Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-24
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL.
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SATURDAY EVENING, Feb. 20 1869.
OFFICIAL

street, from Meadow street to Linden street,
81 GAS.
To regulate, grade, curb. gutter and flag
Mary street. from Jefferson avenue to Madi-
son avenue, 81 ,003 SO.
To regulate and grade Williamson street,
Srom Pearl street to the summit, S494S7.
To flag the sidewalks in Magnolia street,
from Linden street to Division street, and the
westerly side OF East Broad street, from Lin
den street to Magnolia street, SS9S.51.
To regulate, grade, curb and gutter Dehart
place, from Jersey street to the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey, S2S28.51
To regulate, grade, curb and gutter Chest
nut street, from Broad street to the New Jer
sey railroad S930.3l.
To regulate, grade, curb and gutter Sew
enth street, from Water street to High street,
$1202.30.
To pave Jefferson avenue, from Jersey st.
TO Port avenue, with trap-blocls, $50, 17S.46.
70 regulate and curb Olive street, f.om
Meadow street to Spring street. S96S 76
To regulate, grade, curb and gutter Madl-
son avenue, from Anna street to Mary street,
and ON both sidewalks, from Mary street to
Port avenue, $6,590.49.
To regulate and grade Bond street, from
Meadow street to Division street, 81, 1872 Oh.
To regulate, curb, gutter and grade Port
street, from Martin street to High street ST.
1887.
To grade, curb and gutter High streetfrom
Elizabeth avenue to Division street, 81, 356.l4,
To curb and gutter Bond street, from Cath
arine street to Spring street, s1,0H.41.
10 pave Julia street, from Jefferson avenue
to Madison avenue, with trap-block, 81, 995. A
To flag Martin street, from Smith street to
Division street, 1928.
To flag Catharine street, from Lafayette
street to Magnolia street 81, 85)33.
To flag the sidewalks ON Jefferson avenue
from Mary street to Port avenue, and the
west side from Magnolia street to Anna ST.,
50, l45.23.
TO grade, curb and gutter Monroe avenue,
from Julia street to Louisa street, S3,7I5. %.
To regulate, grade, curb and gutter Mar
shall street, from First street to High street,
$l0,S53.69
Which was received.
The Street Commissioner presented re-
port of the whole amount of the costs and cX-
penses of constructing and building the fol-
lowing sewers, VIZ
For constructing and building a sewer in
Smith street. $1,99443
For constructing and building a sewer in
Catharine street, from East Grand street to
Lafayette street, and in William street, from
the sewer in Catharine street easterly TO the
summit, 81, 589.1S.
For constructing and building sewer in
Spring street, from East Grand street to La
fayette street, and in Lafayette street, from
Che sewer in Spring street westerly to the
summit, and III William street. from the sew
SO, 1913 80.
For constructing and building sewer in
Chestnut street, from the sewer in Chestnut
street to point near Broad street, 81 THAI.
For constructing and building a sewer in
Chestnut street and Madison avenue, from
the sewer in Chestnut street to point north
erly of the southerly line of Patrick Mtchelrs
81 350.59
For constructing and building sewer in
Franklin street, from the sound to the sum
init near Fourth street, $13, 545. 40.
Which was received
Councilman Price obtained leave and re-
tired.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Committee on Finance, to whom was
referred, February 10, 1869, resolution that
James n. Hyde be appointed Deputy Receiy-
er Of Taxes for this city, reported adversely
to the adoption of the resolution
The report was received and adopted by the
following vote:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wiley and Council
men Cowell, Gray, Green, lyon, Marvel,
Ropes, Schanck, Tenney and Woodward-l0.
Negative Councilme., Barry, Dockry and
Schultheis-3.
The Committee ON Laws reported sundry
ordinances
Which were received and laid ON the table.
The same committee to whom was referred
the petition of W. B. Meeker, on behalf of
Augusta M Moeker asking Council to refund
$i012, alleged to be errone ously assessed to
her for taxes Of 1866 reported adversely to
the prayer of the petitioner.
Which was received and adopted.
The same Committee, to whom was referred
the petition of Michael Haggerty, asking
correction of the taxes assessed to him in the
year 1867, reported in favor Of directing the
Receiver of Taxes to mark as cancelled the
taxes assessed to Michael Conscience on lot
No. SO, on block l. for the year 1867, and to
cancel fine sale thereof To the CITY.
Which was received and adopted.
The same committee, to whom was referred
che petition of Mrs Adeline Mayo to correct
the assessment for taxes on personal proper
ty for the year 1864, reported in favor OF re-
ducing the assessment to $50, 500, and that
upon her paying the tax upon that sum,
amounting to $685.. 66, with interest and costs
thereon, the residue of the taxes assessed to
her for the year 1854 be RENTED.
Which was received and adopted.
The Committee on Sewers and Drainage, to
whom was referred the petition of Edward
M ;Grath. for a street basin corner Of Front
and FraI kiln st @ is, Ie; orted i'll favor OF the
same, and recommended that it be construct
cd.
Which was received and the recommended
tion adopted.
they had received propositions from the pub
fishers of the Daily Monitor, and the Land
bote, to do the city printing, and renewed
their previous recommendation, that they be
Authorized to make an arrangement with the
Union County Herald and New Jersey Jour-
nal, only, at prices more advantageous to the
city than were paid to the two last above
named papers, last year.
Which was received.
Counc Imam Woodward moved that the re-
commentator be adopted.
Councilman Ropes moved that the report
be recommittcd in order to afford time to the
committee to receive propositions from the
publishers of the two last-named papers, to
do the city pr,n Jag.
The motion to recommit was carried by tie
following vote:
men Barry, Cowell, Dockry, Gray, Green,
Ropes, Schultheis and Tenney-9
ORDINANCES.
The ordinance entitled San ordinance to