The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-05
MORE MONEY IS WANTED
If the LunatiC Asylum Plans
Are Changed as Sug-
gested.
REFORM AND CHARITY COMBINED.
Protest Against Paying Salaries
Of Certain Employes-COunty
Road Matters.
REFORM AND CHARITY COMBINED.

After secret conciave for two hours
the Board of Freeholders met and held
brief session. The long private talk
among the mem bers was in the main due
to Mrs. Alexander and Miss Williamson
of the State Charities Aid Society. They
had plans for the erection of the new
asylum and they submitted them aud
did the talking. Inasmuch as it would
cost the county 100000 more than
has been appropriated to comply with
their demands, it is safe to predict that
the asylum will be built in way to suit
the Freeholders' means.
When the roll was called Messrs.
Perry, German. Pfngsten and .Kimmerly
were absent. The town of West Hobo
ken complained about the condition of
the cutters on Clinton avenue, and the
resignation of Dennis Haverty. night
watchmen at the Penitentiary, was ac-
cepted A number of acquisitions were
presented.
AT THE INSTITUTIONS.
Warden Grimes, OF the Penitentiary.
reported for the month of January as fol-
lows:-Number of male prisoners, 191;
female, "a; employees. %; total, 243. Cost
of maintaing them, $3,S51.50.
DIR. King reported the Asylum for the
same month to contain 334 persons, of
which l1S were male patients and 1877 fe-
male patients; 30 were employees. The
cost of maintaining them was S4, ,6S1.49.
The report of Warden Ryan of the
Almshouse showed 6S2 inmates. Male
adults, 251; male minors, 1876; female
adults, 1876; female minors, 81; employees,
20. Total cost, S., ,5S7-23.
THE MONTHLY PAY ROLL.
The Clerk read the monthly pay roll for
n1 failad fn
Freeholder Nelson voted against it. The
rules require six votes to pay money, and
owing to the absence of four members,
the pay rolls received but five votes. Mr..
Nelson refused to say why he would not
vote to pay the county employees The
o'clock today and Clerk Boyd was
directed to have all the members present
so that the pay roll can be passed.
THE NEW ASYLUM.
H. Kreitler, the architect appointed by
the Court to prepare plans for new asy-
lum made this report:-
After having developed the plaus of
proposed lunatic asylum sufficiently to
estimate the cost thereof, l find
that the funds at your command
by issue of bonds as authorized
by act of Legislature will be inadequate
to erect buildings of sufficient dimen-
sions to meet the wants of the county. A
suitable administrative building and two
wings connected Herewith through corri-
dors together accommodating about 400
patients, will cost 100000, being at the
rate of $500 patient.
'"Ihis cost, in comparison with others,
is as low as it has been found possible to
erect similar institutions. The buildings
as designed, plans of which are hereby
submitted, are to be substantially con-
structed of ordinary brick with plain
stone trimmings and to be provided with
- "a lcot ifo,,,
appliances, well warmed, thoroughly
ventilated, and all stairs, toilet rooms,
bath rooms. and the connecting corridors
between buildings to be made fire proof.
SIN adnition to the buildings above
mentioned, a kitchen laundry, boiler
house and amusement hall IN separate
buildings ara provided for. These. of
construction and dimensions TO meet the
requirements of proposed asylum, will
cost about $50, 900, making the aggregate
cost of buildings Immediately needed
$3.50 900.
with this report the undersigned re-
spectfully suggests that your Honorable
Board take such action as may seem ex-
Incident to obtain additional funds over
and above the amount appropriated. that
the institutions of Hudson County may
be modern and complete and worthy OF
the community.
MORE MONEY TO BE ASKED.
The communication was filed. The
committee having the construction of the
Asylum in charge and Mrs. Alexander
and Mrs. Williamson will go to Trento u
Monday to see if the Legislature will in
crease the appropriation. The amount
that has been set aside for the new Asy-
lum is $15O,0OO and now the Legislature
will be asked to add 500, 900 more to this
sum.
Engineer Harrison submitted his re-
port concerning the grade of the New
County Road. excepting that part of
Avenue A, which the Lehigh Valley de-
sires to cross. The report was laid on the
table, and at the meeting today its
adoption was further deferred until next
Thursday, when the Board will again
meet.
SALARIES PROTESTED.
Today the Board ordered paid Sl2, 900
salaries and contract claims. Freeholder
Nelson protested against paying the sal
aries of employees in the Engineers office,
which reach about 81, 100 month. Mr..
Nelson said that no Civil Engineer con-
ducts his private Office like Mr.. Harrison
conducts she County Road office, and he
insisted that more economy should
be exercised. He said that one or two of
the clerks in the Engineers office held
positions in Trenton. and declared that
these men could not work in both places
at the same time and he did
not intend to vote to pay them.
MeSSfS. bEuSSeIuduh aHN SoyiO OaoH
explained that George Bremner of
recent notoriety was doorkeeper at the
House. but that when at Trenton he re-
ceived no pay from the county. Director
Bruggemann added that Mr.. Harrison
had said that he intended to dismiss the
greater portion of his clerical help too
soon.
Storekeeper Manning was directed by
the Board TO return to 0. Lawrence Il
large quantity of shoes not up to sample
which he had furnished. rreeholders
Henuessey and Tierney will on Monday
investigate other contracts that have
been filed to see if the goods are inferior
in quality. James Barrett was trans
ferred from the Almshouse to the Peni-
tentiary. where he will act as night watch
man.