The Jersey City news., 1906-09-24

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Absent-None.
ACTION ON CLAIMS.
i The following resolutions were re-
ported by the several committees in
| payment of claims heretofore referred:
BY Committee on Printing and Sta
tionery:
Resolved. That the sum Of $1O4 be
paid Jersey City Printing Company for
! detail cards, April, 1906.
BY Committee on Telegraph and
| Fuel:
Resolved, That thesum of $2S.75 be
paid LII. Wertheim Coal & Coke Co., for
coal. May, 1906.
ASsIi ST. be 3soa paid John Bannon for coal
,$l7 .25 be pad John Bannon for coal
| May, 1906
| By Committee on supplies:
| Resolved, That the sum of $13 be
paid Theo. Smith & Sons Co., for two
brass reducers for Engine II. May,
1906.
$3.50 be paid Theo. Smith & Sons Co,
for one brass reducer, Truck7, May,
IS be paid George w. Wood, for
shoyels, forks, etc.. house Engine II,
$3.50 be paid George w. Wood for
scoop schoyels, etc, house Truck T.,
May. 1906.
Sl5.56 be paid Fiske Bros. Refining
| Co, for machine oil, June, 1906.
$40 be paid Joseph r. Sack, for
brooms, polish, etc, June, 1906.
By Committee on Horses and Harness
Resolved. That the sum of $1.20 be
paid George w. Wood for chain for
harness, May, 1906
| $265 be paid Cyrus Rheims, for one
bay horse. May 20, 1906.
$21 be paid Thomas G. Hunter, for
| liorseshoeing, May, 1906.
$56.75 be paid Il. p. Healy for hors
shoeing, May, 1906.
By Committee on Department Build
iRgs and Repairs:
Resolved, That the sum of $20.03 be
paid Public Service Corporation of New
Jersey, for gas used during May, 1906.
$23 be paid Mullins & Cronan for
premium ON Insurance house Engine IL,
May 10, 1906, TO May 10, 1907.
$23 be paid Gustav A. Pfngsten for
| premium on insurance house Engine
IL. May IS, 1906, to May 10, 1907.
$24O.16 be paid Commonwealth Roof
ing Co.. for repairs to roof, etc., house
Engine IA, May. 1906.
$1.25 be paid G. Steck & Son for re-
pairs pairs to iron bar, house Engine IL, April
SO be paid G. steek & Son for repair
ing iron rod, etc.. house Engine IL
April. 1906.
$si.37 be paid George w. Wood for
hinges. iron pipe, etc, May, 1906.
$47.26 be paid Matthew T. Moloney
for Plumbing work at Department houses
April, 1906.
qS: $, 3dMo, SIS be BJ etaintttt
By Committee on Apparatus and Re-
pairs:
| kese.ved. That thes um of $137.36 be
paid E. a. Pyle, for repairs to wagon
of Bs ttalion Chief Hague, May. 1906
$74. 10 be paid G.. Steck & Son for re-
| pairs to apparatus, May. 1905
$164.S5 be paid E.. A. Pyle for repairs
to apparatus, May, 1906.
| S9l.50 be paid The Peter Jocham Co.,
| for repairs to apparatus, May, 1906.
| By Committee of the Whole:
| Resolved, That the sum of S1470 be
paid The Observer of Hudson County
Lor publishing notice of auction sale,
| Junue, 1906
The yeas and nays having been called
for and taken on each of the foregoing
J resolutions, they were adopted by the
| following vote:
Yeas-President Brennan, Commits
| sioners Connolly and Steffens.
Nays-None.
Absent-None.
On motion adjourned to subject to call
of the chair.
CHARLES EsTERBRooK,
Clerk.
Regular meeting of the Board of Fire
| Commissioners held at Department
Headquarters, Monday, June Is, 1906.
at s o'clock.
Pesent-President Brennan, Commis-
sioners Connolly and Steffens.
Absent-None.
On motion the minutes of meeting of
June 10, 1906, were approved as en-
| crossed.
READING OF COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor, the Mayor:
Jersey City, June 1S, 1903.
To the Honorable the Board of Fire
Commissioners of Jersey City:
! Gentlemen-I have followed with a
great deal of intrestr the frst applica-
tion of the new Civil Service law in
| the selection of firmen.
The examinations have been held,
and there are a larger number of men
eligible than there are positions to be
! filed. Under the law. as am advised
| by the Law Department , you can
! either fill such vacancies as are at your
| disposal by taking th eligible list in
the order of the rank which the sue
cessfuf applicants obtained under the
examination, or you can take the first
three names on the list and select one
to fill the position.
In that eynt the applicant who is
appointed is removed from tn list and
diately form part of the next three
out of whom You must select one
to fill the next appointment, and so OF
until all the appointments have beer
made. Under this system, you would
have the power, if you SO desire, tt
practically reject two men from the
list.
4 You can reject these two men either
for som good reason or YOU can reJecl
for political reasons, or without any
reasons at all. OF course, the tempta
ton will always be strong in any ap
pointing power to use this discretion tt
prevent the success of any applican
\ who may be offensive politically.
4 think it extrmely important tha
the people of this city should under
stand that appointments in the futur,
to positions in your department undel
this Civil Service law will be upol
merit alone, and IN order that ther'
may be no question in the application
of the law. | am strongly of the opiniol
that it would be wise for your Board t
fill such vacancies as are at your dispo
sal from this eligible list in the order i
which they have been certified to you b
the Commissioners. and | recommen
| your Board to take action accordingly
Respectfully submitted,
MARK M. PAGAN,
Mayor.
4 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Motion by Commissioner Connoll
and adopted:
That Rule Z, of the Rules Of orde
of this Board be suspended for thi
meeting: