The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-15
FREEHOLDERS QUARREL.
It Was q Question of "seeing" a
Railroad Superintendent.

Yesterdays meeting of the Board of
Freeholders was called for noon, but it
was two o'clock before the members got
together. Freebooter DonnelIy, who is
confined to his home by sickness, was the
only absentee. After re-electing Clerk
Boyd and County Collector Dugan, the
Board disposed of some routine business.
County Collector Dugan's salary had
been fixed at $4,000 per annum, but later
in the meeting was increased to $4,800.
Freeholders Coyle and Pfngstein tried
hare to make the salary 5000.
Mr.. P1ngstein made q speech in sup
port Of the S 5000 resolution. He said the
position Of Collector was one of great re-
sponsibility, and he did not think that
$4,000 per annum was too large a salary
for such a worthy official as Mr.. Dugan.
Mr.. Coyle and MIR. Tierney were the only
other members Of the Board who had
similar ideas, and the resolution was de-
feated. Mr.. Dugan's bond was fixed at
$500, 600. Under a recent law the term of
the office is two years
The Essex Railway Company, which
runs a line of horse cars between Newark
and Harrison, want to lay a double track
on the bridge over the Passaic River at
Bridge street. The Joint Committee on
bridges of the Essex inc Hudson Free
holders agreed in meeting to grant the
company the privilege. Freebooter
Tierney, on behalf Of the Hudson mem
bers OF the committee, reported the action
of the Joint Committee TO the Hudson
Board and asked its approval.
Freebooter Ellis jumped on Freebooter
Tierney with both teet. He wanted to
know where the county came in. He
thought the privilege a most important
one and said the railway company should
be made to pay for it. "Will the railway
company keep the bridge in repair ii we
grant them the PRIVILEGE" he asked Mr..
Tierney.
81 suppose the company will keep in
COOK condition that part of the bridge
they Hse," answered Mr.. Tierney.
This answer did not satisfy Mr.. Ellis
ing Of the privilege. Freeholders Coyle,
Nelson and Pingstein also opposed the
scheme. FreehoIder Pfngstein had the
matter laid on the table. Freebooter
Tierney was mad and he remarked that
the reason for laying the matter over
was probably because some Of the Free
holders wanted 10 'see' the superin-
tenaent of the company.
Perhaps" said Freebooter Nelson.
"Mr. Tierney has already seen that gem
tleman." The FreeholderS winked know
ingly at each other and the matter was
dropped.
The Committee on County Institutions
TepUIteu LIE result VI tu6lT llVeSblSaLlOH
of the escape from the penirentiary of
prisoner Dugan, and the report was CON
Cured in. Warden Grimes presented his
annual report. IL showed that 776 pris-
oners had been received at the peniten-
tiary during the year ending May.1. or
these $40 We're males and 1856 females.
Seven were p~ardoned, two died and one
escaped.
Freebooter Noonan took exception to
the statements made against him by
Henry Timken, the -four contractor. in il
communication to the Board, and he
said that his character. both private and
public, was as good as MIR. Timken's.
A fire department has been organized
at Snake Hill, and by resolution Of Free
halder Ellis. the clerk was directed to adj
vertise for proposals for a Worthington
pump and tho necessary pipe and hy-
drants.
County Superintendent Cannon was di-
rected to examine the several county
buildings for the purpose OF ascertaining
what repairs viii be needed, so that the
amount Of money necessary for the work
ma be inserted in the next tax budget.