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| cember, 1894.
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| Comptroller.
The report was received and the claims ms
all the members of the Board, five 90
in number, on the call for the ayes and
nays by the President.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Mr.. Detwiller moved to take up for
consideration the letter of His Honor
the Mayor, presented to this Board May
20. 1895.
munication of his Honor the Mayor be
The motion was adopted. by the fol
lowing vote on the call for the ayes
and nays by the President;l. ~
Nays-President Jones and Mr.. Harden
bergh-2.
Absent-None.
president Jones and Mr.. Hardenbergh,
in explanation of their votes stated that
they believed that SO important a docu-
the Mayor should be spread at large Upon
the minutes of this Board.) :.
This following resolution was offered
by President Jones. and the same was
rejected by the following vote on. the
call for the ayes and nays by the Presi-
dent
Yeas-President Jones and Mr.. Harden
NaysNMessrs. Bailey. Detwiller and
Simpson Gl.
Absent-None.
ad R9se!ysd' by Th Ais a Hp peply the t9 Ma msyo letter fo
this BOARD on May 20, 1895, on the water
question. be made in form following,
President. on behalf of the Board, and
communicated to His Honor the
Hon. P. F. wanser. Mayor of Jersey
sir-The Board of Finance respectfully
acknowledges the receipt of your letter
CT May 20. 1895, occasioned by the &C
tien taken g BY the nesd Board in a. de cell Rgar to
of Street and Water Commissioners
adopted April 20, 1895, awarding a con-
tract to the Jersey City Water Gom1pa1tg ~
Jersey City. We regret thai our action
did not meet your approval, but we feel
that we had a duty to perform and that
| ity, having in mind only the best interests
of Jersey City. We still believe that our
| course WAS Wise ana lHdt were IL ooi!S
questions to be again decided We should
be derelict in our duty if we yielded
to extraneous pressure against our
| conscientious convictions.
Before taking up the points more d.
rectly involved in the water question, we
| feel bound to repel the imputation of dis
| yourself. contained in the statement that
no official documents have been sub
10 show to w y9y e fge ta awa nsar @ae 81 r rja e
| This charge may imply that Established
| usage has been departed from in this
| case. or that this Board is responsible to
| ure or refusal in any instance to con
| form it's course to his wishes necessltates
| be the case under a strictly personal
| government We think it cannot have
been intended by you to assert a claim
to say upon this head no more than
| that there was no breach of official
etiquette, as the. same course was taken
| we are c~ognizant, where owing to non
| concurrence, the award of a contract
has become imperative. Ihe reports OF
ton of the resolution OF non-concurfence
| were spread on the minutes of the Board.
In them the. reasons for our acton were
in full in the official newspapers on the
| following day. We understand that
| renee or Inconvenience of the Board,
| affirmative action IS taken. the reso-
| luton of concurrence is certIled TO tne
| Mayor and that to enable him, under
| the circumstances, to approve or veto
u-nderstandingly, 1t is usual to present
| with it the report, if any, cota-ning
| reasons for the Boards action.
The possibility that under any circum-
! stances a resolution of n-on-concurrence
could be the subject of a veto has never
| heretofore been conceived OF or provided
for within our knowledge.
We notice the array of propositions
| laid down by you for our guidance in
| considering and determining any future
course of action on the water question; 1t
is Impossible for us to give our assent to
| these as a whole, or to the conclusions
which you have drawn from them, and
which you urge US to accept. and agree
| that our action shall conform to them.
1--WE cannot lawfully enter into an ar
rangement binding ourselves in advance
! 20 vote for any particular specification or
nward as requested by you. All propo-
sitions should come formally and on equal
terms before us. Our board has already
] put itself upon record in favor. of new
proposals under such terms as will permit
| Of the widest competition. What these
terms are, only competent engineers and
i lawyers can say, and IL in accordance
with universal practice the advice of such
experts were taken, instead of depending
for guidance exclusively upon. the state
ments of interested parties as in the past
we IAN see no reason why q good supply