The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-15
BOARD OF FINANCE.

Regular meeting of the Board of
Finance, held in its rooms, at the City
P. NJ.
Messrs. Bailey, Midlige and Simpson,.
Absent-Mr. Ringle-1.
On motion of Mr.. Midlige, the regular
order of business was suspended and citi-
zens interested in the Improvement OF
Pavonia avenue, from the lands OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad to West Side ave-
nue.. were heard.
They retired after the President assured
them that the matter would be carefully
looked into.
A committed of citizens from the
Twelfth Ward requested the Board to APP
propriate a sufficient amount to build a
new police station house in the Sixth
precinct.
The President of the Board assured the
committee that the Board would do all
in its power to grant their request. The
committee retired.
The regular order of usine was then
taken up on motion of Mr.. Simpson.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
The minutes of the following meetings,
regular, March 10. adjourned regular,
March II and adjourned, March q, % and
rs, 1899 were approved as printed in man
ual form, on motion of Mr.. Simpson.
PETITIONS, ETC.
The following petitions were presented,
received and disposed of as follows:-
Petition of Samuel McBurney, agent for
Mary Denniston, for correction of assess
iliAPAO IN VI Oal Il oNC-
nue..
deferred to the Committee on Salaries
and Claims.)
Petition of Thomas l.. Please. for the
return of s37.13 for duplicate payment OF
water rent, years 1889, 1890, 1891.
Referred to City Comptroller.)
Communication of Howard e. Grifiths
reporting the statutes of the Martin
Act and Ordinance Qualifications.
(Received and ordered fled.)
Communication from Howard Slater,
G@o-A 49, r +l@ T = -
sociation: asking if an opinion has been
filed by the Corporation Counsel as to the
validity of Park Bonds act.
Preferred to the Committee of the
Whole.)
Communication from Joseph A. Dear
March 81, 1899.
Board of Finance. Jersey City, N. j.
tention to the fact that under contract
awarded to us in May. 1897. for printing
the charter of the city and the amend
set up and have now the type standing
for one hundred and seventy-six pages of
his work. We have. received no copy
lately, although we are ready and anxious
soon as the copy Is furnished. We there
fore ask your honorable body to take
such measures as will secure our having
a supply of the copy on which to work.
Yours very respectfully,
THE JERSEY CITY PRINTING CO.,
Joseph A. Dear,
Referred to the Committee OF the
Whole.)
CLAIMS.
The following claims were presented. re-
ceived and referred to their appropriate
committees
Frank Meyer. s27; Joseph P. Mclean,
$50; John A.. Nugent, $3.50; Eugene w
LLeake, $40; George Wurts, 81; Albert
Bonham. $50; Jersey City DEMOCRAT. $47.
Tel. Gable Co, 40c.. and $1.65; The Evening
Jersey City News, 1921 Is and s166: Rachel
G.. Butler, $100.92 A. A. O'Keefe, Sc and S.;
Remington & Sherman Co.. Sc.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From the City Collector:
To the Honorable the Board of Finance
Geutlemen-Herewith | submit for your
consideration and orders Schedule No. Z,
Sale No. 25. containing a list of lots, plots
and parcels of lands in the Seventh,
Eighth and Ninth Wards of the City, on
which taxes and assessments, one or
both remain unpaid for space of two
years from and after the time when due
and payable a. per Section 10, Chapter
Laws of 1886, and supplement and
amendments thereto.
ROBERT DAVIS.
City Collector.
From the Board of Education:-
Resolution, passed March 20. 1899.
recommending the purchase of the site
known as the Lockwood site. bounded by
Danforth avenue, Old Bergen road and
Gator ven at a price of SIS. COO.
Referred to the Committee of the
Whole.)
From the Board OF Street and Water
Commissioners
The following resolutions adopted by
said Roard We're presented. received and
referred to the Committee on Concurrent
Resolutions:-
l. Authorizing the construction of a
main sewer beginning at the intersection
of the centre line of Spring street with
the northerly line of Terhune avenue.
thenc in a westerly direction. etc. upon
the application of Henry Glib S and
Others, and the taking of certain ease
ments for the purpose of constructing
and maintaining said sewer.
2 Ordering paid certain claims.
8. Awarding to the Barber Asphalt Paw
ing Co. the contract for the Improvement
of Clendenny avenue, from Bergen ave-
nue. to West Sid avenue ESTIMATED cost,
$40, 1915.