The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-16
FREEHOLDERS MEET
Myron Wo1fson Accepts
Money Due Him from the
Board for Some Time.
4 CONSULTING ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
Members Decide to Do Without This
Luxury for the Present-Other
81 Business Transacted.
A CONSULTING ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.

Freebooter Cronin was the only absentee
meeting of the Board of Freeholders yester-
day afternoon. A communication was re-
ceived from Mr.. r. j. Russell, of No. 239
Montgomery street, asking to be appointed
Superintendent of Construction of the new
electric light plant to be erected at Snake
Hill. Mr.. Russell has been in the employ OF
the Edison and other electric companies, and
submitted a number of references. The COM
munication was filed.
Mr.. e. Gothberg complained that he had
received no settlement as yet for property
owned by him, and which was taken by the
county to make room for the Boulevard. A
check will be sent to him..
Previous to the grading of the Boulevard,
Mrs. Juliette l.. Brown built a private
sewer OF Avenue D, between Second and
| Fourth streets, Bayonne. When the Boule-
ward came through the Freeholders agreed
to pay her $3.50 for the use of the sewer
and a communication was received from
Van Buskirk & Parker, counsel for Mrs.
Brown, stating that if the amount was not
paid at once suit would be brought against
the county. 1t was discovered that Mrs.
Brown had never rendered a bill to the
board, and the Clerk was instructed to
notify her to present a bill in regular form
and it would be paid.
HE DIDN'T GET THE JOB.
Chief Engineer Harrison informed the
board that it would be advisable to employ a
consulting electrical engineer to examine the
bids, system and plants of the companies
who presented bids for the construction of
the plant at Snake Hill, and recommended
the appointment of Mr.. Charles II. Davis, G.
E., of No. 100 Broadway, New York City.
Freebooter Heller offered a resolution APP
pointing MI. Davis to do tine work at a COM
pensation not to exceed 5000 and expenses.
Freebooter Ellis objected to the resolution on
the ground that as the companies were To-
Gated i'll st. Louis. Chicago, Fort Wayne and
other far off places, some idea of the amount
of expenses ought to be given, as he did not
think it would be just the proper thing to
nave Mr.. Davis making a tour OF the United
States, travelling in Pullman cars, and stop
ping at first class hotels at the expense of
Hudson County.
Trustee Hennessey said that all of the
| companies had plants in New York city with
the exception of one, and that company had
| stated in their bid that they would pay the
| expenses of a committee to visit them and
examine their plant. The resolution was
knocked out, however, six voting against its
adoption.
County Superintendent Cannon submitted
| plans and specifications for the rebuilding of
the wall IN the east side of the Paterson
Plank Road, from the HoDoken line to Con-
gress street. They were referred to the
Committee on Public Roads.
Warden Grimes of the P~enitentiary made
| the following report for January:-Number
of prisoners. 1889; humble of employees, 30;
total cost, 81, 626. SO; average cost, S12.92 l-3.
Warden Ryan presented the following
| from the Acknowledgements of inmates,
IA: number of employees, 20; total cost,
So, 209. 80; average cost, SS.12 81.
The Lunatlc Asylum was reported by DR..
| King as follows:-Number of patients, 1853;
number of employees, 80; total cost, $4,626. 50;
average cost, $12.92 13.
Superintendent annon reported that the
old wooden washing machine in the Asylum
La undry had again broken down It has
| been i'll use for ten years, and has been re-
| paired SO often that it is now practically
useless. He recommended that a new met
allie machine be secured at once. The Aims
house Committee will secur a new one.
Eight thousand five hundred dollars was
| ordered paid Contractor Kelleher as the
| sixteenth payment on the new Lunatic
| Asylum; $4,000 was also ordered paid the
Delaware Construction Company for the
| building of the West Newark avenue bridge.
There is still $4,000 to be paid, but that
amount will be held for six months, to pay
any repairs that may be necessary in that
time.
WoLFSoN
A warrant was ordered drawn in favor of
| Myron Wolfson for dry goods furnished in
1892. Mr.. Wolfson, who had the contract TO
furnish dry goods to the county Institutions
in that year, failed to supply all of the goods.
| The committee bought them and deducted
the amount from Wolfson's bill. He refused
to accept the warrant at that time, but has
now changed his mind, and a new warrant
was ordered drawn.
Hereafter wardens will not be allowed to
put any keeper or other employe, who has
been suspended, back to work, unless he has
the written authority of a majority of the
Penitentiary Committee, or an order from
the board.
Contractor Otto Lawrence furnished 15O
| pairs of slippers for the patients in the Luna
tic Asylum, but they were refused by the
Committee on Supplies as not being the same
as the samples, and were returned to him.
He sent the same slippers back again
and they were again returned. Yesterday
the board authorized the committee to pur-
chase 80 pairs in open market and deduct
the difference in price from Lawrence's
bill.
After deciding to have the new Lunatic
Asylum building insured, the board ad-