The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-17
BOARD OF STREET AND WATER
COMMISSIONERS.

BOARD OF STREET AND WATER
COMMISSIONERS.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
Regular meeting Of the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners held on Monday,
/, July 10, 1893 at ten o'clock A. NJ.
Present-All the members of the Board,
five in number.
Reading the of minutes of regular meeting
held on Monday, June 26, adjourned meet.
ing Thursday, June 80, and regular meeting
Monday, July 8, was dispensed with and
on motion were approved as engrossed.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AND CoMUNI-
CATIONS.
From T. Q. ellison and others:
For the Improvement Duncan avenue.
Six 10 petitions for signs ETC.,
Received and referred to the Committee on
Streets and Sewers.
From Jane A. Gaines and others:
Requesting permission to construct a
private W in Summit avenue, to connect
with sewer in Orchard street.
Received and referred to the Committee on
Streets and Sewers with power.
From John A. Lane:
~Petitioning for extention of water main in
Randolph avenue.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Assessment and Extention..
From j. F. Farmer:
Requesting that his resignation become
Immediately effective.
Received, and the request was on motion
| granted unanimously.
From Henry A. Gaede:
Petltloning the Board to appoint Jacob
Schmidt as Inspector on improvement of
Paterson street.
Received and referred to the Committee of
the Whole.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Acting Mayor:
JERSEY CRY, June 80, 1893.
To the Honorable Board of Street and
Water Commissioners:
GENTLEMEN-I herewith return. without
approval, the resolution passed by your
Board June 10, 1893, appointing Mr.. Lewis
II. Broome architect to prepare plans and
supervise the construction of buildings, to
be known as Public School Building No. 8
and Truck House No. 4.
Both of these buildings are to be erected
in the Woodlawn district of Greenville. The
people of that part of our City are not sat
ished with the manner in which the work has
progressed on the public buildings located
there for which Mr.. Broome has drawn the
plans and supervised the work, whether this
delay is attributable to the Architect or others
is a matter that should be ascertained,
and until | can locate the responsibility l
think it advisable to veto the appointment.
Very Respectfully
REUBEN SIMPSON,
Acting Mayor.
Received and laid over one week under the
rules.
From the Board of Finance:
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board at its meeting April 2S, 1898 and went
into effect without the action of the Mayor.
Resolved That the Board of Finance
hereby concur in the following resolution
adopted by the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners Nov, IA, 1892, to wit:
Ordering paid salary of Patrick Flynn,
laborer, repairing water pipe in the month of
April, 1892, las per pay rolD amounting to
$1,000, for 61a days service, at $500 per
day.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolution
adopted by the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners April II, 1898, to wit:
Ordering paid claim of 500 to Patrick
Nally for services as laborer repairing water
pipe in May and June, 1892.
Resolved, Tn the Board of Finance
hereby n%on-concurs in the following resolu-
ton adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners April II, 1893, to wit:
Ordering paid the following claims An
thony P. Smith, 1915, $50,
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolution
adopted by the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners May s, 1898, to wit,
Ordering paid the following claim R. B.
Sloat, 1896.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance here
by concurs in the following resolution adopt
ed by the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners, May 81, 1898, to wit
Ordering paid salaries of General Superin-
tendent. etc. in Water Department for the
month of May, 1898, las per pay rolD
amounting to 81, 500. so.
Resolved. That the Board of Finance here
by concurs in the following resolution adopt
ed by the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners, June 10, 1898, to wit
Authorizing the improvement of Paterson
street, from Central avenue to Pierce avenue.
Awarding to Sanford & Stellman Co.
the contract for furnishing, laying and max
ing proper connections with present main at
the Hackensack River of about 80 lineal
ieet OF 24-inch submerged cast-iron water
pipe, etc.
Ordering paid the following claims &c.
Herald, $16.25; JIG, News, $156; NJ.
Stats Zeitung, $156.
Fixing salary of Engineer at Belleville
(appointed June u, 1898 az 1877 per month.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance here
by concurs in the following resolutions adopt
ed by the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners, June 26, 1898, to wit:
Ordering paid salaries of iaborers on
meters for month of June, 1898, Gas per pay
rolf amounting to 1928, 33.
Ordering paid salaries of Re-Assessors for
month of June. 1898, las per PAYROLL
amounting to $500.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolution
adopted by the Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners, June 10; 1893, to wit:
Ordering paid salaries of employees laying
ana IeP ; arr water pipe for the month Of
April, 1898 las per rayroll amounting to