The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-28
ALDEMABIC REUNION.
A Mere Quorum Holds a Dry
Session in the Highly
Adorned Chambers.
DIVIDING UP APPROPRIATIONS.
Alderman salinger Gets a Hard
Shot Over Election Expenses
Precinct Divided.
DIVIDING UP APPROPRIATIONS.

newly bedizened chamber last evening.
Is more gorgeous than any of the saloons
of the Solons who sit in Il. Indeed it dis
pays the most reined style or bar room
decorative arr. The calling is covered
with spangled paper.| the old boxlike
partition that boxed off the chamber from
The Tax Commissioners Office. and which
looked too like the private card room,
has Leen removed, and the Tax Commits
sioners are now separated only by a rail,
as was the lobby heretofore. a new car
pet hes given a real cafe" finish to the
chamber. The old Veneliah scene of a
marble foored portico overlooking an
Italian lake scene. hanked oy figures
representing justice, being quite in The
taste of the Allantic Garden, still re-
mains. 1t has been touched up by the
painter, however. aud does not look so
faded as it did 1t might be Well to add,
however, that :he thanking figures are
not s genuine as a bodv might pe led to
belleye. These pretty figures are nothing
more Than paper pasted gu the wal.
There was IL very small lobby present
last night. In fac the Board itself after
the summer vacation was represented by
Il bare quorum, including President
"a eli. <aI0C[ As0u lay GdtIcyg 2dlluSoft
Dusenberry, Moron and Connolly. with
the President. made up the quorum. Cor
poration Counsel Edwards was also
present.
The Board nevertheless transacted con-
siderable business. First. of course, il
aranted eighteen Liquor licenses and made
sixteen transfers.
A petition, uumerously signed and
headed by the name of Bishop Wlgger, of
the Catholic Diocese of Newark. was re-
ceired, praying that the liquor license
granted to w. Wiley to run a s,loon
Catholic Church In Brunswick street be
revoked. On motion of Alderman Salin.
ger, The matter was laid over for further
Investigation.
The Board received official notification
that the charges recently preferred
against drivers in the employ OF Coal
Dealer o. II. Perry OF delivering Short
weight" tons OF black diamonds had been
dismissed.
Mr.. Salinger wanted to know if charges
haG been preferred against the proprietor
and wanted 10 know what became of the
case anyway The Corporation Counsel
reFlled That the q matter had been
thoroughly sifted and he related the al
ready familiar incidents OF the trial.
NEW ELECTION PRECINCT.
Alesolu ion offered by the Committee
on Elections to the following effect was
nlmou Ruopted:-
That for the purpose of the next ensuing reg
istry and election, the Third precinct, of the
Sixth Assembly district. be divided into two pre-
ciucts. as foIlows:-
Third notwithstanding at the intersection
of Eavonia avenue aud Grove street; thence
n~ortherly along the centre line OF Grove street
to Twefth street; thence westerly along the
centre line of Twelfth street 10 Jersey avenue;
thence south along the centre line of Jersey
avenue 10 Pavonia avenue; thence east along
the centre line Of Payonia avenue to place OF
beginning.
Sixth MISUNDERSTANDING at the intersection
OF Grove and Twelfth streets; thence north
along the centre line of Grove street to city line;
thence west along the city line to to Jersey ave
nue.; thence south along the centre line of .Jer-
sey avenue to Twelfth street; thence east along
the centrs liue of Twelfth street to the place
of beginning.
The o1nm.ttee on Elections were also au-
thorized to furnish necessary stationery and
blllot boxes and to store in convenient places
for future use the booths aud furniture to be
used in the next general election.
The explanation OF this division of the
above mentioned precinct is thai there
aie 1,150 voters in The precinct. and that
during ten hours, allowing each voter a
minute III which TO prepare and cast his
baliot, but six hundre men could vote.
APPROPRIATIONS DIVIDED,
This resolution was also adopted:-
That the appropriations fixed as the limit of
expenditure for each month separately, to be ex-
pended during the ensuing fiscal year by The
" III ol-LA& o.
Relief of outdoor oor.....-....... $3.50 90
Gas and supplies for armories. ........ S3 SO
Salaries. 683 81
District Court salaries and supplieS.... 905 80
Care of horse OF Building Inspector. 20 10
Decoration Day go 90
Elections. 21,0D 90
Insurance and repairs of City Hall..... 200 90
Salaries of Aldermen to May l. 1S93.... 5,25U 90
Making the total appropriation to be
expended by the Board during the
fiscal 5000 72
Mr.. Salinger was inclined to grumble at
the amount. S21, 600, for election expenses.
Mir. Day called Mr.. S~alinger's attention to
the fact that when Messrs. Saiiuger and
Kaiser were on the committee it cost $500
more to cart booths over the city than it
cost any Democratic committee on cleo
lions, and intimated that perhaps Mr.. Sal
niger had a few friends who would like TO
do the job.
MARTIN ACT GAINS.
A resolution was also adopted to the eff
feet that the lot and premises known as
lot No. 517 Communipaw avenue, pur-
chased by the City under adjustment tax
sale, for which a deed has been given vest
ing the title in the city. be sold and con-
veyed TO Daniel Van Wrinkle or his as
signs in fee simple. free from all encun-
brances due the city thereon, including
all lakes levied since The date of the order
Confirming the adjusted liens, with inter-
est and costs to date (being about the sum
of 81. $50. and that upon payment of the
mount to the City Treasurer, a deed be
executed.