The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-16

The undersigned would respectfully report tnat
tney Were appointed Park Commissinners i9T rd n
state Of New Jersey, under an act Of the Legislature
able counties in this State to acquire and improve
lands fol, public parks and to regulate the same
70 the Court, signed BY = more than three hundred
owners Of property in the county, rePresenniii nngs e ~
dollars. but actually a much larger sum,
the Co innhadS nse1 h swol hel a I pf NUMBER Of meetings
and have repeatedly and carefully considered .ne
over the entire county and, in June, 1888, gave pub
nc notice IN the newspapers that they would feeeff W
one or more county parks. They received a mum;
per OF proposals of lands located in various Darts OF
the county. After inspection they found four sltesi
which from their situation, character and extent
deserved careful estimates made by competent per
sons Of the cost OF improving the same 70 make
them serytceable as parks, and of the annual cost OF
maintaining them. The reports, substantially, OF
unto unit ea agnexed. f mssfe9 E l0h 5hst P9FR RB a aif 4c.s
The principal consideration to be regarded in the
the inhabitanRt ssS Of tie sS County " for s@' whose recreation
and health it is to be established. The County Of
Hudson being more than IA miles long, and east OF
the the Hackensaek meadows, only from | to Z
miles wide, the Commissioners are Of opinion that
two parks will better suit, and be OF much greater
service to the residents Of Hudson county
park could have been found in the centre Of the
the county, which is not the case, as that section
PARK. The tracts surveyed and estimated upon are
not only well fitted by nature for the purpose, pnt
tHey are respectively situated IN tOe ceHlFe u tHS
southern and of the northern half of the county,
and therefore easily accessible.
Asst the prices, to be finally paid to the owners OF
the lands OF the proposed sites, their determination
Is stu left to the future action and discretion OF
pended on the parks, to make them, as the act says,
serv1ceable for park purposes, can also be modlnea
of one or more parks, including the cost of improv-
ing them, is limited by the act not to exceed one per
property liable to taxation for county purposes; and
the annual expense of maintaining the same, In,
Guiding the interest on their entire cost, Is limited
not to exceed one mill on such assessed value.
As many Of the taxpayers Of the county are pro
sioners, to enable them to judge intetligently, deem
It their duty to state briefly its other main features,
The money REQUIRED to buy and improve the
bonds, bearing interest not exceeding four per cent.
per annnm, and to be sold Tor not less than par.
the bonds must be redeemed every year, but with
that one per cent. added to the cost OF maintaining
annual park tax remains limited, not to exceed one
mill on the assessed value of the county.
creation.
They shall be kept closed from sunset to sunrise
except on such occasions as the Park Commission
No beer, wine. or any other alcoholic or intoxi-
of by any person or persons In said park, and no re-
freshments of any kind shah be sold therein except
in such places, in such manner and by such persons
as shall be prescribed and permitted by the Com
missioners.
Police protection shall be provided to preserve
order, to ensure proper conduct in the park and to
see that the rules and regulations of the Commits
sioners are observed.
The reports of the Commissioners and of the en-
gineers must be published for three weeks in at
least five newspapers of the county, and the Com
missioners must hold at least three public meetings
at intervals of at least two weeks, at which meet
ings all taxpayers shall have a right to be heard.
The Commissioners will give notice that the first
meeting for the purpose Of hearing taxpayers will
be held at the Hudson County Court House on Sat
nrday, the 18th day Of May next, at $50 o'clock P. NJ.
Respectfully,
G. B. HURSTON,
i. A. STEVENS,
LEMBECK,
q. L. WINANT,
WIN. G.. HEPPENHEIMER.