The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-18
ONLY ONCE A WEEK.
Counselor Edwards on the
German Printing
Question.
A NEW HIGH SCHOOL POSSIBLE
Kensington Avenue Shade Trees
ali Right-Other Matters Be-
fore the Street and
Water Board.
A NEW HIGH SCHOOL POSSIBLE

For some time past Editor Schless1nger
of the Stdats- Zeitnng has been making a
hard fight for the city printing as daily
German paper. His, paper was ap-
pointed by the Board of Finance
as an official weekly paper. in
which the official minutes of city Boards
were to be published. Schlessinger
soon after converted his weekly into a
daily.an made demand upon the Street
and Water Commissioners for the work.
That Board at once asked Corporation
Counsel Edwards for an opinion upon the
,ubject.
COUNSELOR EDWARDS OPINION.
At this moining's meeting of the Board,
Mr.. Edwards submitted the following
SIN answer to your inquiry as to the
language to be used in printing city ad-
vertisements in the official newspapers
known as the New Jersey StGats Zcitu1lg
and the present status OF that paper, l
reply by sending you herewith so much
of the recent opinion of the Supreme
Court, speaking through Mr., Justice
Reid in the case Of the State Church VS..
Orange. as pertains to this inquiry.
Following that decision. l advise that
wdinances and records must be published
in the Stats Zeitatng in the English Ian
guage, while all notices for street inn
provements, for hearings, tor proposals
and the like must be published in Ger
man. These matters should be inserted
paid for on this basis. as the paper has no
standing as an official paper. save
as a German weekly. By Sec
ton of the Supplement
of Marsh 81. 1874, to the old charter. the
official newspapers Of Jersey City are ap-
~ kol. %txs l1c f,r f1o fxr,r, mil
newspapers of opposite political parties
having the largest bona fide daily circu-
lation for the six mouths prior to their
designation; for weekly newspaper pub
lished in that part of Jersey City formerly
known as Hudson City, and for one
and printed in the German language. By
general act of 1884, page 10, authority
was given to the Board OF Finance to sub
stitute Sunday paper for the German
paper; this power, however,is not now ex-
ercised. BY Chapter So Of the Laws of 1889,
it was made compulsory to appoint as an
offictak paper, a newspaper printed In the
German language, which should have
been published in the city at least once
week for period of not less than three
years prior to the passage OF the act.
Tne..Stadts Zeitung had been published AS
weekly and was therefore designated by
the Board Of Finance. Since then it
claims to have started a daily edition, for
which its publishers DOW insist upon re c.
ognition as daily official newspaper. For
this insistment there Is no legal founda-
tion whatever. You should recognize it
fully, "W. d. EDWARDS,
Corporation Counsel"
The opinion was ordered filed.
SHADE TREES SAVED,
The petition of the property owners OF
Kensington avenue to have the sidewalk
- "a G. f.>k IL fw.,k 1E .1rrr
feet wide. as is the custom, was granted.
The object of the petition was the preser-
walton of number of shade trees, which
would have to be removed If the side
walk was made twelve feet wide. George
F. Perkins was the only oDjector. Con-
tractor Nolan was directed to proceed
with the improvement.
The petition of the Board of Educa-
tion to have two new wings added to
Public School No. 8 was referred to the
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds. Commissioner Dugan fsvors
the conversiono OF Public School No. into
a grammar school. and the erection OF
new high school. His suggestions to that
effect will probably be discussed by the
Board of Education at its next meeting.
The monthly report of Wharfinger
Kelly showed the receipts to be $295. 3d.
Notices are to be sent to all property own
ers of York, Washington and Grove
streets to put in a passable condition the
sidewalks in front of their respective
houses.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
The contracts for the. Improvement oi
Ninth street between Monmouth and
Brunswick streets and Eleventh street
between Jersey avenue and Coles street.
were awarded to Henry Byrne. The
Jackson avenue improvement was
awarded to Charles O'Neil.
The final assessment maps of the Jor
dan avenue and Fifteenth street improve
ments were confirmed and forwarded to
the City Collector.
Chief Engineer Ruggles submitted
plans and specifications for the sweeping
and cleaning of the streets and the re-
moval of ashes and garbage for the en-
suing year. The plans are the same as
Last year. Clerk Bouton was directed &c
advertise for bids.
Plans for the lighting Of the city by
electricity, gas and oil will be submitted
at the next meeting Of the Board, and II
adopted, bids will be advertised for.
Permission was granted to Solomon
Brothers to put a private drain in Colum
pia venue; to Paul Sury to construct
tank under the sidewalk at No. IS Bay
street, and to John Clark to drain va
cant lot in Virginia avenue by means of {
surface drain into the sewer connection o.
School No. "a. petition from the resi-
dents of West Side avenue to have the
sidewalks raised was referred to Side
walk Inspector Muldoon. The Boarc