The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-20

Engineering Bureau, supplies 1894 50
Laws and ordinances ....... 200 90
Expenses, law of 1895 .......... 1858 20
Cleaning streets and removing
ashes and garbage .......... 1882 so
cleaning sewers arid basins /. 5,2S6 81
Transfer from cleaning sewers
and basins 1900 90 g
Park site, Greenville section. 15,420 "A
Park site, Hudson City section. $500 90
Special Street, general 500. Z. 1,140 90
Special Street, miscellaneous +. OF
Special Street, repaving First
and Second streets. .......... 326 10
Special Street, reconstruction Of
sewers. .... :.. TIA 10
Special Street, repsving seeau-
Gus road...:... ..,........- 65 rs
Special Street. Thirteenth street i'10O !"
Special Street. Gaffield avenue 80 ~
Special Street, Montgomery
street Improvement. .......... 1893 80
Special Street, Mountain Road
Matters to which my attention has been
particularly drawn 1 will note with such
necessary to a proper understanding of
the subject. For repairs to unpayed
streets and maintenance of macadam
SASSY. The old Board had, however,
awarded a contract for the repairing and
lidilleIidIc6 Ol Arlington, Gdfu6lQ Ina
Bay1view avenues. amounting to $2.e22. so.
Request was made of the Board of FL
nance for q special fund for his purpose,
but that Board, While concurring in the
award of contract as aforesaid, requested
that payment be made therefor out of
the general appropriation for unpaved
| streets, heretofore referred to, and that
possibly on the LIST day of July, proximo,
they might Mst allow Us " 0s something n add
and maintain and sprinkle our macadam
roadWays, and, unless the possibility of
augmentation. as suggested by the Board
of Finance, becomes a certainty the fund
is ended
s1,412.7s; If reconstruction was intended
when the appropriation was made the
amount allowed was ridiculously small,
repairs to basins, ETC., to the figure
shown. If, when the autumn season ar
rives. with its heavy storms and conse-
general moneys to do the work recours
must be had to special street account.
For District Court rentals the balance
| shown is just sufficient to pay indebted
ness to May l inst. The First District
Court IS now quartered in the City Hall.
n nenof nothing ,tf fba is sa scesa gts on that Go,i as-
| which, since it's formation, has been main
tanned on the Heights, must either go
| quarterleSS or have additional money pro-
vided for rentals-rnless some arrange
ment could be had whereby its quarters
could be located in the Police Station on
| Oakland avenue.
For public grounds and buildings, we
have remaining $~2,e75.12, a sum hardly
sufficient to. maintain our present parks.
81 the new sites just purchased are to
be manned and maintained we must again
go to license monies.
For special school account, the sum re-
| $s,34O.13. Out of thar we have claims to
pay on account of schools No. l and No.
Il, a movement to the erection of which
! IG ~ 01Tna 0U EI11d0r TUnU
Before further proceeding is taken in
the matter of either of these schools, I
would strongly urge that the opinion of
to the power of the Board in the prem
ises. The fact that proceedings were tax
| erection Of these schools, and the plans
were directed to be and were prepared
prior to the vesting of the power to build
schools in the Board of Education by act
Of the last Legislature, prompts me to be-
lieve that this Board should proceed to
complete that which it had already start
ed. But that there may be no question
of the ~usurpation OF rights of another
| Board the opinion Of the Corporation
Counsel should be obtained.
have a balance Of $8.o26.A; if improve
ments are to be proceeded with as rapid
ly as they rave been in the recent past
this fund will prove insufficient unless re-
course is had to the method of employing
individuals by word. of mouth having
them first render bills for services and
: tAO al lul-
provements.. This method has proved
most se nn s q in the past. but 7
year unless curtailment can be made in
the general salary list.
For repairs to sidewalks there remains a
this subject prompts me to suggest that
this balance be immediately though
mI me depleted The law requir-
sufficient for this purpose. If they fail
to 40 so this Board can make repairs out
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
lar paid out by this Board on that ac-
counG can. I believe, be ultimately col
lected.
License monies, special street account
At the beginning of the past season the
Board Of Finance chose to deviate from
their previous custom, and in place Of
setting aside license monies to US In
gross amount they designated certain
amounts for certain specified Improve
to prevent the diverting Of monies to
sources from which no practical good
could be accomplished. The cost of the
practically all Of the license monies avail
able FOR paved streets, the supposition
being that sufficient sun was retained
Tor the employment Of day laborers and
for the purchase of such supplies as
might be needed, and had the first ca1cu-
iolAoA pcSH coITecl we would probably
have been able to have gotten through
the year quite nicely, but in the doing Of
certain contract work it was several
times found necessary to supplement con-
tracts so that at the present time there
IS not sufficient license monies on hand to
pay cur Indebtedness
For repaving of York, Mercer and Hen
derson streets, etc, we yet owe a balance
of $4,000. For the repairing of Danforth
venus en- m now being proceeded, with we
This aggregate of $21, 500 must remain I'M
paid until after the first day of July next
ensuing. Our payroll of employees on
amounting to upwards of $1,000, remains
unpaid for the reason that Of the monies
heretofore allowed us; by the Board Of
FINANCE for this purpose, we have but a
BALANCE remaining of 81, 400. Monies re-
ceived from the Consolidated Traction
Company on this account amount to So
5o0 and the township of West Hoboken
FINANCE will set aside these amounts for
our purposes, we will be able to Continue
the employment of street 1aborers To fhe
1lrst Of July, otherwise there is a short
age oI rather more than $500 on work
alTeaqy done on this account.
Park sites. For the laying out and i'm
pr~ovelnent Of the two. parks in the Green
Vile section, we have a balance Of
Si2'4zO,24. and for like purposes for park
site IN the. Hudson City section we have .
palance Of $500. The amount available
Tor G~reenville parks is about sufficient
available for the Hudson City Park viii
pay but & small portion of the necessary
cost of retaining wall. If it is desired
10 improve our recent park purchases
and make them available for public uses
We must utilize license monies, and this