons and wheel
men. This regulation is necessary for the
preservation OF the roadway Of this drive,