The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AMI
COMM UNICATIONS.

Rendering statement OF damage TO
property by reason of break in water
main at the head of Seventeenth street.
Received and referred to the Corpora
ton Counsel.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From the Board of Finance
Jersey City, Nov. 4, 1898.
Hon. Board of Street and Water Com
sioners:-
Gentlemen-The enclosed resolution,
adopted by your Honorable Board, on
September 26, 1898, and presented to the
Board of Finance, for it's concurrence,
and ordered returned, for the reason that
no action on the part of the Board OF FL
nance is necessary to order the water
rents referred to in said resolution can
celled.
MARTIN FINCK,
Clerk.
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
by the Mayor, November 3. 1898.
Resolved, That the Board OF Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
ton, adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners, october IL, 1898, TO
wit
That the Chief Engineer be and is
hereby directed to prepare specifications
for the furnishing and delivering OF such
cast iron water pipe as may be required
by his Board. for the period ending May
81, 1899. and that when such specihca-
lions shall have been adopted aud order
ed filed, the Clerk is hereby directed to
advertise for proposals in conformity
herewith.
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board. November 2. 1898, and approved by
the Mayor, November 8, 1898.
Resolved that the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
ton, adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners, to wit;
Ordering paid the Following claims,
passed October "a. 1888
a 3. Nolan. s10l. IS. claim No. 446.
JERSEY City Supply Co., s23s.3O claim
No. 1855.
Theo. smith & Bro, s218.s1. claim No.
Jersey city News. $40. claim No. $50
Evening Journal Association. $3.50,
&. S. Crate Bar Co. 1870. claim No. 45s-
United Gas Improvement Co. ss.7o,
claim No. 45S.
United Gas Improvement Co, $3.50.
United Gas Improvement Co., $3.50,
claim No. 457.
October 81, 1885,
]. M. Gunst Dis. Co, $54, claim No. lSs-
A. Sherry, S14, claim No. 720.
i. C. Supply Co. $40 20. claim No. 1853.
Jas. F. Stewart Co, S23-98, claim NO.
Rud0lpn Herring, SZ0, Claim NO. AJt.
J. J. r. Croes. $25. claim No. A4.
Theo. Smith & Bro, S3S6.2 claim NO.
721.
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by salo
Board, November 2, 1893, and approved py
the Mayor. November :. 1898.
Resolved, That the Board of Street ana
Water Commits s.oners, be and they are
Registrar, to cancel on his books the en-
try of Davme,l of water rents for 1877
and 1898. G61.G 49,, or lot 25, block 2Ss, four-
tenth street, which amount was ORDERED
returned this day to VIM. II. Verm1lyea,
the purchaser of said property at the City
Collectors sale, held May 10. 1888, for the
reason that the owner In redeemins sag
property paid only the amount Tor wnicn
the properly was sold, S4lz.4s, ihcluoiis
the above water rents.
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board lss Move Nasa.n 4 lsS :, i nsS aDp'ose' :
Resolved. That in ADDITION 70 the
amount already appropriatedfth the sum q
$4,000, is hereby appropriated ana orasrea
set aside to the credit OF the Board OF
Street and Water commissioners out or
fine one-half Of he Liquor License
monies available for the repavlng; re-
pairing and imp rowing OF paved streets
and public places and the reconstructlon
Of sewers as provided by Chapter 1874. or
the Laws of 1897, for the purposes afore-
said.
drawn on the city Treasurer in favor or
that officer IN tn E sum of 10000. to trans
fer said amount from license receipts lor
the year 1888. to JUNE 50, 1889, 70 the credit
Of the Board of Street and Water com
missioners for the purposes aforesaid.
From the same Board
Transmitting. PETITIONS etc. from a. p
Murray. Jr.. eli lining certain amount OF
money claimed to have been assessed *
cessiyely on inn rOyernent or virginia ave-
nue., from Ocea n to JACKSON.
From the Cor poration Counsel
November 5. 1898.
To the Honora Bile the Board OF Street ana
Water Comm ~issioners. ~.
Gentlemen-I. respectfully auVlse YOU
fhaf under tie specifications adopted fer
q new water supply, there is not any
question thai. the contractor VIII PC
obliged. before he can compel the CITY 70
redefye wates.. 30 take ell steps necessary
to prevent pollution. He must continue
Is Keep the water pure until the city pur-
ehases the plant. If It is decided to pur-
chase. the contractor must deliver g plant
free from pollution. Aftervard,. the cues,
ton of De tuition will have to. pc Serted
by the vigilance Of the city NC wunlel7,
have any right, for any purpose, 70 pol
l5lfa tha Z b,iree of this efty's Supply, ana
any such attempt would be pTomptly ell
Joined by the courts.
,sgALLAN Z. McDERNOTTs
CORPORATION Counsel.
Received n ordered filed.
From the CITY Wharhnger, Morgan
s' Rsaq ssIss stsssassnsf ,s e o 81 53en' { u.s. S.
Re's.siyed and ordered fled.
REpoRT or T1JE CLERK.
clerk reported that there IlaqR been