The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-04-17
IMPROVEMENT OBJECTIONS
Street and Water Board
Will Reconsider Bald
win Avenue Asses
ment-- The Water
Contract.

| The meeting of the Street and Water
Board yesterday was devoted mainly 10
| The transaction of routine business. The
opinion of Corporation Counsel Allan l..
McDermott on requested modification of
the water contract, printed in full in yes
terday's news, was received and fled In
connection with it was also filed a brief
report by Supervising Engineer Garwooa
Ferris to the effect that if the contract
was modified the contractor would stilI
be able to furnish the city with all the
water necessary for many years to come
Besides the amount claimed from the
| flow of the Roekaway River by the Nor
ris Canal Company, $4,000, 900 gallons daily,
the contractor could furnish the city with
| 5O.000,0 600 under the single pipe line con-
tract and 100000 gallons daily when the
| reservoir Is enlarged.
The Board was in conference with
Chief Engineer Van Keuren and Corpora
tion Counsel McDermott for an hour af-
ter the meeting adjourned. 1t was said
afterward that nothing was done in re-
lation to the water contract matter ex-
cept to arrange for a conference with the
Finance Board Friday morning at eleven
o'clock.
Most of the time of the conference was
devoted to discussion of the protest of
many property owners who objected TO
the assessments imposed upon them for
the Baldwin avenue opening. 1t was gem
orally agreed among the Commissioners
that some of the objectors had good
grounds for their objections Mr.. Nc
Dermott's advice as to the best course to
pursue was asked. He said he would
more thoroughly investigate the matter
and advise the Board later on 1t is
strongly probable that reassessment will
be ordered
The objections to the assessments for
the Douglass street Improvement were
also discussed at the conference.
At the regular meeting the Board de-
cloed to construct sewer in Fox place,
beginning at point five feet east of
Glies avenue and connecting with sew
er in West Side avenue; also to construct
sewer in Pavonia avenue, from Giles
avenue to West Side avenue. Oxford ave-
nue. is to be improved from West Side
avenue to Mallory avenue. Specifications
were adopted for the improvement of
Sip avenue
Acting Clerk William A. ToIson report
ed that the Assessment Commissioners
had filed the final assessment maps for
the construction of a sewer in Claremont
avenue and main sewer in West Side,
Yale, Mallory and Hatch avenue; also a
sewer in Logan avenue.
The Board appointed Frederick Roefler
inspector of the Improvement of Marion
place, from Grant avenue to West Side
avenue, at 50 a day while employed. 1t
was decided upon the recommendation of
Lamp Inspector John Boyd to place street
lamps at the following points,
In front of the Colored Baptist Church
on York street, between Brunswick and
Monmouth streets, one gas lamp; in front
of the Polish Church on Monmouth street,
one gas lamp; in front of the Zion M
E. (Colored) Church on Monmouth street,
one gas lamp; in front of Elks' Hall on
York street, one gas lamp; between Jer-
sey avenue and Coles street, on Fifth,
Sixth and Seventh streets, one gas lamp;
at Factory and Montgomery streets, one
electric light; in Bay View Park one
electric light; at Colgate and York
streets, one electric light; and at Cub
berly place and Van Reypen street, two
gas lamps.