The Jersey City news., 1906-01-03

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Present Commissioners Hauck, No
Ian. Rooney, Sullivan and President
Heintze.
OPENING OF SEALED PRO
POSALS.
Proposals for the reconstruction of a
sewer IN Mercer street. from Merseles
street to Colgate street, and in Colgate
street, to connect with sewer in Wayne
street. We're called for and two (2) in
number were presented, as follows:
1907
Estimate of Quantity Standard.
About 775 lineal feet of 1S-inch
yitrifed pipe sewer, per lineal
Io0I SZ.UU
About 5 cubic yards of brick mas
onry. per cubic yard ......... 6 100
About 12,900 Iineal feet of piles
driven, per lineal foot ....... is
About 1900 feet 3. NJ Gaping,
10sx10v. per NJ feet ...... %. 90
About $500 feet 3. NJ. flooring,
s per N feet 20 90
ing, per NJ. feet ............ 25. 90
Henry Byine offered to do all work
and furnish all materials for ninety
eight and one-haH t9S1a) per cent. of
above standard.
Philip Tumulty, Jr. offered to do all
work and furnish all materials for one
hundred and twenty-five Q25) per cent.
of above standard
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Streets and Sewers.
On motion. the reading of minutes Of
regular meeting. held on Monday. De-
cember 4. 1908, was dispensed with, and
they were approved as engrossed.
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AND COMMUNICATIONS.
From Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Company
Requesting permission TO make borings
in certain streets.
From Letcher & Norton:-
In matter of the uncleanly condition
of Morgan street, between Henderson
and Grove streets.
From Erie Railroad Co..
In matter of lack of covering of pipe
on bridge crossing Tonnele avenue.
From New York Bay r. r. CO..
Relative to proposed vacation of Miles
street
From A. E. Brehm:-
Directing attention to the character Of
Grace street improvement.
One "a permit for coal box.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Streets and Sewers.
From Seventh Ward Improvement As
sociation. ct al.:--
In matter of proposed vacation of
Miles street
Messrs. w. ]. German and August
Ziegner, Jr., addressed the Board in
above matter, after which it was referred
to the Committee on Streets and Sewers
From Trustees Of Claremont avenue
PrnSlgvfefior Chnrch -
Requesting temporary permission to
place transparency over street lamp.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Municipal Lighting.
From Tenant & Haight:-
In matter of leak in water main il.
front of No. 2T3 Warren street
From L. O. Koven & Bro
Relative to the placing of additional
fire hydrants in Paterson Plank Road.
From Emma Pols:-
In matter of charge made for water
rents.
From The Greenhouse Company, per
Secretary
In matter of charge made for engine
water.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Assessments and Extensions.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor. the Mayor
Communicating his objections to Ger,
tain resolutions heretofore passed No
vember 27, 1905, purporting to supple
ment franchises of Public Service Cor
poration, as follows:
December z, 1905.
70 the Honorable. the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners of Jeresy
City
Gentlemen-I return herewith to your
Honorable Board. witout my approval.
the following resolutions passed by your
Board at its meeting held November ~.
1905, and certified to me for my approval
November %, 1905. to witt
Resolution No. ! grants permission to
the Jersey City, Hoboken and Paterson
Railway Company, ETC., to locate, con-
struct, operate and maintain certain con-
nections in the city Of Jersey City. Said
connections being located and described
in s,tid resolution.
Resolution No. 2 grants permission to
the North Jersey Street Railway Com
pany, ETC.. to locate, construct, operate
face street railway in Bay View avenue,
in the city of Jersey City, with connec-
tiens in tracks in West Side avenue ac-,
cording to the description in said recolu-
ton.
Resolution No. 3 grants permission to
the North Jersey Street Railway COM
pany, etc, to locate, construct, operate
and maintain certain connections in the
city of Jersey City. Said connections
being located and described in said reso-
luton"
All three resolutions enumerated above
being appended hereto.
I am forced to disapprove of these res
elutions for the reason that they purport
to give perpetual franchise or privilege
in our streets to this Street Railway
Company The folly of giving away in
perpetuity any rights in our public
streets has become so plain that public
opinion has been aroused against the
practice, end do not see how your
Board can III the face of all that has
been said against this practice, and m
view of the way the city is now ham
pered by virtue of having given away.
these privileges in perpetuity in the past,
even consider the idea of any further
gifts or privilegs in perpetuity. Such
practice is all the more to bencondemned
in this instance for the reason that the
rights of the Street Railroad Company
to maintain the tracks which are to be
connected by the new tracks. covered by
these franchises, are disputed by the
city. and if the city should succeed in
having the courts declare that the fran
chises of the Street Railway Company
have expired as to the tracks to be con
nected by the connections granted in
these franchises, the company would still
have an undisputed permanent right to
the connections, the possession of which
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