The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-07

County Road bonds bearing 4 1-2 per
cent. interest to the amount of $i00, 900
were sold by the Board of Freeholders
last night to George A. Benwell. He Lid
as foliows:-
S25.0 900 at l00.4 and interest.
SIS, 600 at 40 81 and interest.
$751; 900 at 10. 81 and interest.
$4,000 at 100.69 and interest.
The Hoboken Bank for Savings offered
to take s40.0 900 of the 500, 600 worth of
bonds at l00.05, but Freeholder Ellis u g.
gested chat it would be better to let one
party take all han to divide the bonds
in.o small blocks. and his advice was
followed.
Freebooter Noonan said he had re-
ceived a letter from the Town Council of
Gutenberg asking if the Freenolders had
given orders to close up the drain on the
Meeks estate. The Freeholder told the
Bosrd hat he had replied no, that no
such order had been gwen.
The Board recommended that an In
spector be appointed on the New Lunatic
Asylum, and this position will doubtless
be filed at the next meeting.
FURsT DELINQUENT AGAIN.
Andrew Manning, storehousekeeper at
Snake Hill sent The Board a communica-
ton in which he complained that Moses
Wolfson, that is, Charles s. FIRST under
an alias. had failed to furnish 500 yards of
unbieached muslin TO the Almsnouse and
522 yards of the same material 10 the
PenIIentisrY, which were ordered on
August 10. The Board will act on this
complaint at the next meeting.
SNAKE HILL CENSUS.
Warden Ryan reported that at the close
of September there were GLIB inmates and
fvUpnfV-nnn RnninVR2 in the ipCfitT1tinu
The cost to maintain them during the
month was IS, 100. Is and the average cost
IS O5 Sc.
Superintendent King of the Asylum re-
ported that he had 1924 patients and thirty
employees. The cost was So. 1868 A. The
average cost was $3.50 For the Peniten-
tiary Warden Grimes reported. inmates.
males, al; females, IS; employees. 2S. The
total cost for the mont was So, 500. OIL, and
the average cost SIT 81 90.
Plans for the new reservoir which were
drawn by Boyer & Mccain of Hoboken,
were submitted to the Board aud FLED.
The reservoir Will be built on the south
east end of the plateau on Snake Hill. 1t
will be 172 feet above tidewater and will
contain 430, 600 gallous of water, enough
to supply the county institutions for
ten days should accident happen
to the regular method of supply. The
elevation of this reservoir will be thirty
otA 49, la AoOA u SdO PAS6-
emf asylum and seventy feet higher thai
the roof of the new asylum. The force
from the reservoir will be ample to throw
a stream over the top of any of the buil1-
ings on Snake Hill. The cost of the
reservoir is estimated at 50. 900.
EMPLOYEES n SUPPLIES.
Patrick Moushan was appointed an in-
spector on section 2 of the Boulevard in
place Of John Riley, resigned. and Patrick
H. Cronin was appointed engineer at the
free bridge over the Passaic.n The salary
is 81. 600 a year and Hudson and Essex
counties pay it in equal portions.
John Clancy was transferred from the
Asyl-m to the Penitentiary, and Thomas
Kesmode was transferred from the Peni-
tenJiary to the Asylum.
Freeholder Kelly offered 8 resolution
which was adopted. 1t was that the Di-
rector appoint a commute to prepare a
list of supplies needed by the county dur
ing the next fiscal year.
William Ryan. of Hoboken, was ap-
pointed carpenter at the Court House
and Jail in the place of john Dohl, de-
ceased. The salary was fixed at So. go a
day. William Lanning was appointed
a keeper at the Penitentiary for one year
at a salary of $500. The Board adjourned
to meet next Thursday.