The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-13
FnNNY BILL STOPPED.

Extrayagaut Prices for Hydrants De-
tected-Pay Cut Down.
The Street and Water Commissioners
met yesterday and spent most Of
their time in resembling resolutions
passed at the last meeting. One of
these covered a batch of claims of
A. P. Smith. the ex-Chief Engineer of the
Newark Water Works. Smiths bill
amounted to 81, 1926. The claims escaped
Commissioner Somers' notice last Mon
day and they went through. Commission
er Dugan aloue voting against them.
The bills were for hydrants and an in
vestigation reveals the fact that 33 1-3 per
cent. more was being paid Smith for them
than it has been the custom to pay TO
other contractors for the same articles.
The usual price is S2S for No.20-
n~ydrants, S27, for No. 8, and $50 for gal
vanized bars. Smith charged 81
for each of these, ana ne would IN
doubtedly have received his money
hut for Mr.. Somers. Commissioner
Voc voted in the negative against the
resembling of the resolution. The ny
drants were purchased, it is said, by
Commissions Yoe. The other Comm1s-
sioners seemed surprised when 1t was
found that Mr.. Voc had become so
| extravaganza as to spend S642 more than
was necessary. Smith will wait q little
while for his money.
Another resolution wa rescinded which
| ordered $l25 per month paid to John
! Rowe. clerk of the Engineering Bureau,
for six months. Subsequently a resolu-
| ton was passed giving Rowe $1e0 per
| month for the six months. The reduc-
ton in salary is unexplained.
George Richtes. who has held the posi-
ton of storekeeperS for a number of years
| at a salary of sSS.22 per month was re-
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| having his salary increased to 500 per
mouth.
James Carroll came in for q share
of the good things too. He has been a
water pipe inspector, but under a resoln-
ton by Commissioner Cook he vas made
| General SuDerintendent of all pipe laying
and the water system in general. Car
roll,s salary will be 81. 500 per year which
is a rise of $500 over his present salary.
Mrs. Francis Fallon was reappointed
ianitrix. Her salary was fixed at 800
per month.
The Erie Railroad Company has for
months past been endeavoring to make
| some agreement with the city whereby it
might extend with a box drain sewer,
the Eighth street buck sewer to deep
water. The sewer, as it is at present.,
makes considerable of the companY's
land virtually useless.
The will build the drain at its
! own expense ana keep IL I'D goOu repair.
II al any time it is found that the box
drain is not performing the work requtr-
ed of it, "a pipe drain will be substituted,
il it does not cost more than $4,000. Per-
mission was given the company to pro-
coed with the work.
At the suggestion of Clerk Bouton, it
was decided TO regulate the construction
of signs over sidewalks. by making it
necessary to have them twelve feet high,
| fastened to the house on one side u a
post neal the curb on the other.
Ogden avenue was accepted as COM
plete and the final. payments ordered
made.
h payrolls of BelleViIle and High
Service for November, amounting to
$4. $40. 80 were passed. as was also one for
paving over street openings.
Mayor Wauser's veto of John S. Days
salary for November was fled, as was
also one dealing with Oliver StEAgham's
and P. Cassidy's FOR June-
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Albert Minardow, - kntract
for Improving Sher<4 ill not
handy for CUT