The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-15
CONTRACTORS.
Street and Water Board Puts
on the Serews--Improve-
ments Requested.

At yesterdays meeting of the Street
and Water Board, City Attorney W. i,
Douglass notified the Commissioners thai
c. d. Rodrnan, who was awarded the CON
tract for the Improvement OF BALDWIN
avenue. had rot yet signed the contract
The City Attorney said the contract was
not prepared until about February "a, by
reason of lack of blank forms. On the
day following he notified the contractor
TO call with sureities and at the CITY
Hall and execute the contract within ten
days. The notification was not compneu
with, and the City Attorney says nc
excuse has been rendered by the con-
tractor for the delay. He said his reason
for notifying the Board was that he had
been informed by the Chairman of the
Committee on Streets and Sewers that
the contractor has declared his purpose OF
abandoning the contract,
The clerk was directed to notify G. d.
Rodman and Jacob Du Bots, TO execute
the contract within ten days, otherwise
the Commissioners will readvertise for
proposals.
The clerk was also directed to notify
William Byrnes and his sureties to
execute his contract for the construction
of the proposed 1--WE in Sherman ave
nue.. His suretieS are:-Peter A. Kern
and James McGue. If the contract is not
executed within ten days after the notice
is served the Board will readvertise for
proposals.
mitted specifications for Columbia Park.
in the Greenville section, which were
adopted
The Board decided favorably upon the
petition of Henry Puster and others for
the Improvement of Barrow street, be-
tween Grand street and the Canal.
The following petitions were received
and referred to the Committee on Streets
and Sewers
From Henry A. Bremmer and others
for improvement of Jewett avenue, from
the Boulevard avenue to West Side ave
nue..
From F. Spengeman, for sewer in Ber-
gen avenue, twenty-five feet south OF
Bramhall avenue to connect with sewer
in Union street.
From H. J. Day and others, for i'm
provement of Maple street, from Halliday
street to Van Horn street.
From John e. Robertson and others, for
sewer in Mallory avenue, from a point
545 feet north of Duncan
No objections were offered to the pro-
posed sewer in Sherman avenue, from a
point ninety feet south of Bowers street
to and connecting with in Sherman
avenue. south of Griffith street.
The Board awarded the contract for fur
nishing cast iron water pipe to M. j..
Drummond.
Water rents amounting to S2ll were Or
dered cancelled.
Contractor Timothy Burke was granted
an extension of twenty days in which to
complete his contract for the construction
of a sewer in Fairview avenue.
Eight property owners were reported as
having failed to comply with notices
served tosrepair sidewalks. Commissioner
HeintZe stated four of the delinquentS had
since complied and that two others were
about to comply. The remaining two
are:-William Dougherty. No. 70 Newark
avenue. and NJ. Brady, Bright street.
The Board ordered paid the back salary
of Reservoir Keeper James Warmsley,
one of the veterans whom the courts or
dered reinstated after removal last May
and costs for trial amounting to $eo.91-
Thomas Fisher, a laborer on parks, no.
titled the oBard that he would have to
have his salary increased or he would
have to resign. He is at present receiving
$50 a month.
Ordinances allowing the Gable Athletic
Club to construct bay windows in the
front of the clubs proposed new club
house in Erie street, near Thirteenth
street. and B. Perimutter to construct bay
windows at No. 1879 Newark avenue, were
put upon their final passage