The Village Trustees Order a Grade Map at a Cost of $2,000.

New York, 1895

The village trustees held an adjourned meeting Thursday evening. President Twombly presided. Trustee White was absent. The resignation of Michael. J. Carter as a member of the board was accepted, and a special election to fill the vacancy was ordered to be held on July 30.

The committee on grade map submitted their report, showing that a map of the kind contemplated by the board, exclusive of monuments, could be prepared for $2,000. The monuments would cost, set, $4 to $5 each.

On motion of Trustee Wyckoff the report of the committee was accepted and the specifications adopted, subject to such changes as may be found necessary by the committee in charge, and they are authorized to enter into a contract with Engineer McLaughlin to do all the necessary work and prepare the maps required by the specifications.

Trustee Van Allen voted against the resolution. He thought that bids should be invited for a $2,000 job, the same as for laying a crosswalk. Trustee Foley was appointed on the grade map committee in the place of Trustee Carter.

The committee on electric lighting submitted their report of the result of their investigations. Their opinion was that the employment of experts as arbitrators had been no aid to the solution of the problem, resulting in nothing but expense to both parties, and in the opinion of the committee there had been no legal ground for making any deduction in the company's bills since January 1. The committee made the following recommendations, in which it was stated the electric light company concurred:

First — That the company be refunded the aggregate amount of the deductions on bills since January 1.

Second — That a new contract be entered into with the company, beginning June 1, with the price per lamp $77.50 per year, instead of $80.

The report was accepted and the recommendations adopted.

Action upon the petition to lay sidewalks on North Washington street, Herriman avenue, and Grove street, was deferred until the village had an established grade.

Action upon the plans prepared for the new house for Woodhull hose company, in Herriman avenue, was deferred until the specifications are ready.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 28, 1895, p. 1.