The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-20
IMPROVEMENTS.
Street and Water Board
Passed Ninety Resolu-
lions Yesterday.
MEASUREMENTS T0BE LAID
Sewers Will Be Constructed
IN a Number Of Streets
Specifications Passed.

The bulk Of the business transacted by
the Street and Water Board at its meet
ing yesterday afternoon was the adoption
of over ninety resolutions, a large num-
Der of which simply provided for the pay
ment of payrolls and claims and the is
sue Of Improvement certificates. Some of
those relating to other matters were of
| considerable Importance. Notably among
the latter were those which notified the
New York and New Jersey and Hudson
| Telephone Companies and the Gas I'M
provement and Electric Light Companies
to make monthly reports to the Board
| containing a detailed statement Of the
| number of poles a has erected on the
| streets. the number of miles of wire in
use thereon and the opening of any street
for the laying of conduits. pipe, ETC., and
for extension and repairs, and notifying a
number Of surety companies to complete
a number of street improvements which
the contractors for whom they became
surety for the faithful performance of the
work have wilfully or otherwise failed 10
| complete according to the specifications.
| Clerk Bouton said every one of this large
batch of resolutions will be engrossed
! and ready to be submitted to Mayor Hoos
today.
In response to the advertisement for
| proposals for the improvement of North
street, from Summit to Central avenues,
only one bid was received, the Atlantic
Alcatraz Asphalt Paving Company, for
9sA per cent. of the standard.
Petitions were received for the improve
ment of Ogden place, for the construction
| of a sewer in North street and the drain
| age of Garfield avenue. Contractor Byrne
gave the lists of streets to be cleaned in
the current week.
Notice was received from The Board of
Finance of an appropriation to this Board
of s25,090 from liquor license monies and
| supplementary appropriations 1900 and
s., 1000 respectively, for cleaning sewers,
basins and streets and awarding contracts
| for construction of a sewer in Delaware
| avenue and for furnishing and delivering
c~astiron water pipe.
Specifications submitted by Chief Engi-
neer Van Keuren for reconstruction of
portions of sewer in Gregory street and
for Improvement of Wayne and Gregory
| streets, from Grove to York streets; inn
provement Of Thirteenth street and Pali-
| SADIE avenue were adopted The Civil En-
| gineer also reported the failure of GER
| tain contractors to place proper house
| connections in sections Of certain sewers
| heretofore constructed, and submitted
| plans for construction OF sewers in Mer-
seles and Montgomery streets.
The contracts for the construction of
a sewer in Skillman avenue and improve
ment of Stegman street, from Ocean ave-
nue. to Van Cleef street, were accepted
as completed and referred to the Com
| missioners of Assessments. 1t was de-
cided to proceed with the construction of
a sewer in Ogden avenue, from Wood
| place to Summit avenue. and a sewer in
| Troy street, to connect with the sewer
in Summit avenue, and Improvement of
/ North street. The final assessment maps
for extension of Lineau place and i'm
provement Of Cottage street were con-
firnled.
Contracts were awarded for the Inn
provement of Clinton avenue, from Ber-
gen to West Side avenues, and Golden
street, from Jersey avenue to varaick
street, to the New Jersey Mexican As
phalt Company, and for the construction
of a sewer in Armstrong place to Ed
ward Conlon; for Improvement Of Jeffer-
SON avenue, from Oakland to Central
avenues, to John Nolan, estimated cost,
%, 3UB, improvement OF NOftH street TO
the Atlantic Afcatraz Asphalt Company.
Tenth street, east of Provost street,
was declared vacated and the Chief En-
gineer directed to prepare plans for the
change of grade of Henderson street,
from Tenth to Twelfth streets, rendered
necessary by the elevation of the Erie
Railroad, and specifications for paving
with asphalt Newark avenue, from Bald
win to summit avenues
The pay of PAYERS ON streets was fixed
at 81 per day, forty square yards of paw
ing to be a days work.
The Chief Engineer was also directed
to prepare specifications for the removal
of one Worthington pump from the Belle
Vile pumping station to High Service
pumping station. When said specifications
are adopted the Clerk will advertise for
proposals in conformity Herewith.
Michael Curry was appointed laborer
on laying and repairing water pipe. at 81
per day when employed, in place of f.
Reynolds, resigned.
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