The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-28
MORE LIGHT PROMISED.
Electric Company complys
With Street and Water
Boards Request Andy
Boyle's New
Position.

The Street and Water Commissioners
yesterday afternoon received bids from
Thomas Cavanagh, P. T. Plunkett, M. j..
Curley, M. T. Connolly, M. r. Van
Keuren Sheridan & Shea Company, Chas.
Blackman, John Hopkins, Phillip Tumu1ty
and Edward O'Neill for the construction
of a sewer in Hopoken avenue. Twelve
bids were submitted for improvement of
Poplar street.
Applications were made for the inn
provement of Tompkins avenue, improve
ment of Scott avenue, for the laying of a
pipe sewer in Jackson place, Improvement
of Fifth street with asphalt, between
Monmouth and Brunswick streets.
John P. Harvey objected to the way
work is being done on the Improvement
OF Newkirk and Dick streets. He charged
that the specifications are not being fol-
lowed. c. C. Van Reipen filed a remon-
STRANGE against the proposed Improvement
of Van Reipen place.
A letter was received from John E. Nc
Arthur, business manager of the Jersey
City Electric Light Company, which
pleased the Commissioners very much.
The Board at it's last meeting adopted a
resolution requiring the lighting of the
electric lamps a half hour earlier in the
evening and burning a half hour later in
the morning. The company consents 70
abide by the request. In doing so Mr..
Macarthur wrote:-
"I am authorized to say that while the
new schedule differs very materially from
the schedule on which our company based
it's bid for public lighting, and which
forms a part of our contract with the
city, inasmuch as it increases the lighting
hours, yet it is the desire and aim of our
company to reader the city an n
creased expense, We will unhesitatlngiy
comply at once
The communication was filed.
Chief Engineer Ruggles submitted spec
ificationS for the Improvement OF BAY
Side and Columbia Parks. Columbia Park
is the new name of Jackson Park The
name was changed by the Board yester-
day, at the request OF the Greenvllle
property owners.
The specifications for the laying out of
the parks do not provide for any great
amount of fancy work. The fund which
is available for the work is limited. The
is done, they will endeavor to hnd
money with which to make the parks
comfortable and pretty.
Contracts were awarded to James Har-
rington for the improvement of Crescent
avenue; T. j. McCabe, for the improve
ment of Orient avenue; Bernard Cannon,
construction of sewer in Bergen avenue,
and E. W. Cottan, for the construction of
a sewer in Walker avenue. Ex-Assem-
blyman Andrew J., Boyle was appointed
general time keeper at a salary of 81 zoo
a year. The office is a new one. Boyle $
duty will be- to look after inspectors OF
improvements and see that they perform
their duties. He will also have the gen.
eral supervision of laborers and mechan-
les employed by the Board All the Com
missioners voted for the resolution. The
office is one which the members say
should have been created long ago, for
the city's good
The Board of Education was instructed
to direct janftors of school buildings to
turn off the water in flush basins when
the schools close, except those buildings
which are to be used as night schools.