The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-01
BOARD OF STREET AND WATER
CONF ESSiONERS.

lC~onIlnueU-I
Resolved, That $S10.24 be paid to Henry
Byrne, being final on contract No. l,022,
for regulating Mercer street from the
east curb Of Merseles street to the brick
pavement on viaduct.
Charge special street account.
Resolved. That John Wright BIZ ana is
hereby appointed as inspectoE on the inn
provemarit Opening, etc. of Baldwin ave-
nue., from Summit ayenue to Prospect
bstreet, at a salary of 50 per day, when
engaged, term of service to begin when
workSsha1l have been commenced.
Resolved, That the following sums be
pad to the persons hereinafter named for
services as inspectors on improvements
Charge improvements, Laws of 1895.
$l32 to Michael Nugent, on Improvement
nue. and Sherman place, August, Septem-
Der and October, 1887. claim No. EGG.
s54 to 7. Schutzback, on Improvement of
Hutton street, Summit avenue to Boule-
ward, october, 1897, claim No. $50.
$l53 to John II. McGrath, on sewer in
Palisade avenue, between Newark avenue
and Hoboken avenue, August, September
and October, 1887, claim No. 3l9.
SIS to Joseph Shannon, on sewers in
Orient. Grant, Claremont n ETC.,
October, 1897, claim No. SCI.
$l59 to Michael Dermody, on sewer in
Canal street, July, August and September,
1897, claim No. 391.
SOL to John Manning, on Improvement of
Thirteenth street, from Coles street to
Hoboken avenue, October, 1897, claim No.
Resolved. That 81 be paid to Michael
1887, claim No. 253.
S96 to Henry W. Moser, for use of sewer
truck, September and October, 1897, claim
s2 to Henry W, Moser, for ~emptying
vault on Boulevard, near Pearsall ave-
nue., October, 1897, claim No. 322.
Charge cleaning sewers and basins.
Resolved, That $40 be paid to P. T. DAILY,
for ash expended, october, 1887, claim
No. $50.
Charge special street account.
Whereas, Under the plan for the eleva-
Company through Jersey City, the tracks
now laid by said ompany in Monmouth
street are to be shifted off said street to
the west; and
Whereas, handle & Underwood are the
owners Of property on Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets west of Monmouth
street. alongside of which a switch is
now laid to said Erie Railway Company's
tracks; and
Whereas, The said switch will nave to
be moved in order to make way for the
main tracks of said railway.
Resolved, That permission be and is
hereby given to Randle & Underwood to
connect its property on the north side of
Twelfth street west of Monmouth street
with the tracks of the Erie Railway by a
switch across Twelfth street at grade,
provided that the present switch be re-
moved before the new one is laid, sue
work to be done under the supervision of
the Chief Engineer.
Resolved, That all that part of resolu-
ton heretofore passed by this Board, on
November /, 1897, granting permission to
1. H. cooyer to erect sign at No. III
Pavonia avenue, be and is hereby recon-
sidered and ~rescinded.
Resolved, That permission be and is
hereby granted to the following named
/ persons TO erect signs. etc. over the side
walks, in front of the premises desig-
mated, in accordance with the rules and
regulations of this Board governing such
Chas. B. Allen; agent, sign. 51 Newark
venue
Mary Shinkle, sign, 81 First street.
John Marley, sign, so Jordan avenue.
Joseph Carrie. sign, 115 Montgomery
street.
Resolved, That masons' licenses be and
FF%resoathicK: Gh2s; ". Telling, Michael !
Burke. Herman F. stoyexin, Chas. B. Mil
Ter, Frederick Ewald and Rudolph
Schmidhauser, to make connections with
the required bond in office of the Permit
Clerk.
adopted by the following vote on a call for
the ayes and nays
observation-disclosures Heintze, Nolan,
Hauck n President BoltWood.
observation-disclosures Brown.
The Committee IN Pumping and Reser-
voirs presented the following
Resolved, That $1.50 be paid to Jas. P.
claim No. as. oe' 90
$500 to the Evening Journal Association
for advertising proposals., cleaning of res
ervoir No. 1, october, 1887, claim No. 100.
Charge water account, P. and r.
Adopted by the following vote on a call
for the ayes and nays:-
Ayes-Commissioners Heintze, Nolan,
Hauck and President Boltwood.
Observation-Disclosures Brown.
The Committee on Assessments and Elk
tensions presented the following
Resolved, That consumers of measured
water consuming more than 2,500,090 cubic
feet per month be charged therefor from
and after Nov. l, 1887, at the rates charged
to them respectively prior to April 20, 1897.
Whereas, The necessity for a complete
and thorough reassessment of this city
for the purpose of properly assessing the
charges for the use OF water has been
brought to the attention OF his Board;
Resolved, That the following persons be
and are hereby appointed for a period of
six months as re-aSsessors to augment the
present force, provided that they shall be
subject to the direct supervision of the
Water Assessor, which said officer is
hereby directed to make semi-monthly re-
i u ~ l1AA u LII y SCSSA1
re-assessor::-John H. Gable, Charles
Freeland, John Gildea, Devereaux Moo
nan, Rector B. Fish, John Harmon, j. c.
Sweeney and John Rowe.
Resolved, That the salaries of re-
assessors appointed this day be and are
hereby fixed at SIS per month EACH
Gable, Freeland, Gildea, Noonan, Fish,
Harmon, Sweeney and Rowe.
Resolved, That 5000 be paid to James
p. Hall for potter's clay, pipe yard, Octo-
Der, 1897, claim No. ga.
$50. As to A. e. Nolan for stationery sup
plies, Water Registrar, October, 1897, claim
No. 265.
$50 to Jersey City News, printing proof
of water specifications, October, 1881, claim
No. 1883.
S6.3S to A. j. Dittmar, Jr., for connecting
mains on Factory and Paramount ave-
nues, August, 1897, claim No. 1872.
1924 to A. J. Dittmar, Jr., for connecting
main, Garfield and Carteret avenues, May,
1897, claim No. 393.
1892 to A. J.. Dittmar, Jr., for connecting
main, Henderson street, October, 1897,
claim No. 1884.
$36.04 to A. j .Dittmar, Jr., for CONNECTING
teenth and Fifteenth street, October, 1897,
claim No. 1855.
Charge water account A. & E..
Rescued, That plumbers licenses be
and are hereby granted to Frederick
Ewald, Charles H. feeling, Charles E.
Miller. Herman F. Stoveken, Michael
Baldwin, James W. F~resouthick and Ru-
dolph Schrnidhauser, to make connections
to do general plumbing work when they
fIa tha rart1lired bond in the office of the