The Jersey City news., 1902-11-12
CONT RACTS FOR
PUBLIC WORKS
Improvements for Marcy,
Orient, Carlton Avenues
and Van Horn
Street.
PAvEMEATS AND SEWERS
Protest Against Widening
Danforth Avenue = Busi-
ness Before the Ssrest
and Water Board.

The Stret and Water Board had live
ly session yesterday afternoon pushing for
ward the work of many public improve
ments
The contract for the Harrison avenue
relief sewer was awarded to Peter e.
McCabe, whe bid 99A per cent. of the
City Engineers standard.
Henry Byrne was awarded a contract
for the construction of the Carlton ave-
nue. sewer. His bid was 80 per cent. of
the standard.
The final award Of contract for the
construction of the Marcy avenue main
sewer system WAS made to Charles
O'Neill for 11,275.35. The progress of
the improvement was retarded by the
Plank Road muddle, which has been
Strengthened out. There was some ques-
ton as to the right of the city to place
sewer pipe in Communipaw avenue be-
tween West Side and Marcy avenues.
The work viii cost about 81 ,275.35.
ORIENT AVENUE PAVING.
The contract for the improvement of
Orient avenue, from Bergen avenue to
the Hudson Boulevard, was awarded to
the Uvalde Asphalt Paving Company.
The estimated cost for the Improvement
is $3,6741O.
The Barber Asphalt Paving Company
was awarded the contract for the i'm
Cpmmunipaw avenue to Maple street.
The cost will be $71590.
The Commissioners, sitting as Board
of Adjudication, considered remon-
strances against the proposed widening
of Danforth avenue. Objections had
been filed by J. J. Detwiller and others.
The Boards decision was adverse to pc
tition for the widening.
The improvement of Olean avenue,
from Duncan avenue to the Catholic
Cemetery, was accepted as complete.
Edward W. Conlin was the contractor.
The Chief Engineer reported amended
specifications for the improvement of
Seventeenth street.
SEWER CONTRACTS.
Michael G. Lennon was appointed in
spector on the Jackson avenue sewer,
from Bidwell avenue to Dwight street
The Clerk was directed to notify the
North Jersey Street Railway Company
to look after its tracks while the sewer
in Jackson avenue is being built
The Hudson Independent Improve
ment Association, through it's secretary,
J. Mulligan, requested the Jersey City,
HoDoken and Paterson Railway Com
pany to repair between its tracks.
Chief Engineer Van Keuren reported
specifications for the Jersey avenue
sewer, from Second to Fifth streets, and
lateral streets.
Specifications were adopted for the
cleaning Of sewers and receiving basins
and the cleaning of streets and removal
of garbage for tho next fiscal year, be-
ginning December 1. 3fags Nm
Specifications Tor the gas, oil and cleo
trio street lighting contracts were refer
red to committee.
BOARD POWERLESS.
A resolution was adopted setting forth
that, the last Legislature had taken
away from the Board the control of the
license monies, and therefore the Board
was unable to order paid the claims of
John Ormsby, $239.2S, and J. p. Wall
Company, $1,721.57. The claimants will
sue the city for the none ydue.
The Board ordered warrant drawn
for $5,106 in favor of the New York and
New Jersey Water Company for water
supplied during May, June and July last,
when the city's supply was short by rea-
son of the break in one of the mains in
the Hackensack River.
William Goetzen was appointed la
borer on parks. He was assigned to
River View Park to succeed J. J. Koch,
deceased.