The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-30
BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSION

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[Ohicial Proceedings.1
Regular meeting Of the Board OF Police
Commissioners held in First Criminal
Court room, October Il, 1897.
Present all the members.
PRESENTATION OF coMMUN1cA-
TIONS AND PETITIONS.
| Communications, etc, were received ana
disposed of as follows:- -.
Communications from Chief of Police
relating to statement. published Even
ing Journal on Saturday last in reference
to gambling read and by resolution OF
Commissions West ordered spread m 1u1
on minutes and Clerk directed to com
municate with publishers OF the evening
| Journal requesting them to furnish an
the evidence they have against the par.
tiles published in that paper in issue OF
may proceed against said parties. -
Chiefs Once, Police Dept.
Hon. B osTsey OF t Pofice co on Sss a.s.
Gentlemen-The Evening Journal of this
city in its issue Of Saturday last, pup-
lished a list of names OF tndividnals wnom
on horse races and others VINO they say
are selling policy; the article also gives
| to is carried on in this city.
l nave communicated with the CITY
| editor and asked him to send me what in
formation .,sh his hra paper w mas rza on t fnr S Ibe ar,
rest of the alleged law breakers, and was
| told they were not ready to. give me the
INTO or daaided a fo 5 ySso edt that 49, WAY W y
I would respectfully call your attention
to the general order on the subject issued
Your obedient servant, -
BENZ. MURPHY,
Chief of Police.
Communication from Corporation Attor.
| granted by Justice Collins to remove the
| resolution of the Board requiring Chlet
of Police to enforce statute respecting
| vestibules on trolley cars, had been ofs-
missed. Order filed.
Communication from Patrolman Andrew
Miller, requesting to be placed on retired
list on account of disability. Referred 10
the Committee of the Whole. q
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Claims were presented and referred 70
coughlin Bros, coal TO hospital. octo-
Der, Sis; TO Sixth precinct, September,
$3.50; John G. Gopsil, coal to second pre-
pany, coal, to First precinct, September,
$50; to Second precinct, September. s6s'
Holmes & Cogan, coal, to. Firth preclncs,
Fifth precinct, September, $; Vile & Son.
| feed to Department, October, $f2Ss17; Hud-
son River Ice Company, iceS9 statlons,
to Sixth precinct station, June to Octo-
\ Der. S.4S; Weston, Cathcart & Co, sup
| plies, October, SS.01; Jersey. City Electric
l llghC Company, TWO O-nSAlS = ~
cinct. September, $50; Second precinct one
arc light, September, $io; Jersey CycIe
Company, supplies for bicycles, August
s anp sspts septsmS Ssa ssio: Wood : Ne,
nagh, supplies, signal system, August
s4S9.S5; Hudson River Ice Co, ice to Hos
PItaI, SIS $; Steele smssr 8 s ssni suR Roed e e
Menagh, supplies to Hospital,
and october. 500; Jersey cit gsa prlnting
S. w. v. R PaTriss. P @iaHsssi ron eve IN
| Third precinct, october, S2s3.4o.
Referred to Committee on General
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS,
Proposals for painting buildings on CITY
Hospital grounds were, on motion, called
| the work for the sum of $3.50. James +:
for the sum Of $647. Joseph Whitley VIII
81 oFF $50. to perform me WosA
| and Dispensaries.
| On motion bids for brick pavement at
| Hospital was called for.
]. H. Shannon will agree to DO the
| work as fo-llows:-Earth
| one psnt % per yard; sand or grayel MI
| ing. seventy cents per yard; prick pay
ing5 one dollar and t~htrty-nvs cents e nSSorr
| lineal foot; one catch basin, nfteen DOL
lanes j. Harrington will agree to do
! For each and every cubic yard of earth
| excavation (40) forty cents, 1er eacn anu
every cubic YARD Of snd es srarv n c,,b5e vara
| of sand or gravel, one dollar; FOR eachs
| square yard of brick pavement, one DOL
lar and ninety-eisht cents 80, aos,
every lineal foot OF curDing'
Edward w. conlon will agree to do
eh Earth excavation. per cubic yard. ten
| dO cents; earth filling, per cubic yard
| ten C0) cents; sand OF gravel shlillg, per
| cubic yard. one dolalr and twenty cents
| Isl 25}; curb stone garden Qaxs1D twenty
(2O cents per lineal foot; eaten basin, COM
| plete, ten Q0) dollars; Mack wire cut
eighfy-four Cents GI.S1: Mack repressed
tug brick. per square yard one dollar an9
ninety-three cent S1.s3); Mack represSed
| patent brick, per square yard, one Dollar
and i~netyfour cents GlSD.
Referred to the Committee on Hospitals
and Dispensaries. 81
Resolved, That in order to suppress
gambling in this city the Chief will at
once issue an order holding responsible
the man on post the detective and the
Captain of each precinct, and hereafter II
upon investigation is found gambling ts
carried on, charges will be preferred
the detective and the Captain of the pre-
cinct, and said charges referred TO TINS
Board for a hearing
Resolved, That the contract for painting
ward buildings, City Hospital, be awarded
to Andrew Witter at the price named in
his bid, he being the lowest bidder, and
that the Corporation Attorney he request
ed to prepare and have executed q proper
contract between the Mayor and Alder
men of Jersey City and the said Andrew
T. Witter. Ask
Motion by Commissioner West and
adopted IS
That when we adjourn it be to meet on.
Friday. 18th inst, at four o'clock P. NJ.
Warden of City Hospital submitted re-
port of receipts from sale of drugs and
board of patients for August and Sep
tember, $128, with receipt form City Treas
urer for the amount
Ordered filed.
Warden of City Hospital submitted the
statistical report for the month of Sep
tember.
Ordered spread on minutes.
Jersey City Hospital Oct ], 1881
Hon. Board OF Police Commissioners.
Gentlemen-T most respectfully SUBMIT
my report for the month OF SEPTEMBER,
1897. Respectfully,
g. o. OSBORNE. Warden.
Number of patients in Hospital Sep.
temher / 70: number admitted during the
month. l39; total, 209. Number discharged
cured 90: number discharged improved:
hi. number sent to county institutions, 8,
number died. IS; total, 13S. Number re-
manning in hospital October 1. II; lumber
of surgical dispenSary cases, 4lo; number
Of medical ~dispensary cases. go number
IF ave and ear dispensary cases, $50; num-
ber of ambulance calls. "a; number of pre-
errfptiOns filled. I742.