The Jersey City news., 1899-11-15
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
Street and Water BOARD
Provides For Sewers
and Other Street
Improvements.

The Street and Water Board yesterday
received bids for construction of vitrifiee
pipe sewer in Montgomery street, from
eighty-five feet east of Barrow street te
connect with the present sewer in Mont
gomery street. for construction of brick
oval sewer in Harrison avenue and for q
sewer in Greenville avenue, from Hudson
Boulevard to Woodlawn avenue.
The bids were:-For sewer in Montgom-
cry street, Philip Tumulty, Jr., 81 per cent
of standard; sewer in Harrison avenue,
Thomas NJ. Connolly & Co., 81 per cent.
Edward O'Neill. SO; Edward w. Conlan,
SO; sewer in Greenvllle avenue, Edward
w. Conlan. SO; Thomas M. Connolly &
Co, 81; Edward .O'Neill, 70. The contracts
were awarded respectively to P. Tumulty,
Jr., Edward W. Conlan and Edward
o'Neill, the lowest bidders.
Two remonstrances were received against
the contemplated improvement of Lincoln
street, from Hudson Boulevard to Ger
mania avenue, property owners objecting
to the proposed change of grade, which
they claim would depreciate the value of
some property and ruin other lots which
II would place twenty-five feet above the
grade of the street. The remonstrances
were referred to the Committee on Streets
and Sewers.
No objections were presented to the
contemplated improvement of Ogden ave-
nue., from Wood place to Booraem avenue,
it was decided to make the Improvement
and the contract was awarded to John
Nolan.
There being no remonstrance against the
confirmation of the final maps of assess
ments for the improvement of Williams
avenue, from West Side to Tonnele ave-
nues; Improvement of Van Wagenen ave-
nue., from st. Paul's avenue to property
of the Long Dock Company; improvement
of Claremone avenue, from Hudson Boule-
ward to West Side avenue; Improvement
of Kensington avenue. from Hudson
Boulevard to West Side avenue, and for
construction of sewer in Sip avenue,
from Hudson Boulevard to West Side
avenue. all were confirmed and ordered
filed with the City Collector for collec-
ton
A communication was received from the
Twelfth Ward Improvement Association,
complaining of irregular and careless re-
moval of ashes, the obstruction of side
walks with unused lamp posts and the
lack of sufficient street signs in that sec
tion of the city. The matter will re-
ceiye attention.
A petition of Michael Burke and others
for repaving of Fifth street, from Newark
avenue to Brunswick street, was referred.
Invitation from the Jefferson Cluo 10
attend their annual ball on Thanksgiving
night was accepted
Clerk Bouton reported the fling in his
office by the Commissioners OF Assess
ments the assessment map for construc-
tion of a sewer in Remaine avenue.
The contract for the construction OF a
sewer in Fulton avenue was accepted as
completed.
Permission was granted to the Exernp pl
iFfremen's Association to erect hagpol-
near the curb of the sidewalk in front OF
the associations headquarters on Brignl
street, under the direction and supervisor
of the Chief Engineer.
The plan and profile of grades Of streets
and sewers for a section in the Greenvliie
district submitted by the Chief Engineer
at a previous meeting was adopted
Resolutions were adopted requesting the
Board of Finance to appropriate for the
use of the Street and Water Board Slo0OJ
for payment for advertising, the original
appropriation for that purpose being ex-
hausted. and requesting the Board o.
Freeholders to furnish to the city the
usual annual allowance of 1,500 yards OF
crushed stone.
The Chief Engineer was directed to pre-
pare specifications for gas and electric
fighting of the streets for the next fisca
year. beginning December !, 1889.
Richard Gibbons was dismissed as
caulker in laying water pipe and Cornelius
d Shine appointed to that position at g
Compensation of $3.50 per day.