The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-15

repairs 20 basins, ETC., to the hgure
shown. II. when the autumn season ar
rives with its heavy storms and conse-
queht sewer breakage, we Will have no
general moneys to do the work recourse
must be had to special street account.
For District Court rentals the balance
shown is just sufficient to pay indebted
Court is now now quartered in in the m city Hail.
hence nothing Is necessary on that ac-
count but the Second District Court
tanned on the Heights. must either go
quarterless or have additional money pro-
vided for rentals-unless some arrange
could be located in the Police Station on
Oakland avenue.
For public grounds and buildings, we
have remaining S26I5.12, sum hardly
sufficient to maintain our present parks.
II the new sites just purchased are to
be manned and maintained we must again
For special school account the sum re-
manning to our credit appears to be
pay on account of schools No. l and No.
Il, movement to the erection of which
is already under way.
Before further proceeding Is taken in
the matter of either of these schools,
would strongly urge that the opinion of
the Corporation Counsel be obtained as
to the power of the Board in the prem
ises. The fact that proceedings were TAX
en- by this Board in the matter of the
erection of these schools and the plans
were directed to be and were prepared
prior to the yesting of the power to build
schools in the Board of Education by act
OF the last Legislature. prompts me to be-
complete that which it had already start
ed But that there may be no. question
Ct the u.s. nssurpatio3n of rights Of another
Counsel should be obtained.
For Engineering Bureau salaries we
| have a balance of sS,026.44; If improve
ments are to be proceeded with as rapid
| ly as they have been in the recent past
this fund viii prove insufficient unless re-
them first render bills for services and
charge the amount to the several i'm
| most unsatisfactory in the past, but I
| can see no remedy for the current fiscal
| year unless curtailment can be made in
For repairs to sidewalks there remains
balance of s4,6S097 My knowledge of
this subject prompts me to suggest that
methodically depleted The law requir-
| ing owners to repair sidewalks is amply
sufficient for this purpose. If they fail
| of this fund, the cost of same being
charged to the several properties bene-
| fitted and bills therefor rendered to own
ers when the annual taxes are due. With
| business methods every sidewalk In this
| city can be made passable, and every dol
| lar paid out by this Board on that ac-
count can. I believe, be ultimately col
| lected.
License monies. special street account.
Board of Finance chose to deviate from
their previous custom and in place of
setting aside license monies to US in
| amounts for certain specified improve
ments. the purpose being, as I took it.
to prevent the diverting of monies to
| could be accomplished The cost of the
| improvements SO specified comprehended
practically all of the license monies avail
| able for paved streets, the supposition
being that sufficient sum was retained
Tor the employment of day laborers and
| might be needed, and had the first calcll-
| lation been correct we would proba bly
have been able to have gotten through
| times found necessary to supplement CON
tracts SO that at the present time there
| is not sufficient license monies on hand to
pay our indebtedness.
For repaving Of York. Mercer and Hen
derson SO o6 streets, etc, we yet owe a balance
OF slo,Oo0. For the repairing of Danforth
avenue, now being. proceeded with, we
shaH owe in round figures about Sc, 600
This aggregate of S21 500 must remain un-
paid until after the first day of July next
| ensuing. Our payroll of employees on
| paved streets Qicense monies) for April
amounting amour I'M. to upwards of 81 500, remains
heretofore allowed us by the Board of
Finance for this purpose, we have but a
| ceiyed from the Consolidated Traction
Company on this account amount to 81 :
a0o, and the township of West Hoboken
| likewise owes us $500 If the Board Of
Finance will set aside these amounts for
our purposes, we will be able to continue
| the employment. of street laborers to the
| age of rather more than $500 on work
| already done on this account.
,,roar parR t SITES Sc For the laying out and i'm
s15.420.24. and for like purposes for park
site In the Hudson City section we have a
n hn ~,
| for Greenville parks is about SUFFICIENT
to improve one of the sites, while that
avaiihable h, for the Hudson City Park will
cost of retaining wall. If 1t is desired
TO improve our recent park purchases
ana make them available for public uses
we must utilize license monies, and this
having been foreseen. an Act was pre-
pared and passed by the last. Legisla-
ture iegalizing such expenditure.
GEO 7. BoUToN,
Dated Jersey City, May 12, 1897
| The report of the Police Board will be
ready by Wednesday of next week.
Comptroller Hough has been allowed a
! few days more in which to prepare his
report. The several reports will be in
the Mayors hands by next Saturday at
the latest. He will then issue a public
| statement showing exactly in what con-
| dition he found public affairs when he
| entered the. Mayors Office
The Mayor concluded this morning to
| return without his approval to the Street
and Water Board the resolution appoint
ing ex-City Hall Commissioner James
Burke Overseer of the High Service water
works Although the salary is only s60
a month, the Mayor has concluded that
| it would be well to prevent the creation
| of a new office, particularly as Captain
| Hooker, in his capacity of Supervisirs
| Engineer, can give High Service all the
| attention it needs. The MAYORS veto
| will be sustained by the Street and Water
| Board.
| Another resolution which will rest for
| a while in the Mayors office is the one
abolishing the office of Assistant Clerk to
| the Assessment Commission which was
| held by G.. Frank Sutherland. The May
or has been told that the office is a
necessary one. He has also been advised
that there is some question about the
Boards right to abolish the Office. An
| investigation will be made by the Mayor
before definite action Is taken.
1t was officially announced today that
there will be no conference on the water
subject next week. The Mayor finds that
public business is piling up again He
wants to get everything cleared up and
running smoothly before he tackles sucn
an important matter as a new supply OF
water. 1t will not be long, however. be-
| fore official action on the subject is taken
John Vile and Edward Nelson. the tap
| perS who were removed by the Street
and Water Board, served notice on the
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