The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-22
ALDERMANIC DOINGS.
Compliments for CitF Clerk Scott
Fires and Fire Escapes.

An unusually large lobby was presen mt
at the meeting o. the Board Of Aldermen
last night. Many persons wereunder the
impression that it was TO be the last
meeting OF the old Board, but the Board
has yet another regular meeting. All the
members were present last night except
Alderman Shermerhorn. a disappoint-
ment to the lobby which has become ac-
customed to the friendly spats between
the Celery district member aud AIR.
o'Neal. Aldermen-elect Day and Nc
Entee were observed In the lobby, and
were invited to seats inside the rail A
beautiful basket OF red roses graced the
Presidents desk, and shed delightful
fragrance through the room. President
Allen, recently re elected as Alderman-at-
Large, said he did not know who the
donors were, but he. thanked them from
the bottom of his heart.
City Clerk Scott read a communication
from Judge McGrath of the Second Dis
trict Court directing attention to the un-
satisfactory quarters In which his court
Is held There Is no private room for
either the Judge or his CLERK. The rooms
are necessary for the proper transaction
OF business. Tue Judge called the Boards
ters could be obtained in the same build
ing In which the Court is at present held.
Alderman Saiinger corrooorated the
Judges statements, and moved that the
Committee on District Courts be
directed to secure proper rooms
at rental not TO exceed
5000, and that 800 be expended In fitting
up the new quarters, provided thSt the
Board Of Finance will appropriate the
necessary fnud. The increase IN the sal
aries Of the two district judges has caused
the expenses 70 exceed the appropriation OF
So l50 made for their maintenance.
Chairman Kaiser, OF the Committee Of
Elections, presented batch Of claims for
expenses OF the recent election amounting
to 5000. Alderman O,Neill objected to
their passage until they had been acted
upon by the Committee on Elections
Inc claims were referred TO that com
mittee. City Marshall Timothy G. Long
resigned his position and was re-elected
by the unanimous vote of the Board, a
compliment which Chairman Allen, In
short speech, laid special stress uDona
The lobby applauded loudly.
CITY CLERK SCOTT coMPLIMESTED. :
a resolution offered by Alderman Hoos
salary OF City Clerk John Z. Scott to
5000. Mr.. Hoos said iE gave him great
pleasure as citizen and a taxpayer to
offer such a resolution. None of the city
OH cials were more highly respected than
Mr. Scott The thorougnness with which
the important duties entrusted TO him as
clerk OF the city had been discharged was
something that every citizen took pride
in. These duties. too, were onerous. Es-
pecially during the recent preparations
for the election, Mr.. Scott had been obliged
10 toll through the day aud night The
Board Of Finance will be asked for an ap-
propriation of &. 100 to meet the increase
har .frrff Inn, fff Ev hsffr
man Kaiser Of the Committee on Elec
tioDs, was unanimously adopted voting
the City Clerk $50 as extra compensation
for WORK done while preparing for the re-
cent election. Mr.. Kaiser seldom makes
speech, but he grew eloquent last nigh :
in supporting his resolution. He said
the Board last year gave Mr.. Scott 500 as
extra compensation. The work Mr.. Scott
did was ruinOus TO health. Fifteen hun
dred dollars would not fully compensate
him. The resolution was passed uaaal-
mously.
Alderman Salinger introduced a resolu-
ton, which was adopted, transferring the
right of ownership Of the four cannon
lying in the Postoflice yard to the county
committee in charge OF raising the pro-
posed soldiers monument The four
cannon were captured from the Con-
fsderates and were secured from the gov
ernment for this city By the late A. A
| Hardeubergn when a member of Con-
gress in 1888. They will be used for orna-
mentation.
Alderman O'Neill offered an amend
ment 10 the ordinance regulating the Ii
censing of carts. trucks, ETC., TO the effect
| that no license shall be granted to
| owners who are not residents OF this city.
FIRE LIMITS AND ESCAPES.
The effort TO put through their ina!
passage the ordinances rela ating TO IRE
limirs and fire escapes offered som e
\ months ago by Alderman Salinger. pro-
voked a lively discussion Mr.. Smith
moved TO take the one establishing IRE
| limits from the table. This done, Mr..
| O'NeiIl said he wanted to amend the or
| dinance He insisted that the man VINO
could understand the ordinance as 1t
reads at present must possess a superior
| intellect TO that OF the average mah.
| Mr.. Salinger said both ordinances had
| been before the Board long enough for
| every individual member 10 be familiar
with the exact language.
.'Well, want to amend 1t so that every
| body can understand it," replied Mr..
| O'Neill. And he moved that all the lines
fixed in Section as limits, be stricken out
/ SO that the section would read:-"NC
| frame or wooden building, or building
with front OF brick or other material. or
| frame extension, shall hereafter be built
| or constructed within the corporate limits
| of Jersey City" This still left a provisC
| that the Board OF Aldermen may, D5
| resolution. permit by a three-fourtn vote
| OF all its members, the erection OF such
/ buildings when the circumstances re-
| quire such exception. Mr.. O'Nein said
/ he did not see why an iron-clad law
| should be passed to the detriment of the
poor man in old Jersey City in favor OF
| bsilding on the Hill The Second dis
| trict needed such fostering care as well a:
| the district on the Hin. Pass the ordl
| nance and it would disarrange plans oi
architects aud builders now building
| There were great five story frame baild-
| ings in the Fourth district and in Green
| vile.
] Mr.. Norton called Mr.. Salinger's at
I tention TO the fact that the latter owned
| a wooden mansion on the Hill The limits
he had prescribed didn't take in that man
| sion. Mr.. Salinger said the object of the
ordinance was 70 stop the spread OF fire
| The buildings were not so close together
on tne.Hiil as they are down town.
as to the disarrangement OF present
architectural plans, Mr.. Smith urge,
that that could be remedied oy putting
in the words 'safter October l, 1891, F." aftel
the word shall, in the section abov'
| quoted. Mr. O'Seill's amendment was
/ defeated by a vote of 70 5, and the Boarc
adjourned without further action of
either OF the ordinances.
|
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