The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-05
ANOTHER LEGACY
Freeholders Come Across a
McPhi1lips Jury Bill
One Franchise
Paid For.

night. the only member absent was John
d. German.
A petition was presented to the board
by about one hundred citizens, asking
| that the dilapidated and wrecked bridge
over the Hackensack De repaired and
| opened for travel. The bridge was par
| TALLY destroyed two weeks ago by a coli
lisiou with a schooner. The Freeholders
decided not TO repair it, because the WORK
| OH The new iron bridge. which Is to re-
place 1t, has been begun, aid will be COM
pleted by October l.
Miss ID. Dooriey, waitress at the asy-
tlnm, sent in her resignation last night.
| After 1t was accepted, the board appoint
ed Miss Maggie Halleron her successor.
at Il salary OF $500 a year.
Counsellor Joseph NJ. Knapp, who has
been employed by the county TO make
searches against property desired for the
| new county road, notified the board that
his work had practically ended on No
vember IL. He had since theu fixed up
some odds and ends, but that was all.
He wanted TO know whether he should
| resign. The matter was left with Judge
| McGrath. the counsel to the board.
CLERK Boyd read his semi-annual report
of the financial condition of the new
county o 1t was as follows:-
Expenditures from December !, 1892
Expenditures prior TO December ~. 155, Sci IS
Total, 49,. 10. ,rs. SSi9, 1851
FEBRUARY il. for Section 2.......... S66.146 90
| February "a. for Section 3............ lS0,696S6
February "a, for Section 4............ l4A l45OV
March %, for Section 5.-.,.-.---.... ls6, 3OS, "
March %, for Section 6..---.....-.-. l05,o39.74
Section /, previously reported. ....... 3S,9s5, 10
rot., ssss ga "a
The Committees OF North Bridges noti-
fed the board that the New Jersey Trac-
ton Company owed the county $500 for
the use OF the free bridge. County Su
perintendent Cannon was directed to
collect il.
ANOTHER SHRIEvALTY LEGACY.
Another legacy from the iate Sheriff
| McPhfllips was discovered by the board
In the form of two bills from the Hotel
Washington. One bill was for entertain
lug the Hayner jury Tor W nights at "a
cost of 1925. 10, or a fraction more than
ST per man. This second bill was for
the jury in the Burger case for one
nights lodging. 1t amounted to $l53.65
or o little more thar $l2 a man. The
Freeholders had no option, u were
forced TO pay these bills. No doubt ex-
listed in the minds of The Freeholders but
that the goods were supplied the Juries,
but how the Jurors could run up such
6uOIilOuS III III III H. III AZ SOd-
siderable wine, the Freeholders could
not decide.
ECONOMY NEEDED.
T. Y. Brown who was dismissed by
resolution from his position as druughtS-
man in Engineer Harrison's office some
weeks ago,%p presented a bill for Sl04 for
| services That he has since rendered at the
! request of Mr.. Harrison. The Freehold
ers refused to pay tue bill aud ~f'reeholer
| Ellis, IN u speech, declared that more
| economy must he exercised in The build
Ing OF the County Road.
RAILROAD GRANTS.
The board granted a franchise to the
Jersey City, Hoboken ana rutherford
Railroad Company to lay tracks on the
Paterson Plank Road. from the Hacken-
| sack River through West Hoboken to
First street in Hoboken. The stipulation
made by the county was that no steam
engine should run, that the road should
nave Il passage way sixteen feet wide on
each side of the tracks for teams, and that
the company should Keen the road in re-
pair anu enter h contract to pay the
County $500 a year. Also that's map of
the compauy's line be filed with the clerk
of the board.
By resolution the following employees
on the abandoned HackensAck Bridge
| was discharged;-
James Clark, Superintendent; George
e. Lewis, John Foley and Charles Pour
sou. bridge tenders. Freeholder Kim
merry made a hard fight to have them re-
talned or simply suspended, SO that when
the new bridge is built, they could GO to
| work again. Tut the majority of The board
was against him, and the men had TO go.
Warden Grimes reported that there are
now in the Penitentiary LIS prisoners
| % employees. The cost for April was
81, 942. As, or an average of $18.S6.
Warden Ryan of the Almshouse said
! be had 635 inmates and 81 employees. In
| cost for April was 81. 866. 81, and the aver
| age cost I'll 1-16.
ASYLUM INMATES.
The asylum, according 10 DR.. King.
contained 335 patients an'i 30 employees.
Tue cost was $3,S9016 and the average
1857 l 10.
The board passed the pay rolls as fol-
lows:-Penitentiary. : $1,000; Aims House,
81, 079. OF; Asylum, 81, 1888 Store House.
| $5y5.SO The board then adjourned. Ii
| will hold one more meeting, aud on May
10 he new board will take posssesslon.