The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-21
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The Board of Freeholders
Dispose of Fat offices
and Contracts.

ArtnotQcA7 took RtnCC ttottAaay aA1~t-
noon before the regular session OF the
Board was held. The object Of the caucus
was to decide on the awards Of contracts
| for supplies for the next fiscal year, be-
ginning December l. and to make ap-
\ pointments to positions at Snake HILL
| When everything was cut and dried by
the majority the regular meeting began.
| The certificate Of the election of o. H.
Perry and Michael Coyle were read by
ceived as members. Joseph Donahue
sent communication to the Board ask
ing that sel6 be withheld from Joseph
Cutley. for that amount was due Donahue
for stone and materials furnished the
Hall of Records.
An invitation from Tank Lodge No. 1
to attend a masquerade was accepted.
The New Jersey Water Purifying Com
pany requested permission to purify the
water used by the county by their pro-
cess of filtration, and agreed to fit up the
| necessary apparatus aud purify the
water used at the Court House for sixty
4 days free or charge to show the Board
| what the company could do. The COM
1 pany will be permitted to make the ex-
/ pertinent. County Superintendent Gan
/ non reported that the Paterson Plank
Road, near Harrison street, is in a dan
gerous condition and should be repaired.
He thought the cost would not exceed
5000. A resolution to that effect was
offered and Freeholder Nelson objected.
anime the work and see If IL could not be
done cheaper by competition.
"How much money Is there in the hands
of the Road Committeef" asked Free
holder Pfngsten.
| There is $780," replied Director
Bruggeman.
Freeholder Ellis moved that the limit
OF expenditure be put at $500
PFINGSTES CONTRADICTS BRUGGEMAN.
Mr.. Phngsten when asked TO vote said
he would vote no, for he had been in
formed that there WIS not that amount
of money to the credit of the committees.
AT this direct slap Director Brugge-
mans face flushed, but he. said nothing.
The resolution was adopted
The Board directed that $50 be expended
for gas fixtures for Chief Engineer E. w.
! Harrison's office, and then Clerk Boyd
read a communication from Counsellor
McGrath to the effect that the supreme
| Court had decided against James Roche
in his contest for Director Bruggeman's IS
Office.
IL was reported that the gas company
| would today begin to remove the gas
| bridge and run it under the bridge. The
pipe will be supported BY girders. A res
olution was adopted that il the work Is
not done by the next meeting OF the
Board. the County Superintendent re-
move the obstruction, aud charge the ex-
1 pense to the gas company.
Freeholder Gowan introduced reso-
| luton which prevented dismiss1ng Jonn
Ivory, engineer at the asylum and ap-
pointing Michael Carroll IN his place, at
a salary Of $500 freeholder Coyie asked
the Board to appoint Martin Henuessey
watchman at the asylum at q salary OF
$3.50 year which was done, and he had
Michael Egan appointed under-keeper at
| $660 year.
Freebooter Ellis asked to have Kate
Carey, OF the Almshouse. appointed ma
tron of the Penitentiary at $500 year.
and Mary Hollingsworth transferred
from the Asylum to the place 1lled by
| Mrs Carey. This was done, and then a
resolution to appoint August Mosher
baker at the Penitentiary at salary OF
$500 year was adopted. Before final ac-
tion on the resolution was taken Free
holder Nelson remarked that at their last
| meeting when he saw several persons
dismissed he thought an era OF reform
had reached the Board and was sorry to
have that idea dispelIed. but" said he,
election is over and now You begin
making and filing places again. We
have now one-third more employees than
we need aud many of these are paid for
time they do not work, being away from
Snake Hill from week to ten days at a
time"
Mr. ELLIS DEF1Es Mr. NELSON.
Freeholder Ellis defied Mr.. Nelson to
| prove this and show that a single em-
ploye was paid for services not rendered,
and Mr.. Nelson said he would II Mr.. Ellis
would be one of a COMMITTEES with him to
| make an investigation. This proposition
was not accepted. Freeholder German
offered resolution that the s50, 600 county
road bonds 10 be issued be as fOllows:--
$4,000 to fall due October l, 1892; $1,000
due October 1. 1898; $4,000. due October
/. 1894; SIS, 900, due October !, 1898. This
| was adopted. Freeholder Coyle asked
| that the County Board of Health be
| directed to remove the manure pile be-
| longing TO the New York Manure Com
pany from its location near the Newark
| Turnpike and the Board so ordered
Freeholder Nelson asked the Commit
| tee on Court House and Jail to put in re-
| pair the Payonia avenue end Of the Court
/ House grounds. and the Committee was
| directed to look into the matter.
The Board adjourned to meet next
| Wednesday. The following contracts
| were awarded during the meeting:-Cof-
| fee and spices, w. r. Cook, s3, 100; com
| pressed yeast, Fleischman q Co, 30
| pounds; clothing. o. Lawrence, 81 200;
| crude oil. J. Van Wagner. 81, ,4l0.50; Goa.
| j. w. Coyle, at S4 ~, 80 ana 70 tou, dC-
| cording 10 grade required; dry goods.
| Charles H. Furst. S.. 595; fresh meats. F.&
| G. Schoeber. 81, ,060; eggs, Dennis Reardon
% cents dozen; feed, Henry j. Timken.
| 81 LII. IS; -four, Henry ]. Timken, 50, 40;
| fish, Abram Post. 50, 7S5; groceries, w. X.
| Cook. e, 45l. II; hosiery, j. Vincent s. Co,
| s594 so. leather, E. A. Gerdy, s227; nee, I.
McDermott, $ ton; lumber. Hankin &
| Co, 81 6s5; lime and cement, Hankin 81
| Co, syO7. 80; miscellaneous, w. r. Cook.
ss4i. 10; notions, ]. H. Vincent s.
! Co. S2S2 40; provisions, w. r.
| Cook. 81, 15s; paints and oils,
| Wiggins & Abell, $3.50 so: milk, Dennis
| Reardon, 8, 500; soap aud starch. w. Tay-
| lor, 81 ,022 20; shoes, j. Wortts. S5,0S0; to-
bacco, Mayer Brothers. S707: vegetables,
Jacob Christman. s.. l40; woodenware.
| w r. Cook s309. 50; hardware, Virgins
& Abel, So 625 SO, and manure, j. Wad-
| dington. 81 40 a ton No contract for tea
| and butter was awarded.
Batch of Sentences.
Judge Lippincott this morning sem
fenced Walter Rigie. grand larceny. to