Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-23
PROCEEDINGS of CITY COUNCIL.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SATURDAY EVENING, Feb. 20 1869


PUBLISHED B ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SATURDAY EVENING, Feb. 20, 1869
Pursuant to adjournment the City CeuEcl
co i.ened Present.. L. Wiley, Esq, Fresl-
dent, in the chair, and Councimen Barry,
Cowell, Dochry, Gray, Green, Lyon, MARVEL,
Price, Ropes, schanck, Schultheis, Tenney
and Woodward.
Abseat--Councimen Brokaw and Woodruff
he minute, of the preceding meeting
were read and approved.
Councilman Green, under suspension of
the rules, offered the following resolution
Resolved, That the reports of the Street
Commissioner of February /, 1869, reporting
the costs and expenses Of certain street I'M
provements, tie turned
When was adopted.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Committee ON Fire Departmentrepo
ed in favor of granting to David ID. buchanan
and Vincent Vessels, exempt tiremen certl-
ficates
Winch was received and certificates grant
ed.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS, ETC.
By Councilman Schultheis
Petition Of the Trustees of the First Ger
man Methodist Episcopal Church, for g IA
v"rabie consideration" as to taxes paid on
their parsonage for the wears 1867 and 1863,
amounting to SS4.24.
Which was referred to Committee on Laws.
BY the same:
Drake, inviting Council to be present at the
exhibition drill of the Veteran Iouaves, at
Market Hall, on the evening OF February %,
1853.
Which was received and the invitation ac-
cepted.
BY Councilman Price
Petition of John b. LutZ, Captain of Com
pany A, and W. IL. DeHart, captain of Com
pany D, on behalf Of the officers and men Of
the First Battalion New Jersey Rifle Corps,
for an appropriation of 500 80 to defray ex-
penses tor II band on the parade of said Bat
ualion on Washington's birthday. 22d in
slant.
Which was laid on the table.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS.
Claims and accounts were presented and
disposed of as follows:
OF S. b. Ry der $133.80.
Referred O Committee on Public Grounds
and Buiidi ig-.
OF s. b. Ryder $2493.
Referred to Committee ON Fire Department.
CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS ORDERED PAID,
1otea there ore am s in the ireGSury to the
credit Of the app'Vi r'iltio.s to pay the same.
Waters Furman $40, C. Holl niger s76.23.
OFFICERS REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The Street Commissioner presented the
following report
I o the Honorable the Mayor and City Coun-
Gil of the city of Elizabeth:
The undersigned would beg leave to re-
port that no objections have been filed
against making the following improvements,
of which notice WAS given in the Union
County Herald under date of February 5,
1869:
TO order and cause the sidewalk ON the
ca teri, side of Broad street, from the pre-
s"pt nOrtherly terminus of the tagging now
laid in front Of land tputed to be the proper
" of Augustus G. Kellogg, northerly to Wa
verify place, and the sidewalk on the westerly
ii of Broad street, from the Salem road
therly to the southerly terminus of the
iaggi now laid, to be tagged with tagging
four feet VIDE III the centre of each sidewalk:
10 order and cause Morrell street, from
Elizabeth avenue to jersey street. to be reg
ulat, d, graded, curbed and guttered;
To order and cause the sidewalks on the
east side of Prospect street, from Elizabeth
avenue to Jersey street, to be tagged four
feet wide i'll the centre of the sidewalk:
To order and cause the sidewalks on both
sides of Broad street, from Grove street to
Williamson street, to be tagged four feet
wide i'll the centre Of each sidewalk;
| To order and cause Julia street, fir m Mea-
dow street to Spring street, to be regulated,
graded. curbed and guttered;
To order and cause the sidewalks on the
south side of Jersey street, from Jefferson
str tet to Broad street, to be tagged eight
feet wide in the centre Of eaca sidewalk
where the same have not been done, said
tagging to be laid to the established grade.
l. H. HIGGINS Street Commissioner.
Elizabeth, February 20 1859.
ITO be continued Tomorrow