The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-02
FINANCIERS PERTURBED
Mr.. Kenny Threatens to Resign---
Last Evenings Meeting.

The usual placid surface of the proceed
ings of the Board of Finance was ruffied
last evening by slight breeze, which in
dicates that storm is brewing not very
far away Toward the close of the meet
ing, which was held in the Council Cham
ber, Commissioner Bray offered resolu-
tion to the effect that when the Board ad-
journed it do so to meet at nine a. m. next
| Tuesday.
This brought Mr.. Kenny to his. feet
with strenuous objection. He said that
he could not meet at nine a. m., and IL
was so understood by the Board. As he
was a member of the Board of Finance
he wanted to participate in its proceedings
and he therefore moved that the resolu-
| tion lay upon the table. His motion was
defeated by the votes of Messrs. Allen,
| Bray and Hitler, and by the votes of the
same gentlemen the resolution was
/ adopted.
To say that Mr.. Kenny was irritated
| would hardly do that gentleman Justice
and when the Board adjourned he de-
| clared somewhat hotly that If the Com
missioners were going to meet at nine a.
| m. he would resign from the Board.
1t was half-past nine O'Clock before the
meeting began President Edelstein ex-
planned the delay by saying that 1t was
new Board, and the members wanted TO
| do nothing except that which they are
permitted to do by the charter, and it
| took them long time to go over the busi-
! ness carefully in executive session.
| City Collector O'Neill informed the
| Board that he had selected H. j. Burns
| for the position of clerk in his office, and
| the selection was approved, Mr.. Burns
| salary being fixed at $40 per month. The
! bond of Frank p. Woodcock, permit clerk
of Street and Water Board, in the sum of
| $1,000, was approved, and Comptroller
| Hough reported that the receipts for the
past week were 1899, ,27896.
Resolutions passed by the old Board Of
| Police Commissioners, requesting the FL
nanciers to make transfers from various
appropriations made for the Hospital
| Committee of that Board, were sent back
| to the new Police Commissioners for
| further consideration" The resolutions
| of the old Board of Works, asking for the
| appropriation of So, 500 for the requirement.
| of streets now paved with cobblestones,
and for 81 800 for rebuilding the Mon
mouth street sewer, were not concurred
| in The Board of Street and Water Com
| missioners, it was explained, had asked
| for $400 for repairing the Monmouth street
sewer.
| The awarding of contracts for the inn
| provement of Beacon avenue from Oak
land avenue to Palisade avenue, of Eighth
street from Coles street to Monmouth
| street, of Baldwin avenue from Newark
avenue to High street, for the construc-
ton of twenty-four inch sewer in Sum-
nit avenue, between St. Paul's and New
ark avenues, and in Zabriskie street, be-
tween Central and Summit avenues. was
concurred in and the construction of a
| twenty four inch sewer in ST. PauPs ave-
nue. from Tonnele avenue to West Side
avenue and thirty-six inch sewer thence
| to the Hackensack River was authorized.
| The City Collector was directed to ad-
vertise for sale all property upon which
| the adjusted assessments have not been
| D aid, and the clerks Of the various city
| Boards were requested when sending to
the Finance Board copies of resolutions
| fixing salaries of new appointees, to
| designate the salaries of the former in
| cumbents. The sum of $4,000 was
ordered paid to the Sinking Fund Commits
sioners on account of the twenty-five per
cent of license receipts due the fund; and
| the New Jersey Stats Zeitlng was ap-
pointed an official paper; but as there
is not enough money at hand to pay that
newspaper, the appointment will not take
effect until December l, the beginning of
| the fiscal year. Provision was made for
borrowing the $500 and S400 to pay the in
crease in the salaries of the City Marshal
and Poormaster respectively, which in
crease is authorized by an act of the Leg
| islature.