The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-11

Jersey CITY, April 70, 1880.
| To the Honorable the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners
Gentlemen herewith present the
standard plan of manholes and heads and
also the standard plan of receiving basins
and heads, etc, and respectfully ask their
adoption.
Yours respectfully.
Chief Engineer.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Streets and Sewers
From the same officer
To the Honorable the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners, Jersey City,
N. IL
G~entlemen-In order to complete the
| constructed. it is necessary that l should
have additional help.
The following is a part of the work
plans of the Engineering Bureau. as re-
now in hand.-
sections Of the city, showing sewers al
ready constructed or to be constructed,
with the size and character thereof; also
the location and size of all private sew
ers. Also showing the size and char
acter of water pipe to be laid in streets
hereafter. carefully comparing all rec
this 1t is actually necessary that we
should have sufficient and intelligent
help. / therefore ask for the appoint
ment of Frederick Durham as engineer
of construction at the salary of 81, 400 per
annum, this position being made vacant
by my promotion to my present position.
Also Joseph Shannon, general utility, at
$50 per month; also James H. Henderson,
general utility, at $40 per month.
It Is also necessary that we should have
an additional draughtsman to assist in
preparing the assessment maps. This
work must be kept up to.date in order
that the city may collect its assessments.
Under the present system the work en-
tails three times the labor required I'M
der the previous method. For this posi-
ton l would recommend Edward I. Ed
wards as a draughtsman at $75 per month.
The personnel of the Engineering
Bureau, as now constituted, IS all that
could be desired, and is entirely salts
factory to me. l consider my assistants
valuable and painstaking, and have every
confidence in them hat they will study
the city's interests and faithfully per-
form the duties allotted to them.
Among the selections made by Mr..
Fowler is Alexander McGlashan, who is
not sufficiently remunerated. He is cap
/ able of filling the position of rodman. and
I would respectfully recommend that he
! be advanced to that position.
The Bureau of Engineering is at pres
ent composed as follows
c. A Van Keuren. Chief Engineer.
Ed. F. Crown, secretary.
Miss Trannie G. Rouse, stenographer.
Construction Corps
Fred La Tourette, engineer.
IF. L. Ferris, engineer.
Alex. McGlashan, assistant to engi-
/ neer.
Joseph sO'Mara. general utility.
Jacob Eleer, general utility.
Edward B. See, general utility.
General City Surveying Corps
N. d. Wortendyke, surveyor.
G. W. Hegel. assistant to surveyor.
| w. Wilson, general utility
r. A. Mcknight. general utility.
Thomas Duff, general utility. ~
r. A. Mcknight and Thomas Duff, who
| Bureau and are on this list. are now de-
tailed as general clerks in the Water De-
partment. The persons. recommended.
shannon and Henderson, are to take the
places of these men at a total OF $50 per
month, as against $3.50 per month as pre-
Very respectfully.
C. A. VAN KEUREN.
Chief Engineer.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee OF the Whole.
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sf1.4o. SIis10, s11.I0. 5000, sl1.40, 80, $3.50.
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So. 20, $24. DO. SIG. 70. So. 50. S11.60, $500, $l0l9,
5000: Jersey. City News. 5000, slo.5o, sI6.2
$3.50 $3.50 81 40 si5;so, sl1so. q, 20, sss.s 6.
s24ss0 $3.50. s2s. 20, $3.50. sea 20, $3.50. s26. 70.
SO. 20, S23.l0. S4o.95. $l1.40. S17.A0, s15. $ls.2 20.
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ss.i5: Frank u. Towey. sl2. 20. sli.l5; J. II
| Harrison. SGT, Sl1.25s James P. Hall. 500;
llViAiN ~ liz v - 0bt = ~ 49,
| BENZ. M. Gerardin. SIS; A.. f. Nolan. 1856.
S25. so, $50. Nicholas OFT. IS: Daniel Carpen-
ter, s225l John Brownies 500: payrolls.
/ glneer. etc, $l.SS1.6 sc: Commissioners and
Clerks. 81. 26S. so: lahcrers III parks, $500; ID
borers on meters. $t0a; lahorers o. Mont
gomery street, repaving. S616.
Received and referred to their appro-
ksE sis 3 81 STANDING COMMIT
The Committee on Streets and Sewers
4 reported on certificates of Chief Engineer
in fAvoe Offs
Henry Byrne. Sa.lois70, Anal an account
Of contract Me- SAT.
Charles OaNen. Sl4S.5T, retained percent
age, ON account of contract No. S9Ss
+ Edward ONNeils 1858, retalning nercent-
| age on account Of contract No. As0QSs
Henry -CnnninghSm $S{665. final. ON ac~
count Of contract No, los.
Jas ! Harrington, seSssl2 on account Of
! eontraet No, Loot