The Jersey City news., 1899-12-12
THE YEAR 5 WORK
George T. Bouton's Annual
Report Of Street and
Water Board Pro-
ceedings.
STREET LIGHTING AND CLEANING
Miles of Asphalt Construct
ed and Many Sewers
Built.
OUR NEW WATER SUPPLY
Progress of the Works Under
P. H. Flynn--How South
Cove Was Won.
UR NEW WATER SUPPLY

At this afternoons meeting of the Street
and Water Board Clerk George T. Bouton
read the annual report, from which read
ers of The News may learn some in
teresting facts concerning the work done
by the department during the past twelve
months.
The report of course points out the mass
of sewers and streets repaved and other
general public work carried out, and
claims that there is a good showing made
all along the line of municipal improve
ment
To carry on the work mentioned the
Board during the year had at its dis
posal $l,S4S, 10105, made UP from receipts
of water rents and other sources known
as water monies; appropriation for clean
ing streets and sewers, street opening
permits and regular appropriations and
OF course license monies, of which the
Board had on hand December /, 1883,
$11,6l2.s5, and received during the year
Sis. s.07s.55.
The disbursements for streets and sew
ers, municipal lighting. pumping and
reservoirs, public parks. assessments and
extensions, ETC., etc., amounts to $l,254,-
2S1. .4s, leaving a balance on the right side
of SIS. 1880. The report in substance is as
follows:-
Notwithstanding the good showing
which has been made annually for several
years past, the record of the year which
has just closed, indicates that more has
been accomplished than in any like period
in our previous history. An analysis OF
that record will show that every section
OF the city has contributed to this graft
flying result and that the new work
already in hand for the year to come Is
sufficient to guarantee in advance good
showing for that period. The attainment
of this result is due largely to the CO.
operation of the tax paying public whose
confidence in the history of Jersey City
seems to have been fully restored. We
hope with the continued aid OF our
earnest and active citizens to do much
towards placing this city so far in the
line of advance that her name will stand
as synonym for intelligent and nperal
government. We may be optimistic, but
it is healthy optimism, based on the ac-
complishment of q not too recent past and
the bright promise Of the future.
ASSESSMENT WORK.
The work on assessable improvements
and sewers has kept pace with that of re-
cent year. while the falling off in the
number of objections based on Imperfect
our system of inspection has been Dene-
fetal. With this result we are quite as
well satisfied as are those property own
ers who are assessed. Our recapituiatlon
win show that newly paved streets have
been added at an annual mileage rate
never before equalle6 and that new sewers
have been built in like proportion.
TO NOVEMBER 80, 1893.
Belgian in Gutters-Streets graded,
curbed and tagged, 6,S12 lineal feet, S,g04.9
square yards, l,29 miles; cost to complete
Improvement, $21, ,45S.
Macadam with Belgian in Gutters-6 ga
lineal feet, 21, Isl square yards, 1.26 miles;
cost to complete Improvement, $Sl, l65
Grading-S00 lineal feet; cost to COM
,,Iafa irnOroV4Fnent. S2U4.
Belgian Paving-Streets graded, curbed
and tagged S,44g lineal feet, 2l,6S4 square
Yards 16 miles; cost to complete i'm
provement, s51. .26s.
Asphalt Paving-Streets curbed, graded
and tagged II, ,667 lineal feet, "a, S54 square
Yards. ~ miles; cost to complete i'm
proyement, So, ,939. so.