The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-15
BOARD OF FRI COMMISSIONERS
cial Proceedings,

BOARD OF FIR E lOMMHSSE0NERS
tOficial Proceedinrs..
Regular meeting of the Board of Fire
Commissioners, held at Department Head
quarters, Wednesday evening, December
20, 1886.
Present at rom caH-Presiderft Brennan,
Commissioners Cone and Mills.
Absent-None.
On motion of Commissioner Cone the
reading OF minutes of meeting, December
8, 1895, was dispensed with and they We're
approved as engrCsSed.
READING OF COMMUNICATIONS.
From Edward Harriobt, rendering his
resignation as hoseman at call of Engine
Company No. S, to date from December /,
1896.
Reeeivd and accepted.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Claims were presented, received and dis
posed Of as follows.-N. Y. and N. ]. Tele-
Phone Co.. S1.40, 81 and 40c.; United States
Fire and Police Telegraph Co., SIPS; J.. H.
Bu1raell & Co.. $3.45.
Referred to COMMITTEE on Telegraph and
Fuel.
Joseph E. Moore, s74.51.
Referred to Committee On Horses and
Harness.
NeIl & cobbe, So; Henry s~hufflebothan,
s10.65.
Referred to Committee ON Department
Buildings and Repairs.
Henry Sfru fflebotiiam, $40; T.. c..
O'Brhen Co., 5000.
Referred to Committee on Supplies.
Miller & Bertlolf, $213.61.
Referred to Committee on Feed.
OFFICERS REPORTS AND COMMUNE
CATIONS
The weekly reports of the Chief Engin-
eer and Superintendent of Telegraph were
presented, received and ordered fled.
Communication from the Chief Engineer
notifying the Board of a vacancy existing
in Engine Company No. 3 caused by the
death of John Ryan, permanent hose1nan
of Engine Company No. 8.
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Communication from the Medical Ex-
arniner:-
Received and ordered spread in fun upon
the minutes.
Jersey City, December %, 1896.
To the Board of Fire Commissioners of
Jersey City
Gentiemen-I report TO your Honorable
Board the death of MIR. John RYAN. who
was permanent hosenlan of Engine Com
pany No. 8, and detailed TO Engine Com
.pany No. 2. He has been off duty since
August "a, 1896, suffering with cirrhosis
OF liver. Mr.. Ryan died at his home,
December 20. 1885, at 4:35 A. M.
Respectfully,
JOHN LOCHNER,
Medical Examiner.
The monthly report by the Medical ES-
anliner of the sick Of the department
was presented, received and referred to
the Committee Of the Whole.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Resolution by President Brennan:-
ReRelved. That the Chief Engineer, IN
spector of Horses, Superintendent of Tel
egraph and Clerk of the Board be and
are hereby directed to present their an
nual reports at the regular meeting of
this Board, January 1S, 1896.
Adopted by the votes of all the mem
bers of the Board.
PreambleS and resolution, by Commits
Mills
Whereas, On August 26, 1896, a resolu-
ton was adopted by this Board request-
ing the Board of Street and Water Com
<atoCtnn0vc IN i r0h "a Ga n S1fffahln Mot nf
ground in the Marion section for the pur-
pose Of erecting thereon a new engine
house; and
Whereas, It has come to the knowledge
of this Board that a. suitable plot of
ground, Is feet wide in front and rear
and 100 feet in depth, On the northwest
corner of Garrison and Sip avenues, can
be secured for the sum of nine hundred
dollars; therefore
Resolved, That the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners be and are hereby
respectfully requested to purchase said
plot of ground, it being in the opinion of
this Board a most desirable site for the
location Of the new engine house.
Adopted by the following vote:-Yeas-
President Brennan, Commissioners Cone
and Mills. Nays-None. Absent-None.
Resolutions by COMMISSIONS Mills
Resolved, That Philip Tugger. hoseman-
at-caH of Engine Company No. 8. be and
is hereby transferred to the same position
in Engine Company No. Ia, to take effect
January i. 1897.
Resolved, That William H. Brennan,
truckman-at-cafl of Hook and Ladder
Company No. /, be and he is hereby pro-
NOTED to the position of permanent hose
man of Engine Company No. 8, to fill the
vacancy CAUSED by death of John Ryan,,
to take effect midnight December %, 1896.
Adopted by the votes of all the MEM
bers of the Board.
Motion by Commissioner Mills and
adopted
That the Board proceed to ballot for
men-at-cai to fill vacancies.
Commissioner Mills nominated Frank A.
Pelloth for tr-uckrnan-at-cal of Hook and
Ladder Company No. l, Fred Seabeck
for hoseman-at-call of Engine Company
No. 8; John Jobes for hoseman-at-call of
Engine Company No. 10. No other nomi-
nations were made.
A ballot having been taken on each of
the nominations and each receiving the
votes of all the members of the Board.
they were declared appointed to take eff
feet January |. 1897.
Resolved, That warrants be ordered
drawn in favor Of the permanent men
employed in this department, also the
Commissioners, for salaries for the month
Of December, 1896, when due, as per list
filed herewith, amounting in the aggre-
gate to n~inety-one hundred and twenty-
eight dollars and seventy cents ts9, lbs. 70).
Resolved, That a warrant be ordered
drawn for the sum of twenty dollars and
eighty-two cents in favor of William IF.
Brennan, for salary when due, as perrna-
nGnl nOSefNdfl Oh EntlHe company NO..
8, from December "a to December 81, 1896,
inclusive.
Resolved, That warrants be ordered
drawn in favor of the following named
persons for pensions. when due, for the
month of December, 1895. amounting in
the aggregate to one hundred and sixty
two dollars and forty-eight cents tsl62. 49,
Agnes e. Farrier. $500; Louisa Oman,
s23.61: Catherine GNiton, sf1.66; Matthew
Bligh, Sal. Sc.
The yeas and nays having been called
for and taken IN each of the foregoing
resolutions. they were adopted by the
following yote,-
Yeas-President Brennan, Commission
ers Cone and Mills. Nays-None. Absent
None.
Motion by Commissioner Cone and
adopted, That when this Board adjourns
it adjourns to meet orr Wednesday even-
ing, January 6. 1897, at 5 O'Clock.
ACTION UPON CLAIMS.
The following resolutions were reported
by committees in payment of claims here
tofore re~ferred;
By COMMITTEES on Telegraph and Fuel:
Resolved. Thai the SUM or $40 he paid
to n. \. q n. J. Telephone Co. for teie-