The Jersey City news., 1904-03-17

j FROM the Corporation Counsel
Communication from The Corporation
| mains.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners:
l. The annual report Of the Board CT
Street and Water Commissioners for
Jersey City, N. G.
Received and ordered fled
,. Awarding to John Nolan contract
for improvtment of Bartholdi avenue.
from Boulevard to Morris Canal.
! Estimated cost, S7,496.99; on city,,
| B. Ordering paid certain claims.
4. Ordering paid claim 1918.
5. Ordering pad claim l,2l6.
9; Ordering PAD Gain No. TOl.
Passed Feb. 8, 1904.
Z. Ordering paid certain claims.
s. Ordering paid certain claims.
Passed Feb. 16, 1904.
Received aud referred TO the Commit
! tee on Concurrent Resolutions.
REPORTS OF STANDING COM
MITTEES.
The Committee on Finance reported
recommending that the following pond
/ be received, spread at large upon the
bond book and ordered filed.
That ef John L. Celligan, rs Censta-
hlc, Fifth Ward, in $1,000
The report was received and adopted
l.
the call for the ayes and noes by the
Mr.. Perry Of the Committee on FL
nance presented the following resolu-
tions:-
1. Resolved, That warrant be ordered
drawn on the City Treasurer in favor
of that officer, to be deposited to the
credit of March, 1904. interest. as fol-
lows:-On general account, S4.44S. 80;
ON general account to pay interest on
assessment bonds, $17,500; on water ac-
count, $19,645.
dered drawn on the City Treasurer for
$4,000 in favor of Stephen NJ. Egan,
/ County Collector, ON account of county
taxes.
3-Resolved, That upon the reports of
the Corporation Counsel City Comptrol-
Ter ens,orsed upon the petition of George
| Haushe. warrapt be ordered drawn
on the City Trea ssirer in favor Of George
i Haushe for Sll.05, for amount of sur
plus realized upon the tax sale, under
chapter 112 Of the Laws Of 1886, and the
supplements thereto, made by the City
Collector on September 49,, 1903, on lot
So, block 699, Beacon avenue, over and
above the sum as adjusted due the city,
with interest, cost and disbursements.
/ 4-Whereas. The Board of Education,
| by resolution adopted February II, 1904,
has stated the necessity for providing
$125.00 to pay the salary of inspector,
lsSchool No II, for January, 1904,
Resolved. That warrant be ordered
drawn on the City Trea surer for $125.00
to transfer that amount from License
Account to the credit Of the said Board
of Education, to be used to pay the sal
ary of inspector of School No. IL for
January, 1904.
5.-Whereas. The Board Of Education,
a fala,a
1904. stated the necessity for the en-
ployment of an officer to enforce attend
ance at school Of children between the
ages of seven and fourteen years, as re-
quired by law, and determined the sum
of 81 200 as necessary for the salary OF
the same,
Resolved. That in order to enable the
Board of Education to carry out the pro-
visions Of chapter /, Laws of 1903, Spe-
citl Session, approved October 10, 1903,
4 the sum of $500 be and it is hereby ap-
propriated to the credit of the said Board
of Education for the employment of a
months of the present fiscal year, MashI
a chief attendance officer for the oine
months of the present fiscal year, March
/. to November 30 1904, and in order to
raise said sum (the necessity for which
was not and could not ascertained al
the time of the preparation of the tax
Committee on Finance be and it is hereby
directed to issue temporary loan bond
in said amount, at a rate of interest moi
TO exceed per cent. per annum, and
Resolved, That sum sufficient to pay
the principal and interest of said bond
be placed in the next ia levy.
The above resolutions were received
and adopted by vote of all the members
members present on the call for the ayes
tapH noaS hv tha President
The Committee on Concurrent Reso-
lutiOns reported recommending the
adoption of the following resolutions
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
tions, adopted by the Board of Street
" /. Dec. %. 1903 Ordering 5000 paid
to J. G. News, claim No. l, 1872.
(Charge cleaning streets, ETC., 1908
2 Jan. 12, 1904, Ordering ss1 paid to
Alex. F. Roe, claim No. 300
(Charge special street account, Bay
street sewer reconstruction appropria-
s. Jan. 10, 1904, Ordering s7s paid
to Alex IT, Roe. claim No. 210
f. Jan. 10, 1904 Ordering $1,000 paid
to P. Connolly, on account Of contract
No. 1,415, for reconstruction of sewer in
Bay street. from Henderson to Wash.
ington streets.
{Charge special street account, this ap
propriation.)
5. Ordering paid the following claims
Jan. 19, 1904, So to James Wilson
claim No. 336. $3.50 to D. Mcdonald
claim No. 311.
Charge special street account, De
cember, 1903. supplies.)
6. Jan. 26, 1904 Ordering $46.08 paid
to Pagan Iron Works on account of con
tract No. 1891, for furnishing and de
livering special castings.
Charge special street account, No
vember, 1908, supplies.
Z. Jan. 26, 1904 Ordering 1920. .S{
paid to Pagan Iron Works, on account
Z of contract No. 1881, for furnishing
special castings.
(Charge special street account, De
cember, 1908. supplies.)
8. Feb. q 1904, Ordering S29.4O pait
! to James Muldoon, claim No. 80
(Charge special street account, Janu
airy, 1904 supplies.)
3 g. Feb. 2, 1904, Resolved, That in ac
cordance with the resolution heretofor,
passed by this Board awarding to til,
: United Electric Co. of n. J. contrac
for are street lighting, and the various
! supplements thereto since subsequently
adopted, the said company o. its success
sors be and is hereby authorized to fur
ther augment the number of arc elec
trio lights by two additional lamps, on,
: to be placed on Grove street. between
Fifth and Sixth streets, under tn,
Pennsylvania r. r. trestle, and one OF
4 Pacific ayeulla under fha National TlanI,.