The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-04

Absent-None.
On motion. adjourned.
CHARLES EsTERBRo2o9 ,Ss
Adjourned regular meeting of the Board
of Fire Commissioners held at Department
Headquarters, Thursday evening, April IA,
1888. The roll was called at S:45 p. M.
Present-PresidenI Mills, Commissioners
Brennan and Cone.
PRESENTATION OF APPLICATIONS.
OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad to trans
Jersey City.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Buildings and Combustibles.
READING OF COMMUNICATIONS.
From ]. Skerratt, examining engineer,
certifying that he had examined John
Anderson as to his qualifications to fill
the position of stoker and found him com
petent.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Claims were presented, received and dis
posed of as follows.-
The La France Fire Engine Co, s6.75.
Referred to Committee on Apparatus n
Repairs.
Referred to Committee on Telegraph and
Fuel.
A. A. Grifing Iron Co, $50; Dimock &
Fink Co., $11.l0; John w. Laws. $3.50; F.
B. Jones & Co.. s2S.S2; Samuel j. Blakey,
$19.63.
Referred to Committee on Supplies.
Thomas c. Hunter, $3.50: Richard jack
son, $20.50 and s31.2 5.
Referred to Committee on Horses and
Harness.
60; John w. Laws, $6.19; John Wheelehan
& Son, 1927, $2S.2 %, SLABS and S122.1s
Referred to Committee on Department
Buildings and and Repairs.
Miller and Bertholf, $120. SO.
Referred to Committee on Feed.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMIT
TEES.
The Committee on Buildings and Com
bustibles reported fayorably upon the ap-
plication of A Dunkel, to keep on hand at
50 Morris street, one barrel naphtha. and
Lehigh Valley Railroad TO transport ryna-
mite over its own road through Jersey
City, and recommended that permits be
issued. The committee also reported that
1t had issued since the last meeting Of the
Board permit to Lingo Auricchio, 1853
Pavonia avenue, to keep kerosene oil for
sale.
on motion reports were received and
OFFICERS REPORTS AND COMMUNE
TIONS.
The weekly reports of the Chief Engi-
neer, Superintendent of Telegraph ard
Inspector of Horses were presented, re-
ceivd and ordered filed.
Communication from Fire Marshall
Jersey City, April 13. 1898.
To the Board of Fire Commissioners
Gentlemen
/ S .ctfully report having examined
premises of the c. A. Woolsey Paint q
Color Company, Grand, Lincoln and Col
den streets, for which a permit is asked
to store b~enzine, turpentine, kerosene,
acids, tar and rosin, and consider it a
dngerous locality to store amounts asked
for, and would especially recommend
that a visit to said locality be made by
a Committee of the Bureau of CombuS
tibles of your Board.
Respectfully submitted,
GHJEJE EYNJ(~TNEEfR AND ETRE MAR
Shall.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Buildings and Combustibles.
From the Inspector of Horses:=
Jersey City, April IA, 1888.
To the Hon. Board Of Fire Commission
sirs-I would respectfully suggest and
recommend that one or more of extra
horses be sold as they are unable to per-
form the active duty required of the
horses in the department. See appended
list. Respectfully,
Inspector Of Horses.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Preamble and resolution by Commits
| sioner
Whereas. It is necessary, in order THAI
the efficiency of the department be not
impaired, that the number of hydrants
on Exchange place be increased; there
fore
Resolved. That the Board Of Street ana
| Water Commissioners be and Is hereby
requested to place n service two addi-
tional MIGRANTS, one to be located In the
vicinity of the First National Bank and
the other directly opposite on Exchange
Adopted by the votes Of. all the members
| of the Board. The Board then took q re-
cess. Uuon reassembling all the member
ACTION UPON CLAIMS.
The following resolutions were report
ed by committees IN aymen of claims
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