The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-03
INSANE PATIENTS WELL
Report of the Freeholders
On Affairs at Morris
Plains.

Freeholder Halliday was the only man.
Der OF the Board absent at the meeting
held yesterday afternoon at which some
very important payments were made
When the Board was called to o RIDER by
Director Bruggeman. 90 motion of Frea .
holder Ellis, as Chairman of the Co M
mlttee on Fina nee. nearly all of the un =
expended balances from the different
Items OF appropriation were transferred
to the Incidental Account, out of which
during the present fiscal year most claims
will be paid. =
Tine resignation of Fanny Perrine as
attendant at the Lunatic Asylum was
received by the Board and accepted, aud
Antonio ttnnegan was appointed to fill
the vscancy. The salary was fixed at $500
a year.
Christopher German of the Hacken-
sack Plank road wrote the Board TO the
effect that on March 20 when Dennis
Noonan was q member. ne sent q Snake
Hill stage TO Gorman's factory to be re.
paired. The work was done, but after
seven months the stage was still at Cor
mans shop aud no one had called for
II. and Mr.. German had not been paid for
the work. Gormau wanted to know
" neither he should present a bill to the
Board. Freeholder Ellis asked that the
mater be referred to the Committee on
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did not know anything about the repairs,
ou6lf upon Investigation the matter was
a proper Que the Committee would pay
Mr.. German.
DIR. George King, Superintendent OF
tue Lunaitc Asylum, reported thar III
Octooer the institution had 319 patients,
W employees; the cost was SO, $40. 90 and
the average cost $10.S5 40.
A requisltion from DR.. kiu9 for sup
plies was referred to the committee aud
then Freebooter Hsnuessey made a mo-
ton that In the future all acquisitions
must be presented to the Board on the
Wednesday preceding the meeting. He
SAID That such action would do ava
with laying over acquisitions for TWO
weeks.
Freeholder Ellis objected. He said that
such a plan would not be q gpod one for
the county. It would not give the mein-
bers of the Board who desired to q chance
OIL the articles required. he believed the
present system OF allowing two weeks u
protection to the county.
Freeholder Hennessey said he did not
intend that requisiuions should be re-
ported the day after being presented, but
that those That could DE would not pe de-
lAyed. 1t the com found requisi
lions that it could not report on they
could be laid over.
Freeholder Ellis insisted that the pres
ent syste u was the better aud that in no
case was there any need of DELAY il the
Wardens did their duty. They certainly,
Ia all ordinary cases. ought to anticipate
by at least two weeks the ar ticles re-
CURED. The motion was lost by a vote
OF 6 to 5. and one absentee.
The Special COMMITTEES on Morris
Plains Asylum rep orted that at the re-,
cent official visit to the State institution
II found that all the hudson county pa
tlents were being cared for excellently
aud that the asylum was in good condI-
ton and under efficient management
The committee expressly thanked Ferdi-
nand Heintza of this city. one of the
Board of Managers. for his courtesy on
the occasion of the visit.
The payment for October for all county
employees was passed, and a warran;
was ordered drawn 10 favor of Jacob
Ringle for SIS. S96. 25 in payment of the
damages assessed by the jury in the
boulevard appeal case brought by
Ringle.
The Delaware Construction Company
was also paid $50. 1000 for work done on
the HackensacE River iron bridge. AT
the request of Freeholder Ellis the COZ
sideration of the proposed lamp 10 the
Boulevard. was laid over until the next
meeting, which Will be after election.
The Board adjourned to meet at four
O'Clock next Thursday.