The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-20
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Resolved. That one special Improvement
certificate for five hundred dollars be
drawn in favor of Henry Byrne, for work
of contract No. 999, for Improvement Of
Pearsall avenue, from Hudson Boulevard
to Morris Canal (~widening, etc.).
Resolved. That special Improvement GER
tifcates for one thousand dollars be drawn
in favor of Henry Byrne for work done
and materials furnished on account OF
contract No 1,00S, for Improvement OF
Summit avenue, from Sherman place to
LaiilaW avenue.
Resolved, Tha one special Improvement
certificate for five hundred dollars be
drawn in favor of Edward W. Conlon for
work done and materials furnished on ac-
count Of contract No. 1,011, for conStruc-
ton Of sewer in Morton place, Orient ave-
nue., Claremont and Grant venues
Resolved, Thai one special Improvement
certificate for five hundred dollars be
drawn in favor of M. R.. Van keuren for
work lone and materials furnished on ac-
count of contract No. 1,021, for improve
ment of Leonard street from Central ave
nue. to Hudson Boulevard.
Resolved, That one special Improvement
certificate for five hundred dollars pc
drawn in favor of Philip Tumulty, Jr., for
work done and materials furnished on ac-
count of contract No 1,027, for construction
of a 15-inch vitrifed pipe eve in Union
street from q point about niflety-hvc feet
west of West Sid avenue, to and con-
Meeting with sewer in Mallory avenue.
Resolved. That 81, 900 be paid to Henry
Byrne on account of contract No. $50 for
sweeping and cleaning streets and remov-
ing the dirt from the streets of Jersey
city.
Resolved. That S747.SS be paid to Henry
Cunningham on account OF contract NO,
the streets of Jersey City.
Charge his appropriation.
Connolly for paving blocks. July, 1887,
$50 to W. II. Maze for rakes, etc., Sep
tember, 1897, claim No. S15.
Charge special street account.
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Resolved, That the sums hereinafter
mentioned be paid the persons named res
| p~ectiyely for Services rendered on paved
Streets for month ending October 81. 1891.
amounting in the aggregate TO S4,slS.to.
Resolved, That the sums hereinafter
! mentioned be paid to the persons named
| respectively for services rendered, repay
ing over street openings, for month end
| ing October 81, 1897, amounting IN the ag-
gregate to SlG4.
Resolved. That the sums hereinafter
mentioned be paid TO the persons named
respectively for services rendered cleaning
tober 81, 1887, amounting in the aggregate
to $s19.
whereas, Theo. Mendles and others,
| more than fifty owners of lands lying
within a neighborhood in the Hudson CITY
section of Jersey City. bounded as fol-
lows@On the north by Lincoln and Leon
ard streets, on the east ~ summit ano
| Nontrose avenues, on the south by Spruce
street and the property of the Long Dock
meadow lands west of Tonnele avenue,
| have made application for the construc-
ton of a main sewer, pursuant TO an ACT
| OF the Legislature of the State of New
| 10 build main sewers in certain districts
/ and to acquire and for that purpose APP
proved March "a. 1885; and
whereas, 1t appears satisfactorily that
proper drainage thereof and the protec-
tion of the health Of the inhabitants
thereof, n that there are nc public
| streets through which it is feasible and
advantageous to the city to uild a main
| from such neighborhood to tide
water. or any other waters into which
the sewerage of Jersey City is emptied;
/ and
whereas, The only feasible method in
which to drain this ne~ighborhood is to
| fhe Hackensack River, the natural slope
Of the land being toward that river, it
being announcement to drain 1t in any other
| direction. n
| borhood is very rapidly increasing; that
! il is wholly unproyided with sewers; that
/ water pipes have been Laid end are coii-
with many OF the dwelling houses
III that vicinity, but there is no proper
1u3tlet Tor the waste water from these
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