The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-25
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THE BOULEVARD GRADE.
Finally Fixed by the Free
holders After a Settle
ment With Lehigh
Valley.
WORK TO BE RUSHED NOW.
The Furst- Wolfson Scandal Again
Before the Board-Jailer
Davis Bonds.
WORK TO BE RUSHED NOW.

After a secret meeting OF more Than
three hours. the Board of Freeholders and
the Lehigh Valley Railway Company
yesterday came to an agreement concern
ing the grade of the new County Road on
Avenue A. Bayonne. This agreemen COM
templates a grade which leaves the pres
ent established grade of Avenue A (Which
at this point Is about the present surtace)
ut the centre line of West Fifty-seventh
street. 1t is to drop at a grade of $50 in
100 feet TO a point midway between West
Fifty-ninth street and West Sixtieth
street. This means a declivity OF $50 feet
long, the lowest point being at the south
line of the right OF way OF the LehiRh
Valley Terminal Railway Company.
Thence the road is to run level beneath
his right Of way for 100 feet, and it Will
then rise ut a grade OF 2.2S per 100 to the
present surface ut the centre OF vest
SIxty-second street, n distance OF 5S2 feet.
A BETTER GRADE.
Engineer Harrison said he thought This
u better grade than had been before pro-
posed, because il affected only 1000 feet
Of land while the old plan affected 5000
feet. All the expense of grading between
Fifty-seventh and Sixty-secohd streets
must be borne by the Railroad Company.
The bridge which 1T will build must have
Il clearance Of thirteen feet, and MIST Oe
supported by iron columns. Tine Com
pany also must build u brick Sc wer to
cJnnect with Bayonne, and must con-
struct eight receiving basins for surface
water. A twenty inch curb must be laid
and the cutters paved. The Company
must also pave the carriage way with
1elford McAdam pavement. The work
will be done under the supervision OF
Engineer Harrison.
GRADE SETTLED.
When the Board mad publicly accepted
this agreement, it at once adopted the
grade of the entire road as recommended
several weeks ago by the Chief Engineer.
The Board directed the Clerk 10 notify
the Commissioners of Condemnation TO
proceed at once with their work of fixing
the value of the land to he taken.
ROUTINE DOINGS.
Judge McGrath presented a bill of $3.50
disbursements and Incidental expenses,
and it was paid.
The $2O,0 600 bond of Jailer Davis was APP
proved by the Board. Lawrence FaGau
and John NJ. Shannon were the sureties,
and each qualified in $4,000.
THE FURsT-woLFsON SCANDAL
Freeholder Aennessey reported that
the blankets that had been ordered of the
contractor had been shipped and would
be at Snake Hill in u day or so.
II would like to know who assured Mr..
Hennessey of this ?" Freebooter Iierney
inquired.
"Why, Furst did," replied Freebooter
Hennessey.
"Well, what have we got to do with
Furstf' Freeholder Pfngsten' INTERCEPTED.
s.We made a contract with Wolfson and
don't know Furst at all in the MASTER"
IL suppose Furst Is right In being inter-
ested. tor / understand he Is Wolfson's
bondsman-"
If tAe blankets do not reach Snake Hill
by the time of the next meeting Mr.
Charles S. Furst or Brother-in-law Wolf
son may hear something disagreeable.
Furst loses several hundred dollars by
this contract.
HUDSON'S san
Mr.. X. Everitt. of the State Lunatic
Asylum at Morris Plains, informed the
Board yesterday that from November ID,
1891, to February Is. 1892, Hudson county
had eiRhty-eight inmates IN the institu-
tion. Ernest A. Arntsberg OF Hoboken
died November "a, 1881, and Mary O'Con-
nor OF this city was discharged from the
asylum November 81.
Phoebe Taylor, u child who has been
indentured by the county three or four
times, was again bound out yesterday.
She was indentured to John j. Fallon.
She claims that she was illtreated on the
other OCCASIONS. Director Bruggemann
six months ago asked the Grand Jury to
indict one party for beating her, but no
Indictment was found.