The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-07

On motion, the regular order of bust
ness was then resumed.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AND
COMMUNICATIONS.
From August Kreiser and others
P~etitioning for the Improvement OF
Scott street, between Greenviile avenue
and Linde e
From F. T. Rikeman and others
Petitioning for the improvement of Har-
mon street, between Crescent avenue and
a point where present pavement ENDS.
From Frederick Klein and others:-
Petitioning for the Improvement OF Lex
ington avenue, between Bergen avenue
and West Side avenue.
From Leopold LoWenstein and others
Petitioning for the Improvement OF
Fifth street. between Monmouth and
Brunswick streets.
demonstrating against the proposed
Improvement of Van Reypen n Idaho
places.
From Henry Lembeck:-.
PetitiOning for construction OF a lz-lncn
vitrified pipe sewer in Jackson place., from
the west curb of Old Bergen Road TO q
point 800 feet west. and from this point
a Pinch vitrified pipe sewer to and con-
Meeting with a Pinch vitrifed pipe sewer
near Hudson Boulevard.
From James F. Blackshaw-
Petitioning for permission to lay a 10
inch private sewer in Fairview avenue,
from a point about 300 feet east of Mon
ticello avenue with all necessary man.
holes, at his expense.
From John B. Harvle;-
In the matter of the condition OF New
kirk street.
Requesting Board to award contract 70
Thomas f. McCabe, one OF the lowest
bidders, on improvement of Orient ave-
nue..
Received and referred to the Committee
on Streets and Sewers
From the Jersey City Electric Light
Co., per John E. Macarthur. manager,
CnmnlyinO with request OF BO9rQ III tE1S
matter of new schedule of street l1ghtlnS.
Received and ordered filed.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From his Honor the Mayor
Jersey City, Sept. q, 1897.
Honorable Board of Street ana water
GentIemen-All preliminary requisites
for repaving of Montgomery street nav
ing been disposed of, it is my earnest de-
sire that your Honorable Board give the
undertaking itself your particular atten-
ton and care. This street is, to say the
least, a most important
and instead of being a source OF civlc
pride has for a long time been a just
cause of complaint.
The contract calls for the completion of
this work within forty+nye wo orkih ~
commenced at once, and that II pc Wig
orously pushed to completion before the
inclement weather OF the winter season
sets in.
EDWARD HOGS,
Mayor.
Jersey City, Sept. p. 1897.
Honorable Board of Street and Water
Commissioners
Gentlemen-I am almost daily the re-
cipient of numerous complaints concern
ing the dangerous condition Of Harmon
street. / am informed that the street
has been rendered Amos impossible.
and that it is in a condition dangerous
both to life and limb. 1t is my wish that
immediate steps be taken by your Honor
able Board to put an end to this state of
affairs.
EDWARD HOGS.
Mayor.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Board of Finance
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board at its meeting. September Is, 1897,
and approved by the Mayor, September
60, 1857
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby ooncurs Ia the. following resolution
adopted by the Beard of Street and Wa
ter Commissioners. September 7, 1887
Awarding to James j. Harrington the
contract for the Improvement OF Hutton
street, from Hudson Boulevard to a point
about $50 feet west of Sunni avenue.
Estimated cost OF Improvement,
s.. S3G.20