Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-03-29

Pursuant TO adjournment the CITY Council con-
| vened. Present.. T. Wiley, Esq, President, i'll
the chair and Councilmen Barry, Brokaw, Cowcll
Dockry, Gray, Green, Lyon, Price Ropes, schanck
Schultheis, Tenney and Woodward
Absent-Councilmen Marvel and Woodruff.
The minutes of the preceding meeting We're read
and approved
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS, ETC.
President Wiley, presented the following COM
munication from the Common Council of Newark:
NEWARK, n. j., March %, 1869.
j. z. Wiley President Of city Council Of the city Of
| Etzdbeh:
| DEAR SIR:--At meeting of the Common Council
| of the city of Newark held March 90 1869, a com
munication read from the city of Elizabeth, re-
latng to the drainage of the salt meadows of Essex
and Union counties.
| On motion. Resolved That Committee of three
be appointed to confer with like committee of
Aldermen of the city of Elizabeth, upon the afore
| said matter.
Whereupon the President appointed the follow
ing Committee: Aldermen Stevens, Westervelt and
Scott.
Very respectfully, W. WARD, City Clerk.
Which received and ordered printed i'll the
minutes.
On motion of Councilman Tenney, President Wi
ley was added to the Committee to confer with
similar Committee of the Common Council of New
ark.
By Councilman Ropes:
Petition of Charles Zimmerman, for remission of
81 tax for 1868, alleged to be improperly assessed
| Which WIS referred to Law Committee.
| BY the same:
Petlt1On OF James wright, Tor remission OF GER
tain taxes alleged to be wrongly assessed.
Which was referred to Law Committee.
By Councilman Barry:
Petition of James G. Denman, James I. Meeker
and Michael Doyle, for permission to extend the
sewer i'll Marshall street, from its present terminus
at Third street, to point fifty feet beyond the
summit about four hundred feet, at their own ex
pense and under the supervision of the Street Com
missioner.
Which was referred to Committee ON Sewers and
Drainage.
By the
Petition of Philip Duncan for remission of taxes,
etc.
| Which was referred to Law Committee.
By Councilman Gray:
Petition of George L. Sibley, for permission to
connect with the sewer in jefferson avenue.
Which was referred to Committee on Streets and
Highways, with power
By the same
Petition of E. Kempshall and A. S. Woodruff, rep
resentatives of the First Presbyterian Church. set
ting forth that handbills posted their prem
ises to their serious annoyance, etc.
| Which was referred to Law Committee.
| By Councilman Price,
| Petition of Almira W. Holden, setting forth that
certain premises were improperly assessed, etc.
| Which was referred to Law Committee.
| By the same:
Petition of J. L. D. Lyon and others, recommend
| ing Stephen H. Halfway a suitable person for
| the office of City Detective.
| Which was referred to Committee on Police.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS.
posed of as follows:
OF milford & Reed $e15
| Referred to Committee on Police.
OF milford & Reed $9.15,
Referred to Committee on Poor and Aims.
| Of Foote 4 Drake S2T270,
Referred to Committee on Printing.
CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS ORDERED PAID.
A. Q. 4 J. Thompson s43.7O, Alexander NJ. C.
| Smith $76S.75, William H. Luster S24, do. $24,
Richard Frohwein SIS, do Is, j. McCord S18 do.
| S13 William n prcp S1S RI R1ldd SIR
do. SIS, Elizabethtown Gas Light Company 81
1857, J. H. Rowland $21, William Stiles SIS, Will
liam Ball SIS, William Luster SIS, H Garcken s15
The following accounts audited by the Commit
tee on Streets and Highways, We're laid on the
| table:
F. Harris $4,000 ]. B. Burnet $40 54, James
A. Ward S14.25 c. Parker S25, F. Couette $4540
do. $3.50, W. Parker $50, G. Parker $50, F. Fohr
$50, A, Morgan $50, D. Morgan $50
OFFICERS REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
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 objections have been filed against making the
following improvements, of which notice was given
| in the Union County Herald under date OF March
| 6, 1867
| To order and cause sewer to be built and con-
structed i'll Madison avenue, from the sewer i'll
Anna street to point near Magnolia street;
| To order and cause the sidewalks on both sides
of Adams avenue, from Mary street to Port
nue., to be tagged four feet wide in the centre,
where the same have not been done;
| To order and cause sewer to be built and con-
structed in East Grand street, from the sewer in
Madison avenue easterly to the summit, between
Madison avenue and Catharine street:
To order and cause to be built and con-
structed in Madison avenue, from the sewer in
Anna street to point near Magnolia street. with
connections every fifty feet;
10 order and the sidewalks Palmer
street. from First avenue to Third avenue to be
tagged four feet wide in the centre of each walk;
To order and cause a sewer to be built and con-
structed in Front street. from the sewer in Broad
way to South Park street. and in South Park street,
from Front street to point at or near Second
street, also in First street. from the in South
Park street to the centre of the block between
South Park street and Court street,
Also, under the same date, TO order and cause
Catharine street, from Elizabeth avenue to Mag
nolia street. to be paved with wooden pavement,
with objections filed by Francis Hoffman, Jacob
Davis, John G. Shea ]. Madison Drake, and others.
L. H. HIGGINS Street Commissioner.
ELIZABETH, March "a, 1869.
Which received and ordered on file.
The Street Commissioner reported the whole
amount of the costs and expenses of the following
improvements, viz:
For regulating and grading Cherry street, from
Golden street to Orchard street, $1,235.60.
For curbing and guttering Wall street, from Sec
ond street to Fourth street, $737.G7
For tagging the sidewalks on Madison avenue
from East Grand street to Anna street. $964.67.
Which received.
The Street Commissioner reported the whole
amount of the COSTS damages and expenses of
building and constructing the following sewers viz
For constructing and building sewer in South
street. Reid street, East Grand street and Catharine
street, 500, 4055S.
For sewering Magnolia street, from Catharine
street to Spring street, S2,279.SS.
For sewering Marshall street. from the north side
of Second stree: to the summit Third street,
$2,4723l.
Which received.
The City Surveyor reported assessments for the
following improvements, viz:
Regulating, grading curbng and guttering Sew
enth street, from Water street to High street;
Regulating grading and curbing Monroe avenue,
from Julia street to Louisa street;
Flaggng Martin street, from Smith street to Di-
vision street;
Tagging Magnolia street, from Linden street to