The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-05

Henderson street; old canal boats; loss
light. cause unk10wn.
September Is, 12.46 A. M; telephone
Gull; owner and occupant. II. Goodrich:
10 sSewark avenue. frame dwelling; loss
slight; cause, defective hue.
September 70, 2:4S A.. NJ, box 80; owner,
Kelly estate; G.. Ward and
ethers; Monmouth and First Streets
frame store and dwelling; loss on stock,
SiJ6: insurance on stock, $500; insurance
paid on stock, $156; cause unknown.
September 20, 9:52 A. M; box 1853; own
er and occupant, A. J. Sanders; 1856 Fair
mount venue new frame dwelling; loss
on building, $500; on furniture, 500; in
surance on building, $1,000; on furniture,
$4,O0O; insurance paid or building, $500; on
painters.
Total loss in September, $1.2e5.
Total insurance in September, $50, 800.
Iotai insurance paid in September,
Total number of alarms, thirty-seven
Total number Of beIl alarms. thirteen
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN CONWAY,
- Chief Engineer.
The Committee of the Whole to whom
WAS referred che communication of Engi-
neer Thomas Keogh, petitioring for res
tireInent, presented the following pream-
fles and resolutions
Whereas. Thomas Keogh. engineer OF
isnsane ompan No. 6, has made aDp1ica-
-E4- 49, ~ ~ tNNA1 dROi- lidAL
Fay, on the ground that he is physically
unable to perform his duties; and
whereas, The said Thomas Keogh has
served IN this Department over twenty
Years continuously; therefore
Resolved, That His Honor the Mayor be
and Is hereby respectfully requested 10
appoint, in accordance with the provis-
IONS Of Chapter 148, Laws of 1897, three
physicians to constitute the examining
BOARD TO examine said Thomas Keogh as
to his ~incapacity to discharge his duties;
q sum sufficient to provide for the retire.
ment of said Keogh from December /,
lsyl having been appropriated for the use
OF this Board by the Board of Finance.
adopted BY the votes of all the members
of the Board.
Resolution by President Mills
Resolved, That the, Hon. Board of FL
nance pc and is hereby respectfully re-
quested to transfer the sum of twenty
five hundred dollars from credit salary
TO the credit of claim account, fiscal
year 1867.
Adopted by the following vote
\ YeasEPresident Mills, Commissioners
Brennan and Gone.
Nays-None.
Absent-None.
The following resolutions were reported
by. committees in payment of claims here-
atofore REFEREED
BY Committee on Feed
Resolved, That the sum of $l10.65 be paid
to Miller & Bertholf for horse feed, Sep-
TENDER Is, 1897.
sllS.2 be paid to Miller & Bertholf for
horse feed, October L. 1897.
S1.09.96 be paid to Miller & Bertholf, for
horse feed, October Is, 1897.
$49.34 be paid to Vile & Son, for horse
feed, September Is. 1897.
$52.9l be paid to Vile & Son for horse
feed, October 1. 1897.
$4S14 be paid to Vile g Son for horse
feed, October Is. 1897.
for horse feed, September Is and 28s
$50 be paid to Carscallen & Cassidy for
horse feed. October /, 1897.
$3.50 be paid to Carscallen & Cassidy.
for horse feed, October Is, 1897.
By Committee on Telegraph and Fuel
Resolved, That the sum of $4.S5 be paid
to The N. Y. & N. J. Telephone Co. for
telephone service, December l. 1896, to
March l, 1897.
$3.50 be paid to the N. Y. & N. j. Tele-
phone Co, for telephone service. March l.
1897. to June l, 1897.
$3.50 be paid to the n. Y. & N. J. Tele-
phone Co. for telephone service, June l,
1857, to September 1, 1897.
S1S.SS be paid to ]. H. Bunnell & Co., for
telegraph supplies, September. 1897.
SO be paid to Coughlin Bros, for coal
and wood. September, 1897
$101 be paid to Coughlin Bros, for coaI
and wood. October l to IA, 1897, inclusive.
BY Committee on Horses and Harness
Resolved. That the sum of $17.75 be paid
to s. N: Jensen for horseshoeing, Septem-
$3.50 be. paid to Thomas C. Hunter for
horseshoeing, September, 1897.
$1L50 be paid TO E. A. Pyle for horse
shoeing, September, 1897.
$15.75 be paid to James H. Lopez for horse
shoeing, September. 1897.
$40 be paid to George H. Piercy for
h-orrseshoeing. September, 1897.
$22,4 10 be paid to Noonan & Mcguire for
h~orseshoeing, May, 1891, to September.
sle.S5 be paid to James Wilson for horse
1887.
s26 be paid to Richard jackson for horse
shooting, September, 1897.
By committee on Department Buildings
ana hBDSlFS--
Resolved, Ms the sum of s4.0s be paid
to The Jersey City Electric Light Com
pany for incandeScent light. house of En-
CINE No. 3, August to September "a, 1897.
S12.S1 be paid to The Jersey City Electric
Light Company for incandescent light,
headquarters, August 26 to September "A,
$685. be paid to The United Gas Inn
provement Company for gas used dur
ing September, 1897.
$142.S 80 be paid to Thomas Cullen for
plumbing work, September. l and October
Is, 1897.
s7.eS be paid to OHM W. Laws for hard
ware, September, 1897.
$3.50 be paid to H. Shufflebotham for
repairing roofs, etc, October. 1897.
S17.56 be paid to Vanderbeck & Sons for
lumber, September, 1897.
By Committee on Supplies
Resolved. That the sum of $42.23 be paid
to n Shufflebotham for stove pipe, ETC.,
October, 1897.
Ss.A be paid to S. F. Hayward & Co. for
extinguisher bottle and corks. September,
1897.
s5l.s5 be paid to D. Steele & Son for
chairs. mattresses, etc, October, 1897.
$3.50 be paid to John Pelloth for ice to
headquarters, June 16. 1897, to October 6,
1891.
sll6.07 be paid to John w. Laws for sup
plies, September, 1897.
SIS be paid to Samuel ]. Blakey for soap
and brooms, October. 1897
BY Committee on Printing and Station
cry
Resolved, That the sum of $14 be paid
the Jersey City Printing Co. for printing
manuals, September, 1897.
BY Committee on Apparatus and Re-
PAIRS
Resolved. That the sum of $1S7-S5 be
paid to Brinkman & Hauck for repairs to
apparatus, october l to IS, 1897, inclusive.
$40.60 be paid to Theo. smith & Bro, for
repairs to apparatus, September, 1897.
$l01.60 be paid to Theo. Smith & Bro, for
nickel plating and polishing parts of En-
CINE 8, June 1897.
$3.50 be paid TO S. M. Jensen for repairs
to Engine 13, September, 1897.
soc. be paid TO z. A. Pyle, for repairs
to ) Truck, September. 1881.
The yeas and nays having been called
for and taken on each of the foregoing
resolutions they were adopted by the fol-
lowing vote-
Yeas-President Mills, Commissioners
Brennan and Cone.
Nays-None.
Absent-None.
On motion adjourned.
CHARLES ESTERBROoK.
Clerk.
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