The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-26
STATIONERY MOVE
Freeholders Throw Out an
Extraordinary Bill of
Jordan Company
County Affairs.

luIC0 HlCuDCIo IA - Dc0h0
holders were absent from the meeting
held yesterday afternoon. They were
Messrs. Heller, Noonan and Hanna. No
| explanation was received as to the cause
| OF the absence of the TWO Democrats, but
Freebooter Hanna telegraphed that a
death In his family would prevent him
from being present.
During the meeting Clerk Boyd read a
| resolution to the effect that a large guam
tity OF stationery that had been furnished
to the Registers office by the Jordan Sta
tionery Company should be removed
by the county forthwith or else the
Board of Freeholders would not be
responsible for it. This brought out a
singular story.
STORY OF THE SCHEME.
About one month ago Chairman Hen
nessey of the Committee on Stat1oners
and Printing was authorized by the COM
mittee to order some books and station
cry. to the amount of $500, for the Office
OF Register Fielder. ~Freenolder Hennes-
sey gave the Jordan Company this order.
The amount, $500, was expressly stipu
la,ed in the order. A few days e the
Freeholders were greatly surprised
TO receive a bill from Inc
Jordan Stationery Company for
SI.4lS.S0 for books and stationery fur
nisnea the Registers office. The law ex-
presslv declares that the Board OF Free
holders shall not give acquisitions re-
curing the expenditure or more IMAM
81 1000. II more money than this sum Is
to be expended it must be done by con-
tract. Inc Finance COMMITTEES when pre-
sented with the bill remembered Judge
Dixon's recent charge to the Passalc
county Grand Jury and the mem 0ers de-
clared that they had no desire to place
themselves in a position liable TO cause
an Indictment. The Finance Com
mittee asked the Committee on Sta
tionery and Printing the meaning
of this enormous bill aud that commit
tees denied any knowledge OF tt. beyond
the order for $500 worth of goodSY Ehen
the bill was discussed by the full board
in secret session and 1t was unanimously
determined to return the goods ana tne
bill.
PAUPER BOY ESCAPES.
A mmunicati was received from
Peter Hail, which informed the board
that Henry Ke5sler, a boy that mad been
bound out to time by the board, nad run
away. MIR. Hail said if he could find the
boy ne would retuen him to the Aims
house. The affair will be investigated
A petition recommending John J.Hogan
for the position of inspector on the boule-
ward, was read and referred to the pro-
ner com The petition WAS Sigued
DO Dennis Mclaughlin. bob" Davis,
George B. Fielder and others.
The quarterly report from the State
Lunatic Asylum at Morris Pains was
read. 1t stated that there ara now sixty
eight patients from this county IN that
institution.
Freeholder Hennessey reported that
the Committee Oh Store House yesterday
morning adopted a rule that when goods
ordered from contractors were not dsiiV-
cred in five days, the COMMITTEES woul q
buy the goods III open market and charg Q
the difference in the price against tn
contractor.
The board refused 60 accent a large
quantity of -four furnished by Timklns
81 Hannibal because it Was not up TO che
sample, and Clerk Boyd Was directed
TO notify the firm to remove it.
BOULEVARD CONTRACTS.
The Hudson County Contrasting Com
many was awarded the contract for grad
ing aud curoing ttfe Boulevard from The
| Newark and New YORK Railroad to New
ark avenue for S24, $50, the company be-
| ing the owest bidder. This company
was also awarded the contract for
he same sort of work from Second
| street. Town of Union, to the Bergen
county line for $30,0l5. Curiey & Ben
nell got the contracts TO grade, curp, etc.,
| the Boulevard from NeWark avenue to
| ina Paterson plauR Road for S2l, 300. and
from the Plank Road to Second street,
Town of Union. for $29,230. Both firms
| OF contractors agreed not do do any work
| on the lands condemned for the Boule-
yard, the awards fer which are now in
the courts on appeal until, according to
law, the lands have been visited by
juries.
EPE FINED.
Keepers Coliius and Nation were pun
| ished by the board last night for absent
ing themselves from the Penitentlary
without leave. Collins was fined twenty
days pay aud Mallon hfteen days pay.
A resolution presented by Freeholder
Gallagher was adopted. IL permitted
Warden Grimes to sell crushed stone as
Snake Hill tor not less than S1.20 a cubic
yard. Another resolution aimed at tele-
graph and telephone poles was adopted.
1t empowers the board to remove all OBJ
structlons and encumbrances from the
line of the new Boulevard. A warrant
was ordered drawn in FAVOR of Michael
Kelleher, the contractor constructing tine
new asylum for S4,250. and the board ad-
journed.
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