The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-06-30
MONEY NEEDED
FOR The CITY
Municipal Boards Send
Their Estimates for the
Year to the Finan-
ciers.
TOTAL FooTs UP st,a6,sss
Last Year the Boards Asked
for SO, ,o4I, 1852 and the
Appropriation Was
sl.72a,sss.

The Board Of Finance at yesterdays
meeting received estimates of the yari-
GUS municipal Boards for expenses for
the fiscal year of 1so41o5.
The Board of Education requests
s62S 2S3. For the fiscal year Of 19O4-'05
it requested s5s2,692 and was allowed
that amount.
Street and Water Board requested
ss52,977 for 19o4-o5; requested for
100000 $e11, ,765; allowed 1908 'o4,
$4,000.
Police Board Requested $49S,0o0;
requested for 1s0s-'o4, s4soOoo; allowed
si6t 1900
Fire Board-Request $246.525; re-
quested for 1908 'o4, S24oo25; allowed
l903-'O4. s24o,o25.
Aldermanic Board--Request, $41, $50;
requested 1sos-o4, $4,000; allowed
10000, ss1,e5o.
Appeals Board Request. $3.50; same
request and same allowance for cur
rent year.
Sinking Fund Commissioner Request,
$500; same request and same allow
anee for current year.
Assessment Board Request, 800;
same request and allowance for current
year.
City Hall COmuission Request
SGT ,22o; requested feFs1 190s -'o4. $2s, $685.
20; allowed 1903 '04. $4,000.
Tax Board Request, $22, 200; same
request and allowance for current year.
Health Board Request, $52,22S; re-
quested for 10000, s3os7e; same al
lowance.
The Police Board estimates for the
Committee On Hospital and Salaries for
the Health Board.l
The total amount requested foots up
81, $685. ,9ss. For the fiscal year 1908 -'04
the total amount requested was 81, ,o41,- :
1882. The total amount allowed was
s1.72s.5ss.
Commissioner Daudt offered resolu-
tion which was adopted to the effect that
the Street and Water Commissionersbe
requested to submits to the Beard of FL
name at its next regular meeting plan
or scheme for the bette1ment and i'm
proyement of the property known as the
old reservoir site for the purpose OF turn
ing the same into a public playground,
said plan or scheme to be accompanied
by statement frem the chief engineer
and the approximate cost thereof.
The Water Registrar was authorized
and directed to receive without interest
all payments of taxes on account of
water up to and including July Is, 1904.
A communication was received from
Corporation Counsel George E Record
in the matter Of the purchase of the
oAConnor property on the Greenville
shore front. Mr. Record said in his COM
munication that when he came to close
the title on bshalf of the city he found
the property to be conveyed to the city
extends frop Winfela, avenue to Nep-
tune avenue on the easterly side of the
canal, but that the shore front on the
water side of thescanai extends only from
Neptune avenue 2o4 feet northerly, end
ing at a point some eighty feet south Of
Winfield avenue Mr. Record says that
in consultation with Mr. Ringle the lat
ter told kim he understood that the prop
erty to he conveyed to the city included
all the shore front property between the
two avenues.
Mr. Record said that the deed offered
by the O'Connors is ID conformity with
the resolution passed BY the Board, but
he deemed it wise to delay the closing Of
the transaction until after another Board
meting.
Hewas ordered By the Board to Sc
cure title.
The Board of Aldermen asked for an
additional appropriation of $500 with
which to pay claims for lighting the
Fourth Regiment arnoFy The commune
ieation stated the Board had but $39 left
.of 4g.o ...ssz....<.s. :. u. - ~. = 81 ~ -