The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-05
HIGH SCHOOL. HOPES.
Mayor Hoos at a Finance
Board Meeting--Im-
proving the City.

Mayor Hoos attended the meeting Of the
Board Of Finance last night. He went to
the Boards room for the purpose Of see
ing Corporation Counsel McDermott. That
gentleman had ! expected to be present,
but he was called away on business in the
afternoon.
There are so many important matters
before the Board with which the new
II embers are not familiar, that it was de-
cided at their request to adopt a resolu-
ton calling upon the city's law officers to
attend the regular meetings of the Board.
While the Mayor was present he
brought up the subject of erecting a rev
High School. A law was passed two
Writers ago empowering the Finance
Boards to raise money on bonds for High
School purposes. The old Board of Fl
nance did not consider the eity's financial
condition such as to permit the issue of
new bonds. While Mayor Hoos is cp-
posed to the indiscriminate floating of
bonds he is anxious to have a High
School erected during his term of Office.
The Finance Board enjoys the right to ac-
quire a site. The building, however. will
be erected under the supervision of the
Board of Education. 1t is not improb-
able that the Finance Board will a up
the High School questions and dispose of
it in the course of a few weeks.
Commissioner Ringle demonstrated hat
he will examine claims closely and do all
in his power to have economy observed.
The first claim submitted TO him for APP
proval was for telephone service in the
Office of the Corporation Counsel. There
were several out-of-town calls on the bill.
1t was with reluctance that Mr.. Ringle
signed the claim. Out of town calls on
the city telephones are not TO be al
lowed.
Tho Board concurred in the award to
the Barber Asphalt Company of a con-
tract for the paving of Fairview avenue;
also for the Improvement of Eighteenth
street to Charles Wagner, ard sewer IN
WlIiiaTns avenue u Phillip Tumity..
Mrs. Nettie Dunn asked to be relieved
OF all Assessment for the construction of
the Mill Creek sewer. Mrs. Dunn's prop
erty is located at Boulevard and Wilkes
avenue That section is included in the
drainage area of the sewer, and is liable
to assessments. There is no sewer in
Wilkes avenue, and Mrs. Dunn holds
BENEFITS. Corporation Counsel McDer-
mott was asked TO furnish an opinion on
the subject.
Board for SIS, coo with which to build a
sewer in Thirteenth street, and for
SIS, 450 for the purchase of the late L. ID.
Fowler,s maps, We're referred to the Fl
rance Committee.
The official bonds of. Street and Water
Commissioner Robert G. Smith, Consta-
bles Shine. Fitzsinln.ors. Enwright, Egan,
Garrick, Hague, Craig, Shannon, Dugan,
Hogan, Stanton. O'Donnell, Foley, Castle.
Kaiser. Leahy and Mitchell, were APP
proved and ordered filed.
A request of the Delaware, L-ackawanna
ard Westerns Railroad to nave cancelled
the local assessments on certain property
which is assessed by the State Board of
Taxation. was referred to the Finance
Committee.
NJ. T. Connolly filed a judgment for
81, 500 for extra work done on public inn
provements.
Tho Board in future will meet Wednes-
day afternoons at four o'clock.