The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-20
COUNTY ROAD Kick.
Freeholder Nelson Dissat-
isfied at the Commits
Sioners' Pay.

The meeting of the Board of Freehold
ers last night was not long one, and but
little beside routine business was done.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting to inquire iuto the proposed con-
tract of the New York and New Jersey
Telephone Company to supply the county
Offices with telephones, reported favor
ably. The committee recommended that
three new telephones be placed in the
Court House, one in the Directors office,
one in the Freeholders' office and one IN
each of the institutions at Snake Hill, and
that double wire be run to the Hill, one
puolic anu one private. The total annual
cost for this service is to be Sl,S1o, but
from this amount the county is TO deduct
1928. .33, as payment by the county for
the privilege of stringing wires over
county bridges. This makes the net cost
to the county for telephone service
81, ,246.66. The Board decided TO adopt the
recommendation OF the committee.
THE BIG ROAD.
New Public Road report for Section
was ordered filed, aud Judge McGrath
said that report for Section would be
| flied, probably today, and that ON Feb
| ruary reports for section and would
| be filed.
Clerk Boyd read an order from Judge
| Werts directing the County Collector TO
| pay Charles Fuller, Michael j. OConnor
and Albert Lgnot 81, 800 each Tor SER
vices rendered as Commissioners on Sec
| ton l of the Road.
Freeholder Nelson took this appoint
| ment to protest. and. not understanding
| the matter, insisted that the Board should
not pay SO great sum. Judge
McGrath informed Freeholder Nelson
| that the Freeholders had no option
| in the matter. The order was simply
presented TO the Board as an act OF couf-
tesy TO enable it to keep track of the ex-
peuditures for the Boulevard. The order
of the court to the County Collector was
| final, and that official must obey 1t with
out any action by the Board.
Freeholder Nelson retorted that, even
| so, he had right, as free aud lndepend-
ent citizen, to express his opinion. and he
proposed 10 do so when and where he
pleased.
ARCHITECT KREITLER's PAY.
Freebooter Ellis said ne would like to
know what use there was IN all this
| talk when the Board had no discretion in
the matter. That ended the discussion,
but i5 was renewed when the clerk read
smother order from Judge Werts nXing
| the compensation Of Architect her
man KreitIer for constructing the
new Lunatic asylum at Snake Hill, at AZ
per cent. on S1S9.000 or s., sos. With this
| order was another which directed that
| S., 600 should be paid Mr.. Kreitler on ac-
count for services he had rendered.
Freeholder Nielsen objected TO this, an
made quite speecn In protesting. Wnen
he had finished 1t was explained to him
| that the 50. 000 was only portion of the
| S., sos which Mr.. K!ietler Will receive,
, and that it was payment on account.
Mr. Nelson answered that be had sup
posed the $4,000 was extra compensation,
but inasmuch as IL was not. he woulu
vote for it, and he did.
Director Bruggemann notified all the
mem bers OF the Committee on New Pub
lie Road to be present at a committee
| meeting to be he Id next Thursday, and
the Board adjourned.