The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-08
CONSOLIDATION
Commissioners For Greater
Jersey City Hold q
Meeting.
REPORTS FROM MUNICIPALITIES
Some Of the Townships Seem
to Ignore the Boards
Request.

A meeting of the Hudson County Con-
s~olidation Commission was held yesterday
afternoon in the Mayors office. City Hall,
being the first session held since the suin-
mer recess.
Among those present were Henry Brau-
tigam, S.. d. Dickinson, w. D. Edwards,
Herman Walker, John J. Nevin. DR.. Hill,
John Newman, Frederick Frambach,
Charles s. Conlin, w. r.. Duer, William
Schmidt and Mr.. Logan.
1t was expected that the principal bust
ness at this session would be the recep-
municipality in the county, but Secretary
Nevin announced that only from Jersey
| City, Bayonne, East Newark and West
New York had reports been received. all
though the request for their compilations
and submission was made in June last,
over two months ago. Hobokenss repott
was particularly expected at this meeting,
but did not arrive, neither did either OF
the two commissioners from hat city APP
| pear at the meeting.
The reports referred to are calculated
to give full statistical information OF the
various municipalities, regarding their
| geographical location, area, number of
streets. sewers, public parks. valuation of
| property, taxable and u~ntaxable; rate of
taxation, debt, financial condition, etc,
and will form a basis of Information
requisite for the Commission to possess
in ~furthering the project of consolidation
of the entire county into a Greater Jersey
City. Reports of the State Board Of Tax
alton and other public documents have
been secured for reference and with the
other reports will be tabulated and put
in the most convenient form for use.
Mr.. Herman Walker subsequent to the
above announcement presented the report
from Gutenberg.
Commissioner William D.. Edwards stat
ed that, owing TO the delay in sending in
the reports, the committee had been I'M
able to have them tabulated in the form
proposed. and under these circumstances
he thought 1t would be best to adjourn
for two weeks, he being satisfied thai at
the expiration of that time all the now
outstanding reports win be in the hands
of the committee Mr.. Edwards further
stated that the reports already received
display much Intelligence III their COM
pilation and furnish a vast amount of In
teresting and valuable information.
Commissioner Frambach asked If all the
| reports received In the next two weeks
| would be properly classified or tabulated
for presentation at the next meeting.
Commissioner Edwards replied that un-
| doubleday all will be In perfect form at
that time and the Commission then adj
journed to Thursday, September 2, at 8
p. NJ.
Among the reports received from the
municipalities was one from Chief
Engineer Charles A Van Keuren, who
| reports that Jersey City's area consists
OF 3. acres. OF which 5000 are upland and
meadow land and 1000 acres are under
water. I,
streets, not including the Boulevard and
other county roads. OF his number, 10
| miles of streets have a Belgian or granite
pavement, Z T-10 miles are paved with
asphalt, Is 4-19 miles are macadamized
and one-half mile of streets is paved
with bricks, There are l6 miles OF Jersey
streets that are graded and sidewaiked,
but not paved, and 50 $40 miles OF unim-
There are IS $500 miles Of trolley
railroads, single track About 200 acres
are unproyided with main or outlet
The receipts from the water account
from May /, 1898, to May ]; 1899, We're
$685.. III. II. The disbursements in the
water account for the fiscal year end
ing Nov. 30, 1888. were s555, 2SL-5S. The
fiscal year ends Nov. 80, the Water De-
, partrnent year, April 30.
The report from Bayonne gives these
figures anon others:-
Population, about $4,000, area, 1850 acres,
of which 2.400 acres are upland, laO mea-
dow and 1,5e0 acres are under water.
Bayonne has one mile of Belgian block
streets, no asphalt streets. five miles Of
macadam pavement 1t has ten miles of
trolley road, nine miles of main outlet
| sewers and ten miles of lateral sewers.