The Jersey City news., 1891-09-11
SNAKE HILL AGAIN
Freeholders Buy 1t Over
At a Slight Re-
duction.
FROM BOTH SIDES.
II. K. Thurbec Sends a Letter and
MI. Tissot Represents
the Abel !. Smith
Estate.

ADSHlG tIOLl1 tno AhSShAaR ~ ~AS ~S~
holders last night. This meeting was set
down for four O'Clock in the afternoon,
but it did not matsrialize until half past
six. These two hours and half were
devoted to devising means to obtain ready
cash aud q scheme to purchase Snake
Hill again. The Freeholders solved each
proposition.
When few claims had been presented
to the Board and referred, Freeholder
Ellis presented resolutions to transfer
money from different accounts. The
sum of 81, 600 was taken from the interest
fund for q new asylum and added to
courts; 81, 49l was transferred from the
elections account to that OF appropria-
tions and expenses at the Alnsh0use;
$2,S7718 from the interest account on
temporary loans to expenses to Jail and
Court House; $l5, QUO from the account for
the support of lunatics at the State
Asylum to that of printing and adver-
tising, and $40O from the account OF ex-
penses to the Penitentlary to that OF ex-
penses to Snake Hill and q st0rehouse.
Freeholder Nelson asked that Judge
Knapp be urged to hasten the appoint
lnent of Commissioners of Condemnation
of lands for the new county road. and
Freeholder Coyle informed Mr.. Nelson
tnat Judge Knapp had told Judge Nc
Gratn that the appointments would be
decided on within two weeks.
A committee was appointed to arrange
for the annual visit to the State Lunatic
Asylum, and the Board authorized the
,Stdatz ZeitLng to priut the county road
advertisement. These things done the
question of the purchase OF that part of
Snake Hill not owned by the county was
again brought before the Board by the
persistent MIR. Pfngsten.
MR.. THURBER AGAIN.
In the report made by Mr.. Pfngsten,
chairman of the committee having charge
of the purchase of this land, is the follow
ing letter.
.'Gentlemen:-I have carefully consid-
cred the matter concerning which you
called upon me, and in my opinion the
property belonging to me at Snake Hill Is
worth all that asked for the same III my
communication to the former committee
of your Board. and at which your
Board has by resolution purchased the
sume While am content to rely upon
Ii validity of said purchase and sale, as
will no doubt be established by the decis-
ion of your Court of Appeals, notwith-
standing the decision of your supreme
Court, still, rather than have any further
delay and annoyance in the matter, am
willing and do offer to modify the price
for said tract. if accepted by your Board,
To :, a. sun st s36. .500.n lThe original
SAi6 WIS 1OE StD,VuU
II desire to be ex presslv understood that
do nor intend by this offer to surrender
my legal rights under the resolution and
proceedings heretofore had by your
Board in relation to my property, unless
the above pronosition is accepted, and
carried into effect within 4 reasonable
time Very respectfully,
III. K. THURBER." 2
ABEL /. SMITH ESTATE.
A comrnu Bication from c.. A. Tissit,
agent for the estate of Abel l. Smith, read
as follows:--.
Quiries regarding the property belonging
TO the estate of Abel l. Smith. deceased,
at Snake Hill. ! beg leave to say that the
executors decline to recede from the
terms of sale already made
.Said executors are willing, however. if
desired by your Board, TO modify said
sale and convey to the county the prop
erty in question excepting the portion
thereof IN use and necessary for the
quarry now In operation), ana containing
about ten acres, for the sum Of $4,000, as
by reference to the accompanying offer
will fully appear"
The heirs to the Smith estate. however.
do not waive any rights acquired by the
sale the Court set aside.
The original tract in the sale set aside
by the Supreme Court called for about
fourteen acres. and the price paid WAS
SOO,ulU, DQaklnk a JQbdl lOI blc 0ullLn anu
Thurber tracts of $l05,000 The amount
now that the owners OF This land are will
ing to accent without the quarry prop
erty iss$72. 500.
The report of the COMMITTEES. Messrs.
Pfiingsten, Kimmerly and Bruegemaun,
sets fofth:-"The Supreme Court having
seen fit to set aside the purchase hereto
fore agreed to be made by your Board,
and the said matter having been referred
anew by said resolution to this Com
mittee for consideration and report, your
Committee would therefore respectfully
report; That they have conferred with the
owners and parties in interest in relation
to the sale of the said lands to the County
of Hudson, aud respectfully report that
as to the said Two tracts owned by Mr..
Horace X. Thurber, of New York, that
while he insists that the price formerly
asked by him is fair and reasonable, and
that the purchase heretofore made IL con-
elusive upon the parties and will be so
held by the Court of Appeals, he is will
ing nevertheless, rather than have any
further delay and annoyance. to modify
the price heretofore liked by him and sell
the same to the county for S36, 500 "a loss
of So $500.
no MODIFICATION HERE.
''That as to the two tracks owned by the
estate of Abel /. Smitn, deceased, the
executors are unwilling to modify the
price heretofore asked, If the portion
necessary therefor is included i'll the pnr
chase. but They have signifed their will
ingness to sell to the county all of said
TWO tracts, with the exception OF such
portion now used as quarry.
for the sum of $50, 900.
Considering the many difficultiee attend
ant upon a forced acquisition of the
whole OF said property ut the present
time by said County of Hudson, your
commit ee would recommend the accent
ance Of the proposition of the executors
of said estate through their agent. Mr.. O.
A. Tissot, hereto e.saexed, deemlug it adj
yisable-becanse OF the fact thatlfhe present
necessities of the. County can be thereby
amply met.
SPECIAL ATTENTION.
''And your committee direct the special
attention OF this Board to the act of 1890
authorizing &c, g., the construction of
a new asylum for the insane of this
county. which if built outside of and
away from Snake Hill, would necessitate
the purchase of large plot of ground at
an expense of at least $4,000 or $60.-
0O0 as hereby recommended by your com
Emitlee, ample room would be made for the
Building of the said new institution and
ali other institutions under the charge of
your Board for many years to come.
In conclusion your
commiStee would further report
recommending the issuance of
bonds in the sum of s12, 500
beng the aggregate amount Of said pur-