The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-27
BOARD OF
lomciaI ProceedingsA

BOARD OF FINANCE.
tOmcial Proceedings.)
Regular meeting of the Board of FL
nance was held in its rooms at the City
Hall on Thursday, June is, 1896, at eight
O'Clock P. NJ.
Present President Brautigam and
Messrs. Bailey, Kellers and Simpson,.
Absent-Mr. Detwiier-1.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
The minutes of the regular meeting,
held June 4, 1886, were approved as en-
crossed in the minute book, on motion
PETITIONS, ETC.
The following petitions were presented,
received and they were referred to the
Committee on Salaries and Claims:-
Petition of the RerWind White Coal
of certain taxes for year 1886; the SUI
preme Conrt having set aside the taxes
for year 1894.
Petition of Mary Park for the return
of $50 claimed to have been o-vercharged
for water rents for years 1887 to 1881 GIN
c~lusive).
Petition Of William 4. Lewis, attorney
500 paid for certain property sold in
error by the city.
Petition of Mary McGlory for the re-
turn Of $3.50 to return amount over
charged for water rents,, 1895.
Petition of C. Holman for the return
of IS claimed to be enormously. paid for
water rents for year 1895.
Petition Of Theodore Lemmerz for the
return OF so.eb, overeharge for water
rents for year 1898.
Petition of Thomas Kinds for the re-
turn Of S62.4o, duplicate paymen Of water
rents for year 1896.
Transcripts Of judgments in favor of the
following We're presented
Frank Gallagher, judgment, $500; costs
of suit, s2.05.
John Murphy, Judgment, $685. 10; cost of
suit, $2.75.
Referred to Committee on Finance.
The following official bond was pre-
sented and referred to the Committee on
Michael J. Connery as constable, in the
sum of $1,000, with Michael F. Burns and
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
The following claims were presented.
received and referred to their appropriate
"a, 4. / /; RB0y ys,n sl sl;,, wi 9J5a F Douglas.
y ( $50; Jersey City Printing Company,
s sfs5fs: Il Il. 4 4. T HRSh. s s5S' 7: and 4 s 4%H Fsist
& Tarrant Manufacturing Company, s.;
s26; Peter Golden, $40; Peter Dafeldeker,
pany, s5.1e.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
of appropriations required for
fiscal year 1862 were presented by the
following Boards
Board of Street and Water Commits
s%ioners, Board of Police Commissioners,
Board Of Aldermen. Board of Tax Com
~missioners, Board of Fire Commissioners,
Board of Education, Sinking Fund Com
mission and Commissioners of Appeals.
Referred to the Committee of the
Whole.
From the City Collector
Communications certifying hat he has
received in his Office for collection the
following assessment maps
For the improvement OF Jersey avenue,
frao, TNif+no,ifJ, cf-oa% 10 -.
Improvement of Fourteenth street.
Henderson street to Jersey avenue, So
$40.
avenue to Garfield avenue. s.. H2.
Sewer, Larch avenue. 400 feet north of
$500.
sl Sever sTe5 Maris Sd. place b Giles to West
to Boulevard. S1,O33.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Board Of Aldermen
!, Resolution requesting Board of FL
nance to appropriate $500 for printing in
form ordinances passed by
Board of Aldermen from 1881 to 1886.
(Adopted June 16. 1860
2. Resolution requesting Board of FL
nance to transfer $50 from ssSalaries,' ac-
count to account Decoration Day and
Fourth of July, to decorate the front of
Jill Sily I1oi LOT Juiy 4, 1870.
adopted June Is. 1861
Referred to the Committee on Finance.
The. following resolutions, adopted Ev the
Board OF Street and Wafer Commission
Board, were presented ana referred to
the Committee N Concurrent Resplu-
tons
1. Awarding to John 3. Allen the con
tract for furnishing special castings,
plugs, caps. sleeves. bends, etc, ETC., he
being the lowest bidder.
(Alopted June ii. 1885,
2. Awarding to W. W. Farrier the CON
tract for furnishing hydrants. valves,
special gates and half sleeves at prices
1886. 'a''s :
tAdopted June II. 1850
8. Awarding to e. K. Meigs & CT. the
contract for furnishing and delivering
lumber at prices named in their pro-
posals submitted June l. 1896.
SAdopted June Il, 1850
A. Awarding to w. w. Farrier the con-
tract for furnishing stopeocks, meters.
lead and solder. at prices named in his
BID submitted June 1. 1896.
adopted June II. 1861
5. Awarding to Henry Byrne the con-
tract for the construction of a lateral
sewer in Bay View avenue, from a point
so feet east Of Ocean avenue, to and con-
meeting with sewer in Arlington avenue
{confornably to the provision Of Chapter
III Of the Laws of 1880. ESTIMATED cost.
81 SOL
Adopted June il. 1850
9. Awarding to edward OsNeiu the con-
tract for the construction of a 15-ineh
vitlified ppc sewer in Leoasrd street
from q point about 80 feet from Hudson
Boulevard to and connecting with sewer
II Nielsen aysnlse (confcsngabIy to the pro-
1891 Estimatsa cost e saoa.24.
{Adppted June H 1896
Awarding 70 Bernard Cannon the con-
vifrfiad pipe sewer ii Therne street. from