The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-29
NO MORE PIGEON HOLING
The Board of Finance De-
termined to Deal One
Way or the Other
with Payro11S.


cussing from ten O'Clock until after
| twelve this morning, finally entered the
Aldermanic Chamber and reported favor
ably upon more re e'olutions requiring
their concurrence than for months past.
| President Madden of the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners was pres
ent at the conference and made
spirited demand upon the Com
| missioners for the passage of the
hung up payrolls, observation-disclosures
ment resolutions and many other matters
which seriously affect the workings OF
the Street and Water Department. The
outcome of the conference was victory
| for the Street Board.
| PETERSEN CALLED DOWN.
| AS soon as President Edelsteiu had
raped for order. Clerk German read a
| resolution directing the Chairmen of the
various committees of the Board of FL
| nance to surrender at once all papers aud
other property belonging to the
| Board. The resolution was directed at
| Commissioner Petersen who, as Chair
man of the Committee on Concurrent
| Resolutions, took possession of the Street
and Water Board payrolls, and for
| months past has declined to report them.
| President Edelstein and Commissioner
| Allen We're determined to get the hung
| up payrolls and act upon them either one
| way OF the other.
Commissioner Allen moved the adop-
| tion of the resolution, and in explaining
| his vote said:-"l iully intended acting
| upon several papers and claims which are
| in possession of this Board today, but as
| some of the members of the Board are not
| present and the desired papers not here,
action will have to be deferred"
| The next meeting of the Board will be
| next week and If the desired payrolls are
not forthcoming demand will be made
upon Mr.. Petersen to submit the papers
to the President of the Board without
| further delay.
| CONCURRENCE.
The Board then concuIred in the pur-
chase of ten-inch water meter to cost
| 5000. resolution awarding to
Hugh Mclaughlin the contract
for the delivery OF 10000 tons
| of coal at Belleville at $4.87 per ton, the
| improvement of Baldwin avenue between
Academy and Church streets; Hooker
avenue from Avenue E to Ocean avenue,
the construction of sewer in Summit
avenue, from Wayne TO MONTGOMERY
| streets, appointing ex-SheriH McAnally
watchmau at the Street and Water Board,
| office, and auth orizing the construction
of the big Woodlawn section sewer.
| These resolutions, for the most part, We're
adopted by the Street and Water Com
| missioners two months ago. The i'm
| provements so long contemplated will
| now give the Engineering Bureau plenty
! of work to do.
| GREENvILLE FIREMEN.
Senator Hudspeth also succeeded In
l securing the passage OF his fire engine
resolution. The sum of $4,630 was ap-
propriuted for the establishment of q fire
en- gine company in Greenville.
The estimate OF the Commissioners of
Appeals amounting to 81 400 was
sum $500 is for salaries and
$500 for stationery. The sum of $50, 1861. .5s
| will be borrowed on temporary loan
| chased by the city under the MARTIN
| Act" The money is borrowed In antici-
patton of the redemption of the property
| SO purchased.
| NEWARK AVENUE.
| Having disposed of the routine business,
! Commissioner Bedell presented the fol-
| lowing resolution which explains it
| self:-
| Whereas, The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey
| City have been indicted for the maintenance of
| a public nuisance caused by the deplorabe con-
dition of sewer tin Railroad avenue between
| Henderson and Warren streets; and
Whereas, 1t appears that the property owners
| on said avenue in the neighbourhood of said
sewer have demanded that the Board of Street
| and Water Commissioners put said sewer in
proper and sanitary condition; and
| Whereas, Said Board of Street and Water Com
| missioners desire to make the necessary repairs
| to said sewer at once, but have no anpropria-
| tion applicable for such purpose and have re-
| quested this Board to make the necessary appro
| priation for such purpose, and this Board being
desirous of obtaining information as to what
work is necessary to be done upon said sewer,
now, therefore, be it
Resolved That the requisition of said Board
| of Street and Water Commissioners for the nee
essary appropriation for the repairing of such
sewer be referred to the Committee on Finance
of this Board, and that said Committee on
Finance request the cooperation OF the Street
and Water Commissioner to investigate as to
the condition Of said sewer and what repairs
and work are necessary to put said sewer in
proper repair and the probable cost thereof.
and make report to this Board of the result of
such investigation as speedily as possible so
that the present condition of said sewer may be
remedied as soon as it can be done.
The resolution was adopted and ad-
journment taken.