The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-08
. BOARD OF FREEaoLDERs.

Business Transacted at the Meeting
Yesterday Afternoon.
The meeting OF the Board of Free
holders yesterday was very short. Only
business that could not BIS delayed was
transacted aud then the board adjourned
out of respect TO Freeholder Hennsssey
whose wife was buried this morning.
Bids for the construction OF Iron
bridges for the Boulevard over the Morris
Canal and the Newark and New York
Railroad, kuowa officially as Boulevard
bridges c.. and ID. Director Bruggemann
appointed Freenolders Kelly aud Hanna
tetleys and they were given the bids. each
bid being accompanied by $1,000 casa or
Il certified check for that as a
guarantee Of good faith, and each hid
being for the construction of both
bridges. The proposals were as fol-
lows
Pagan Iron Works ................ Ss,233 0(
Receivers of the Pennsylvania Steel
........ 2,4UU VI
Delaware Construction Co........ .. 34,937 so
Hay Foundry and Iron Works Co.,. 1850 90
Berlin Iron Works. 28,650 OF
Detroit Bridge and Iron Works..-..... 3l,997 90
Freeholder Swartz moved that the con.
tract be awarded to the receivers of the
Pennsylvania Steel Co. Of Philadelphia.
it being the lowest bidder, but the
Director informed him that under the act
the bids had to be referred TO the proper
committee to report on at the next me5t-
ing. This action was taken and IL Is pro-
bahle that the committee will. in its
report, recommend that the Phtladel ohia
Company be awarded the contract. the
payroll for November was passed aud a
warrant for 81. 900 was ordered drawn In
favor of James Moylau for services as
civil engineer onethe Hacksnsack River
iron bridge.
Two years ago Francis C. Msehan
built an extension to the County Peni-
Tertiary, and when it was completed he
rendered a bill for So. 600 for extras. The
board refused to pay it and a committee
made an examination of the charges.
The committee reDortet in favor Of pay
ing Meehan $3.50. Meehan refused to
accept this offer and sued The county.
He got Judgment for only 1926. so. or
$3.l73.2O less tnan he had demanded.
The Freeholders, last night, ordered paid
the Judgment.
A resolution was adopted ord erinR paid
q judgment for 1851. IS and costsa mounts
ing 60 $41.S5 obtained by Elizabeth Hill
in her appeal from the award of the
Commissioners of Condemnation of the
Boulevard right of way. The sum OF
S2.4l.S5 was also ordered paid to I.
Louram TO satisfy q similar judgment.
Judge McGrath's bill for expenses ana
disbursements In Boulevard matters,
amounting to 1888. wa ordered paid,
Clerk John Boyd submitted the semi
annual report of the County Boulevard
Committee, which showed that the com.
miltee mad paid s127. $50. SO during the
last six months for the constructions of
the Boule ward, aud that the total tx peu-
diture to date was SY96 .344. SO. The board
adjourned TO meet next Thursday at
three O'Clock.
Daring the meeting OF the Boulevard
Committee on Wednesday it was decided
to build q Que span iron suspension bridge
over the Pennsylvania Railroad cut near
the Summit avenue bridge. tt will take
nearly one year TO construct this bridge
aud when completed 1t will be a
splendid piece Of civil engineering. The
Freeholders had until Wednesday tav-
ored the construction OF a two or three
span bridge, but the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company refused to give the county
the right or way and the land on which
to bulld the piers. The company offered
the right of way and land it q one spau
bridge should De built. The FreenoId-
ers. after considering the cost of a con-
d~emnation suit and the long time that
would be required to reach a final verdict
concluded it would be as cheap In the
end to accept the proposition of the railA
road company. Engineer Harrison is
preparing the plans for the new bridge.