The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-22
BOARD OF CHOSEN FREE HOLDERS.
djourned Meeting, Friday. January 8
1902.

CnOS6u rfcenOlueFS OIL nuiSOu COouby,
held in the Court HOUSE on Friday, Janu-
AIRY y, 1892, at 1890 a. m.
Present at roll MISUNDERSTANDING
BruggeInanu and freeholders Coyle,
Ellis. Hennessey. Ktramerly, Phngsten
anfNoouan-7.
Observation-Disclosures German, Nelson,
Perry and Tierney--4.
READING MINUTES.
Freeholder PfngSten moved that the
minute of the meeting held December =.
II and Is, 1891, be approved as printed in
the manual.
Adopted.
HETITIoNs AND COMMUNICATIONS.
From G. j. Rooney. Clerk of the Board
of Health. requesting the Board to return
a copy Of u resolution presented to them
by the Board of Health at the meeting
held Novemb Der Is, 1881.
Freebooter Noonan I9oved the commu-
nication be received and the request
granted.
Adopted.
From Jos. NJ. Noonas, Counsel Of the
Board of Equalization OF Taxes:
JERSEY CITY, N. j.. Jan. z. 1902.
To the Honorable the Director-at-Large
and Members of the Borrd OF CHOSEN
Freeholders of Hudson County:
GENTLEMEN-The Board of Equaliza-
ton Of Taxes has been made a party to
four certiorari cases brought by taxpay-
ers of Kearny to set aside their respective
assessments. The Board desires your per-
mission to incur such expense as may be
necessary to its defence in said cases.
The amount will be very small, although
it cannot be stated positively, but In my
opinion will not exceed $3.50 fifty dollars,
and may be much less.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH M. NOoNAN.
Freebooter Ellis moved the COMMUNE
cation be received and the Commissioners
authorized to expend the sum of $50.
Question being taken on the motion on
yeas and nays, there voted ms foflows:-
Yeas-An the members of the Board
PRESENT..
Observation-Disclosures German, Nelson,
Perry and Tierney-4.
The Director-at-Large declared Che mo-
ton adopted.
From Robert Elliot. agent of the
United Gas Imp. Co.. in reference to
lighting the Hackensack bridge at
Newark avenue, was on motion OF
Freeholder Ellis received and referred
to the Committee on North Bridges,
From James p. Minturn. Corporation
Attorney of the City OF Hoboker. request
ing the Board to return or refund the
moneys paid by them for parks and cleo
tions.
F~reeholler Coyle moved the communi-
cation he received and referred to the
Committee on Judiciary and Counsel of
the Board.
Adopted, .
From NJ. K. Everett, Superintendent
State Luuatic Asylum:
Statement of patients from Hudson
County maintained at the State Asylum
for the insane. from August Is, 1891, to
November Is, 1891.
Freeholier'E Ellis moved the communi-
cation be received and referred to the
Committee on Lunatic Asylum.
Adopted.
From Collins & Corbin, attorneys for
the Lehigh Valley Terminal Railways:
JERSEY CITY, N. j., jan. z, 1892.
To the Honorable Large and
Members of the Board of Chosen Free
holders:
The LehIgh Valley Terminal Railway
Company hereby offers to seJtle the pend
ing suits aud controversies between the
Board and the Company relative to the
crossing of the new public road
Fifty-ninth and SiXtieth streets, in the
city of Bayonne. by its railroad on the
terms set forth in the annexed form of
contract. which they are willing to eX-
ecute.
This offer is made pursuant to a sug-
gestion made by the Chancellor to The
counsel for both parties. and the matter
has been before the counsel of the Board
and the special counsel to the Board in
this matter and thief Engineer Harrison,
who nave considered the form of the con
UtdcU uDu ult0 SuEACSUCA ia oldhSCSs
which have been Incorporated
therein This offer involves the doing of
very much more work by the Company
than should equitably be demanded. and
reduces the cost to the county of construc-
ton of the road for half a mile or more in
the city o: Bayonne below the cost of the
same section upon any other grade. 1t
also eliminates the question of damages
at this point. We are induced to make
this proposition at this time to avoid de-
lays in the construction of both the rail
road and the county road, and The matter
is SO familiar to your Board and the
County officers that we think our offer
should be accepted or rejected at once,
but we Will leave il open for acceptance
until Wednesday, January IL, 1892.
COLLINS & CoRBIN,
Solicitors ami Counsel of Lehigh
Valley and Terminal Co.
This agreement made this - day of
- eighteen hundred and n~inety-two,
between the "Lehigh Valley Terminal
Railway Company" a corporation If the
State of New Jersey, Of the first part, and
"The Board of Chosen Freeholders of
the County of Hudson" in the State Of
New Jersey, of the second part, wit
nesseth:
Whereas, The said party of the second
part, under and by virtue of the pro-
visions of Chapter 274 of the laws of 1883,
and tine supplements thereto, has laid out
and opened Il public road in the County of
Hudson, and caused a survey aud map
thereof to be made and filed, which in
clude therein a portion of a street known
as Avenue A, in the city of Bayonne:
and
Whereas, The said party of the first
part is now engaged in the construction
of it's railway in the said city of Bayonue,
which crosses the said New Public Road
between Fifty-niuth and Sixtleth streets;
and
Whereas, The Mayor aud Council Of the
said city, by ordinance passed January Ii,
A.. ID. 1891, entitled IAN ordinance TO
change the grade of Avenue A aud GER
tain intersecting streets in the Third
Ward of the city of Bayonne," did pro-
vide that the grade of said Avenue A. be-
tween the Norris Canal and the centre
line of the block between West Fifty-first
and FiftY-secoud streets in said city,
should be changed as by reference to said
ordinance will more fully appear, and
subsequent thereto, did enter INTO u con-
tract with the said party of the first part
for bringing the said avenue TO said
changed grade, and providing certain
other things ia connection Herewith, as
by reference to said contract Will also
fully appear: and
Whereas, The said city of Bayonne a nd
said party OF the first part claim The right
and authority to change che grade Of
Avenue A Included within the lines of
said new public road as surveyed aud
mapped, and to eXcavate and remove the
earth therefroin, aud do certain other
things in and upon the same i'll connec-