The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-30
Salary

lOWSs-
Salary
per annum.
I. D. Fowler, Chief Engineer........ $1,000
G. A. Var Keuren, surveyor ........ 2,400
F. 3. Ferris, surveyor -. ........... LOO
A. +. Schlegel, draughtsman ........ 1,500
Eda +. Grower. clerk to Chief En- -,
Assistant Assessment clerk Gn It'll
gation), office abolished by Board
Of Street and Water Commits A.
sloners 1,260
Jacob Eler, rodman -. ......... 500
James Carlin, rodnan ...... ........ 800
Joseph O'Mara, rodnlan ............ 800
Engineering SUPPLIES ........ ...... 600
Total J. i. s14,d 600
There is now an appropriation of $4,000
made on the Board of Finance payroll for
the salaries of the Assessment Clerk and
assistants to the Tax Commissioners and
draughtsman of the Engineering Depart
ment. | desire to have the following per-
sons appointed to these Positions
Truesdell Y. Brown, Assessment
Clerk, per annun ....... ......... $500
Charles Z. Nugent, assistant to Tax
Commissioners ............... 1850
George w. Hegel, first assistant to
surveyors ...... ...... I. .......... 800
By an Understandable with members 'y Of
the Board of Finance, the appropriation
to the Bureau will be augmented by cred
ting the same with the amounts charge
able for engineering expenses on certain
ASt1RS ~ LIZ a. P4O f1dCo ~
law, or in some other method. I desire
to have the following persons appointed
under this additional appropriation
Nicholas d. W~ortendyke. surveyor,
salary per annum. ............. 81, 400
Frederick La Tourette, assistant an
gineer 1,5OO
Alexander McGlashan, assistant to
surveyor :. .. 600
Edward B. See, chairman, general
utility 6OU
William Wilson, chairman general
ullliIyD.. -. -. =. ................... 5bU
stenographer 72o
/ consider these changes and additional
appointments necessary to the further
ance of proper, prompt and diligent SER
vice in the Engineering Bureau generally
and to the ultimate accomplishment of the
large amount of work in special lines,
which is certainly greatly needed to place
the Bureau in a position to act more rap
idly and with greater certainty in all its
departments, and make it what it logi-
cally should be, not only a Bureau of En-
gineering in the strict sense of the term,
but a bureau of information as
well, with records carefully compiled
and indexed, within the reach of all the
people of our city and intending investors
from without.
A summary of some of the principal
features of this necessary special work,
as stated in my communication to the
Board CT Finance, is as follows:-
First-Intelligent and comprehensive
gathering together and indexing of all the
records of the bureau.
Second-The making of a complete grade
map Of the entire city, showing the grades
of all streets opened or to be opened.
Third-The making of the general
sewerage plan of the entire city, showing
all sewers constructed or to be construct
ed, with the size and character thereof.
said plan being one of the charter re-
quirements.
Fourth-The making of a map and
schedules, to be compiled from data Sc
cured by thorough and exhaustive search
of the records, showing the location and
size of all private sewers existing through
out this city.
Fifth-The v~eriication of the present
water pipe map and the making of addi-
lions thereto, showing the size and char
| acter of pipe to be laid in streets having
no water service at the present time.
In conclusion I submit that the persons
recommended for appointment in the En-
cheering Bureau and in the assessment
branch thereof are persons whom / know
from personal observation to be of 'sterI-
ing qualities and proper qualifications for
the various offices laid out for them.
L. b. FOWLER,
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Engineering and Survey.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
The following claims were re pres pesen a5 q -.
charles Z: e supply Bofh, s as. ss 49, Unlits "a, Gas q;
fmp't Co, $3.50, $40. $50; Barber As
phalt Paving Go, SIS 1872; Robert
Msqirh lei saaS;Sa; Z sai st E + & Ns Son; $ $sS y;
F. P. Woodcock, $3.50; B. F. Skinner, $162;
Conrad Schott, Jr., $50; James J. Kelly,
s54; Thomas Harrington, sl2S,l0 Brink
| w. Cummings & Co., $S9.44i VIM. H. Neil,
Received and referred to their appro-
pirate committees.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMIT
III
The Committee on Streets and Sewers
reported on certificates of Chief Engineer
in favor Of
Henry Byrne, S910.24, final on account of
\ contract No. 1,022. it,.
Henry ,Byran6ee, $500, on account Of
e9 Tbos' f +. nj Mccabe, $500. on account
of contract No. 1,025..
II. Byrne. $500, on account of contract
No. zoos.
H. CUNNINGHAM, s747.Ss. on account of
| contract No. go.
4, ! r. 3 = Van an K ! e y $1,000, on account of
Edward w. Conlon, $500, on account of
| contract No. 1,011.
| of contract No. 1.023.
Bernard Gannon, $500, on account of
contract No. 1.031.
Charles O'Neil. $685.. 49, final on account
| of contract No. 1893.
Also claims of P. F. Daily, $40; Michael
Feeley, $54; Henry w. Moser, 500, S12: John
Manning, SOL; Michael Dermody, $159; Jo-
| seph Shannon, SIS; John II. McGrath, $l53;
t. Schutzbach, S54; Michael Nugent, S132,
as correct. and five 90 petitions for signs,
etc., Favorable.
From the same committee
To the Honorable the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners of Jersey City
Your Committee on Streets and Sewers,
to whom was referred on November s,
1897, the application of Felix Re~ifschncider
and others for the Improvement of Ger
mania avenue, between Thorn and Bieeck-
er street, confornaably to the provisions
| of Chapter 2lT, OF the Laws OF 1895. re-
| specially report in favor of granting the
| prayer of the petitioners, we believing
that the Improvement is one which should
be made.
From the same committee
| To the Honorable the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners of Jersey
City
Your Committee on Streets and Sewers.
to whom was referred May II, 1897, the
| application of E. G.. Cline and others for
the Improvement of Pavonia avenue.
from the lands of p. r. r. Co. to West
Side avenue, oonformably to the pro-
visions of Chapter 217, Laws of 1895. re-
| sp~eetfully report in favor of granting the
prayer of the petitioners, we believing that
the Improvement is one which should be
made.
The reports were accepted.
The COMMITTEES on Pumping and Res