The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-28
ICITY HALL TO Be BUILT.
The Board of Finance Au.
thorize the Issuing
of Bonds.
OLD CLAIMS ORDERED PAID
Indebtedness CT the Fire Board
Will Be Taken Care Of-0ther
Business Transacted.

The Finance Commissioners held
long and important session last night, and
transacted at least one important piece
Of business. The board decided to have
the City Hall building hegun at once.
The only part the Finance Commiss
sioners take In the erection of the builds
ing is securing money for the City Hall
Commissioners. For the past month
Mayor Wanser has been urging upon
the Finance Commissioners the neces-
sity Of giving the City Hall Commissions
ere money. Accordingly last night the
Finance Commissioners adopted the
following preamble aud resolutions.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That in accordance with the request
OF the City Hall Commissioners and in pursu-
to enable cities in this State to furnish suitable
accommodations for the transaction OF public
business" approved April 10, 1887, aud the sup
plements and amendments thereto, there be
issued City Hall bonds of this city to the
amount of S550,000, said bonds to bear date
October 1, 1885, payable in gold coin Of the
ard Of weight and fineness, with interest
at the rate of per cent.
per apnum, payable seIni-snnually,
October in each year. the principal of said
bonds to fall due as follows:-20,0 900 on 0etobsr
], in each year from 1918 to 1922 both inclusive
and the balance of S35l 900 on the first day OF
October 1928
Resolved, That said bonds shall bs known as
as City Hall ponds and shall be signed by the
Mayor of the city and sealed with the corporate
seal, attested by the City Clerk aud counter
signed by the City Comptroller and shall bo
| issued at a rate not exceeding five per cent.
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be
authorized to cause said bonds to be prepared
and issued and to sell the same from time to
time at not less than par and accrued interest
at public or private sale, as said COMMITTEES
shall deem best.
| Resolved. That the proceeds of said bonds,
when sold, be applied and appropriated to said
| City Hall Commission for the purpose Of said
| act
|. Resolved, That in order to provide for the
payment of the same bonds and the interest
| thereon there shall be included in the tax levy
and raised by taxation in this city a sum equal
| to the interest upon such bonds and the princi.
pal of the bonds falling due within the year.
The resolution was adopted by the
| unanimous vote of the board.
AS soon as the bonds are hoated the
| Grove street end Of the City Hall site
will be paid for aud work upon the
| building begun, as it has almost been de-
| fiuitely decided to award the contracts
| to The bidders whose estimates are now
before the Commission.
| OLD CLAIMS PASSED.
The board also passed all the old hung
| uD payrolls. originally vetoed by Mayor
| Wanser. President Hllier announced
that he had secured legal advice on the
| matter and was satisfied that tt was
| proper to pass them at this time, For
the information of persons interested in
| the hung-up claims it may be said that
the payrolls passed were;-Laying water
pipe November and December, 1891,
| February, March, April and May. 1892;
| repairing water pipe, November and De-
cember, 1891, ia nuary. February. March,
May. June and July, 1892; shutting OF
| water, December. 1891, January, Febru-
airy, March and April. 1892; passing over
street openings. November 1891, Febru-
ary, March aud April, 1892; repairing
water pipes, February. March and April
1892; repairing gates on Meadows, March
and April 1892; repairing and blowing
off hydrants. Nav ana June 1899.
| FIRE BOARD DEBTS
In response to request for = list of all
the old unpaid claims of the Fire Board,
Clerk EsterDrook, last night, rendered
the desired report. For 18S9-1S90. $500
remains unpaid; 1S90''91, s., ,94s. rs; 1891
'92, s90S.32; repairing engine No, 9. sSO4 %
making total of SIS. 262. O2.
The Finance Boar1 will make Drovi$
sion TO pay these claims as soon as pos
sible.
The sum OF s4.976 was borrowed to
nay claims incurred IN advertising
1889 arrearages and So, 700 for 1888. OF
| temporary Iodn Uouus bearing per cent.
interest. The salaries of Johu j. Ryan
aud George H. Donaldson were passed,
also their September and October sal
aries aud also the October payroll of tbs
reassessors. Ex-AssIstRut Water Regis
trar Farmers back salary wal
also pa d. The sum of S679O5 WA
transferred for the benefit OF the Tax
Commissioners to pay the extra clerk
hire. The Water Registrars payroll for
October WIS passed, with the exception
of Frank w. Decker's salary of SIS.
The board is making a comuendable
effort to pay off all the old claims against
the city. More of them will be pASA -
next Friday. ~
"Billy" Thompson's career will be the sub
| jeet of an article in tomorrow's New Yorh
| IS,1ee For further inforna tion see adverfiSa.