The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-08
A new PO7EHR'S Field
The Board of Freeholders
Think the Purchase of
One Advisable.
NEW SET OF RULES ADOPTED
Action on the Boulevard Loup
poslponed-Ellis After the
Northern Railroad.
NEW SET OF RULES ADoPTE

Two meetings were held yesterday by
the Board Of F~reeholders. aud both were
well attended. The first meeting was At
three O'Clock. and it took place for the
purpose Of hearing objections ana pro-
tests against the proposed loop of th e
County Boulevard which is to run from
NnnGesser's Hotel on the Bergen County
line along the brow Of the Hill 10 Wee
hawkeu, a th%oroughfare that will conf
mand q better view than any other drive
in this county. 1t will be parallel with
| Riverside Park drive III New York, and
will lave the advantage of elevation.
The only people who had a re-
monstraucs TO file were the heirs OF the
Opdyke estate ana the New York, Luke
Erie q Western improvement Company.
The protest from the Erie Company was
made IN general principles aud will
amount to nothing; that from
the Opdyke estate set forth
that the route of the Boulevard would
fnjure the property by rendering unit for
sale O large number OF lots. In conuee,
ton with these objections Charles y.
Brush. the engineer who surveyed the
| route for Chief Engineer Harrison. made
sou,e suggestions concerning slight al
Jerations TO the original map which will
probably be adopted.
THE EVENING SESSION.
At the second meeting of the Board,
Freeholter Ellis offered a resolution
which prevailed. and was to the effect
ward loop until October 5, to enable All
DIRECTORS to fill their protests.
At the last meeting of the beard a COM
mupica5i0n was received from the Com
mon Council of West Hoboken asking
perMission 10 open the Paterson Plank
Road from Hague street TO Lake street
Tor the extension OF the Lake street
ever. 'rhe eoues was granted.
Chief Engineer Harrison reported that
the work of constructing q bridge over
the B ,ulevard by the Lshigh Valley
Railroad Company had been completed
Warden Ryan of the Almshouse re-
ported that during August there were
654 inmates. 10 employees, aud the total
cost for the month was * .390.50. The
average cost was $7.34.
Warden Grimes of the Penitentiarv
| reported that for the same month he
had 1853 prisoners aud 81 employees. The
total cost was $2,449.OS. and the average
cost, $l3 69.
The report OF Superintendent King of
the Asylum Iar August was;-Patients.
SAB; employees. 81; total cost, $2.Sl2. 90;
average cost, $7.52.
Architect KreitIer notified the board
that che work or constructing Cue new
| hSYlum WAS PROGRESSING us EhDlQtY as
could De expected. Tue plumbing had
been completed aud the building had
been rooted, Thus far $65, 607,3 81 had
been expended.
~PoTTER's FIELD.
Director Bruggemann offered q good
suggestion TO the board. He sal | be bs~
lieyed that The county should at once
purchase u plot of ground tor a Potteras
Field. This land that had been put aside
for tuis purpose at Snake Hill was nearly
used up. The memners of tue hoati
thought the suggestion Il good one, aud
will. probably AZ an early date, ssoura 4
plot or land for the poor ii III.
Chief Engineer Harrison recommended
the appoinL.uent of Richard SmarG as
draughtsmRu III the place of T.Y- Bsowa,
and the appointment WAS made. The
SALARY il $50 a month.
E RULES.
The report of The Committee on Rules
was read and a iopted. The principal
change made by the committee was the
changing of the meeting hour from half
past seveu to four O'Clock, and thai no
bills shall be audited on meeting day.
Tine hoard will meet on the first an |
third Thursday of eich IN nth And will
hold c ,mmittee meetIugs The day before.
The board ordered that 2 500 copies of The
rules be printed for d~istrnarion.
ELLIS AFTER THE NORTHERN.
Freehulder Ellis reported that ne had
directed the clerk of the b,ar t. notify
the No r.bern New jersey Railroad Com
pany that it must erect gales at the
Homestead crossing. The Freebooter
said hat the company had not posicsd
the orier aud that be had referred the
matter to Judge MeGrath, the cluasel To
the board. Judge McGrsth mad hot Yes
furnished an opiaioa, FreeAolder Swartz
informed the hoard THAT u number OF
receiyi1g has rs on the Paterson Plank
Road we're died up aud of no service and
he board directed thai shey b. cleaned,
Mrs. Annle ReyHeids. matron OF TIL
Smallpox Hospital, and Mary Richardson
seamstress at the ASYLUM, Were di miss I'd
anti Mrs. Z. CLARK and Mrs. B. Conroy
were appointed In their stead at a s ,lary
Of $500 a year. No reason was assixne /
for the changes. The Committee on Pen
itentisries was authorized TO paint the
house and also to sell co anyone crushe