The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-16

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the minutes.
Report Of Fires, alarms. etc, for the
month ending January 81, 1S01-
January 2. S:I4 y. m; telephone call;
owner, Jacob kin9ie; occupant. John j.
Keanei No. G6 Newark avenue; brick
store; loss, slight; cause, from electric
wire.
January 3. 4:59 D. m; still; owner, Mrs.
j. Smith; occupants, several families; No.
81 Warren street; frame tenement; loss,
none; cause. foul chimney.
January 3, 7.i5 p. m; still; owner, Pat
rick Govern; occupants. Luke Haley aud
others; No. ISL Eighth street; brick tene-
ment; loss, slight; cause, carelessness.
January 4, $50 n m: owners aud occu-
pants. Crescent Canoe Club: foot Dan
forth avenue; frame boat house; loss on
stock, $1,000; OF building, 500; insurance
on stock. $40; on building. 500; cause,
unknown.
January 5. 6:i3 D. m. still: owners and
occupants. p. Lorillard g. Co.; Bay aud
Warren streets; brick factory (tobaccol;
loss, slight: cause. leaky gas pipe.
January G, 200 a. M; Box 4; owner, f.
n. Linn, agent; occupants. James King
n others; No. 81 Grand street; brick
store aud dwelling; loss, slight; cause,
thawing pipes.
January 5. 1851 a. m; still; owner and
occupant. Mary Flanagan; No. IL
IL AO1En
none; cause, foul chimney.
january s. 2:29 ?. M; Box 2S; owner,
Daniel f CIeary: occupants, Mary Harris
aud others; No 34 Seventh street; frame
dwelling; loss on building. $40; on
furniture, slight; insurance on building,
$40; cause from chimney.
January 10, ESQ p m: Box IL: owner,
Hudson City Savings Bank; occupant,
john A. Scnueler; No. $50 Newark ave
nue.; brick dwelling; loss on building,
$50, on furniture, $3.50; insurance on build
! ing, so; or furniture. $3.50; cause, lamp
explosion.
January IL, $50 a. M; still. owner, Nc
Council estate; occupants, several fami-
lies; No. 3l6 Warren street; frame tene-
ment; loss slight; cause carelessness.
January, II. o.55 P. M: telephone call;
owner and o~ccupant. James Braden; No.
1896 Grand street; frame tenement; loss,
none; cause, foul chimney.
January ~, 2 a. m; still; owner, Dalton
estate: occupants, Morris Street Mission:
No; "a Morris street; frame building; loss
on building. S5; insurance on building,
SIS; cause. incendiary.
January Is, ia p. M; Box q; owners
n occupants, Columbia Rolling Mill
Co.; Jersey avenue and Fourteenth
street: rame rolling mill; loss on stock,
sl25; on building. $500; insurance on
stock, sl2o; on building. $500; cause I'M
known.
January 10, 412 p, m; Box AZ; owners,
North Hudson Railway Co occupants,
n. Y. Steel Mat Co.; Ravine Road; brick
building; loss. none, cause, gas explo-
sion.
January 10. 4:1ep. m; Box 116; owner and
occupant. @. A Woolsey; No. 800 Grand
street; frame building: loss slight, cause,
boiling over OF tar.
January 10, 5p. m; Box 81; owner, Mrs.
N. CLARK; occupant, Patrick Clark; No.
400 Halliday street; frame store n dwell
frt~ loaa afnAk A1fl. nNa lAnaIAf.- rOnn. T.
surance on STOCK. 500; On building, 500;
cause, unknown.
January 90, las n. M; Box ~; owners
n occupants Heckenstein Brothers; No.
1872 New York avenue; frame extension;
loss on building, 800; Insurance.. none;
cause, unknown.
January 20. las a. M; Box AZ; owner,
Albert Crosby; occupant, Albert Crosby,
Jr.; No. 399 Palisade avenues; frame wood
houses; loss ON building, S25; insurance.
none; cause, extension of above fire.
January %, 9:35 p. m. still; owner and
occupant. A. leugneF; Bergen Road and
Danforth avenue; frame (hoteD building;
loss, slight; cause, from lamp.
January "a, 1.30 a. M, box 232; owner
and occupant, Daniel E. Ciearf; Grove
and Eleventh streets; brick Grocery
warehouse; loss on stock, 1000; on build
ing, $500; insurance on stock, 5000; on
building, 800; cause carelessuess.
January ~, BIS p. m, box 8;
owners, Thomas and Healy Estate; occu-
pants, several families; corner Green and
Essex streets; franz stores and tene-
ments; loss on building, S1,912; on furni-
ture, 500; insurance on building, 81, 912;
on furniture, none; u unknown.
January "a, 12 D. M, box 241; owner,
estate of II. NJ. Post; occupants. e.. Bolt
wood and others; Pavonia avenue and
Grove street; brick stores and tenement:
loss on stock, $1,000; on building, $625; in
cnrunQa IN eynau- 81 mn. m hnfIIfno &pDs.
cause unknown.
January 70, $3.50 a. M, still; owner, Mrs.
+. Smith; occupants. several families;
No. 355 First street; frame tenement; loss
slight; cause, foul chimney.
January %, I229 a. M, box IS; owner,
A Seeyerding; occupant, William De-
laney; No. $40 Grove street; brick. store
and dwelling; loss on stock, S222; on
building, 500. insurance or stocS, S222;
on building, 500; cause unknown.
January %, z D. m, still; owner. Enoch
Smith; occupants, several families; No.
672 Jersey avenue; brick (fat) tenement;
loss none; cause, defective fue.
Total loss in January, $11,3S4.
Total insurance paid in January, s10,-
1874.
Total number of alarms, twenty-four
2A.
Total number of bell alarms. twelve
Q2).
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN I. DENMEAD,
Assistant Engineer,
lin chargel.
The following communication from the
Assistant Engineer Gin charge) was pre-
sented, received and referred to the CON-
mittee on Telegraph aud Fuel:-
JERSEY CITY. February 4, 1891.
To the Board of Fire Commissioners.
G~ENTLEMEN:-l most respectfully call
your attention to the extraordinary ielay
Of the n. Y. & n. j.. Telephone Company
in the matter OF repairing and arranging
our telephone communication; as far as
/ can learn nothing has been done TO-
wards putting US in shape; on the con-
trary from our Superintendent of Tele-
graphs report, their men are a source of
continued trouble TO him crossing the fire
wires and rendering our fire alarm use
less and jeopardizing the lives and prop
erty Of our citizens. l have communi-
Gated with the Superintendent of said
company, but received no reply from
him. All business Of this office has 10 be
transacted by messenger. which. of
course, causes much delay and trouble.
No communication has been sent or re-
ceived on the wires of the department
telephones for ten days, and of the signal
alarms for fires two OF them were en-
tirely cut OIL
Respectfully,
JOHN 4. DENMEAD,
Assistant Engineer lin charge)'
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.