The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-28
ENGINE HOUSE BIDS.
Fire Board Gratifes the
Twelfth Wards Demands
for Protection.

| A short session of the Fire Board was
/ held at Fire Headquarters, last night. All
commissioners were present. Bids for the
erection of new fire house in the
Twelfth Ward were received. The bid
ders were as fellows:
| Entire work Timothy Burke, s11,s50; F.
J. Davis, s12,27o.
Mason work--Timothy Burke. $3.50:
Mel Campbell, s6.SsS; M. T. Connolly,
| Sc, 979; f. J.DavEs. $500; Jos. II. Cutley,
1872; William Robertson, s6,5SS.
Painting-Henry Sturehr. $3.50; A.. T..
Witter, $34o; James Teanor, s44e
CarpentIng-B Barron Donaldson, s4,120;
John Kiernan sz,24Q.
Plumbing-T, Cullen, ss75; W. J.
Cross, STAT.
The bids Of Eieher e Sons, plumbers,
1856. and A. J. Dittmar, carpenter, and
v. F. Glinn, painter, for s4,26S and S22s
respectively were rejected because they
were Irregular.
The Twelfth Ward Public Improvement
Association, which was partly responsible
for the erection of the new fire house, In
the following Communication requested
that It's secretary. Frederick Bogasch, be
appointed inspector on the same
The Board then proceeded to try the
gentlemen Of the department who had
forgotten to obey rules. Gustav Matter
was charged with failing to report for
duty on first alarm on September 20.
He was nevertheless in the building. He
pleaded guilty and was fined one days
pay.
Chief Engineer Conway reported, for
two weeks ending September 27, twenty
four alarms of fire, fourteen of which
were received over telegraph system.
Applications for appointment on the
force were received from r. ]. Kehoe and
George Kruse.
James Humphries, telegraph lineman,
was granted leave of absence for twenty
four hours on September 80, without pay.
The Board adjourned to meet october 4.
In the following communication. the
residents in the vicinity Of Bergen ave-
nue. and Oak street asked the Board to
locate a fire alarm signal box at that
corner
To the Honorable Board of Fire Commits
sioners. Jersey City
Gentlemen-The undersigned, property
owners and residents in the neighborhood
of Bergen avenue and Oak street. In the
city of Jersey City, do respectfully re-
quest that your honorable board will have
fire alarm box stationed at the corner
of Bergen avenue and Oak street.
AS you are aware. this locality is built
up entirely of frame houses, erected close
together, so that, should fire occur, an
immense amount of damage would be
done, within a few minutes, before an
alarm could be sent In from the nearest
box in existence, which is located at the
corner of Bergen and Eye avenues
You will therefore readily see that an
additional box is necessity in this re-
gion. and we trust that you will have the
same erected within the very near future
Richard w. Stout, 100-11S Oak street,
Jacob Gluck 85 Oak street; Elizabeth F.
MCGEE. 107 Oak street; H. Elizabeth Fort
104 Oak street; William Cummings, 1876
Bergen avenue; Mrs. G. B. Cosgrove, 1876
Bergen avenue; Archibold McKaig, 1i3
Bergen avenue; Charles Parkinson, 8
Boyd avenue; G. M. Craig, 8 Boyd av-
enue; George E.. Wanner, Boyd avenue;
G. D. Mackey, 10, 1O5, 197, 1071z Oak
street; M. E. Wright, 81 Oak street;
c. J. Market, 1S7A Bergen avenue;
John f. McCann, 1877 Bergen avenue; Geo.
r. Hardy, II Oak street; w. H. Vermilye,
SO Oak street; Thomas ]. Root, 1117 Bergen
avenue; Charles o. Van Wart, 1 Boyd
avenue; William McNaughton, IA Bergen
avenue; Peter Shrope. 70 Oak street; E.
8. Foot, 1877 Union street; w Nissan, 1876
Union street; George s. Fellows. 1876 Union
street; w. II. Yeamans, 10 Union street;
H. B. Niblet. Bergen avenue and Union
street; F. C. Barnes, 13o Forrest street: G.
M. Borst 115 Bergen avenue; the First
Congregational Society. 124-129 Bergen ave-
nue., and church, Bergen and Boyd ave-
nues; William D. Edwards, 172 Bergen
avenue.