The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-20
CROVDING THE DEAD.
Freeholders Worried Over
the Misuse of the Snake
Hill Cemetery.
HUDSON HoRsEcARS' DOUBLE TRACK
Simon Kelly Excited Over the Fort
Lee Turnpike-Doings of the
Board Last Evening.

The Board of Freeholders did not meet
until half-past nine o'clock last night.
Freeholders German, Kimmerly and
Tierney were absent. A communication
from Counsellor II. w. Winfield of the
Board of Health was first read. Itwas as
follows:-
1t has been ascertained that it is the practice
OF those in charge of the county institutions at
Snake Hill to deliver the bodies of those having
died there to persons claiming them without the
necessary burial or transit permit from the
Board as required by law.
have been directed by this Board to call the
attention of your honorable body to this fact
and a TO respectfully request that you give such
directions to you employees at Snake Hill as
may be proper in the premises.
1t was moved to refer communications
to the Almshouse Committee. Treeholder
Noonan called the attention of the Board
to the fact that former resolution, which
made 1t compulsory for the warden to
charge IS instead of 2, for the burial of q
Dody. was not being obeYed, and that the
graves were rapidly filing up. Mr..
Noonan said that if things went along at
their present rate, the county would have
70 look for more grounds for cemetery.
The Snake Hill cemetery was only in
tended for the interment of persons who
died In the Snake Hill institutions, yet
the paupers of several of the townships in
the county were being inferred there.
freeholder Ellis agreed with Mr.. Moo
nan. and Mr.. Noonan amended that the
letter be referred to the Committee on
County Institutions. Freeholder Nelson
maintained that the county would have
TO provide burial place for the unknown
dead. When the county paid the under
taker Tor burying the paupers the UNDER
takers recompensed the county by paying
tor the grave. Freeholder Noonan reit-
Grated his statements that not only un-
known dead but people from all parts OF
the county were being buried at Snake
Hill. The amendment prevailed.
NEW TRACKS ON THE HILL.
Freeholders Ellis and Noonan, the
proper committee of the Board, reported
favorably on the application of the North
Hudson County Railroad Company to lay
another track along central avenue, JeT-
sey City Heights. to Summit avenue,
West Hoboken. The track is to be four
feet from the track at present in use, and
the work is to be done under the super
vision OF the committee. The report was
received and adopted, and the necessary
permission granted by the Board.
As there had been no report offered by
the special committee appointed at the
last meeting to see what superfluous help
was engaged at Snake Hill, Freeholder
Ellis wanted to know about 1t, but there
was no answer made. 1t is possible that
the committee will report at the next
meeting.
port OF the meeting OF the County Road
Committee. and said that everything was
being done to hurry the condemnation
proceedings along.
FORT LEE Turnpike.
Freeholder Coyle made motion to the
effect that the County Superintendent be
authorized to look up the maps and find
what Qnthnritv Hn690n had
the road known as the Fort Lee Turnpike.
One portion of the road, Freeholder Coyle
said, was In the control of Bergen county,
and the Hudson county end was closed
up by the railroads.
This brought Freebooter Kelly to his
feet, and he made his maiden speech. The
Freeholder was rather excited. and some
of the mbers smiled.
'I don't know what right this Board
has to interfere" said Freeholder Kelly,
II believe the Turnpike is private road
and was Incorporated in 1904"
with all due respect to the man that
carries the history of Hudson county in
his hat" Freeholder Coyle replied with q
smile, II think that the County Superin-
tendent should look into the matter and
find just what Jurisdiction the county
has"
Freeholders Pfngsten and Nelson
agreed with Freeholder Coyle, much to
the annoyance of the new member. and
the motion was carried.
LAUNDRY woMAN's FINGERS.
Freeholder Nelson reported progress on
an important matter which had been re-
ferred to the Judiciary COMMITTEES. A
female inmate of one of the institu-
tions had her fingures injured in
the laundry, and she had sued
the county. Her counsel had tried to
effect compromise. but as the county
has a good case Freeholder Nelson said
that Freeholder CoFle had agreed with
him that compromise was out of the
question and the county would fight the
base. Freeholder Coyle said ne had noti-
fled the counsel TO the Board to oppose
the suit.
Lulu Frye was indentured TO Annie
Earnest of Bayonne and the Board ad-
| journed to meet next Thursday evening
| aJ half-past seven o'clock.