The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-02

send, together with this writ, that there
in may be done what of right and accord
ing to the laws and Constitution of this
State ought to be done. And have you
then and there this writ.
Witness
WILLIAM j. magic,
Chief Justice of our Supreme Court, at
Trenton, this fifteenth day of Novem-
Der, A. d. 1897.
WILLIAM RIKER, Jr..
Clerk.
McEWAN & McEwAN.
Attorneys for Prosecutor.
CLAIMS.
The following claims were presented
and received and they were each referred
to their appropriate COMMUNICATIONS
Lightfoot. $1l; Albert Payne, S66.6G: James
F. Norton, $14; John ]. Neyin, $216; Al
bert DATE, $3.50, $40 and s11. So; Isaac Van
Saun, $50; James B. Hill. S42.09 and $94
Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, $10.75;
Frank Meyer, SIG; H. A. Lush, $40; the
Jersey City News, $229.16; J. NJ. Startup,
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Board of Police Commission
ers:--
Resolution adopted November 1e, 1870,
That the Hon. Board of Finance be re-
quested to transfer the balance accruing
to the credit of appropriation for Wiring
Stations Sill, and the balance to the
credit of Committee on Hospital and
Committee on General Claims" fiscal
year 1896 and 1897.
Referred to the CommitteeSon Finance.
From the Board of Aldermen
Resolution adopted November 9, 1880,
That the Honorable Board of Finance be
requested to direct the City Comptroller
to transfer to General Claims" account,
1886 and 1897, all the u~nexpended balances
now in the appropriations to the credit
of the Board of Aldermen. for the fiscal
year ending November 80, 1897.
Referred to the on Finance.
From the City Comptroller
Jersey City, Nov. II, 1897.
To the Honorable Board of Finance.
Gentlemen-The time of service of Mr..
Isaac Van Saun as clerk in this office ex-
pires December 1, next.
Owing to the regular and increased
amount of business of the office it will
be necessary to continue his services. /
therefore request that you consent to his
remaining at the pleasure of your Board
at a salary of $50 per month.
GEORGE R, HoUGH,
City Comptroller.
Received and ordered filed.
From the City Collector
Jersey City, Nov. Is, 1897.
To Honorable Board of Finance.
Conference.-The is to certify that I have
received from the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners the following as
sessmen map for collection in my office:
improvement Neptune avenue, Boule-
S. II. SMITH,
City Collector.
Received and ordered filed.
From l.. D. Fowler, Chief Engineer
Jersey City, Nov. Il, 1897.
To the Hon. Board of Finance of Jersey
Gentlemen-In accordance with the sug-
g~estions made by me at a conference
with your Board in relation to the pro-
posed reorganization of the Departments
of Engineering and Assessments, I have
communicated with the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners, and certain
resolutions nave been adopted by the last
ramed Board e~mbodying my plans. | de-
sire to request your Board to concur in
these resolutions
partment are on the payroll of the Board
of Finance, and the combined sal
aries amount to $4,000 per annum.
/ have nominated three persons to
sioners for appointment to succeed myself
and my assistant without any in
crease of the amount allowed for the EN-
ployInent of two men. | would respect
appointments also.
Very respectfully,
l.. d. FOWLER,
Chief Engineer.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Concurrent Resolutions.
From the Corporation Counsel:-
Jersey City, N. j., Nov. II, 1897.
To the Board of Finance
GentleInen-I herewith return to your
Board the claim presented you, by James
F. Fielder, Esq, in behalf of William
Brinkerhoff, Esq, for legal services as
Corporation Counsel, for the months of
January, February and March, 1894.
l had at first supposed that Mr.. Brink
erhoff's claim and that of Mr.. Erwin's,
for services as Corporation Attorney for
the same period, upon which judgment
has been rendered. We're of the same
character, both as to the. facts and the
law, and under that impression | agreed
with Mr.. Brinkerhoff that mis- claim
should be settled if Mr.. Erwin was sue
ceSsful.
The receipt of enclosed letter from Mr..
Edwards, stating that the two cases are
very different, has caused me to with
draw my consent to a settlement OF this
claim until the matter is determined In
the courts.
JOHN A. BLAIR,
Corporation Counsel
Received and ordered filed
From His4Ionor the Mayor
Jersey City, N. j., Nov. Is, 1897.
To the Honorable Board of Finance.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES / return, without
my approval, your resolution adopting
specifications for a new water supply for
Jersey City, having reached the conclu-
sion that they should be amended IN
several particulars.
There are three separate schemes upon
which proposals are asked for, as fol-
1. The supply of fifty million gallons per
day at an elevation of two hundred and
ten feet.
Ions per day at the same elevation.
r. LII. IHe supply OIL SGfSutys Iiic So
Ions per day at an elevation OF one nun
dred and twenty-seven feet.
These schemes are respectively called
Plans IA" 3D." and &C" I think the
cIty should advertise for what it wants.
plan "A, does this, and I recommend h
the other plans be stricken from the specl-
fications. =.
plan "B'' seems absolutely worthless. 1t
is proposed to construct a plant to de-
liver thirty-hve million gallons per day, at
maximum capacity, and give the city the
right to order additions to the plant to
increase its capacity to seventy millions.
The city will not need seventy million
gallons per diem during the term for
which the contract is to be made. but 1T
is fairly certain that it will need more
than thirty-fve million gallons per day in
about ten years. Under plans A and
sB," whenever the need OF the city ex-
ceeds thirty-five million gallons per day,
fhec contractor must provide works of sew
enty million capacity. The right to pur-
chase the plant from which water is ac-
cepted can be exercised by a vote OF the
people, and I think we may assume in this
Undertaking that if the water is satisfac-
tory and the plant a proper one, the peo-
pie will, within a few years, desire to
purchase the plant. Jersey City should
own its water works, but 1T will not9e de-
sirable to purchase a thirty-five million
gallon plant or one having a capacity of
Seventy million gallons. I could not APP
prove Of a contract providing that the
city should have, at the completion of the
frst conduit, a supply Of only thirty-ive