The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-24
STEAM HEAT and INK
Matters Which Agitate the Ho-
boken Common Council
Report Of an Expert.

At q meeting Of the Hoboken Common
Council last evening bids were received
for the $4,000 of bonds for the new sew
ers, new public school No. I and the new
public library. William Robb,s Of No. 600
Garden street, bid for 10000 worth at par.
G. H. White & Co. bid for the fun amount.
drawing interest at " per cent, offering
to purchase them at 1919 and Bendel1,
Everett & Co. made a proposal for the full
amount at 100 76-1oO. and drawing interest
at Az per cent.
This Good Government Club called the
attention Of the Council to a violation of
the ordinance which prohibits the erection
of frame buildings east of Willow avenue.
The communication referred to buildings
lately put up on Fourteenth street, east
Of Washington street. The buildings in
question are four one-story buildings
which were erected by Fire Commissioner
Hauser, and also a large building erected
by the New York and rev Jersey Ferry
Co. at the foot Of Fourteenth street. b
Good Government Club wishes to have the
violators punished. Lawyer Samuel j.
Besson at the last meeting OF the club
stated positively that the violations ex-
listed and the guilty ones were liable to
punishment,
Al number of steam heating firms haye
been trying to secure the contract for
heating the new Public School No. Z, now
in course Of erection. The Committee
on Public Grounds and Buildings have
examined the plans of the different bio
ders and nave been about to recommend
awarding the contract to first firm
and then the other and then have sud-
denly decided that the proposals were no
good. The committee did recommend
the proposals of the Smead Mills & Co.
after the representative of that firm app
peared at one of the meetings and offer
ed to prove to the committee that Peck,
Williamson & Co. did not have one of
their systems In operation in Pittsburg,
to which city the Peck, Williamson &
Co. had taken the committee to visit
some of their systems in operation in
the schools there. When the committee
was told that they had not seen any
Of the company's systems, after suppos
ing they had examined them, the mem
bers came to the conclusion that they
did not know anything about steam heat
ing and could be easily fooled on the
matter. The Mayor concurred in this,
and the different bids n specifications
were laid over. All this was done with
out any action on the part of the Board
of Education, although the Board had
asked the Aldermen to allow them to be
heard in the matter.
The Board of Educahon then secured
the different bids and submitted them to
Alfred r. Wolff. a consulting engineer OF
New York City. His report was read al
last nights meeting, but was not acted
upon. After explaining the defects In
the plans and specifications of the other
bidders he recommended for acceptance
| those submitted by Baker. Smith & Co
Al message was received from the Mayor
vetoing the resolution ordering paid 9
claim Of w. s. Ellis for sS3. "a for ink sup
| piled to the City Clerk. The Mayor said
funny Councilmen remarked that he
guessed they used the ink for bathing
| purposes. On the advice of the Corpora
ton Attorney the Council ordered pa {
the salaries of the assessors, w. J. by
nan, ]. r. Virgins. j. C~oughlin, j. j
| Gusto and J. E. Dollard for the past
six months services. amounting to 500
| each.
The Council again made a pretence Of
| appointing an Overseer of the Poor. Each
| Councilman has an applicant for the placs
which he has tried for the last twC
months to have appointed. AT. every
meeting each Councilman has voted dow
the name of every other Councilman's ap.
plfcant. School Commissioner William ]
Kerr last night came the nearest so fal
to getting the appointment He received
time Hoboken is without a ~poormaster
Of which she is in sore need. Thes'
dflatory tactics of the Council have pro
| yoked much INDIGNATION