Name/Title
Documents: Hoboken Water Supply, May 1, 1892 - May 1, 1905; Feb. 1,1910 - May 1, 1911.Entry/Object ID
2008.017.0100Scope and Content
Documents: Hoboken Water Supply, May 1, 1892 to May 1, 1905; Feb-Aug, 1910.
Documents imaged in this record:
1: May 1st, 1892 to Nov. 1st, 1892. ca. 80 leaves, 151 pp. PDF on file.
NOTE: the above issue of the survey is significant because it is was done with the old street numbers and annotated with the new street numbers. It is partially imaged here up to page 12. See notes for some detail.
Description for all.
Seventeen documents; printed columnar forms with holographic entries, circa 9" wide x 14" high; hand title paper cover with with ribbon binding through two holes at top edge. Some have typed transmittal letter on early leaves. Entries are on both sides of most leaves; hand numbered pagination varies. Soiled, musty.
Some of the typed reports in the front has requests for meters, problems with plumbing contractors and requests for permits, etc.
Columns titled:
Block | Street No. | Stories | Feet Front. | Front Building. | Rear Building | Extras | Total Tax.
Note that a great many businesses, institutions and churches, plus some real estate owners are named. Resident's not usually named. Note is made of fountains, horse troughs, etc. Especially useful are entries in the "Extras" column which notes the number of families at a street number, water closets (W.C.) or bath hose, stables and number of stalls.
1: May 1st, 1892 to Nov. 1st, 1892. ca. 80 leaves, 151 pp. PDF on file.
2: Nov. 1, 1892 to May 1, 1893. ca. 80 leaves, 151 pp.
3: May 1, 1893 to May 1, 1894. ca. 85 leaves, 155 pp.
4: May 1, 1894 to May 1, 1895. ca. 85 leaves, 160 pp.
5: May 1, 1895 to May 1, 1896. ca. 85 leaves, 161 pp.
6: May 1, 1896 to May 1, 1897. ca. 85 leaves, 164 pp.
7: May 1, 1897 to Nov. 1, 1897. ca. 85 leaves, 166 pp.
8: Nov. 1, 1897 to May 1, 1898. ca. 85 leaves, 165 pp.
9: May 1, 1898 to May 1, 1899. ca. 85 leaves, 167 pp.
10: May 1, 1899 to May 1, 1900. ca. 85 leaves, 167 pp.
11: May 1, 1900 to May 1, 1901. ca. 85 leaves, 171 pp.
12: May 1, 1901 to May 1, 1902. ca. 85 leaves, 168 pp.
13: May 1, 1902 to May 1, 1903. ca. 85 leaves, 170 pp.
14: May 1, 1903 to May 1, 1904. ca. 85 leaves, 172 pp.
15: May 1, 1904 to May 1, 1905. ca. 85 leaves, 172 pp.
16. Feb. 1, 1910 to August 1, 1910. ca. 100 leaves, singled sided.
17. May 1, 1910 to May 1, 1911. ca. 86 leave, 178 pp. House Survey; Street Sprinkling.Acquisition
Accession
2008.017Source or Donor
City Clerk's Office, City of HobokenAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Donated by the City of Hoboken, City Clerk's Office, James Farina, City Clerk.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1892 - 1911Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1891
Date(s): 1892-1911General Notes
Note
Notes: Archives 2008.017.0100 Hoboken Water Supply
May 1st, 1892 to Nov. 1st, 1892. Amount $19, 717.19.
Two page typed letter to Henry Lohman, Jr., Water Registrar (City of Hoboken) on letterhead of Hackensack Water Co., Reorganized, 1 Newark St., Hoboken from Charles B. Brush, Chief Engineer and Superintendent. Survey was conducted under joint direction of Brush and Lohman with the participation of Inspector Havens of the Water Board and two inspectors from the Water Company. It is followed by a two page index by street name with charges and the page in the survey. The index is followed by the 151 pages of the survey detail.
Index to Survey [leaf 1 of 2]
PAGE Street total tax [water rates]
1 Hudson Place South side
1 " North 2.85
3 River Street East 247.87
5 " West 473.92
8 Hudson Street East 663.26
14 " West 2319.53
22 Washington St. East 2216.10
29 " West 3073.95
37 Bloomfield St. East 2693.58
46 " West 2796.92
54 Garden St. East 2727.45
63 " West 2947.71
68 Park Avenue East 1224.53
74 " West 1936.75
78 Willow Avenue East 517.82
83 " West 1093.46
85 Clinton St. East 516.47
89 " West 644.70
92 Grand St. East 657.81
95 " West 797.26
98 Adams St. East 463.66
102 " West 737.27
103 Jefferson St. East 316.81
106 " West 497.77
108 Madison St. East 305.31
110 " West 313.01
112 Monroe St. East 309.38
113 " West 365.73
114 Jackson St. East 142.21
115 " West 109.37
116 Harrison St. East 68.38
116 " West 10.83
117 Marshall St. East 36.08
117 " West 30.40
117 Paterson Plank Road North 59.17
118 " South 148.99
(sub-total for this page) 31462.31
Index to Survey [end leaf 1 of 2]
Index to Survey [leaf 2 of 2]
PAGE Street total tax [water rates]
118 Ferry Street South side
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2008-02-21
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