The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-03
news FOR LAFAYETTE
Street and Water Board Will
Construct the Bramhall
Avenue Viaduet.

The Street and Water Commissioners
have started in again to put needed public
improvements under way. Last fall when
q halt was called because such a bulk
OF applications was piling up, there were
petitions for improvements shelved. These
nave been gone over carefully by the
Commissioners and for the next few
weeks to come there will be a blizzard of
improvements approved and bids adver-
Used for. The cid applications are to be
acted upon before those now coming in
are taken up. AS soon as practicable
the Commissioner propose having work
on as many Improvements as possible
started.
One OF the first and most important
VIII be the construction of a yiaduct in
avenue from Woodward street
70 Randolph avenue. This work alone
VIII cost in the neighborhood of s25. 600.
Il VIII be paid for by direct assessment.
every property owner affected is bowling
to have the work started. The viaduct
VIII be of similar construction to those
now going on in Thirteenth and Mercer
streets. Like those also, it viii carry
with it extensive benefits.
TO begin with, it will give Lafayette
what 1t has not now. direct munic asion
with the Hin. and more particularly the
boulevard. 1t VIII also connect with
Mayor Wanser's southwest drive. which
Is a macadam driveway which goes through
Garfield avenue to Greenville. and after
winding In and about for four and a half
miles connects with the Boulevard at
Gates avenue
property owners in all parts of Lafay-
cite believe that the new means of COM
munlcation with the Hill will serve as a
Dig Doom to realty in that locality. The
assessments for the work have been esti-
mated, and when compared with The bene-
hts to be derived will amount to practi-
cally nothing.
Applications filed yesterday and which
We're reported upon favorably were for the
constructor OF sewers in Duncan avenue.
luton street. Broadway and jackson
d.u central avenues, and the improyemenJ
OF Waverly street and Magnolia avenue
a private in Graham street was
a smaiY ssud to public use by the owners. A
meet with the York street sewer WAS
also asked. 80
Encouraged by the number of improve
nieles tnat nave been made and are to be
made, spectators are moving in the
building business.
During February the investment in new
pp ann q was so'lo2, a gain Of 81. 179 s
r-~- - I1o L CEIudEX SUE r1D0fLS
snow an investment of about STA. 600.
Last week seventeen permits for build
ings. extensions and improvements were
issued a~ggregating s33, S6i.
Inc permits granted were as follows:-
James = Moran, Bates and Grand
stFeess' ons-lra,ne extension, $125.
n. M. Brennon, Wniton and Ash streets
tWO-story frame extension. $3.50.
Wlllam DAVIS. LA Avenue e, two-story
frame house. $500.
3 J; Deeking. s1s Eighth street, two
prlck ovens in rear, $500.
john Ewing. 209 Monticello avenue. one
800.
Charles Kuederly. 1854 Johnson avenue.
new store front, $3.50.
sion, $500.
G. W. Gothardt, 521 Ocean avenue. me
story frame store, 5000.
&C. Zwernemann, Tonnele avenue and
IBsroaadway, two three-story frame fats,
Samuel Kleinhaus. Sussex and Warren
streets. two-story brick extension. 5000.
Michael Kelleher, Fourteenth street.
! n ! ar Grove street. four-story brick fat,
: Il Gilmore. Arlington avenue. near.
story frame building. s4,091
w. u. Bunsted, Grand street near
Jersey avenue, two-story frame building.
for business purposes, So, 1890.
street; one-story frame shed. $3.50.
s. Waytischowski, s Skillman avenue.
one-story frame extension, S125.
Mary l.. Benson, 1879, al and 143 Pear
Sal avenue. frame extensions in rear,
Franklin Rassford, Fairview avenue.
near Boulevard. two and one-half story
frame dwelling, $4,000.