The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
HOBu KEN ESTIMATES.
Tax Commissioners Deal With
the Demands Of City
Departments.

The Hopoken Board of Tax Commits
sioners held a meeting yesterday after
noon to receive reports from the various
city departments as to the amount of
money they will need for the ensuing
year. Clerk John F. Heating, of tho
board OF Fire Commissioners, presented
a request from hat Board for SIS, SIT.
Ihis is an increase of $17,604 over last
year. Mr.. Heating and Fire Commissioner
brunlng. who was also present, gave a
detailed statement showing the manner
IN which the o will be expended.
Among the new things on the list was a
morse and carriage for Fire Chief Twins
u. Appleyate, n also two ~forty-foot
ladders to cost $120. 1t was also stated
that $5 would be needed to pay for the
removing of from the different
hre companies. Mr.. Heating said that
at one time farmers were only too willing
to remove the manure for nothing, but
recently a syndicate has been formed and
the city has to pay it an annual sum in
order to have the manure removed. The
list also includes salaries for the pro-
posed new engine company, No. 5, which
IS under course of construction.
The Board also asked for SIS, 400 for two
new steam engines. The intention is to
place one of the engines in the new fire
house and retain the other as a reserve
or place 1t in n of the old engine
houses. A new hose wagon and three
horses, valued at $3.50 each, was also
asked for and three thousand feet of
hose at 5000. The Commissioners want
the walls in Fire Headquarters re-
papered at a cost of $3.50. They also want
to purchase a new Amoskeag tubular
boiler for No. 2 engine, which, according
to their report, is in a very bad con-
dltlon. Two thousand dollars is needed
to rebuild a truck in one of the uptown
Hre companies The truck is top-heavy
and every time the long scaling ladder is
used there is danger of it falling over and
injuring the firemen.
An appropriation of 81, 900 was request
ed for the establishment of a training
school, where 1iremen could be taught
now 70 use nets, hooks, ladders, etc. Thu
commissioners stated that New York
had such a school and they believed that
Hoboken should establish one, too.
Councllrnan August Bewig- of the Com
mittee on Streets, appeared before the
Board and requested that a liberal aD-
propriation be made for the cleaning of
streets. lie said that Street Commission
er Bernard Bayer Is obliged to leave
many OF the streets go unclaimed be-
cause of the lack of funds. Mr.. Bewig
also asked for an appropriation for the
repayln OF Willow avenue, between
Third and Fourth streets.
DR.: Helfer, in behalf of the Board of
Health, asked for ar appropriation ST
$4,000. He said that the BOARD wished
to provide traps for sewer basins in or
der to prevent the sewage from flowing
back Lto the streets. Three thousand
dollars was asked for to purchase the
traps and put them in place.
A communication Was received from Os-
car Fronlmell and a number of other
taxpayers. asking that an appropriation
be made for the construction of a water
main in Jefferson street, between Eighth
and Fourth streets. The petitioners said
that the water main was absolutely nee
essary in case of fire.
No action will be taken on the appro-
priations by the Tax Board until next
month.