The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-01
URGENT CITY WORK
Officials Confer This MDTns
ing About Needed Rnbs
lie improvements.
REPAIRS TO CoHHUAIpLH AVENUE
West Side Avenue Natter and
Broadway Sewer Will Be
satisfactorily Arranged

Mayor Hoos had long conference with
Finance Commissioner Reuben Simpson
and Commissioner Heintze of the Street
and Water Board respecting soma very
pressing public works. The meeting was
the result of letter sent by Clerk Bouton
of the Street and Water Commissioners
to President Brautigam of the Finanes
Board, and asked that an appropriation
of $3.50 be made for the following in-
proyements:-
Repairs to West Side avenue, $500.
Construction and maintenance of a sew
er on Broadway, Marion to prevent emp
tying of water on private lands. $3.50.
Repairs to Communipaw avenue, be-
tween Bergen and West Side avenues,
IS, AGO.
Commissioner Heintze pointed out that
these improvements ought to be begun at
once. West Side avenue, he said, was in
a very bad condition, and in some places
a waShout had made traffic almost i'm
possible. Then, as to the sewer on Broad
way, no one who had visited that place
could deny the pressing need Of such an
Improvement. The waste water flowed
over ths slope, forming into pools, which
became stagnant and were nice breed
Lastly, as to the repairs to Comxnunipaw
avenue, they were needed very badly. The
street between the points mentioned was
dangerous for foot passengers by night
Going down or up the Chilkoot Fass was
fun to travelling on Communipaw avenue
Wouldn't the Finance Board please to Is
sue temporary loan bonds for the $3.50,
and have these improvements nadsf
Mr.. Simpson. in reply. admitted that the
work was very necessary and important,
but he wasn't going to promise that the
bonds should be issued for several rea-
sons First, said Mr.: Simpson, there wsrs
legal and economic snags In the way, and,
lastly, he thought some arrangement
might be made to have the work done
without thou COS costing Is Jersey RS City q sssSs;
exclaimed Mr.. Heintze.
WELL" said Mr.. Simpson, glancing at
a paper in his hand, Il have an estimate
that the repairs on Gommunipaw avenue.
$1,000. but I think it needn't cost US q
cent"
Mr.. Heintze was still incrsdulous, and
the Finance Commissioner replied that
the Consolidated Traction Company, in
consideration for what the city had done.
were doing and would do on Ocean ave-
in some other way and he thought that if
Mr.. Heintze would see the Traction Com
pany that corporation, which had always
shown q disposition to accommodate Jer-
Sey City, would make an arrangement to
put Communtpaw avenue into good condi-
ton, as an offset to the work done on
Ocean avenue.
so far so good" said Mr.. Heintze,
4
Broadway severn
1.-THE Finance Board thinks that that
property should stand an assessment" re-
piled Mr.. Simpson 'and 1t is our opin-
ion that if you, Mr.. Heintze would see
Mr.. John M. Jones. the owner of the
tract there, the Broadway sewer could
be extended to Newark Bay and then the
city could assess the whole of the sewage
territory
"How about the repairs to West Side
avenue?' asked Mr.. HeintAe. at his last
ditch.
Mr.. Simpson said that there was only
one way to deal with that, and that was
for the Board to appropriate the $500. Mr.
Heintze, who is doing his Level best to
push these improvements along and stop
the complaints from taxpayers, fell in
with Mr.. Simpsons views, and he will
see Mr.. Jones and the Traction Com
pany and respectively arrange the ques-
ton of the Broadway sewer and the re-
pairs to Communipaw avenue. The con-
ference then ended.