The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-20
NAY CIT Get BRIDGE
Contractor Trieste N
to Complete Pacific Ave
nue. Work This Year.
BUT DON'T LAY WAGERS ON II
Freeholders Turn Hoboken
Branch of the Boulevard
Over to Commits
sioners.
BUT DON'T LAY VAGERS ON

srbere ;s a nrospect that the Pacific ave
nue bridge over the Morris Canal, Inc
site for which has SO long been an eye
sore and a nuisance, especially 10 tns
residents of the Lafayette section, VIII oe
completed this year perhaps for a CHRIST
mas or New Years gift. Contractor
Trieste has made a promise that II win
be. and although the promise is condi-
tional perhaps he may keep it. Judging
from Mr.. Trieste's performances In tbs
past. however, it may be just as well not
10 Law any wagers on the bridge Deins
completed in the promised timet Inc ioa-
lowing communication from the con-
tractor was read at the meeting OF the
Board of Freeholders yesterday after
noon
New York. October 16, 1899. Z
Board of Chosen Freeholders:-
Gentlemen beg to acknowledge re-
ceipt of the copy of resolution passeq
by your Honorable Board az the meet
ing of October Is, regarding my e9n-
tract for the construction of q brlugezs
over the Morris Canal at Pacific ave-
nue., Jersey City.
In reply I beg to state that as the
consulting engineers Of TINS prlas,
1Sessrs. r. w. Hunt & Co., will TESTIFY
to. I have used every possible means
Of hurrying the delivery Of the steel
for the above bridge at the shops OF
the Union Bridge Co., Athens. Pa.
A few weeks ago the Union Bridge
Co. received the last of this material
and are hurrying the shop work 10
their utmost capacity. / have a prom
Use from them to snip me steel worh
fort to have the bridge completed with
all possible speed.
] may safely make the promise that
the bridge will be completed this
wear. which promise is the best that
the extraordinary condition OF the
steel market this year have enabled
me to make.
w. G. TRIESTE.
By resolution of Freeholder Fallon.
Clerk Egan was directed to write to the
contractor and the engineers and notify
them to attend the next meeting of the
Committee or South Bridges, and explain
in detail what work is necessary TO COM
plete the bridge,
T~reeholderoK ely presented a resolution
accepting akes H6boken branch of the
BouleSapd from the contractors, subject
to what little work there is to be done
m it and turning 1t over to the Boule-
ward Commissioners The resolution was
adopted.
Counsellor John Griffin reported that
he was ~endeavoring to procure from the
West Shore and the Erie Railroad Conn
panies their proportion of the cost OF
building the Hoboken viaduct.
On motion of Freebooter McGovern the
usual committee of seven was appointed
TO prepare a hist of the supplies needed
at the County Institutions for the twelve
months Beginning December 1. Director
McNally appointed Freeholders Meow
ern, Kenny. Heating, Clements, Falion,
Richardson and Scott
A notification of the judgment obtained
by Patrick Londrigan of Hoboken for sail
airy as inspector on the Boulevard was
received and referred to the Finance Com
mittee.
The following communication from the
Town Clerk of Kearny was read
Gentlenen-At a meeting of the
Kearhyg T6wnp Council, held October
10. 1889. the following resolution was
WEsreaa}. L9TFh e county roads in the
Town Of KeaPny are in such deplora-
BILE cpndiffoR nj impossible for ordi-
nary travel that 1t is necessary to put
them in repair before the weather be-
came severe: therefore be it
Resolved. That the County Board of
Freeholders be requested to furnish
the Town of Kearny with sufficient
broken stone to put the roads in con-
dition fit for travel
Very respectfully.
THEO. WILDMAN,
Town Clerk.