The Jersey City news., 1899-05-15

the High Service Pumping Station OF
avenue, Jersey City, n. j., were caiied
Mackey. Young & Co. offered to ful
ton (224D lbsA of bituminous coal, in az
ton. coal to be taken from Georee e,,r,,,s,, ,sb-
t2240 lbs) of bituminous COAL in accord
coal to be taken from George Creek MI
Received and referred to their app
On motion the Board took a recess for
fifteen minutes
On reassembling all the members OF the
Board were present.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AND
COMMUNICATIONS.
From, w Fl Furnan and otherSs-
Petitioning for the Improvement OF
WaverIy street between Oakland avenue
From August Meme and others.-
Petitioning for the Improvement of JEFF
ferson avenue, between Oakland avenue
and Chestnut avenue.
From August kreiser:-
In matter of the condition of Linden
avenue, between Old Bergen Road ana
From the Twelfth Ward Improvement
Association, per F. Bugasch, SEE
In matter of the condition OF sldeWaiks
in Sanford place and Hutton street.
iEsrom the Erie Railroad Company, per
Corbin -& Corbin. attorneys:
In relation to the depression OF certain
streets. .+ars-
Dedirating for public use the private
sewer built by them, aooul 10 et,,,a leea go
of Payonia avenue on ionheie aSe
From Tobias hnopp.-
IN matter of telephone ordinance
-Four 90 petitions for signs, etS.
Received and referred to the Commlltee
on Streets and Sewers ..ors
From the Boulevard commissioners
per D. Y. Lewis, Sec ar
In matter of reading water meters at
from Frank ]. Matthew'S
Petition for the extension OF Waeel teeI
main on Sixteenth street, about zoo lee1
west of the westerly XII me 1o,n od Er1e
In relation to the condition OF water
meter. 49,, ,~or,,,;+tee
on Assessments and extensions.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor the Mayor:- % ,ooo
Jersey City, May z, 1879.
Honorable Board OF Street anu "ei
Commissioners
fentlermen-Your Honorable Board mas
launched out upon new fs5t, It'll caii Nv. Your
attention to a few matters Wnich coAie
directly under your supervision. has
During the past two years ei, tnel refer.
ence to allowing railroad companies ~
cross at grade. The city, after eonsldeF.
able trouble and much annoyaneee ~ ss
la
great lines which have their terminals S,il in
this city, to elevate their trachs; = ~. i1l
IS the only position the city snouiu sz 'an. IN;
Grade crossings should be refused i aslu
wherever possible they should De dpof-
lshed and companies compelled " eie
eate their tracks 49,,
At This time l cannot impress upon you
TOO forcibly the necessity Of ;sartiai ln4assfiai
collection of the water rents. me rutSs th;s
and regulations of your Board on ms
subject should be enforced 70 lne issses- sst.fs
It is vital for the city to pay her deDls:
and 1t is equally vital that the city ne
paid promptly in order to be abie 10 'nese nee
her obligations. Furthermore, asall
water are consumed that the water be
metered. ,,t
It VII be your province to give our
many contracts for the Improvements oi
streets LAYING of sewers. etc. In TINS con-
nection / urge that you strongly ihslst
on the carrying out of the CONTRACT 70
the letter. When a public work OF tha5
kind is completed it should be compleieu
in the fullest sense of the word. 1t
should not be necessary to grant time eH-
tensions to dilatory contractors, nor Is
there any reason, If speeiheatl9hms aa trhH con- ar
tractors should receive money Tor eA-
tras.
Last summer repeated endeavors were
made to cause the street csr companles
to sprinkle the streets. 1t is the duty OF
your Board to bring the trolley coEpdn-
les to terms on this subject. and, right
here. let me remind you that When the
Grove street line changed its motive pow
er from horse to electricity, / insisted on
a clause in the ordinance which would
compel that line to sprinkle This was
done, and it remains for you 10 INSIST
that the North Hudson Railroad Com
pany carry out the provisions OF that~or-
dinance-
At this time I would also call your par.
ticular attention to the following clauses
in the specification in the street Clean
ing and ashes and garbage contract and
insist that the contractor be compelled 10
live uD to his obligations
Section 1 provides that the contractor
shall call regularly at the time fixed IN
stores, hotels, restaurants and buildings,
and collect and remove in as clean
manner as possible, all the ashes, garbage
and kitchen refuse that may be offered
to him or delivered to him, or placed in
vessels or receptacles on the sidewalk IN
front Of any dwelling. store, hotel. res
taurant or building. Said vessels. or re-
ceptacles when Seanptied shall be returned
uninjured to the place where found.
Section among other things proyides:-
The contractor shall collect and remove
the ashes, garbage and kitchen refuse
twice in each end every week during the
term of contract. All sweepings, sawdust.
removed from stores. butcher shops, etc.,
and deposited in barrels with the garbage.
shall be classed as garbage and removed
ceived a number of letters from citizens
on this subject and if the contractor
complied with the contract there would
be no cause for complaint
I also suggest that the streets be swept
and the garbage collected at night.
Furthermore, ii seems to me that matters
Should be so arranged that the collection
Of garbage and ashes precede the clean
ing of the streets. 1t is the prompt at
tention to so-caiied little things that the
public apprecites. ] refer now to the
prompt repairing of pavements, to the
cleaning out of sewers and basins, to the
laying of crosswalks and to the need or
compelling property owners to lay proper
sidewalks
Prompt attention to and vigorous action
In these matters can only result in bene-
fitting the city. The city Is judged in nine
cases out of ten by the impression 1t
creates Good pavements, decent side,
walks an efficient sewerage system ana
clean streets will do more for this city
than anything else.
iFinally, / trust that you viii use your
best endeavors to pay promptly all labor
ers in your department. When the money
TO pay is not at hand and no provisions
for payment can be made, the men ougnt
TO be discharged rather than keep them
waiting months for their pay.
During the past two years your Bodfo
has introduced a number of reforms and
trust you win continue in that lire and
thereby merit the approval and sustain
the confidence which the people OF this
city have bestowed upon the Democratic
party.