The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-12
BOARD OF STREET AND ATE r
COMMISSIONERS.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS.

Regular meeting of the Board of Sire :,
and Water Commissioners held on Monday,
December A. 1898, at 10 o'clock A. M.
Present-President Madden, Commission
ers Somers, Dugan and Yoe-4.
Absent-Commissioner Cook.
On motion VIM. A. Tolson acted as
Clerk.
Reading of the minutes of regular meeting
held on Monday, November 81, and adj
journed meeting Wednesday, November 80,
1893. were dispensed with and on motion
were approved as engrossed.
PRESENTATION OF COMMUNICATIONS
PETITIONS
From Thos. B. O'Neill and others:
For the construction of a sewer in West
Side avenue, from Broadway to Paramount
avenue, and lateral connecting Herewith.
One () petition for awning.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Streets and Sewers.
From j. o. Hesse and others:
Complaining of lack of water in Pavonia
avenue, Magnolia avenue, etc.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Assessments and Extensions.
From Neil Campbell, contractor:
Notifying Board of his inability to pro-
coed with his contract for masonwork on
Public School No. Is.
Received and ordered filed.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From his Honor the Mayor:
JERSEY CITY, Dec. 4, 1898.
70 the Honorable Board of Street and Water
Commissioners:
Gentlemen, In previous communications
to your Board | refused to sanction the final
payments Oh Public School No. 20, which
had been ordered in favor of Kelly Bros. for
$4,000 and L.. H. Giele for $513. so, on the
ground that they had refused to make any
allowance to the city for the delay in com
pleting the building, in the shape of in
spector's salary for a portion of the extra
time in which the building was completed,
Since then Mr.. Edward Kelly, in behalf of
his firm, has agreed with the President of
your Board and myself to allow the CITY
Sl29 for certain changes made in his part of
the work. and $3.50 for two months of the
inspectors salary, making a total of $3.50,
which should be deducted from Kelly Bros.
nnal payment before it is repassed by your
Board. Mr.. Giele has also agreed to a
deduction of $3.50, two months salary of the
inspector, and valves all rights to any al
lowance of percentage upon the extra work
on said building, except some $z4 which he
claims is still due him. l am satisfied to end
this controversy and settle the matter for all
time by. allowing the final payments to both
of these parties, with the deductions herein
before named.
Very respectfully,
PETER F. WANsER,
Mayor.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Board of Finance:
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board at its meeting November 81, 1893,
and was approved by the Mayor December
1, 1898.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolution.
adopted by the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners November 81, 1898, to wit:
Awarding the contract to Graham Van
Keuren for the Improvement of Woodward
street, from ~Communipaw avenue to Bran
hall avenue.
Awarding the contract to Henry Cunning
ham for the improvement of Duncan avenue.
between Bergen avenue and the e~asterly line
of the proposed Boulevard
Awarding the contract to James j. Harl
rIngton for the improvement of Orient ave.
nue., from Jackson avenue to Bergen avenue,
Awarding the contract to r. Mullery
for the construction Of a sewer in Summit