The Jersey City news., 1901-12-28

E,Ddf1 OH .tHe l3tu Qay OF OctDDEif i15jt,
namely. rs per cent. Of the standard, that
being the lowest bid received, and that
the Corporation Attorney be and is here-
by directed to prepare and nave executed
the necessary contract for the same. All
these several proceedings being in ac-
cordance with petition previously pres
ented to this Board on the 18th day OF
August, 1901, and conformably to the pro-
visions of Chapter 2S9 Of the Laws of
1895.
The foregoing were each separately
adopted by the following vote on call
for the ayes and Nays
Ayes-All the members Of the Board,
five GO in number.
Committee on Municipal Lighting pre-
sented the following
Resolved. That the proposals heretofore
received by this Board on November 26,
1901, for electric arc lighting for the term
ending November 30. 1902, be and are
hereby rejected as informal.
Resolved. That the Clerk of this Board
be and is hereby directed to advertise for
lights and the lighting of the city there
with in accordance with specifications
heretofore approved, said advertisement
to call for proposals for the term ending
November 30, 1902, and also for the term
of five years. ending November 80, 1906
Resolved, That 5000 be paid to John
Boyd, for cash expended, November, 1901,
claim No. go.
Charge street lighting. 19oo-1s0l.
The foregoing were each separately
adopted by the following vote on call
for the ayes and nays
Ayes-An the members of the Board,
five 90 in number.
The Committee on Pumping and Reser-
yoirs presented the following
Resolved, That $3.50 be paid to L. A.
Feisler for stop watch, Belleville, De-
cember, 1901, claim No. 40.
Gdarge adarfea water bn th acc9nn5 faInnt p r.
for the ayes and nays
Ayes-Al the. members of the Board,
five G) in number.
tensions presented the following:-
Resolved, That $1,247. 80 be paid to the
Cayuta Wheel and Foundry Co.. being
final ON contract No. l,261. for furnishing
and delivering fire hydrants.
Charge water account, A. & 4.
Resolved, That $50 be paid to James f.
Stewart Co. on account of contract No.
ber.
Charge water account, A. & E.
Resolved. That charge indicated on rec
ords of $40 for each year on years 1898,
1899. 1900, 1901, on block 73. lot As, No.
70 Steuben street. be and are hereby cam
celled of record for the reasons assigned
by Water Assessor TO the Supervising g
Clerk of Water Department.
Resolved, That the charge indicated on
records of Ss.65 for the years 1899, 1900, 1901,
on block 2,043. lot g. No. 262 Halliday
street be and are hereby cancelled of
record for the reasons assigned by Water
Assessor to the. Supervising Clerk of
Resolved, That s45 be paid to John F.
Walker for services as carpenter, pipe
yard, October, 1901, claim No: 166.
and wagon, pipe yard, January to June,
siS7 to E. o'Donnell for hay and feed
WAYNE street stable, December, 1901
SIS to j. j. F. Stewart Co. for lumber sup
plies. Meter Department, August, 1901,
sl7.S5 to A. i. Nolan for stationery sup
plies for Water Registrar, September,
1901. claim No. 222.
s1s2 to A. E. Nolan for books, etc,
sio.05 to Jas. Mcdonald for repairing
Water Puryeeyor's buggy, November, 1901,
$50 to Hudson County Gas Co, for gas
at Wayne street stable, November, 1901,
Charge water account, A. & E,
The foregoing were each separately
adopted by the following vote, on the call
for the ayes and Nays
. Ayes-All the members of the Board,
five (5) in number.
The Committee on Public Buildings,
Docks and Parks presented the follow
Resolved, That the concurrent resolu-
ton heretofore. adopted by this Board
on October %, 1901, awarding contract for
Improvement of South Cove property to
the Metropolitan Construction Co.. etc.
etc, be and is hereby reconsidered and
rescinded-
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
be and is hereby requested to appropriate
to this Board the sum of $4,000 for the
purpose of improving the. South Cove
tions heretofore approved and with con-
tract awarded on this date to the Metro
politan Construction Co.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance be
and is hereby requested to appropriate to
this Board the sum of s5,57l.42 with which
to liquidate claims heretofore incurred in
the matter of the removal of squatters.
from the dredging, and the replacing in
the possession of the city of a portion
of the South Cove properties.
Resolved, That the contract for the i'm.
provement of South Cove properties be
and is hereby awarded to the Metropolitan
Construction Company at the price named
IN. lis proposal submitted on OCTOBER
1901, namely 1914 per cent. of the standard,
that being the lowest bid received, and
that the Corporation Attorney ne and is
hereby directed to prepare and have ex-
ccuted the necessary contract for the
same.
Whereas, The Central Railroad Com
pany of New Jersey and the American
Dock and Improvement Company. acting
under a certain riparian grant of 1874 did
fin in the Tide Water Basin established
by an act, entitled .sAn act to cetle to the
Mayor and Common Council of Jersey
City certain lands of the State now and
heretofore under the tide waters of Com
munipaw Bay and to establish a Tide Wa
ter Basin adjacent thereto (besng. Chap
ter 496 of the laws of 1922, and did make
therein a strip of land three hundred feet
in width and ten hundred and rinety feet
in length between the south side of the
South Cove grant and the Tide Water
Basin. and
Whereas, Under the act of the Legisla-
ture aforesaid ''the said Tide Water Basin
shall be and reamin such forever. which
said act was sustained by the courts of
this State and of the United States; and
Whereas. The Tide Water Basin estab-
iished thereby was encroached upon and
,1nlawfully filled in with solid filling, three
hundred feet in width and twenty-eight
hundred feet in length by the said COM
panies. and
Whereas, This. Board has this day
awarded TO the Metropolitan Construction
Company the contract for dredging and
otherwise improving, ETC., South Cove
Whereas, The Improvement of the
South Cove properties necessitates the re-
lnoval of the strip of solid filing herein
referred to. and the. burden of such re