The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-04

SiVnSTb etAIns Ina MILLS.
Absent. None.
reading Of the minutes March 27 was dis
pensed with. and they were approved as
engrossed.
READING OF COMMUNICATIONS
From the fremont Club recommending
Mr.. e. G. WilliamsGfor appointment in
the department.
Received and ordered filed.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Claims were presented, received and
disposed of as follows:
G. r. Lawrence. sio9,6 So; c. o. Duncan,
$71.66; Dennis J Reagan. s44.57 and 5000
A. A. Van Wrinkle, Sl15.0s; Vile & Miller,
$S017; Carscallen & Cassidy, $27.52 and
s25.0S.
Referred to Committee on Feeds.
Richard jackson. sl7.lo and 5000; Geo.
H. Piercy, $685.. James Wilson, SAL 5;
Thomas G. Hunter, $25,s5 BARLEY Coyle.
SLABS; ]. Schelleenberg. $7S.9s.
Referred to Committee on Horses n
Harness.
Fisk & Brown, 5000; Peoples Gas Saw
ng Association. $40; C%oughlin Brothers.
SAG. so; The United Gas Improvement Com
pany, ss5.S5 and s4e.s5.
Referred to the Committee on Telegraph
and Fuel.
This Jersey city News. ss.7s: The J. G.
Printing Company, sl8.0o; James Atchen-
son. agent. $3.50.
Referred I'd Committee or Printing and
Stationery.
Geo. H, Percy. s25o,s vanderbeck &
Sons. $27,ss: w. W. Farier. s2.1s and
$10.05.
Referred tosspommittee IN Department
Buildings and repairs.
Thee smuck & Brothers. slips. Bunk
man & Haack, $40. 80.
Referred to Committee on Apparatus
and Repairs.
Samuel J, Blakey, $20.50; D., Steele q
Son. s46.75.
Referred to Committee on Supplies.
Charles Esterbrook 1921.
Referred to- Committee of the Whole.
REPORTS OF STANDING
COMMITTEE.
The Committee on Building and Com
bustables reported that they had issued
since last meeting permits as follows.
J.. w. Green to erect frame shed 318
Grove street. Gear).
George P. Doremous to erect frame
extension. 1S1 York street.
Henry z, Niblett to alter and extend
frame building, corner Barrow and Way
ne streets.
Joseph Bartlernan to erect extension
1877 Ocean venue
Benjamin Champuey to erect extension,
PSI Henderson street.
Moses Muchewsky, 2s7 Grand street.
n Corrigan, 81 Halliday street, and A..
J. Roselle, 274 Hancock avenue, to keep
kerosene oil for sale.
OFFICERS REPORTS AND COM
MUNIcAToNs.
The weekly reports of the Chief En-
| gineer. Superintendent of Telegraph and
Inspector of Horses were presented. re-
ceived and ordered filed.
TRIALS.
The clerk announced that charges had
been filed in his office by the Chief En-
gineer against Stephen Davis Stalker.
"Disobedience of orders and violation of
Section / of the general rules governing
| the department. and that copies of the
| charges had been cerved upon the accus-
cd together with a notice to appear this
evening for trial.
Stephen Davis on being called appeared
and pleaded Guilty to both charges.
The men at call charged with neglect
of duty. whose trials were postponed
from last meeting were called.
Patrick Feehan. Engine Company No.
/, and Moses Conklin, Hook and Ladder
| Company No. 2, appeared and pleaded
Not Guilty.
George Bannon Jr., John Sweeny. John
Cassidy, Peter J. Smith, G. Rathger-
Der, J. T. Kimball, Andrew Shaw. Rich
ard jenkins. Chas. w. Rose. Charles
Korb, Silas M, Leach, George Klein and
Adolph May Hosemen at call and George
H. Warren, Philip Bosch. Frank Meyers,
and Friedrich Eben. Truckmen at call,
appeared and pleaded Guilty.
Benjamin Robbins, H. at C. of Engine
Company No. 8 was not called, he having
| performed the requisite amount of duty.
| reported negligent owing to an error in
| monthly report of Foreman of Engine
Company No. 8.
The Board then took a recess, upon re-
assembling all the members were pre-
| sent.
The President announced the decision
of the Board in the following cases.
Stephen Davis, stoker. Guilty as charg-
ed. fined Ten days pay.
Patrick Feehan and Moses Conklin,
Men at call. Guilty as charged. Re-
~primanded.
No penalty was infected upon the men
at call who pleaded Guilty, but they
were warned to be more careful in the
future, as the Board did not intend to
retain men in the Department who
failed to perform the full amount of
duty required by the rules and regula-
ions of the Department.
The finding of the Board was sustain
ed by the votes of all the members.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
The Clerk notified the Board that he
had deposited with the City Treasurer
the sum of One hundred and ifty,nine
dollars and Thirty-two cents, (being re-
ceipts from rent $52.D 90. and proceeds of
auction sale, March IA. 1895 Of old horses,
iron. zinc. etc. s107. sg, and presented re-
ceipt therefor.
Received and ordered filed.
Resolution by commissioners Mills
and adopted.
Resolved, That the N. Y. & N. ]. Tele-
phone Co., be and are hereby requested
to erect poles for the use Of this Depart
ment for the purpose of extending our
Fire Alarm telegraph asfollows.
Four "a poles on Fourth street be-
ween Monmouth and Coles street.
Eight Isl poles on Arlington avenue,