The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-28
THE CITY'S FINANCES.

The Board Learns the Status of Its Cases
In Court-A fayiiissst- &c the County
At meeting of the Finance Board last
evening the following communication
was received from Corporation Counsel
Edwards and Corporation Attorney Hud-
speth:--
In accordance with request from the Presi-
dent of your Board for report as to the pres
ent condition of the city litigation, we submit
the following,-
During the past month we have argued before
the Supreme Court at Trenton the following
causes---
brings up the right of the Erie Railroad to lay
an additional track across Jersey avenue on
their main line without the consent OF the Board
OF Aldermen This suit was started in 1888.
O. Milligan VS.. City and ,3) Duke VS.. City,
wherein the right of the Fire Commissioners to
remove certain classes of employees under the
Tenure of Office and Veteran acts is contested
started in 1890.
a. Provldent.Insurance for Savings VS. City
In which the validity of the assessment for inn
provement Of Danforth avenue is questioned.
Brought in 1888.
S. Milwaukee Brewing Company VS.. City
Certiorar to test the validity of the ordin ance
of the city relative to delivery of malt liquors
and requiring license for that purpose
Tomorrow we expect TO present the final argu-
ment on behalf of the city in the suit brought by
the Trustees of the Free Public Library to com
pei by mandamus the payment to them OF
$25, 900 per annun, to be raised by taxation, and
the suit brought by the Morris Canal and Bank
ing Company to review the taxes for 1889 on
piers in the South Cove These suits were both
Instituted in the present month
There are no city causes untried save the
ejectment suit brought by the city against the
American Dock and Improvement Company for
the recovery of the so-called conditional grant
in the South Cove. This cause would have been
trsd Was postponsd s af bg Judge s Knapp
in order that the opinion of the Supreme
Court might be reached in "a cause then pending
involving the same question in another aspect
This suit has been decided, and IN the opinion
rendered by the Court the grant to Jersey City
is favorably commented upon. This suit has
in April next.
The Board received and referred the
bond of Nelson j. Ii. Edge as treasurer
of the trustees of the Free Library Fund,
with DIR. Benjamin Edge as security.
The bonds of John Pairson, Emil II. Datz
and James Burke, City Hall Commission
ers, approved by Corporation Attorney
and Corporation Counsel, We're ordered
filed.
The Street and Water Commissioners
were authorized to purchase two twenty
inch water gates for use at High Service.
The pay roll of the Water Department
for February, amounting to 50, 1S4.9s, was
ordered paid, together with the pay roll
for High Service for January, amounting
to S. $50. 66, and $4,000 was transferred
from the general account to the water
account as a loan.
authorized to advertise for proposals for
the proposed new Fourth Precinct Police
Station House, and for the Improvement
of Hopkins avenue from Summit to Cen
trail avenues.
Thirty thousand dollars were ordered
paid 6ver to County Collector Dugan on
tax account of 1885,
The Comptroller reported the receipts
for the week ending February "a TO be
$50, ,465 60.