The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-21
THOSE CHESTS OF TEA
A Committee Of Freeholders
Will Investigate Store
keeper Manning's
Purchase.
ABOUT THE NEW COUNTY ROAD.
Director Steger's Resolution Read,
Discussed and Adopted.

Director Steger had an opportunity yes
terday to make known his feeling in favor
of a new county road, and that feeling as
expressed was very strong.
AT one o'clock the Finance Committee
of the Board of Freeholders held a secret
meeting, which lasted until after three
O'Clock. 1t was to have been followed by
a meeting of the Committee on County
Institutions. to receive bids for SIX
months supplies, but, owing to the
inability of the committee to agree about
the awards, this meeting was adjourned
until Tuesday next.
The law compelS the Board TO award
the contracts before the expiration OF the
present month, and it will probably De
done then.
s1Old War Horse Tierney, was the only
absentee from the Board meeting when
the Directors gavel fell on the marble
black on Judge Lippincott's desk in the
rear court room.
Freebooter Boyle through Clerk Boyd
invited all his fellow members to go
down ON his excursion June 30, and they
accepted promptly.
MONEY WANTED TO HUNT PARK SITES.
The Park Commission presented a COM
munication in which they demanded the
So, 600 allowed them by law to be used in
the efforts to obtain suitable sites for
parks. The bill was referred. Another
one from the same source asking Tor
$1,000 to a outstanding claims was pre-
sented and took the same course.
A petition for a sewer in Pavonia ave-
nue. was presented. Freebooter Pairson
objected, out it was ordered by a vote OF
all present, Mr.. Pairson voting for it when
he saw it must go through.
DIRECTOR sTEGER's WARNING.
Amotion was made by F~reeholder Boyle
that the next meeting be held Tuesday
next, which was adopted, n then d.
rector Steger said:-
ut is not the fault of a majority of the
members that the meetings to award con-
tracts have not had a quorum, and If the
Freeholders have no time to attend to
their duties and better work is not done |
shall reluctantly have to make some re-
movals from this committee"
II moyewe a a recess of half an hour
now to do this workl' exclaimed Free
holder Noonan, for he fears the wrath of
Director Steger. Noonan had no backing
and. the time fixed to. receive the bids
was Tuesday.
A TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
A communication was received from
Andrew J. Manning, storekeeper at Snake
Hill, in which he endeavored to explain
how he came to receive $50 chests OF tea
at one time on a requisition in violation of
the law. He said that an error had been
made, and that as soon as he learned of it
he sent back q portion OF the tea to the
seller.
Freebooter Pairson regretted that the
public had a wrong impression regarding
Mr.. Manning. He thought that Mr..
Manning was all right.
II am rather surprised" said Free
holder Nelson, lat what Mr.. Pairson has
just said. l thought he would ask for an
investigation. But recently | saw while
driving to the Hill fifteen chests of tea
covered by a blanket. Fortunately the
public did not see it on its way from the
contractors and no scandal was raised.
A committee should investigate this mat
ter n see whether Manning is wright
OIL. wrong. I think he is above the in
fuence of two or three members of the
Board and a report of an investigating
committee should be made at the mex
meeting"
The committee who are responsible to
the Board for this purchase of tea are
McDonough, Boyle, Kilroy, Griffin and
HenneSSey. Director Steger appointed
Messrs. Nelson, Cullen and Totten to in
veStigate.
ADVERTISING AND EMPLOYEES.
After ordering paid 81, 600 worth OF accu-
mulated claims and appointing Messrs.
Committee on Rules, the Board consid-
cred the petition of the Hudson County
Stddts-Z elttiag to be appointed an official
paper.
y trust this paper will not be selected
said FreehOlder Nelson. "No wonder the
dailies IN like us. Some of the Free
holders are DESTROYS of having their names
published in German-Mr. Smith (the
poet, for instance, for he studied Ger
man
II rise to a point of order" exclaimed
Smith. h ought to be no person
alities bere.n
Why" said Nelson, with a laugh.
.'dear boy, I'm fiattering you"
Freeholder Rollston thought it would
be better to dispense with all advertising
fol six months. others expressed their
views, and the Stats Zetttng was made
an official paper.
The Board declined to appoint B.
Hottie carpenter at Snake Hill at $50 a
day, but transferred bartholomew O'Sul-
Ivan from the Penitentiary to the Asy-
lum, and Attendant John Dunn from the
Asylum to the P~enitentiary. Daniel
Griffin was appointed boiler maker. at
So q day, n William McQuade failed to
be appointed carpenter at $3.50 a day.
The same fate awaited John Brady,
whom McDonough wanted appoint ted TO
the Asylum at $3.50 a year.
Mr.. Nelson offered q resolution, which
was adopted, asking the County Collector
to inform the Board what had become of
the 81 900 allowed him for extra counsel.
The Board ordered paid $4,670.3 8 balance
due employees of the county who worked
ON half time last year. The last Legjsla-
ture gave permission to the F~reeholders
to issue temporary four per cent. bonds to
raise the amount necessary to pay the
claims.
Fl COUNTY ROAD.
evil the clerk please fish out nv reso-
luton n read it, exclaimed Director
Steger, impatiently. II have waited long
enough"
Clerk Boyd did so, and when read it was
found to be a request that the Court an
point a civil engineer to make a survey
for the county road. He declared that he
felt very sorry that there was not n Quorum
at the special meeting he called a few
days ago to discuss this matter.
Lawyer John a. McGrath said chat he
could find NO reason for carving the
county road case to the Court of Errors.
I'm the author of the act that created
this county road" said he dramatically,
t'and J." with much emphasis on the /.
IAN the one responsible. The other day
at the meeting of the Park Commission
ers, some of the citizens said:-sWait and
we will put the county road in your hands,,
where We know it will be safe.' These
men have for twenty years tried to get
q bill through that would stand, but
a failed. l had the good fortune to get
one that the Supreme Court sustains, and
/ say we had better let good enough alone
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