The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-04
HODOKEB'S COUNCIL.
1t Holds an Important
Meeting Just as Mr..
Stanton Is About to
Return.

The Hoboken Council held very i'm
portant meeting last night. Chairman
| Stanton is expected back from Europe on
Saturday. and five of the Councilmen
met and succeeded in finishing up a large
| amount of business and springing a
couple Of surprises
Councilman Boncelet. who had been on
fishing expedition, was tardy in making
his appearance. and for while it looked
as if there would be no meeting. He ar.
rived, howev er, and went into the Coun-
Gil chamber with Timken, Erlenkoetter,
Kelly and Bewig. Councilman Bewig
| was ell lected temporary chairman.
Several property owners complained of
the condition of the sluice gate at Ferry
street and Park avenue. They said that
it was neither opened or closed by the
sluice gate keeper. Councilman Erlen-
koetter said he knew the sluice gaze
keeper. was guilty OF gross negligence.
Councilman Boncelet said the matter
ought to be attended to at once, as the
gate was in notoriously bad way. The
matter, after some further talk, In which
the sluice gate keeper was hauled over
the Goals, was referred to the Street Com
missioner and Councilman Boncelet with
power.
An opinion was read from the Corpor a.
tion Attorney stating that the refusal of
the Board of Education to pay the clai m
OF A. D. Hedges, the census taker in the
Second ward, was legal The Corpora
ton Attorney also stated that the Board
had no other alternative but to pay the
claim of Peter Quinn. Councilman Lon
drigan's de facto Street Commissioner.
Quinn had recovered Judgment against
the city for the same. The claim was paid /.
The report of theChief Engineer relative to
the elections of the fire department was on
motion of Councilman Kelly referred to
the Committee on Fire and Water and
later received Another claim of S67 80
from Peter Quinn for services rendered as
Inspector was read Erlenkoetter said he
did not think Quinn had been appointed
Inspector Boncelet said that if Quinn
had been appointed. he never knew
Il The and aommttes NE was anDsaps memssr tbo Of
the candidate for Mayor. Londrigan, is
exceeding his authority and appointing
men at will without consulting his fellow
members of the committee. OF course
Quinn performed the work and will be
paid in the same manner as he was for his
work done as Street Commissioner. He
wilf bring suit in the District Court, and
nothing will prevent him from recovering
Judgment.
After recess the Board got down to fine
work, A warrant was ordered drawn in
favor of City Treasurer Smith for the
sum of $4,000 co pay sums falling due
Then came number of minority reports
from Councilman Boncelet, which were
adopted. Boncelet introduced resolutions,
which w ere adopted, paying Henry Nc
Giveney $500. Albert Minardo 1920.
Erlenkoetter introduced resolu-
tion, which was as adopted. paving
ley was paid So 600. Ordinances for the
building of brick sewers in Jefferson
street, Adams street and Marshall street
passed their first reading by titie. Upon
resolution of Councilman Kelly the office
of pouDdkeeper was declared vacant. 1t
is question If this action will stand, as
six votes are necessary for the same and
there were only five members present.
The Board then went into the election
of poundkeeper. There were two can
didates. George Harrington and r. Chap
man. Harrington was appointed. Coun-
Gilman Boncelet offered minority report
of the Committee on Sewers awarding
the contract of building sewer between
Third and Fourth streets on Madison to
w. L. Arnold. The report was adopted.
An ordinance prohibiting the moving
of houses from one part of the city to
another was taken up and passed its
second reading, but was lost on the final
reading by the negative vote of Council
man Boncelet.
An ordinance requiring bill posters who
bill boards to obtain permission from the
owners of premises in front of which the
boards are placed. and also license from
the council, was introduced.
An ordinance giving the Council the
appointing power of all drivers and en-
gineers and paid members of the Fire De-
partment, passed It's final reading. Here
tofore the companies selected the paid
members.
When Councilman Kelly moved that
the ordinance creating Board of Health
be taken up for its third and final read
ing, there was look OF surprise mani
fected. By hard work Chairman Stanton
had secured the passage of the ordinance
on it's first and second readings. When
the ordinance had been read the neat
trick was discovered. Timken, Kelly
and Erlenkoetter voted against it, there
by killing it, Chairman Bewig and
Councilman Boncelet were either fooled
or were willing to be fooled. The Board
then adjourned for three weeks at the re-
quest Of the Mayor. who Is going to To-
peka, Kansas.
Pirates in the Water.
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