The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-29
PARKS ARE COMING.
Street and Water Board Ex-
pected to Take Def
mite Action This
Afternoon.
ERIE ELEVATION In SIGHT
President Of the Company in the
City and Expected to
Act at Once.

The Street and Water Commissioner
at their meeting this afternoon may move
on two highly important subjects: public
parks and track elevation. This morn
ing the Finance and Street and Water
Commissioners and the Mayor held an
important conference in relation to the
acquisition of park sites. So far as the
Greenville park is concerned everything
has been definitely agreed upon. The
thirty lots donated to the city by Mr..
Henry Lembeck have been formally ac-
cepted and the thirty adjoining lots he
wishes the city to buy are to be taken.
He will be paid s12, 700. If the city has
sufficient funds it is probable a few more
lots in the block will be purchased from
Mr.. Lembeck. The park will consist of
sixty full city lots and possibly seventy
five or eighty.
The tract of five acres overlooking New
York Bay, owned by the Booraem estate,
Is to be acquired. The tract is to cost
l 1000, which is considered by the officials
an unusually reasonable offer. At the re-
quest of property owners in the neigh
borhood the city Is contemplating pur-
chasing a tract adjoining it from Henry
Lembeck for $1,000. The Booraem and
Lembeck tracts combined will make a
magnificent park.
If the city will buy the Lembeck tract
the interested property owners have
agreed to pay $1,000 toward laying out
and improving the park. The offer is
considered a generous one and will, it is
understood, be accepted.
There is a Etttie hitch over the acquisi-
ton of the Ogden avenue tract, burt it is
expected that an amicable arrangement
VIII be made with the owner this after
noon. The owner is a New York man, and
his agent has held out for $4,000 from
the city.
The original asking price was $4,000, but
after repeated conferences the agent
dropped to $4,000.
The city officials are unwilling to pay
moro han $4,000. The owner of the tract
desired OWNS considerable property adj
joining, and the officials expect that b.
showing him o the remainder of his
land wll2 be advanced IN value by the
proposed location of the park, he will
sell at their price of $4,000.
Mayor Wanser wants the public park
question settled without further delay
His Honor said this morning that if the
city could afford it he you'd like to see
small parks established in all parts of the
city.
Having only 100000 at their disposal at
present the Mayor says the officials have
to move deliberately.
President Brautigam and COMMISSIONS
Simpson are particularly interested IN the
parks, and are doing everything in their
power to hurry the work of acquiring the
sites along.
The Street and Water Commissioners
may this afternoon hear something defin-
lite from the Erie Railroad on the sub
ject of the elevation of it's tracks. The
reason ncthing has been lone lately is
not because the subject has been dropped
or forgotten, but because President Thorn
as, of the Erie, has been South on a
health seeking trip.
President Thomas returned yesterday.
Mayor Wanser communicated with him
at once this morning. AS soon as practi-
cable tho President of the company is to
consult with the city officials
Mr.. Thomas says he IS as anxious to
ave the matter settled as anyone else.
The Finance Commissioners have agreed
to provide for the expenses of an engia-
eer, and it is probable that the revision
of the plans now before the city will be
begun mex week.