Elizabeth daily monitor., 1868-10-16
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL.
OFFICIAL.

| PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Oct. IA, 1868.
Pursuant to adjournment the City Council con
vened Present.. T. Wiley, Esq, President
in the chair, and Councilman Budd, Cowell
Gray, Lyon, Price, Robinson, Schanck, Schul
| theis and Tenney.
Absent-Councilmen Barry Brokaw, Buchanan
Green, Hetfeld and Marvel.
The minutes Of the preceding meeting were
| read and approved.
| FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Application of James Gale for an exempt fire
mans certificate.
| Which was received and request granted
| PETITIONS. t
BY Councilman Robinson
| Petition of Deane Maxwell and others, asking
| that Broadway, from Second street to the New
Point road, may be graded:
| Which was received and referred to the Com
mittee on Streets and Highways.
BY the same:
Petition Of Philip Mohr and others, for two
street lamps on Fulton street, between First and
Second streets, and two between Second and
| Third streets.
! Which was referred to the committee on Lamps
| Gas and Water.
By Councilman Schultheis
/ Remembrance of Peter Eller and others,
against curbing and guttering Cross street at the
| present time.
Which was received and referred to the Com
mittee on Streets and Highways.
BY Councilman Gray:
| Communication of William H. Ross, rendering
| his resignation as clerk of the Fifth ward
| Which was received.
| By the same:
| Petition of Redmond Dillon and others, asking
that stone tagging may be substituted for the
| bricks on the sidewalks on Magnolia street, be-
| tween jefferson and Madison avenues.
Which was referred to the Committee on streets
and Highways.
| Petition of Cornelius Murray and others set.
ting forth that Olive street has nof been graded,
| ETC., according to contract.
| Which was referred to the Committee on Streets
| and highways.
By the same
Petition of S. A. Bullock, for correction of tax.
Which was referred to the Law Committee.
| BY the same:
| Petition of Crane, Tubbs and others, setting
forth that street called New ark avenue. has been
| laid ont by the commissioners appointed to lay
out Streets ETC., and asking that said avenue may
| be opened by order of the City Council, etc.
| Which was referred to theCommittee on Streets
and Highways.
BY Councilman Budd:
| Petition of Precheur & Bettner, asking permis-
sion to dig vault in front OF their premises, No.
| s Morris Avtnue.
Which was referred to Committee on Streets
and Highways, with power.
| BY Councilman Lyon:
| Petition of susan T. E. Williamson to be reim-
bursed 800, II said amount having been overpaid
| to the Receiver of Taxes in the year 1865.
Which was referred to the Law Committee.
By Councilman Cowell:
Petition of A. H. Tucker, setting forth that
| Hibbs g Van Aman are in the habit of ligh ling
fire in barn in the rear of hie house, in viola
| tion of city ordinance.
| Which was referred to Committee on Police
| PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS AND AC-
COUNTS.
Claims and accounts were presented and dis
posed of as follows:
$3.50. Thomas Boyle $S3,25. S. Pierson $15, 20.
| Referred to Committee on Streets and High
| ways.
| Referred to Committee on Sewers and Drain
| age.
| An order of the President of the Commission
ers appointed by the Legislature to lay out
streets, etc. to pay the following claims, amount
| ing to $500. F. Couettc $3.50; E. Kuhls $50
William Parh er $50; F. Fohn $3.50; A. Morgan
$50; H. S. Morgan $50.
ways.
CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS ORDERED PAID,
Richardson & Hall s65, L. Flynn $1,O0 G.
STA, Ritter 4 Son s43,25 do s17,77 do. s120, so
B. G. Pierson SO, so, William G.pones, $20, 10,
B. O'Neil $50, 43, William H. Seaton S74,25, M
Doyle $122,0 ,00, William III. Adams, S161, so, do
$3.50, 90, do. 1885, do. s1S6,20, do. 66,75, j.
Keron s85, %, P, Trautman $500, W. Furman
$37, so, J. II. Sayre $500 H. Clay $500 +.
Arzt $4,000 do. $4,000, Van Fleet & Berry
$4,000, L. Henning s12,75 ]. Britton $33.
OFFICERS REPORTS AND COMMUNICA-
TIONS.
The Street Commissioner presented certificate
No 2, being the final estimate of work done by
Jacob G. Winans contractor for constructing a
sewer in Chestnut street and Madison avenue,
from the sewer in Chestnut street to Patrick
Mitchell's setting forth that 81 040,S1 less pre-
vious payments, is the amount due said Winans
for doing said work. Accompanying this certif-
cate was the statement of the City Surveyor of
the amount of work done by said Winans; also
certificate of the Inspector of the work.
Which were received and referred to the COM
mittee on Sewers and Drainage.
The Street Commissioner presented the follow
ing report:
To the Honorable the Mayor and City Council of
the city of Elizabeth:
The undersigned would beg leave to report
that no objection has been filed against making
the following improvements, of which notice
was given in the Union County Herald, under
date of September 18th 1868
To order and cause jefferson street, from Eliz-
abeth avenue to Jersey street, to be regulated
graded, curbed, guttered, and the sidewalks flag
ged four feet wide on both sides.
Elizabeth, October 4, 1858.
L. 81. HIGGINGS, Street Commissioner.
Which was received.
The City Attorney, in answer to a resolution of
the City Council. presented the report, which
was printed in our columns yesterday.