The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-10
CARR CALLED down
While He Libelled City
Officials, His Own
Duties We're Neg
leCted.
BALDWIN AVENUE IMPROVEMENT
He Will Be Compelled to Explain,
New Fire Engine for
Woodlawn.

The Street and Water Commissioners
at meeting this morning sat down upon
Humphrey w. Carr in the most approved
manner.
Humphrey w. Carr is one of the AS
sessment Commissioners. Some months
ago. property owners Cd Baldwin avenue
petitioned the Street and Water Commits
sioners for the improvement aud con-
strnction of sewer in that thorough 4re.
The matter was referred to the Com
missloners of Assessment Nothing was
heard of the petition until this morning,
when petition from the Commissioners
of Assessment asked for an extension OF
time in which TO deliberate over the pro-
posed improvement.
CALLED DOWN.
I'VE are compelled to grant the exten-
sion asked for" said Commissioner Du-
gan upon hearing the petition, "but to
me it seems that it would be
phrey W. Carr would attend
to the business he is paid to transact
rather than waste his time at the city's
expense circulating malicious stores
concerning the members of the Board. /
would like to know from our Clerk what
Humphrey Carr has done in relation to
our summons to have him appear before
us and explain his charges made before
the Board of Trade"
He says he will not come before this
Board and m Ike any explanation wh at
ever" replied Clerk Bonton.
He won't eh? Well think he will,
and if he does not do 1t soon I propose
having him subpRnaed. He must ex-
plain those charges. He can't abuse u.s.
and neglect the city's business and offer
no explanation.
Some one explained that the "old man"
ought not to be bothered. but the Com
missioners are determined to have an ex-
PLANTATION made at once.
After disposing of Mr.. Carr in this
mild manner, the Commissioners met as
the Board of Adjudication. The final as
sessment map of The Improvement of
Hooker avenue was filed. 10 the prelim-
mary map of the construction of a sewer
in Summit avenue, Jacob Weart, Mrs !.
Ann Miller, T. D. Shorpa, John Wesley
Charles Metz, Mrs. Knover and others OBJ
jected, principally because one-third of
The persons on the line of the improve
ment Lad not petitioned for it. They also
claimed that the expense would be too
great for the benefits derived because of
the immense quantity of rock that would
have to be blasted.
John Kiernan who fathered the petit
tion Informed the Board that more than
one-third of the property owners had
retitioned for the improvement. The
trouble arises from the fact that the
demonstrators have private drains. The
whole matter was referred to the Com
mittee on Streets.
November 4 was fixed as the time for
the final hearing on The assessment for
Ocean avenue sewers,
FIRE ENGINE FOR W0oDLAwN.
A resolution asking the Board of
Finance for an appropriation of 81. OOo
with which to purchase plot of ground
for fire engine purposes was adopted The
plot of ground to be purchased will be in
| he Woodlawn section of the city. The
Board of Finance was also asked to paw
the $1,000 appropriated for the cleaning q
of the sewers and receiving basins at
the time of the cholera scare The Bol lrIi
adjourned to meet again on Thursday
morning at ten O'Clock.
NO ACTION ON THE WATER QUESTION.
The Street and Water Com missioners
took no action upon the water question
this morning. Commissioner Somers
stared that the work of preparing
specifications for the acquisition of a
new supply wa in CHARGE of Chief En-
gineer Rpggles. That Official Will report
how much progress he has made at the
next meeting of the Board.