The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-19
BoARD OF FINANCE.
Official Proceedings.>

Adjourned meeting OF the Bodru III
nance. held in its rooms at the city Hall.
"Wednesday. March 30. 1899, at 8 O'CLOCK
P. NJ. and
Messrs. Bailey and simpson pingla-2
PETITIONS, ETC.
The following communications were pre-
sented, received and referred to the COM
mittee of the WHOLE n
al paul Hitler and others, ~petitioning
the Board of Finance to consider the al
visibility of purchasing the Detwlher sits.
for the purpose of erecting thereon new
public school.
of Frederick Rocker and others, Pc
titioning the Board of Finance not TO put,
chase the LOCKWOOD site for proposed
iI On notion of Mr.. Simpson the Board
e4 NJ. f. KALAHER..
Clerk.
Regular meeting of the Board of
Finance. held in its rooms, at the city
Hall, Wednesday, April 5, 1889, at . O'Clock
P. NJ. 80
Messrs. Bailey, Midlige and simpson,
Absent-Mr. Ringle-l
On motion of Mr.. Midlige. the regula-
order of business was suspended ana GU,
gens interested in the improvement 81
Pavonia avenue, from the lands OF ne
Pennsylvania Railroad to West Slde ave
nue.. were heard.
They retired after the President assured
lISl1 Lila II
looked into. L.
a committee of citizens from the
Twelfth Ward requested the BOARD 70 APP
propriate a sufficient amount to buItd q
new notice station house in the SIKH
THE President of the Board assured the
committee that. the BDarG would 90 o an
in it's power to grant their Fequest. IAe
committee retired.
The regular order of business was tnel
taken up on motion Of Mr.; zmpson
A ON TEJE MTNV1TES Mt
The minutes of the following meetings,
regular. March Is. adjourned regular
March il and adjourned. March q. % and
%, 1899 were a nlat}oe "a as M prin ssmn - man
PETITIONS, ETC.
The following petitions were presented,
received and disposed of as fotoWs:-
Petition of Samuel McBurney, agent for
MARY Denniston, for correction OF assess
| ment for Improvement of Woodiawn ave-
nue.. -
Petition Of Thomas L. Please, for the
| return of SS7.13 for duplicate payment OIL
water rent, years 1889, 1880, 1891.
reDorting the status of the Martin
ACE, and "ordinance'' codiications.
Received and ordered filed.)
Communication from Howard Slater,
| Secretary of the Lafayette Citizens As
| sociation. asking if an opinion has been
filed by the Corporation Counsel as to the
validity of Park Bonds act.
Referred to the Committee of the
| Whole.) ~
March 81, 1899.
| Board of Finance, Jersey City, N. j.
Dear Strive respectfully call your at
| tention to the fact that under contract
awarded to us in May, 1897, for printing
| ments thereto, we AVE received copy for,
| set up and have now the type standing
for one hundred and seventy-six pages OF
| this work. We ave received no copy
| lately. although we are ready and anxious
to go ahead and complete the work as
| soon as the copy is furnished. We there
fore ask your honorable pody 10 TAKE
| such measures as will secure our having
| a supply of the o p on which to work.
Yours very respectfully,
THE JERSEY CITY PRINTING CO.,
fReferred to the Committee of the
Whole.)
The following claims were presented, re-
Leeived and referred to their appropriate
Frank Meyer. s27; Joseph E. Mclean,
Dat s1i: James NJ. Collins. 81; Sherman
Bonham, $50; Jersey City DEMOCRAT, SAT;
T1seei Gable Co. 46c.. and sl.65; The Evening
| Journal Association. s541.S0 and S229.16;
Jersey City News, S229.16 and $166; Rachel
q Rtitler., $1O0. 90; Al. A. O'Keefe, Sc and S.;
| Remington & Sherman Co, Sc.
OFFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
| From the City Collector:
io April 5, 1899.
| To the Honorable the Board of Finance
Gentlemen-Herewith I submit for your
consideration and orders Schedule No. Z,
Sale No. Is. containing a list of lots. plots
and parcels of lands in the Seventh,
Fighfh and Ninth Wards of the City, on
which taxes and assessments, one or
both remain unpaid for space of two
wears from and after the time when due
and payable as per Section 10, Chapter 1l2,
Laws of 1886, and supplement and
| amendments thereto.
Yours truly,
ROBERT DAVIS,
City Collector.
Preferred to Committee on Finance.)
4Srort the Board of Education
Resolutions, passed March %, 1899,
recommending the purchase of the site
known as the Lockwood site. bounded by
Danforth avenue, Old Bergen road and
| Gator avenue. at a price of SIS, 000s
(Referred to the Committee of the
Whole.)
The following resolutions adopted by
| said Board were presented, received and
referred to the Committee on Concurrent
resolutions
i Authorizing the construction of a
main sewer. beginning at the intersection
of the centre line of Spring street with
the northerly line of Terhun avenue,
thence in a westerly direction, etc, upon