The Jersey City news., 1891-08-12
ONE MORE NEW SCH DOL.
DOings of the Street and Water
Board-Passaic Soup Expenses.

Upon call signed by Commissioners
Cook and Madden, a meeting of the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
was held this morning. President
Somers was absent having gone to his
country seat last night.
Commissioner Dugan was elected chat r
man pro tenn.
The old question of locating a SO wer in
Grove street at Seventeenth was revived
by the receipt of a petition from property
owners andresidents of the neighborhood.
Already hundreds Of dollars have been
spent in fruitless attempts TO carry of the
water which settles there and become
stagnant, creating an odor similar to that
which drove families from Pacific avenue
and Grand street The excessive heat Of
fhe past two days has increased the vile
smell, and the property owners rear the
outb reak of some contagious disease.
SEWERAGE WANTED.
The petf tion has been properly referred
and steps may be taken at once 10 sewer
Grove street to the HobokeD line.
A comm unication from Health Inspec-
tor Benjamin notified the Board that the
sewer In Railroad avenue. between Hen
derson ard Warren streets. was choksd
up and was a menace to the public health.
The ma tier was referred TO the Commit
tee on Streets and Sewers for immediate
attention.
On resolution presented BY Commits
sioner Cook, the Board OF Finance was
asked for an appropriation Of $1,000 to be
placed to the credit of the engineering
bureau.
$50 many improvements are tied up.n
said Commissioner Coo k. that we need
this amount to pay the clerks and en-
ployes."
SCHOOL NO. 25.
One more school house Is to be built
without delay. A resolution was adopt
ed this morning authorizing the purchase
Of lots Nos. Is, 10. 90, 81, % and 25, in
block No. 929, in Hudson City. These
lots comprise the northeast corner
of Zabriskie street and Columbia avenue.
Corporation Counsel Edwards was direct
cd to make the necessary searches prior
to entering into any agreement for the
purchase of the property. This site is not
TO cost more than 50 1000. 1t Is within a
stones throw Of the site selected bv
Director Pdngsten two years ago for
which 5000 was to have been paid
The concurrence Of the Board of Finance
is now all that Is required to allow the
erection of public school No. Is TO begin.
There is about $4,000 remaining In the
special school fund. aud this sum is on
deposit in the Second National Bank.
Police Commissioner Van Keuren served
upon the Board notice restraining the
payment Of any claims to Dennis Byrnes
on Clifton place and Wesc0tt avenue i'm
provemeuts. Van Keuren & Son sup
piled Byrnes with S44S.13 worth OF ma
teriaL Byrnes has failed to pay any part
of this indie btedness.
CLAIMS PASSED.
The monthly payrolls OF men employed
re epairing water pipes, etc.. were passed.
Claims os s30i 30 to P. J. Condon, $50 20
and sle05S 70 Theodore Snit d for sup
plies were ordered paid.
Water Registrar Healey's report of the
standing of the Water Depart ment,
which VIII show whether 1t is self-sus-
tanning or a burden to the city,
will be finished In about one week,
Assistant Registrar Farmer is working
industriously on it. and will. on complet-
ing it. submit it to the Finance Commis-
sioners, at whose request it is being pre-
pared.
The Board adjourned to meet next
Tuesday morning Mt ten o'clock