The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-10
City Attorney Robert Carey
Spent a Busy Afternoon
Looking Up Laws Under
Viii ch Money Could Be
Raised u
MAYOR FAeAN sUPERINTENDED
TOTAL AMOUNT FOR WHICH THE
MEALrH BOARD ASKS THE FL
NANCIERs is S17,ooO-CONFER-
ENcE ON SALE OF UNUSED
CITY PROPERTY


AT yesterdays adjourned meeting of
the Finance Board. Mayor Pagan was
in almost continual attendance. The ses-
sion lasted several hours. a good portion
(which was consumed by City Attorney
Robert Carey in looking up laws under
which the City could best proceed to is
sue about $4,000 worth of bonds to
raise money for repairs to the old City
Hospital buildings and the best pro-
cedlre for the sale of certain unused
City properties. The total amount which
the Health Board asked for footed up
about SIT 600. but this amount included
various sums which come under the
head of emergency appropriations.
They were rather anticipatory. and
President Rhgie siftedl the matter down
to the first stated amount. declaring that
it was time enough to consider some of
the asked for emergency appropriations
when the emergency arises. DR.. Gray,
of the City Health Board, who was pres
ent. agreed with Mr. Ringle, but said the
Health Board wanted to feel that it could
| lay its hands on the money as soon as
emergencies arise 1t is proposed to use
the $4,000 to be raised by the issue of
bonds to reconstructing the stairways of
the several wards so as to make them
| freproof, to erect fire escapes on the out
side of the buildings, and to fix up the
| quarters of the nurses, including "Idle
Hour" There was some desultory dis
cussion as to what should be done with
the old frame buildings when the new
brick hospital is erected. Some of them
will be retained. One will be converted
into nurses headquarters, to Judge from
prevailing opinions expressed at yestei-
days conference.
City Collector Fry was summoned to
explain the procedure of selling unused
City property, including those bought in
under the Martin tax act. The proper
ties include some to which the City has
acquired clear title and the City has no
right to sell these properties until it has
acquired a clear title. Two sets of res
!
olutions were ordered drawn up directing
the Comptroller to authorize the sale of
| all properties to which clear title has
been acquired and those under which eff
| forts to secure clear title are in process.
The Comptroller was also authorized to
notify the New Jersey Title, Guarantee
and Trust Company to perfect titles on
certain pieces of property acquired under
the Martin tax act. The resolutions
We're not passed yesterday, but with the
Hospital appropriation matter, were laid
over for action tomorrow
A representative of the Barber Asphalt
Company called upon the Board and ask
ed for 81 800 further on payment for the
contract of asphalting Newark avenue.
The company has already been paid
$4,000 on the $4,000 contract. Presi-
dent Ringle was in doubt as to whether
| the Asphalt Company was entitled vet
to this second payment. Work was stop
| ped on the Improvement several months
| ago President Ringle said that the stop
uage of the work was scandal and that
the late Grand Jury did not take up the
matter. The representative of the COM
pany said the President was unjustly
criticizing the company. He said the
Public Service Corporation was to blame
for not giving it the new grade and that
the telegraph and telephone companies
were slow iii moving to put their wires
underground The matter of the request
ed ST 800 payment on contract was laid
over until Wednesday.
Architect George Won ARK was author
lied to prepare plans and specifications
for the new engine house. No. /, in Nor
gan street, the rate of compensation to
be five per cent. of the cost of the build
ing.
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ported.