The Jersey City news., 1906-09-24

Alarm. Owner and occupant, Borsum
Bros, 276 Johnston avenue; loss on
| stock, f,400; on machinery, $500; on
building, $780, insurance on stock, $3,
600; on machintry, $1,000; on building
(, 800; insurance paid on stock, $1,400
+, on machinery, $500; on building, 500
| cause, extension of above fire.
! May 26, 7:35 p. m, Box 513.-Ownel
| and occupant, Z, Thomas; rear IT'S
! West Side avenue; frame building; loss
| slight; cause, pot of tar.
| May %, 2:25 a.. M. Still Alarm. -
| Owner and occupant, Public Strvice Cor
| poation, Clerk street and Claremont
avenue; tlegrsiph pole; loss slight; cause,
| crossed wires.
| May %, 11:5O a. M, Still alarm
Owner, Mrs. oJyce; occupants, styeral
| families, 271 First STREET; frame build
ing; loss, slight; cause, foul chimney.
| May 28, $50 p M, Box 624-FaIse
alarm; cause, electric wire.
| May 20, 1850 p. M. Still Alarm
| Owner and occupant, Erie Railroad Co.,
| Henderson and Eleventh streets; freight
car; loss. slight; cause, spontaneous COM
bustion.
May 30, 10:2S p. M, Box 42.-Owner,
James Topp; occupant. Thos Crouchey,
20 Morton Place; frame building; Joss,
slight; cause, matches.
May 81. 1928 a. M, Box 42.-Owner,
Henry Rolf; occupant, VIM. Smith, Pal
isade avenue; brick building; no fire,
cause by accident; cause, car ran off
track into building.
May 81, 7.35 p. M, Still Alarm
Owner and occupant, j. Livingston,
2,593 Boulevard; frame building; loss,
slight; cause, gasolene.
Total loss in May, $59,652
Total insurance in MAY, SOL 500.
Total insurance paid in May. $S,S27.
Total No. Alarms in May, 63.
Total No. Telegraph Alarms in May,
80.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN CONWAY,
Chief Engineer.
The Board then took a recess.
Upon reassemblying all the members
= = ACTION ON CLAIMS.
The following resolutions were report
ed by the several committees in payment
of claims heretofore referred:
BY Committee on Feed:
Resolved, That the sum of $290.74 be
paid e. I. Mitchell Co., for horse feed,
May 10. 1906.
$299.O9 be paid e. T. Mitchell Co., for
horse feed, June1 1906.
$3.50 be paid J. Sclie.lenberger & Co.,
for salt brick for horses, May, 1906
BY Committee on Supplies:
Resolved, That the sum of $1.15 be
paid VIM. G.. Pierce for upholstering one
chair, Fire Headquarters, May. 9016.
$15.5O be paid J. Schellenberger & Co,
for two dozen corn bruches. May 1906.
$50 A5e paid The G. G.. Braxmar Co.
for hat and coat badges May, 1906
By Committee on Horses and Harness:
Resolved, That the sum of $3.50 be
paid James B. Shaw for hOrseshoefng,
March, April and May, 1906.
SIS be paid August Lentz, for horse
shoeing, March, April and May. 1906.
$3.50 be paid Fred. Egloff, for horse
shoeing, May, 1906.
$3.50 be paid James Wilson. for horse
shoe;ng, May, 1906.
$72 be paid ]. Schellenberger & Co,
for horse blankets, May, 1906.
$5025 be paid j. Schellenberger IL
Co., for sandles. steel belts. etc, May
1906.
BY Committee on Departments Building
and Repairs:
Resolved: That the sum of $3.50 be
paid United Electric Company of New
Jersey for incandescent light used dur
ing May, 1906.
SO. so be paid j. c. Lowy for premium
on insurances, house Engine II, one year.
$S.9S be paid Erst & Harris for new
leaders on house Engine 10, May, 1906
$4S.72 be paid Henry Hauck Co., for
stall rack irons, May, 1906.
labor and material, repairs to Engine
, house. May, 1906.
So 25 be pair Carl Luck, for putty and
dryer, May, 1906.
$203. % be paid James Allan, for fit
tings and labor for heating Horse Hos
pital March, 1906.
S162.24 be paid James Allan. for
plumbing work at Horse Hospital, April,
1906
$14.50 be paid James Allan for sheet
lead, house Engine 13, May, 1906.
BY Committee on Apparatus and Re
pairs
Resolved, That the sum of $10.50 be
paid Henry Hauck Co., for new pole and
whiffetree, tender Engine 2, May, JOG.
$50 be paid 5, F. Haywood & Co, for
one aluminium Siamese automatic con-
nection, May, 1906.
$15.S5 be paid G. Steck & Son, for re-
pairs to apparatus, April, 1906.
| By Committee of the Whole
| Resolved, That the sum of So be paid
Emma Tice for washing towels at Fire
Headquarters, December /. 1905, to
June 1, 1906.
| The yeas and nays having been called
| for and taken on each of the foregoing
RESOLUTIONS, they were adopted by the fol-
lowing yote:-
Yeas-President Brennan, Commits
| sioners Connolly and Steffens.
Nays-None.
Absent-None.
On motion. adjourned subject to call
of the chair.
CHARLES ESTERBROoK.
Clerk.
| Regular meeting of the Board of Fire
Commissioners held at Departmer
Headquarters. Friday evening, June 10
1906, at 8 O'Clock.
Present Brennan, Commits
| sioners Connolly and Steffens.
l Absent-None.
! On motion the minutes of meeting
June6. 1906, were approved as engrossed
(, READING OF COMMUNICATION
From the Civil Service Commission:
Jersey City, June, 1906.
[ To the Honorable Board of Fire Com
| missoners:
| Gentlemen We. the undersigned
| by His Honor, the Mayor, April 10. 1906
| to exmine applicants for M Fire De
| partment, as Firemen, submit herewith
la list of those who have satisfactory,
/ passed examination in ordr shown
This is list furnished you in compli
| ance with Chapter 100, Laws 1905.
Respectfully yours,
A. ]. CORCORAN,
VIM GEORGE NELSON,
4 Civil Service Commissioners.
T.. A. VAN WINIXLE Secretary.
In submitting the eligible list of can
didates for Fire Department, we woult
! inform Your Honor of the following
| facts:
4 The total number of application blank
| distributed We're 1S1.