The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-28

avenue and Armstrong place. Estimated
cost, S2,522.19.
transmitting resolution passed BY said
Board, December Z, 1898. and approved BY
the Mayer, l DECEMBER Z icy. = FINANCE
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
ton, adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners, December o 1898,
Ordering paid the following claims
A.. E.. Nolan, S21.35, claim No. 467:
National Meter Co, $3.50, claim NO. $50
Knowles Steam Pump Works, s2s5,
elJJ John 4. vii, s2s. 10, claim No. 142.
Received and ordered filed.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE.
The Committee of the Whole presented
the annual report for the year ending
Noevmber 30, 1898.
Commissioner Smith moved that the re-
port be received and spread in full upon
the minutes, that copies OF the same pc
transmitted to his Honor the MAYOR; ~
Honorable the Board of Aldermen, ana
that Loco copies be printed for general
distribution.
Jersey city, December ], 1855.
To the Honorable the Mayor ana boaru
of Aldermen -
20. Chapter 1874, of the Laws OF ISyl, we
herewith submit a statement or the con
dition of the public works and proper-
ties of the city under the govsFHlnels
together with a. record of our receipts
ana disbursements for the fiscal year,
ending November 80. 1891, and ior tne
fiscal wear ending November 81, 1S9S;-
we would seem TO pc fast atIalnlhg
that degree of tmunicipal prosperity 50
long. and until recent years, yaillly
hS Tbe l Verv general desire for street inn
provement which a~ctuates our cltizsns
has SO long continued without appreelapi
abatement that we must HOW consldet
and provide for it, not as responsive 70 a
spasInodic public sentiment. but raSner
as a fixed annual charge upon our eX-
ccutive resources -,
Analyze the work recorded ana Z WI
be found tina no branch of the service
mas been allowed to occupy q secondary
position. The order to forward. march,
has been a general one. ana TOT lfoyt
that the order has been obeyed we appeal
10 the record. New streets, and streets
reconstructed in a lasting way; new sI"s
ers and old sewers rebuilt and paFlt!eleu
in accordance with mestlvLs'
new breathing places secured n M
proved; old lighting systems being. rapid
~ supplanted by modern ones Of the nsSs
aracte and, finally, a practical settle
meat of the water question IN a manner
which we have no doubt viii inure 70 the
immediate benef of our city ana lhtre
to our citizens an ample supply oil pure
and wholesome water.
M w e Nave GdiiiG1t1J
prove everything everywhere under nur
control, and care wiAh due regard 20 tne
well emphasized lessons of the past, and
trust that our efforts have been success
full and that they will meet with general
a~DproyaI. We believe that our citizens
should be congratulated on what we 1sej
to be a fact, viz: That this municipality
is moving towards material Improvement
and advancement at q pace unparalleled
in it's previous history. -
STREETS AND SEWERS.
THE new work salong his line Tor the
period embraced in this report is of such
volume, and for the year ending Novem-
Der 50, 1898, of such improved ,~charaeIer,
that every well wisher would seem 70
have cause for rejoicing. We are al
ways pleased to receive applications Tor
the initial improvement Of streets. IL IN
dieates the prosperity OF properly own
ers and their Willingness to aid th-fn-
selves and at the same time add TO the
permanent betternlent OF the city. We
hail the rapid decay of provincialsm.
The work hereinafter recorded IS all OF
the better grade; II appears Deltek wears
better and is better than the average or
new work performed by our predecessors
and it is with us a cause Tor selI-con.
graduation that the great majority o.
those liable to assessment IN
our desire for work of a better character
and thu made it quite easy of aecola7
plishment. Quite a few OF the improve
ments petitioned for will be noted 50
comprehending matters which had long
siucsa suggested themselves as worthy ef
atteation, but which we were heretofore
preci'ided from proceeding with owing 70
the absence OF petition. In this class viii
be found the opening and improvement
of Baldwin avenue and the widening 1L&
Improvement of Palisale avenue. We, prs-
dict for the former not only a specidl put
a far reaching and general benefit, while
the value Of the latter must appeal 70 the
least observant.
The following is the record OF
:ASSESSABLE STREET IMPROVE
MENTS:A
YEAR ENDING NOVEMBER 80, 1897.
BELGIUM PAVING tand streets graded,
curbed and flagged).-
Harmon street, from Grand street to
Garfield avenue, about HISS square
yards $500 lineaI feet); cost, SA.Sf6-
Zabriskie street, from Summit avenue
to Hudson Boulevard about s,972.S square
yards Q,1S0 lineaI feetl, cost $3.50.
Stuyyesant emu from Van Reypen
to West Side avenue ABOUT S,sti
square yards 1850 lineai feeD; cost.
Hague street. from Hudson Boulevard
to Paterson Plank Road. about 255s
Jones street. from Sip avenue to New
kirk street. about 1,566 square yards $50
iineal feet); cost, $3.50.
Clinton avenue. from Bergen to jack
SON venues. about 3.0l7 square yards ESQ
lineal feet); cost. "a, SOC.
Manning avenue from Grand street TO
Joras tsao 9 ilbaal fiee a0ou cost. ss.sss. square
Newkirk street, from summit avenue.
to Sip avenue, and Dick street about
3. ISIS square yards us1so lineal feetl; cost,
Thirteenth street, from Coles street TO
Jersey avenue, about I,522.6 square yards
GOO lineal feet1; cost, IS ,352
Hancock avenue, from Congress street
to North street, about 2.04S square yards
f640 fineal feet}; cost, S3.52S.
Boyd avenue, from Hudson Boulevard to
yards 900 lineal feet; cost, S4,S1S.
Leonard street, from Hudson Boulevard