The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-02
Board Does Not Know What They
Want and Will Await Develops
ments-Routine Business.

from Thomas T. Plunkett, 81 per cent;
John F. Mullery. 49,; James ]. Manning,
81; Edward O'Neill, 49,; Timothy Burke,
IS; James Mannix IS; Sheridan Shea Co.,
81 S-l0; Refill & Edwards, 50 $40; Henry
Cunningham. IS: NJ. r. Van Keuren. "A;
Thomas McCabe, 20; Charles B. Rodman.
SIS 4-10.
Applications were received for improve
ment of a portion of Bergen avenue and
Lott street; for the opening of Wilton
street, and calling attention to the bad
condition of Franklin street, between
Palisade and Ogden venue the surface
water not running off.
The following communication was re-
ceived from the Mayor
I would most respectfully call the atten-
ton of YOU honorable Board to the en-
closed letter. 1t refers TO a matter which
time. 1t is my desire that you look into
this matter and remove the cause LOT
| complaint at your earliest convenience.
EDWARD Hoos, Mayor.
The complaint was as follows:-
The water pipes on our street. Sea View
avenue and Boulevard. AVE been exposed
for the last six weeks.
We have notified the Water Board two
or three times. Thu pipes will surely
burst this winter if not covered.
Yours truly,
VIM. A. HOFFMAN,,
1873 Sea View avenue.
Another Communication from the Mayor
| submitted the application on the part of
the United States Government for the
supply of Ellis Island with water, which
has already been published. This was re-
ferred for prompt consideration.
The following communication from the
agent of the Wrought Iron Bridge in ref
erence to work mi in the construction
| of the Thirteenth street viaduct, and re-
questing payment of money due thereon,
which has been held back. was received
whole:-
! To the Honorable the Board of Street and
Water
Gentlemen-We nave looked over the
sidewalk pavement on the Thirteenth
street viaduct, built by us, n find thirty
two squares of the pavement cracked. due
to the expansion and contraction OF the
steel work.
Some of the cracks are small n 9TH
erS extend entirely across the squares.
We are confident that to tear them up
and replace them would not benefit the
work, as it would be impossible to prevent
the same trouble from occurring again.
We are badly in need of the money due
us for the construction of his viaduct,
and for the sake of an amicable and
| prompt settlement We hereby agree to de-
duct the sum of $500 from the balance
| due us from Jersey City if you will make
settlement with us next Monday, Nov. /.
The whole amount exceeds largely the
amount required to replace the work in
| question, but our desire to be fair, and
/ pressing financial needs the first week in
November impels us to make you this
| proposition.
Sincerely trusting you can see your way
| clear to accept it, we are,
Yours respectfully,
WROUGHT IRON BRIDGE CO.,
Per James H.. Wynkoop, Agent.
The following in connection with the
matter was received from the Corporation
Counsel:
| To the Honorable Board of Street and
Water Commissioners:
Gentlemen-In reply to your inquiry re-
| specting the first payment to the Wrought
Iron Bridge Co.,. upon its contract for
| building the steel viaduct in Thirteenth
! street, and the roadway and sidewalks
thereon, / understand that the city is will
| ing to accept the work as done according
to the contract, except the sidewalks.
There appear to be some imperfectfons
| which render them unsatisfactory to your
BY the contract the sidewalks were
made of the material known as granolite,
or built in granolithic style.
So far as the material is concerned the
| contract has been performed. The diff
Guilty with the walk is, 1t is understood,
| that it cracks, and this cracking of the
| sidewalks constitutes. the imperfection
which renders the unacceptable to the
Commissioners.
The sidewalks are laid along over the
| viaduct, which is a steel structure about
1900 feet in length, more or less, and ex-
| pands and contracts several inches. The
cracks Of the sidewalk is alleged to be due
| to this expansion and contraction of the
| bridge itself, owing to heat and cold. The
sidewalk itself, as 1t is constructed of the
material called for, neither expands nor
| contracts, and the cracks which appear
! in it now are defects which it seems to me
cannot be permanently avoided. The
| walks are apparently laid according to
the contract which you have entered into,
and If SO the result of such error ought
| not to be visited upon the contractor. II
the contractor Is willing to leave in the
hands of your Board sufficient monies to
| correct the existing defects in the side
| walks and to protect them for a reason
able period in the future I see no legal
| upon its contract should not be paid to it.
JOHN "A. BLAIR,
Corporation Counsel.
The final maps of assessments for the
Improvements Of Linden avenue. Glen
wood avenue, Zahriskie street, Reservoir,
| Arlington and Tuers avenues, Hague
street, and for a sewer in Hcadly avenue.
were confirmed, and the Board declared
rue from Bergen avenue to the Hudson
boulevard, Lott street from Willow Court
to the western end of Lott street.
Preliminary contracts were awarded for
Improvement of Poplar street from Nell
son avenue 10 the Hudson Boulevard to
James Mannix, for Improvement of Pop
lar street from Hudson Boulevard to Cen
trail avenue to r. FL. FlaherIy, Jr., & CO.;
for Improvement of Crescent avenue from
Cornnunipaw to Belmont avenues, to
Henry Cunningham. Improvement of
Cambridge avenue. to p. H. Flaherty, Jr.,
& CO.; sewers in Grand street and Nunda