The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-09
DO NOT WANT PAVING
PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE
WORK POSTPONED.
Board of Works Holds Hearing Under
Jersey City Paving ACTON
tracts Given Out.

Objections were made yesterday to the
Board of Works 10 the paving of streets
under the act of 1895, known as the Jersey
City paving act. The act provides that
p-roperty-owners rhall be heard before the
contracts are awarded and If any protests
are received the work is laid over until
the difficulty Is adjudicated. A number of
protests wer, filed with the clerk of the
board and the city counsel was directed
to ascertain If the protests are from own
ers II SO per cent. of the property affected.
IL so they can prevent the work under
the act.
Elias G. Heller protested against the
paving of Clinton avenue. George Headley,
representing the Sanford estate, objected
to the paving of South Tenth street, stat
ing that the estate could not stand the
assessment. A protest was received from
property-owners of Union street against
the paving of that t~horoughfare. All were
laid over, as was the resolution to pave
Fillmore street.
the latter. but the Celluloid Works asked
last week that the work be laid over until
they had finished building their plant on
the street, so as to prevent the necessity
of tearing up a newly paved street to lay
connections.
No objections were heard to the paving
Of the following streets under the law
VI ioJos anu the CDlllIdtlS Wti hNdAaCas
Beacon street, from South Orange avenue
to Springfield avenue. with granite on
concrete; Bergen street, from the north
side of Hawthorne avenue to Renner ave-
nue.. with granite on concrete; paving of
Clover street, from Jackson street to
Chambers street. with granite on sand;
Ferguson street, from Passaic avenue to
Ferry street, with granite on concrete;
Houston street. from Hamburg place to
Elm road. with Metropolitan brick on con-
crete; Leslie street. from Clinton avenue
to Hawthorne avenue. with telford and
brick Cutters: Ninth avenue, from South
Fourteenth street to the city line, with
sheet asphalt on concrete; oliver street,
from Jefferson street to Elm road. with
granite on concrete; Pointer street. from
Elizabeth avenue to ~Fre.inghuysen avenue,
with granite ON concrete, ana south FIJI
tenth street, from CLINTON avenue 70
Eighteenth avenue, with telford and brick
cutters.
The proposed opening of Osborne terrace
from Hawthorne avenue to Lyons avenue,
a distance of half II mile was met witt
owners, who stated that II was not neces-
scry as there were nc houses on the pro
posed route. Commissioner Lambert pre-,
scnted n petition to the same effect. bui
Commissioners Book and HaIpin said they
had made an inspection and found II woult
improve property and afford better hr'
protection.
Mr.. Lambert withdrew his objections ant
the work will be done.
Ordinances were passed on first and sec
ond readings to sewer Lentz avenue IRON
Horatio street to Plum Point n Il
street from Avenue G to Avenue ID; (
vacate part of Charles street: to p
Harper street, from Avenue G to Temp
kins Point road.
An ordinance was passed on final read
ing to pave Woodslie avenue from GraftoI
t avenue to Montclair avenue.