The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-25

/ would state Under the provisions of sec
ii n /, Chapter 1884, OF the Laws of 1891 approved
March 2S, 1891, it was enacted that ''The Mayor
shall have the power to veto any item or items
contained in any ordinance or resolution appro-
priating money for any purpose, and to approve
of the residue of such ordinance :or resolution.
By virtue OF this power hereby approve of SO
much of the foregoing resolution as reads:
John S. DAILY, foreman, one month, SIS, T" be-
cause John S. DAILY was employed by your board
by resolution. The remainder Of the resolution
on all the items appropriating money is hereby
returned without any approval, because all the
men named in said items were appointed by a
committee of your board, which appointment is
not legal employment, and my dlSapproval of
such items shall be my veto thereof.
In q list of the officials and employees of your
board recently furnished me. 2os men were de-
signated as having been appointed by commit
tees. will send you communication at an
early day on the matter of appointment of en-
ployes. in which will more fully show the neces-
sity of some formal official act by your board
legalizng the appointment of the employe who
has previously been put to work, either by COM
mittee or an individual member of your board.
Very truly,
PETER F. wANsER, Mayor.
From this it appears that there are 20S
men in the employ of the department.
whose warrants the Mayor will decline to
sign, because they were not appointed by
resolution of the Board. The matter will
be carried into court.
SCHOOL NO. 25.
1t has been stated in THE NEWS that the
committee report on the School No. .25 mat
ter WAS backed up by strong corroborative-
documentary evidence. The following is
copy of letter from Architect Giele to
P. j. Condor on the matter of the use of
trap rock in the foundation walls:-
Mr.. Patrick j. Condon
DEAR SIR:-Tbis is to notify you to use trap
rock for foundation and cellar walls in the CON
struction of No. 25 School, but no stone must be
used over ground on both fronts of the building
nm ayta nalS The foundations ru1,s ba aierhf
inches more in width than the cellar walls and
all stone cellar walls to be four inches more in
width than the brick walls specified.
LOUIS II. GIELE.
toilet rooms complained of by His Honor
are explained in the appended note:-
Mr.. L. II. Giele:
My DEAR SIR:-At the request of the Board of
Education to whom the plans for School No. 25,
were exhibited for approval / went through
them carefully, and recommended that the main
toilet rooms which had been planned, one for
each Of the several floors, be changed, so to
put them all in the basement except such as
might be needed for teachers use. You objected
at the time to make any change, but consented
at last when / assured you'll basement toilets
would be more convenient for the general use of
pup lis than toilet rooms on each floor believe
this change of plan was eminently desirable.
A. b. POLAND.
THE EXCAVATION POINT.
Again His Honor has spasm about
Contractor Condon's charges for the re-
moval of the earth above the grade line,
maintaining that this excavation was
included in the bid for the work. That
His Honor is altogether in error Is shown
by the following letters:-
L. H. GieIe:
DEAR SIR-When l bid for School No. Is,
understood that the lot was to be delivered to
me at grade; the rest of the excavatng, pro-
vided it was not rock, 1 expected to do.
KELLY Bros.
Per ED. KELLY.
Mr. Giele:
DEAR SIR-When bid for School House No .25,
calculated to remove the earth from the grade
line, as shown on your plans, and not to grade
the street or the earth above the road line.
NJ. T. CONNOLLY.
L. II. Giele, Esq.
DEAR SIR:-In reply to your inquiry as to our
bid for mason work on school house No 25 we
would say that we bid according 10 the plans and
to dsearth the excavation from the grade line
down We made no provisions for the removal
of dirt above the grade line
Yours respectfully
DANIEL HENRY.
L. II. Giele.
MYDEAR SIR:-I did not calculate in my bid
for school No. 25 to remove any earth from
above the grade line. Builders always consider
their excavations according to the plans and the
grade lines shown on the same.
MICHAEL KELLEHER.
Mayor Wanser will probably fall back
on Judge Blair now to write reply TO
these answers,