The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-24
KAYL0R Is SUPPLANTED.
THE FINANCE BOARD MAKES TOM
M'KE0N ASSISTANT CLERK.

improvements Agreed to-An Interest
ing Decision by Corporation Counsel
Edwards About the Payment of the
Street Cleaning Moneys.
Clerk German, of the Board of Finance,
will have the services of new assistant,
beginning on October l. The new assist
ant will be Thomas G. McKeon, and John
NJ. 7. Kaylor, who has adorned the Board
of Finance Office for some years, will cease
to be assistant. The Board, byresolution,
relieved Mr.. Kaylor, but it did not appear
from the resolution what reason the Board
had for its action. It was said after the
meeting that Mr.. Kaylor had not been
attending to his duties as assistant clerk
and that this had come to the notice of
the Board. Some members of the Board
wanted Mr.. kaylor dismissed at the last
meeting. MIR. Kaylor learned of the in
tention and secured sufficient influence to
have the Board defer its action. The new
assistant is now one of the EUeiti1lg
Journal staff of reporters.
IMPROVEMENTS AGREED TO.
The Board ordered paid heinterest and
salary warrants, and concufred in the fol-
lowing resolutions of the Street and
Water Commissioners
The proposed sewering of Cambridge
tween Essex and Grand streets; repaying
of Washington street between Grand and
Washington streets, and the improve
ment of Van Horn street.
The Board refused to concur in the
award of the contract to John Fox for
furnishing cog lengths OF water pipe. on
the ground that Mr.. Fox was not the
lowest bidder.
Joseph Warren sent communication
to the Board stating that he had collected
$500 for rent of the shanty adjoining the
bell tower, and that he had turned the
money into the City Treasury. The city
| owns the property.
THE CONTRACTOR Is ENTITLED TO ALL
A lengthy communication was sent in
by Corporation Counsel Edwards in re-
| gard to claims passed by the old Board of
| Works for cleaning the streets. The old
| Board awarded the contract for cleaning
the streets to John G. Dunn. The Board of
| Finance held the matter over, and
! finally for some reason refusedto concur
| in the award of the contract to Dunn.
| The Board readvertised for bids, and the
| contract was finally awarded to Henry
| Byrnes, the present contractor.
| While the matter was in allegiance it
| was found necessary to take steps to have
| the garbage and ashes removed, and the
| Committee on Streets and Sewers engaged
| sufficient horses and help to do the work.
| The question which Corporation Coun-
sci Edwards was asked to settle was,
| Whether the city can deduct from Con-
tractor Byrnes's bid the cost of removing
the ashes and garbage before the time
| that the contract with Mr..
| Byrnes was signed. Mr.. Edwards
| decided that Mr.. Byrnes was entitled to
| the full contract price, and that the
other claims for work in cleaning the
| streets should be paid out of the unex-
pended balance of the appropriation for
| 18S8-1989.
| Contractor Byrnes has consented to an
arrangement by which The old claims
will be paid out of the sum to which he
is entitled, on condition that he will not
be obliged to do the full amount of work
which he has agreed to do under the con
| tract.