The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-14
TO STOP h LEAKS
Street and Water Board Pro.
vide New Rules IN
the Registrars
Office.
BIDDING UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM
Proposals Received for Several I'M
provemsnts-The Plan Seems
10 Work Well.
BIDDING UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM

Thu Street and Water Comnis -
held a S1ecaal session this morning. -
recent revelations concerning the carsieSs
manner of keeping. accounts in the Wae..
Department caused the Commissioners -
ADOPT the following resolutions
Whereas. In the levy of charges daol
rhe use sof water. investigation may ue-
yelop over Charges and errors; ano +;,n
whereas. Authority for the canSelaeT M
Of charges and rciss s9r aTnsdiseriminateiy:
Resoiyed. That the m on ~,
and Extensions pc lnsan az
10 cod1fy a series 81 rules ,inns and
next meeting for adoption"
The examination of the water accounts
made by Charles Both. the expert ac-
countant, revealed the fact that eharseS
were frequently cancelled, reductiohs
made and SO on; and absolutely no record
kept of such charges.
Men altered the books to suit themselves
Without authority, with the result thai
shotfagesr were created without anyone
,uiowins how they occurred.
During the last administration 1t was
made known that the Water Assessor ire
uuentay reduced assessments and altered
IQ0S8 WHICH IA Ills
roneous. He did not notify the Board OF
what he did. nor did he inform the Water
Registrar. It has also been charged tnat
the former Registrar INDUCED in the cor
rection of assessments that he regarded
as unfair. Muddled accounts are the re-
suit. The Board has under Amusement a
system which will prevent the books from
being altered in any particular except py
its order.
In this way it is expected that shortages
wiz be impossible. Deficiencies in the re-
ceipts will also be a thing OF the past
ne Commissioners say, when the Icy
Comptroller has arranged to cneeK AZ
hills paid to the Water Registrar. fated
Registrar Peokham is to meet wltn Sig
Comptroller Hough tomorrow 70 alra. =
h new plan OF checking reeslpus oAt
water department. ~
'DetectiYe Michael Kilcauley was ap-
pointed by the Board custodian OF the
cdty's lands in South Cove. He will col
lecf ali rents and d~ockages. He will be
SLOWED so per cent. of his collections.
The Board also received its frst pt1s
xnder h new plan aaopaea nr nop ed BY
Chief Engineer Ruggles for the purposs
OF prevent COLLISION among. contractor
and making nnSsa T. imPoj pidss 1 In preparlng
Specifications for improvements the Ens5-
neer fxes q price for each item specnte0,
The contractors in supmfptlnS plus Inc
say at wha percentage OF the price ~
nxed they will do the work.
The first bids received today were Loi
the Improvement of Pavonia avenue, Pc
tween Grove and Kelso streets. The plo-
ders were:-Henry Byrne, a per cent
Charles Wagner, 70, James Mannlx, oSi
Edward con1on, 50; Sheridan & Shea Co,
% Is. Edward O'Donnell. y; Iimotns
Burke. 100. Improvement OF Paclnc ave
nue.. from Johnston to CommunipaW ave
nue.. Henry Byrne, Il per cent; Charles
Wagner, 81; Sheridan & Shea Co.., ~
James Mannix 80; Edward, Conlon. ~
T.. Burke, IS; Edward O'Donnel. "; hee-
hill & Edwards, So. Reconstructing sewer
in Chestnut avenue, from Magno1a, ave
nue. to Pavenia avenue. Edward CNedLl
Il: William Conlon. IS; j.. Hopkins; 100;
Phil. Tumilty, 30; Fl. Byrne, 50: ". II
Neill, 100; N. T. Connolly, LA; Z. BURKE
1877. Sewer in Bergen avenue, from FAR,
mount avenue to Storm avenue, EowaIu
OiNef1l, 81 per cent; W. II. Neil, Ivy;
William Connolly, IS; 7. Burke. rs; r
Tumilty, 80; P. II. Plunkett, "a; h Byrne,
s.; J.. Hopkins, 80. Reconstructing sewer
in Ocean avenue, from Gator avenue 70
Greenville avenue, Edward ONelli, x; =.
Byrpe, Sc; Burke, lis; George kriss. ~;
p. Tumilty, IS; P. 7. Plunkett, '90;aM, L.
Connolly, 81; H. 8. Burns. IS. Recon
structing sewer in Jackson avenue. Ed
ward O'Neiu and M. T. Connolly pre-,
scented bids of s. per cent, Bias VIII
have to be readvertised for.