The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-29
CLEANING THE STREETS.
Commissioners Prepare a
Schedule for Sweeping
Thoroughfares.
OYER 200 NILES TO BE CARED FOR.
Some Are To Be Cleared
Once a Day and
Some Only Once
a Month.
OYER 200 NILES TO BE CARED FOR.

cleaning increases every year, but the
annropriation remains at the same old
figure Each year, too, the demand Tor
cleaner streets increases, but somehow
the Board of Finance is unable to see
It's way clear to make the appropriation
for the work more than $4,000
The amount asked for .this year was
$4,000, but $4,000 was knocked off the
request. According to the schedule pre-
pared by Chief Engineer Van Keuren,
this year, Contractor Henry Byrne will
have to sweep 2,237 miles. So as to
keep all the streets reasonably clean,
Engineer Van Keuren has classified them
and directed that they be swept, as fol-
lows
Glass No. /, to be cleaned daily-Ex-
change place; Montgomery street, from
Hudson street to Henderson street; New
ark avenue, from Warren street to Coles
street; Grove street, from Newark ave-
nue. to Pavonia avenue; Pavonia avenue,
from Erie street to Provost street.
Glass No. 2, to be swept twice each
week. asphalt-Coles street, from P. R.
r. to Eighth street East Hamilton
place, from Eighth street to Ninth street;
Eighth street, from Coles street to Grove
ton place to Erie street. West Hamilton
place, from Eighth street to Ninth
street; Pavonia avenue. from Hamilton
Park to Erie street: Fourth street, from
Henderson street to Newark avenue;
Third street. from Henderson street to
Newark avenue Second street. from
Grove street to Newark avenue; Mercer
street, from Merseles street to Grove
street: Henderson street, from Montgom-
cry street to Grand street; Varick street,
from P, R. r. to Mercer street; Bright
street. from Barrow street to Jersey
avenue; Barrow street, from Newark
avenue to Grand street; York street, from
Hudson street to Henderson street; York
street. from Barrow street to Jersey ave-
nue..
Class No. 3, asphalt pavement. to be
swept once each week:-Danforth avenue,
from Ocean avenue to Garfield avenue;
Bayview avenue from Arlington avenue
TO jackson avenue; Clairmont avenue,
from Arlington avenue to Bergen avenue;
Carteret avenue, from Arlington avenue
to Ocean avenue; Ege avenue from Ber-
gen avenue to West Side avenue; For
rest street, from Ocean avenue to Jack
son avenue; Oak street, from Ocean ave-
nue. to Bergen avenue; Union street,
from Ocean avenue to Bergen avenue;
Atlantic street, from Ocean avenue to
Bergen avenue; Lexington avenue, from
Bergen avenue to West Side avenue;
Bentley avenue, from Bergen avenue to
Hudson Boulevard; Clifford place. from
Bergen avenue to Hudson Boulevard;
Fairview avenue, from Monticello avenue
to Boulevard: Crescent avenue, from
Communipaw avenue to Clinton avenue;
Park street. from Communipaw avenue
to Astor place; Fairmount avenue, from
Bofand street to Boulevard; Britton
street, from Paramount avenue to Mont
gornery street; Mercer street, from Sum-
nit avenue to Bergenayenue; Glenwood
avenue, from Bergen avenue to West Side
avenue: Highland avenue, from Bergen
avenue to Boulevard; Magnolia avenue,
from Tonnele avenue to P. r. R.; Bow
ers street. from Central avenue to Sum
nit avenue; Ogden avenue from Franklin
street to Ferry street; Jefferson avenue,
from Palisade avenue to Oakland avenue;
Ogden avenue, from Congress street to
Bowers street; Graham street from Cen
trai avenue to Summit avenue; Cottage
street. from Summit avenue to Boulevard;
Van Repen place, from Summit avenue
to Boulevard; Lafayette street, from
Monitor street to Van Horn street; Boyd
avenue from Bergen avenue to Boule-
ward.
Glass No. A, to be cleaned twice each
week-Grove street, from Pavonia avenue
to Erie R. R.; Newark avenue, from Coles
street to Brunswick street; Newark ave-
nue., from Palisade avenue to Summit
avenue.
Glass No. 5, to be cleaned once each
week-Central avenue, from Franklin
street to Congress street; City Hall place:
Communipaw avenue. from Grand street
to Pacific avenue; Grand street. from
Hudson street to Summit avenue; Grove
street. from Grand street to Montgomery
street Grove street, from Mercer street
to r. r. r.; Henderson street. from Grand
street to Montgomery street; Henderson
street, from Mercer street to E. r. r.:
Jersey avenue, from Grand street to
Hamilton Park; Montgomery street, from
Grove street to Barrow street; Monticello
avenue from Communipaw avenue to
Fsairmount avenue; Newark avenue, from
Brunswick street to Palisade avenue;
Newark avenue, from Summit avenue to
Tonnele avenue; Pacific avenue from
Communipaw avenue TO Canal; Palisade
avenue from Ferry street to North
street Pavonia avenue from Ferry street
to Provost street; Warren street, from
Morris Canal to p r. R.; Washington
street, from Morris Canal to P. R. r.
Glass No. 6, to be cleaned once IN two
weeks Bergen avenue. from Sip avenue
10 Montgomery street: Coles street, Eighth
street to e. r. R.. communipaw avenue,
from Grand street to West Side avenue;
Erie street. from Newark avenue to =. r.