The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-11

resolution of the Board of Fire Commission
ers relative to said Board declaring their in
tention to take advantage of and put into OPP
Grafton on January 10, 1894. the provisions
Of an act whereby it is made lawful for the
Board of Fire Commissioners to increase
| the number of members attached to each
fire company, ETC., and requesting the Board
of Finance to appropriate $40, 800. 70 for the
purpose of meeting the cost of said increase
| for his opinion, notified this Board (Board
| of Financel that the Board of Fire Commits
sioners cannot incur any obligation against
the city by exceeding the amount set apart
for salaries in the account of salaries for
| said Board until this Board shall have first
made an appropriation to meet such excess.
A recess of twenty (20) minutes was then
taken.
Upon the reas sembling of the Board the
same members were present as at roll call
4 in number.
REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
From the Committee on Concurrent Reso-
buttons:
The Committee on Concurrent Resolu-
tons, to whom was referred the resolution of
the Board of Street and Water Commission
ers requesting that an appropriation of
So, 900 be made to pay for the cost of the
construction of a sewer in Mercer street,
| Colgate street and Railroad avenue upon
petition presented to the Board of Street
| and Water Commissioners, reported recon-
mending that the Corporation Counsel be
requested to give his advice on the same.
The report was received and the recon-
mendation therein contained adopted by the
following vote, the yeas and nays having
been ordered and taken:
Yeas-All the members of the Board pres
ent-4 in number.
The committee further reported recon-
mending the adoption of the following reso-
utions:
Resolved, That the resolution of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
adopted January 2. 1894, fixing the salaries
of Michael Dunn, stableman, at $40 per
month, and Thomas Carly, assistant stable
man, $50 per month, at the pipe yard leach
appointed January 2, 1924, be and the
same is hereby honoured in for the reason
that the residences of the parties named are
not given in the resolution, as required by
| resolution of this Board.
Resolved. That the resolution of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioner
adopted January 2, 1894, ordering can
celled a warrant ordered drawn in favor of
Patrick Nevin, as stableman in November,
1898, amounting to SIS, and ordering a
warrant drawn in favor of Rose Nevin, the
wild wv, be and the same is hereby concurred
in.
Resolved, That the resolution of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
adopted December 4, 1888, ordering paid
$3.50 to G. w. G. Phillips for services as
chemist for year ending October 81, 1898,
be and the same is hereby concurred in,
Resolved, That the resolution of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
adopted January z, 1894, directing the
Clerk to advertise for proposals for furnish
ing, delivering and laying about 1880
lineal feet of twelve-inch cast iron water pipe
with all the necessary gates, connections and
branches required in accordance with speci-
hcations heretofore submitted and approved
be and the same is hereby concurred in.
The report was received and the resolutions
were each adopted by the following vote. the
yeas and nays having been ordered and
taken:
Yeas-President Hitler, Messrs. Bedell,
Frazer and Simpson,.
Nays-None.
Absent-Mr. Detwiller-1.
From the Committee on Salaries and
Claims.
The Committee on Salaries and Claims
reported recommending resolutions ordering
the payment of the following claims (all
chargeable to the Martin Act account.
Claim of Evening journal Association,
for advertising adjusted tax sale No. 8
{Martin Acty $25Ss
Claim Of the New Jersey Stats zeitung.
70 be Continued