The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-21

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Regular meeting of the Board Of Fire
Commissioners held at Department head
quarters Wednesday evening, OCTOBER 4
1855.
Present-President Mills and Commits
sioner Brennan.
Observation-Disclosures Cone.
On motion of COMMISSIONS Brennan
the reading of minutes of meeting Sep
TENDER Is was dispensed with and they
were approved as engrosssd.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Claims were presented, received and dis
posed of as follows:
8. T: HAYWARD & Co, 81; Wood &
Menagh, s14.5S; John w. Laws s42.Ss. Re-
The Evening journal Association, s5-25:
referred to Committee on Printing and
John VI. Laws, s1.s. Referred to the
Committee on Department Buildings and
Law Battery Company. sr.o7.
PEOPLES Gas Saving Association, 10.09.
Lyman E. Brown. s22. 60. Referred to
Committee on Telegraph and Fuel.
Brinkman & Hauck, sl40.2S. Referred to
Bartiey coyle, So 10. Thomas Davis, $.
Referred to Committee on Horses and
REoRTs OF STANDING COMMITTEES
The Committee on Buildings and Gem
bustibles reported that 1t had issued
since last meeting of the Board, permits
as follows: John Ksay, to erect fF Rnse
OullOlAtS ~ ~
mont streets; P. O'Brien. to erect frame
building Reservoir avenue, near LenaR
Place; DIXON Brothers, to raise frame
report was received and adopted.
OFFICERS REPORTS AND CoMMuN-
rhs weakly reports Of the Chief En-
gineer, Superintendent of Telegraph and
Inspector of Horses, together With the
monthly report of the superintendent o.
Telegraph. were presented, received ana
O1.a aFad 6lad 1885, L.L
The monthly report of the Chief En-
eineer was presented, received and or
REPORT OF FIRES. ALARMS. ETC.
For the month ending August 81, 1885:
August l, 1i.B p. M, box S.oWner JOS.
Bleecker street, frame dwelling; loss on
stock, $500; on building, $500; on furniture,
$780, Insurance on stock. $Sooi on Iurnl-
ture. 500; insurance paid on stock, $sgO;
on building, none; on furniture, So5O;
cause, lamp explosion,
August 4. L32 p.m.. box 2e;. owner.
JShn Krone; occupant several aIa1 1aml ioss
none cause, foul chimney.
August 4, IA IN box 81: owners ana
o= {, saoe frd pT0sli Sn,s 4 Mslief io ! 70 aG lig aas
cause. bursting of tank,
August 7. 4 pm, still; owner; Ben1;
Edge; occupants PTS, Seye eraar fam IoHs 5on a.
cause, foul chimney.
August s. 1880 pm; still; owner, a.
Zabuskie; occupant. M. j. Latimer, o9s
slight; cause. carelessness:
August 9 go q. m; stu: owner ana
occupant, NJ, Williamson; 81 Eye ayenuei
frame dwelling; loss, none; cause. fout
chimney.
and occupants. Woodstock Lumber Com-
pany: James avenue; frame stable; loss
on stock, 50, $780,; on building. $3.50; insur-
ance ON stock, $500; on building. S,oOG,
Insurance paid on stock, 1890; on build
ing, $3.50: cause from lightning.
August II, 1925 q. m; box 4; owner,
Patrick Baxter; occupant, John Corn.
wall; 46 York street, brick building; loss
slight; cause csrslessness.
August IL. 7.3S p. m; box H; owner,
Mrs. r.. ~Edmundson; occupant, Daniel
Marean: IS Erie street. brick store and
dwelling; loss slight; cause lamp explo-
sion.
August 10. $50 p. M; still; owner.
John Mullins; occupant. q. A. Davidson:
las Newark avenu brick store and
dwelling; less slight. cause careless
To be continued.