The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
Street and Water Board
Upholds the Mayors
Action On the Water
Specifications.
NEW PLANS READY FOR NEXT WEEK
Chief Fowler's suggestions for
Street tleaning-More Bung-
ling Over the Montgomery
Street Improvement.

The Street and Water Commissioners
took no action pertaining to the veto of
Mayor Hoos to the water plans and -speci-
fcations his afternoon, thus allowing it
to become operative. Following the lead
of the Board of Finance, the Commission
ers decided that they would shoulder no
responsibility by overriding the veto.
'.Since the Mayor said one of them to
a News reporter today, has the final
say in the awarding of the contract, il is
better to have him in harmony with US
before We will go ahead with preliminary
work"
To secure a conference between His
Honor, the members of the Board of FL
nance and themselves, will be the next
move of the Street and Water Commi
s~ioners, who are exceedingly anxious to
get the water question out of the way as
quickly as possible. This will be done
probably some day this week, since the
Commissioners are now fully aware of the
Mayors objections to the specifications.
TO this conference, it is understood, will
be invited the experts, Messrs. c. c. Yer
meule and Garwood Ferris, and those gem
tlenen will incorporate the ideas sug-
gested and modify or alter the conditions
complained of. Mr.. Ferris had a consult
alton with the Mayor two days ago and
the changes were fully discussed. The
Street and Water Board viii endeavor to
have the amended plans ready for next
weeks meeting. Then they will be adopt
ed, and sent to the Finance Board for
its meeting Dec. 1. Ultimately they will
go to the Mayor, who will then have no
objections to make and will sign them.
At this afternoons meeting the Board
of Works received a letter from Chief En-
gineer Fowler respecting the Montgomery
street Improvement In II Mr.. foWlef
said that the workmen employed by Sher-
idan & Shea Company, while ~excavatlng
near Hudson street for the new pavement,
accidentally injured the Montgomery
street sewer. The cement and brickwork
had fallen in and he, Mr.. Fowler, had
sent inspectors to examine the sewer. at
different points to ascertain if any further
damage had been done. The Chief En-
gineer added that he would see that the
sewer was properly repaired by the con-
tractors, h are of course ready TO DO
the necessary work.
Chief Engineer Fowler sent to the
Board a very important communication
respecting the cleaning of the city's
streets. He has. tackled the subject in
true ,Waring style. and if his sugges-
lions be carried out Jersey City's streets
will, for the first lime in many years,
be clean. The principal feature of the
communication is the plan for the in
spection of the streets and the vertical
ton of the work done part of the
letter which deals with his is as fol-
lows
THE work performed by the contractor
will be inspected each day by the fore
man of street laborers or by any person
or persons designated by the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners, TO as
certain whether the condition of the con-
tract and specifications are being faith
fully performed. The contractor shall
file with the Board of Street and Water
commissioners, on Tuesday of each
him of the number of miles of streets
cleaned under the contract for
the week ending on the Monday
before said Tuesday, and shall specify
the point o. beginning and ending thereof
and the mileage thereof; the Board. of
Street and Water Commissioners shall
furnish the contractor with blank forms
for said duly certified weekly statements.
The foreman of street laborers or person
or persons designated by the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners to ascer-
tain whether the conditions of the. con-
tract and specifications are being faith
fully performed and fulfilled, shall certify
thereon as to the correctness thereof.
Such verified weekly statement shall be
sufficient evidence to the Chairman of the
Committee on Streets and Sewers of the
Board and to the Chief Engineer that the
work specified therein has been done"
The remainder of the specifications is
devoted to suggestions for sprinkling,
sweeping and removal of ashes and gar
bage. On motion the specifications were
ordered filed. The Commissioners are so
Disguised with the present alleged street
cleaning by Contractor Henry Byrne,
which costs the city s4O,O 600 yearly, that
they will give Mr.. Fowler a free hand
in this matter as in others.
The passing of claims and certificates
occupied the remainder of the meeting
this afternoon.