The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-03
THE BOARD OF WORKS GUILLOTINE
Eighty Heads Fall Into the Basket at the
Meeting This Morning.

Eighty Heads Fall Into the Basket at the
Meeting This Morning.
The Board of Works got out the guillo-
tine this morning and started in upon a
course of wholesale decapitation.
After the heads of all the re-assessors,
persons employed in blowing off hydrants
and repairing gates, including the for
men, Some eighty men in all, had fallen
into the basket with one swoop of the
knife, in the shape of a resolution by the
Committee on Water Rates, the machine
became clogged with political gore and
refused to work any more.
A resolution to declare the office OF
Street Inspector vacant was lost by the
votes of President Kern and Commis-
sioners Watt and Simpson. This result
caused Commissioner Cannon, who, with
Mr.. Tumulty, voted for the resolution, to
remark somewhat feelingly that three
beat two every day in the week.
Clerk Finck read a communication from
the Board of Trade requesting the Board
to assert its rights on Grove and Hender-
son streets, south of the Morris Canal;
Commissioner Cannon said that the Board
did proceed at one time to assert the city s
rights, but Corporation Counsel Blair
had told them they had better go slow or
they might burn their fingers. The COM
munication was then referred to Corpora
ton Counsel Brinkerhoff.
Permit Clerk F. d. Woodcock reported
that he had collected $3.50. Is from builders
during the past month, and called the at
tention of the Board to the discrepancy
between the materials reported by differ
ent builders for the same class of build
ings.
Mr.. E. E. Gibson called the attention Of
the Board to the deplorable condition of
Maple and Van Horn streets, where Mr..
I. ,4fa,, oft
storm and remains there for days. Mr..
Gibson wants sewer built there.
Several gardeners south of the Central
Railroad Company's tracks petitioned to
have the water extended to their property
at their expense.
The petition was referred to commit
tee to ascertain whether the city co uld
lay pipes under the company's railroad
bed. Proposals were invited to supply
Belleville and the high pumping station
with coal and there was but one response.
As one bid cannot be received the matter
will be readyertised.
The Board of FreehOlders were asked
for 200 yards of small stone with which to
repair Ocean avenue, and the contractors
for the new engine house on Linden ave-
nue. were notified that unless they COM
pleted the building forthwith their bonds
men will be called upon to do the work.
The Board took long recess, during
which the matter of the Inspectors which
Commissioner Simpson recently dis
charged was discussed. There seems to
be considerable friction over the matter
and when the Board reconvened
Commissioner Simpson introduced a
resolution providing that the duties of
the various committees be more strictly
defined. The Committee of the Whole
will consider the matter.
The following were appointed Inspect
ors on the various improvements now 60
ing on in the city:-Patrick McGrath,
Hancock avenue sewer; Martin Higgins,
Sussex street sewer; Henry Van Wrinkle,
Cambridge avenue sewer; Daniel +. Shea,
Griffith streetimprovement; James Kilroy,
Baldwin avenue Improvement; Michael
Campbell, Zabriskie street sewer; Henry
Van Houten, Summit avenue sewer;
James Flanagan, Beacon avenue i'm
provement; Michael O'Rourke, Zabriskie
street improvement; Peter Cannon, Sum-
NIT avenue improvement; Henry Konig,
T errace avenue Improvement; Merseles
Waters, Hooker avenue sewer; Frederick
Colos, Eighth street Improvement; Will
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