The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-22
BAYONNE'S COUNCIL.
Big Batch of Vetoes - Moving
Centre Street Scho0l-NOtes.

A midnight session was held last night
by Bayonne's Board of Council. None o.
the City Fathers were absent. Severa
dozen applications for permission to sell
fireworks were granted. A protest
against granting a license to Edward
Connolly for a saloon ON West Eight
s rect WIS referred, as was a large pc
tition to grant Johu S. Mcdonald license
for q saloon at Avenue K and Easl
Thirtieth street, just opposite the new
City Hall.
A protest against this license was sub
milted at a previous meeting. Mayor
fitrr vetoed it, and sharply criticized the
Counci for ignoring the desires of q
large number of property owners. The
30 ri did not take kindly to the lecture
aAd passed the license over the veto Ivy Il
vote OF eight TO three.
There were four proposals to sprinkle
tho macadam roadwsys Of Avenue d and
West Eighth street for n year, and seven
bids to remove garbage. Bartholomew
Brown received the former contract at
S95U, and Daniel j. Hennesscy. ST., the
garUage contract at 81. 500.
Anthony z. Salter offered to deed the
city sufficient land for ten tify lois, five
fr jnting on West Forl y-seycntn street
an five on West Forty eighth street, in
exchange for the present. site of Scuuol
No. 3 gu Wet Centre street The offer is
pursuant To the Board of Educatipn's
~project to move School No. 3 to a site on
West For~:y-seventh street across the road
way Of which the building now stands.
The matter was referred. Another fea-
lure of the Ht1ait was a petition for the
vacation of West Centry sstIeet, between
Avenue ID and West Forty-eighth street.
This petition was reported favorably later
in the session by the Committee on Water.
Sir.e,s and Drainage. and al ordinance to
vata'e the street was introduced.
Mayor Farr sent i'll a big batch of
vet3es. One of them dealt with the
resolution to have drained two ponds ut
the corner Of Ingham avenue and East
Fifth street in the Fourth ward. The
Mayor said The State owned the land aud
was rich enough to lave it dr. .ined. He
also veto ell warrants Tor the payment of
several claims aud the salary of City Co
lectoI Combes' two clerks.
A notification fromathe Mayor that be
had appointed William Connolly and
Eaw&ri NJ. Griffin as spt cial pairolmen
until such time as the board confirms the
appoi ttneuts banned for the vacancies in
TIE force, Was referred 10 the Committee
en- Police and Fire Departments.
Oh Ell Engineer Berry Of the Volunteer
Fire department presented his annual re-
port. lie noted that the Department has
1913 active mem bers. seven companies,
tour steam fire engines. six hose car
rlhGeS, UWp uOok auu lduuer TRUCKS ana
two hose jumpers. He asked for more
hose fer the companies. an ~triinance
compelling the erection of fire escapes Gu
tenement aud hotels, an electric fire
alarm system. more hydrants on Avenue
u, and apparatus for Protection Engine
Company No. 8.
City Attorney Nortbrop was instructed
to look after the interests of the city in
The contest between Guy Tax Assessor
Jacob Ii. Johnston and his predecessor.
The ordinance defining the salary and
duties tf the Inspec. or Of Weights and
Meas ures Introduced about q year ago by
request of the Bayonpe Merchants Pro-
tective Association was called up by
Councilman McQuillan and passed.
Resolutions were adopted as follows:-
10 pay S., 900 on accoun of the State aud
county taxes f II 1891: to create the office
of clerk OF the Recorders Court. and to
pay the coupons falling due JuIy1 for q
big batch of bonds.
Notes.
Sneak thieves entered the dwelling of
Mr.. Willetts or East Thirty -hfth street
late yesterday afternoon, while the fam
lily We've away, and thoroughly ransacked
the promises. All the jewelry, silver
WIRE and money found about the house
was taken by the miscreants.
A surrey owned by Justice p. W.. Con-
nelly broke down at Avenue ID and Dodge
street yesterday afternoon, Il of the
raar wheels giving way. Mrs. H.. Lauer
and Mrs. w. THESE, OF West Sixteenth
street, this city. were thrown out and
hurt.
Timothy Lynch. of Evergreen and
ployed pom the Port Johnston coal docks
was Instantly killed yesterd " afternoon
by a collision between a grill locomotive
ana coal catS on The docks.