The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-20
FINANCE BOARD BUSY.
Improvements Coneurred in
at Last Nights Meeting
Money for Repairs
Of Streets.

500
The Board of Finance at last nights
meeting approved Of the official bond Of
Thomas ]. higgins as Deputy City Col
lector in the sum of 500, 600. NJ. I. Con-
I molly. Lewis Fischer and Luke BOYLE
were sureties.
Al petition was received from A. 5.
Murry. Jr.. for reduction of assessment
for Improvement OF Virginia avenue, and
the other for return of duplicate BAY
ments for taxes. They were referred to
the Committee on finance.
The Board was requested by the Board
of Education to have placed at the dis
posal of that Board a sufficient amount
of money to make proper provision Tor
the care and maintenance Of the heating
and ventilating plant of School No l.
A Communication was received from
City Collector Robert Davis enclosing pro-
tests received by him against payment Of
personal tax on bank stock, was referred
TO the Tax Board.
The City Collector reported having ap-
pointed Michael J. McMahqn John Hogan
ana Moses conklin deput@ collectors of
arrears of taxes, in accordance with
| Chapter 1923 of the Laws Of 1881. A reso-
luton was adopted sanctioning and con-
senting to the appointments.
Collector Davis also reported the filing
with him OF the maps Of assessments
| for collection for construction of sewers
in Bergen, Seaview. Mallory, Graham ana
| Plainfield avenues, and for Improvement
of Bowers and Griffith streets and Orient
and Cambridge avenues and Clerk street
The Tax Board reported back a num-
| Der of applications for reduction OF taxes
| on bank stock. referred from the Board
! of Finance, with the simple endorsement,
This stock is not assessed in BOARD OF
Tax Commissioners for the year OF 1898
AS all the petitions were in reference 20
tax for previous years and none for 1893
they were ordered to be returned to the
Tax Board for Investigation and report.
The usual yearly notice from the County
! Collector requesting prompt payment oil
s737. 1876. 40. county and State tax. was re-
| ceived.
A communication was received from the
CITY Hall Commissioners requesting an
appropriation of s377.02. to pay commits
sion due l.. Fl. Broome, architect, Tor
| extra work on the new City Hail Inc
| Corporation Counsel advised that under
his contract Mr.. Broome was entitled TO
| be paid this amount, no provision having
been made by that Board for its pay
ment.
4 COMMUNICATION from the Board Of
Police Commissioners was read requesting
| the transfer of the balance remaining 70
the credit of the account of hospital ana
| dispensary to the account of general
| claims. fiscal year 1928. The Comp
troller was directed to make the transfer
as requested.
Resolutions adopted by the Street ana
| Water Board awarding contract to the
| National Metal Company to furnish, de-
liver and set in place at or near the
Belleville pumping station, three meters,
at price named in bid. ss,474; awarding
| contract to the Atlantic Alcatraz Asphalt
| Company for Improvement of Van Reypen
| avenue from Summit avenue TO Hudson
Boulevard. estimated cost s7.s45.42. and
contract 10 Ch4rles Conley & Co. to con-
struct an 1S-inch vitrifed pipe sewer in
Sip avenue from Hudson Boulevard to
| Corbin avenue. and a 36-inch brick oval
| sewer IN Sip avenue from Corbin avenue
to connect with the sewer in West Side
| avenue. estimated cost $4.Od3-90, and Tor
the cancellation of certain water rents
and the payment of claims, We're con-
CURED IN.
Warrants were ordered drawn in favor
of Hugh Dugan, County Collector. 6or
So, coo on account of county taxes for
1891. and to pay interest on general ac-
| count So, l25, and interest on Government
| bonds SIS. 600. and on water account. Sls.6So;
total, SAG, 100. (,
The sum of s25, 900 was appropriated and
| placed at the disposal of the Street and
Water Board for repairing streets. clean
ing sewers and basins. and for puplic
| grounds and parks, to be taken from the
liquor license moneys.
The payroll of salaries of the Mayor
| and other city officers for October,
! amounting to 81. 1880. and that Of the
salaries OF the members of the Board
were passed and warrants ordered drawn
when due.