The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-21
FRHHHOLDHRS QUIBBLH.
They Waste a Lot Of Time
Discussing News
papers.


communication, informed the Board of
Freeholders that he had in his possession
two bank books that belonged to the late
George or George H. Won Lintig, who was
an inmate of the Aims House in 1865 or
1867. He said that he had kept them for
the heirs of the old man. and that now
one heir had appeared and claimed them.
He had been requested to turn the books
over to Judge Sturgis, and asked the
Board to search the records to ascertain
whether the Won Llntig who was at the
Aims House is the Won Lintig the claim
ant says he is. The clerk was instructed
TO do as requested.
The Board accepted the Invitation to
attend the Zabriskie Post fair and then
Counsellor McGrath reported that the
Governor favored the act making the
term of office of County Collector two
years, and also the act that keeps in en-
Jlrely separate ward rooms the men and
women in the county institutions. Free
holder Noonan said he was glad of this,
for he thought the sexes at the institu
tions should not be allowed to mingle.
He moved to have the report spread in
full on the minutes and the motion was
adopted, Mr.. Tierney being the only Free
holder who voted mo"
FUN OVER NEWSPAPERS.
requisition for S722 worth of furni-
ture for the county institutions was re-
ferred back to the committee for revision,
and Freeholder Ellis reported favorably
on the proposition to rebuild 500 feet of
the old stone wall oE the Paterson Plank
road, and he asked that it be advertised
in the A1rgus and Hoboken Neeys Free
holder Hennessey amended and added
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS and Journal. and
Nelson seconded the motion, for he said
he wanted the advertisement to be seen
by the public. Mr.. Kimmerly asksd to
have the Bayonne Herald added, and
then Clerk Boyd, filled with wisdom, said
that all this was useless, that the CON
tract papers ought to print the notice.
THAT is an old chestnut" exclaimed
Mr.. Nelson; there is but one paper that
has a contract with the Board and that
is the StGdts Zeitlt9lg. The gentlemen
here today have offered good papers to
advertise in and believe they should be
used.'
II only suggested the Argats and Hobo
ken NelDs, I" replied Mr.. Ellis, because
they can best present the proposals to the
people If you know of any other two
papers that have the same circulation
why add them"
'.As an amendment" interjected Free
holder Nelson indignantly, II suggest
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS and EUeniYlg
Journal for they are the most widely
distributed" Freeholder Coyle asked if
there were any official papers to print the
advertisement and Clerk Boyd said yes
that the Supreme Court mad SO ruled
Counsellor McGrath took exception to
this learned opinion and told Mr. Boyd
that if he would send to the Office and get
the books he would read him sound law
that was law on the subject.
BOYDS WISDOM
Mr.. Boyd in a dignified manner totally
ignored this request, and then Mr.. Nelson
offered another amendment that the
J0Irfldt and Hoboken Neics be the papers
designated. In support of this he said
The Argus is not read at all and the
NeaGs and Journal are circulated gener-
ally all over the county and read by
everyone. According to report the ARGUS
is not likely to last very long as Demo
cratic paper and Republicans are negoti-
ating TO control it." The amendment
was lost and the Arglts and Hoboken
Nelos were directed to publish the pro-
posals by the following vote:-Ellis. Cor
man, Hennessey, Coyle, Noonan and
Director Bruggeman. yeas, and kimmerly,
Nelson and Iierney, nays; Freeholders
Ptingsten and Donnelly being absent.
Freeholder German asked, by resolu-
ton, that Harry Spears, the attendant at
the asylum, be reiDstated, and it was SO
ordered by the following voter Ellis,
German, Hennessey, Coyle, Noonan and
Tierney. Messrs. Kimmerly, Nelson and
Director Bruggeman voted no. Phngsten
and DOnnelly were absent.
The Board decided to build a culvert at
the junction Of the Paterson Plank Road,
Courtlandt street and Durham avenue at
a cost not to exceed 5000, and when the
bills for the payment of newspaper claims
were read for payment Mr.. Nelson de-
manded that they be investigated, be-
cause no contract existed with them. He
Gid not intend any discourtesy to the
committee that audited them, but he be-
lieyed them to be Illegal and Counsellor
McGrath declared that the only papers
that should be paid were the ones desig-
mated directly by the Board of Freehold
ers.
PAPERS WILL BE PAID.
This did not prevent the adoption of the
resolution and all the papers in the
county who have at will published Off
cial proceedings will receive their pay.
A bill of $608 for telephone service was
objected to by FreehoIder Coyle who in
timated that any one could use u county
telephone to send messages to New York
and elsewhere, and said that when this
was done it cost the county from twenty
five cents upwards.
Mr.. Ellis said he thought there were
sixteen county telephones and that for
this service the bill was entirely too
great.
Freebooter Nelson suggested that a
contract be entered into with the teIe-
phone company, and his idea was favor
ably received. The motion to pay the
bill was lost
Mrs, Della Dooley was appointed an
attendent at the asylum at salary OF
$500, presumably to fill the place made
vacant by the Spears Barry scandal, and
John Roger was appointed to the same
institution at a salary of 5000 year.
The Board adjourned.
For MdyoT:-Robert Dduts.