The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-31
BoARn or FINANoE.

nance was held in its rooms at the City
Hall on Thursday, December 20, 1874, at
eight o'clock P. M.
Present-President Jones and Messrs.
Bailey, Detwiller, H~ardenbergh and
Simpson 90.
A~bsent-None. 3SI31
@APPROvAL OF THE MINUTES.
The reading of the minutes of the a
journed meeting of December 6, and of
the regular meeting of December s, 1894,
was dispensed with and the said min
utes were approved as engrossed in the
minute book, on motion of Mr.. Simp-
son.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AND
COMMUNICATIONS.
Petition of Catharine Frey for the re-
turn of S50.96, amount of water rents
over-paid, etc.
Received and referred to the Com
mittee On Salaries and Claims.
Petition of the United New Jersey
Railroad and Canal Company to have
cancelled the record of the sale by the
city and the record of the report of the
Commissioners of Adjustment of certain
property owned by said company, IL
legally assessed for taxes, etc.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Salaries and Claims.
Communication from Bergen Improve
ment Association requesting Board of
Finance to attend their meeting at
No. 615 Montgomery street, on Deem
Der q, 1894.
! Received and ordered filed.
Communication from the City Collector
submitting a list of persons in arrears
for personal taxes for year 1898.
Received and ordered filed.
Communication from. Dennis McLaugh-
lin, County Clerk, submitting Present
ment of the Grand Jury, December z,
1894, in relation to water supply OF Jer-
sey City" per order of Judge Lippin-
colt.
Received and ordered filed, on motion
of Mr.. Simpson.
The following resolution was received
from the Board of Education and re-
ferred to the Committee IN Finance.
Requesting that the unexpended bal
ance of certain appropriations for
fiscal year, 1s93-lss4 be transferred to
certain other accounts.
The following official bonds were pre-.
sented, received and referred to the
Committee on Finance
OF Andrew J. Boyle, Clerk of Sec
ond Police Court. in the sum of $1,000
with Luke Boyle and join ]. Lenahan
as sureties.
Andrew Manning, constable, in the sum
of $1,000, with Thomas Howe and Michael
Crimmins as sureties.
Henry H. Williams, City Wharfinger,
in the sum of 5 $4,000, with William S. An.
derson and John Doscher as sureties.
winthrop W. Ruggles, Chief Engineer
of Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners, in the sum of SIS, 600, with John
Craven and Henry Lembeck as sureties.
Charles A. Van Keuren, Surveyor &c
Board Of Street and Water Commits
s~ioners, in the sum of SO, 900. with John
raven and Henry Lembeck as sure
ties.
lice Court, in the sum of $1,000, with
Robert ]. Murphy and Robert Davis as
sureties.
The privilege of the floor was here ex-
tended to P. f. Campbell and others
who (after stating the object Of theil
calD presented a petition signed by land
owners in the vicinity of Duncan v
nue., making application Gin accordance
with the Act of the Legislature passed
April 18th, 1889 and requesting this Board
to purchase the plot of land lying at the
foot of Duncan avenue and fronting or
the Hackensaek River of at least 4N
feet square, and also to purchase the
land lying in front of said plot of land
under the water of said river. which
land when purchased shall be used TO,
the erection. construction and main
tenance Of one or more public docks
wharves or piers, and which purchase
shall include q right or rights of way
not exceeding so feet in width leading
to said lands, docks, wharves and piers
and the land lying contiguous thereto
as shall be necessary 10 make said lands
docks, wharves and piers accessible, and
further requesting that this Board dc
such acts and perform such duties and
make such improvements as are author.
lied by the said Act.
The petition and the other papers ac-
c~onpanying the same were received and
referred to the Board as a Committee OF
the Whole. on motion of Mr.. Simpson
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
The following claims were presented,
received and referred to their appropriate
committees
OF George B. Fielder, 1874 and $3.50
Jersey City Herald, $500; ]. j. O'Hara,
$500; D. Steele & Son, s4S.0o; Charles
Schaefer, $3.50; Peter Dafeldeker, $40;
j. J. Nevins, $1,000; w. W. Farrier, $9.70i
James Atkinson, s1S.45; J,,J. o'Hara, s1ls
F. C. Moller, $500; C. S. Westervelt,
$4,000; f. P. Van Saun. $500; T. Y.
Brown. s14OO; ]. C. News, $3.50; N. j
Title Guarantee and Trust Co., 1855. 90; j
j. Walsh, $500; Randolph Perkins,
$685.; John T. Edwards, $3.50; Kent K.
Stearns, s54.0o; J. ]. Meakin, s59.2 20.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
The following resolutions, requiring the
concurrence of this Board, were received
and referred to the Committee on Con.
current Resolutions
From the Board of Street and Waite,
Commissioners:
l. Authorizing the construction of a
sewer in Woodlawn avenue, from q
point about so feetaSeast of Bergen ave.
nue. to Van Cleef street. ETC., and connect
with sewer in Dwight street.
Adopted December 10, 1894.
2. Ordering paid the salaries of the
General Superintendent, ETC., in the
Water Department for the month of No.
vember, 1894, sl,9s1. as per pay roll.
Adopted December 10, 1894.
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