The Jersey City news., 1906-06-01

| AS instructed by your Board | have
personally examined the premises Nos.
70 and 20 Newark avenue and find that
the building is properly equipped with
fire escapes, and III case OF fire with
1 proper precaution there should be no rea-
| son for any loss of life.
Respectfully submitted
JOHN CONWAY,
Chief Engineer.
From Inspector OF Horses:
Received and order spread in full upon
Jersey City. May 2, 1906.
To the Hon. Board Of Fire Commission
ers:
! Gentlemen--I hereby report che death
OF the brown horse that formerly did
duty in IA Engine Co. Tender, which oc-
CURED on May / Of chronic lamenitis.
This horse has been in service ~ years.
/ Respectfully submitted,
t. r. SMITH Y. S.,
Inspector Of Horses.
| MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
/ Resolution by Commissioners Brennar:
/ Resolved, That Clair gsrch, captain
| Of Engine Company No. 15, be and he
is hereby transferred to the same posi-
| ton in Engine Company No. 8, to take
effect from date
Adopted by vote Of all the members
Of the Board, three in number,
Resolution by Commissioner Steffens:
!, Resolved, That Charles W. Tisdaie
driver of Hook and Ladder Company
No. 3, be and he is shereby promoted to
the positions of Captain of Engine Com
pany No. % and James Sexton. hose
man of Engine Company No 8, be and
! is hereby promoted to the position of
/ Captain of Engine Company No. IL, to
1 take effect May 15 1906.
Adopted by the following yote:-
Yeas-Presideht Brennan, Commits
-siopers Cpnpally and Steffens.
Nays--Nune.
Absent--None
Resolution by Committee on Salaries:
Resolved, That SO much of the reso-
tuition passed by this. Board April Is.
1906. ordering warrant drawn in favor
OF Thomas Swan stoEer oil. Engine Com
| pa1y No. s, for the sum OF eighty-seven
dollars and fifty cents for salary for the
month Of April, 1906, be and the same is
hereby rescinded, and warrant No 1856.
datedSMay /. 1906, drawn to tho order of
said Thomas Swan for the above amount
be and is hereby ordered cancelled. and
new warrant in favor of estate of
Thomas Swan, for the sum of eighty
dollars and hfty-fivescent for salary due
| the said Thomas Swan fer services rem
dered as stoker Of Engine Company No.
| 8, April / to %. 1905, inclusive
| Auopted By the following VOTE
Yeas-Presldent Brennan, Commits
| sioners Connolly and Steffens.
| Nays-None.
Absent-None
1 On motion adorned
CHARLES ESTERBROOK-,
| Clerk.
! Regular meeting of the Board Of Fire
| Commissioners, held at Department
| Headquarters Thursday evening, May 10,
| 1906, at s o'clock p NJ
Present-President Brennan, Com
| missioners Connolly and Steffens.
Absent-None.
| On motion. the minutes of meeting of
May z, 1906, We're approved as engrossp
! On motion of Commissioner Connolly.
| the regular order of business was sus-
| pended for the purpose of trying delin-
| quent members of the Department.
TRIALS.
| Thomas E. Murphy. Driver. and VIM.
H. Kelly, against whom charges had
been fled in the Clerks office, were call
ed for trial. >
Thomas 3. Murphy appeared and
pleaded guilty to the following charges
I. Intoxication.
| =. Unbecoming conduct
VIM. ID. Kelly appeaxed and pleaded
guilty to the charge of Disobedience of
! Orders.
On motion of Commissioner Connolly,
the regular order Of business was resum-
READING OF COMMUNICATIONS
From Board of Street and Water Com
missioners Transmitting following copy
| OF resolution passed by it April 80, 1906,
and approved by the Mayor May A.. 1906:
Resolved, That the strip of land so
feet in width between the northerly me
| of Neptune avenue and the southerly line
OF Winfield avenue, the centre line of
which is 25 feet east of the easterly line
OF the right of way of the Morris Canal
and parallel herewith, be and is hereby
designated as a pubic thoroughfare and
l to be known as Sayles street.
1 Received aud ordered sled
From Seventh w ard Improvement AS
soclat1on- Recommending TO the Board
/ needed improvements deemed necessary
for the protection and maintenance of the
Fire department. in the Seventh Ward
frederick Schultz and Walter 7. Cor
man, of the above associatio addressed
the Board at length favoring the inl~
| provements asked for
On motion, the communication was re-
ceived and referred to the Committee of
the Whole
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
The following claims were presented,
received and referred to their appropri-
ate committees
i John f. Hauck, $50 and 1880.
$64. ~ '''
]. W. Wilson, SIS.
| The Merchants Ice and Coal Co, S12.
Z. Werthe1m Coal & Coke Co, $4g.
The Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph
Co, $93.75.
j H. Bunnell & Co., $141S.
Enos =. Jones Chemical Co, $19.16
| and $19.16.
Jos. e. Moore, $3.50.
A. E. Blakey, $40.
The Observer, 1925.
Voorhees, Rubber Mfg. Co., 81.
Joseph L. Weigel, S34.s~.
Lewis Max, $3.50.
/ Vanderbeek & Sons, S37. .S4.
Joseph T.. Weigel, $25. Is.
E. T. Mitchell Co.. S297 30
/ Washburn Bros. CO., $3.50.
Carl Luck. $15.53.
United Electric O.. Of N. j, $4s.2o.
/ T. p. Healy, $43.75
i Smirn & Nordine, $40
/ Conrad Holm. $3.50.
e. A. Pyle, $50.
/ Cyrus Rheems, $265.
Thos. G. Hunter, $50.
4 James Wilson, $6.25.
/ James B. Shaw. $3.50
| Fiske Bros Refinery Company. SS.
American-La France Fire Engine
j Company. $500 and S2,225.
e. A. Pyle, $2212.
4 The Peter Jocham Co.. $4970.
Henry Hauck Co.'s @ST.15.