The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-31
F~REEHOLDERS MEET.
Scheme to Change the Head
quarters of the County
Board of Health.
PRESENT QUARTERS.
StorekeeDer Manning Refused to
Receive Bad Goods From a Con-
tractor-Other Business
Transacted.
THEIR PRESENT QUARTERS.

For a long time the Board of Health has
large rooms on the second floor of the Office
building of the Board of F~reeholders. These
accommodations are entirely insufficient for
the accommodation of the board, two clerks
and three inspectors. Notwithstanding this,
the Board of Fr%eeholders have in contempla-
ton a change Of headquarters for the Board
of Health. 1t is proposed to move the
office into the two vaults that were formerly
used by the Surrogate for the safe keeping
of his records. These rooms are each lighted
by but one window, and are built of stone
and iron, n the rooms are totally unfit for
any other use han vaults. The scheme for
changing the abiding place of the Board of
Health was divulged yesterday at a meeting
of the Board of FTeeholders, when Free
holder Heller offered a resolution to the
effect that new carpets be laid in the health
offices.
81 would like to ask Freebooter Heller"
said Director Bruggemann, what necessity
exists for these carpets if the health author
tiles are to be removed from their present
quartersg"
This was too great a ~conundrum for the
Freebooter, and after a little discussion he
permitted the resolution to lie over.
The Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church of
G~reenville petitioned the Board of Free
holders to restore the sidewalk which had
been removed to make way for The Boule-
ward. The petition was referred to the
proper committee.
"A o RETURNED.
~Storekeeper Manning informed the board
that he had returned to OLawrence, a con-
tractor, $50 pairs Of women's slippers and
100 pairs of mems slippers because they were
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board directed Clerk Boyd to notify Mr..
Lawrence that he must fill the order with
proper goods by Saturday night or the COM
mittee would buy the articles at market
prices and charge the difference in the
price against him. Mr.. Lawrence has had
some business troubles, and he requested the
board TO permit him to assign the contract
for shoes to Gustav Meyer, one of his bonds
men. This request was granted.
A number OF acquisitions from the war
dens OF the institutions at Snake Hill were
received for supplies and referred to COM
mitt ees, and other acquisitions were allowed.
The board decided to erect a water tank on
the roof of the County Jail, and to connect
it with the pump in the engine room. The
cost of the a and connections is not to
exceed $500. Superintendent Cannon vas
directed to have plans and specifications
drawn for a lavatory at the Court House,
and for the construction OF a bridge from
the jail to the Court House to be used for
bringing prisoners to and from court. Both
of these needed improvements were provided
for in the tax. levy.
Freebooter Cronin wanted the County
Superintendent to also prepare plans and
specifications for a chapel and schoolhouse at
Snake Hill. This matter was laid over.
OR OAK TABLE
The contract to pave the Harrison turn
pike with crushed stone was awarded to Pa
trick Burns for 81. 05 a yard. A requisition
from Register Fielder for five searching
tables was laid over. 1t had been the inten-
ton of the board to furnish metallic tables
for this office, but when it was learned that
they would cost $3.50 each the committee
substituted oak. Freebooter Ellis objected
to wooden tables because it had been the de-
sire of the board to keep the Registers Office
as nearly fireproof as possible. He suggested
that instead of buying five oak tables, three
metallic tables be purchased. The matter
was laid over until the committee could con-
suit Register Fielder.
The board was asked to appropriate $3.50
to pay for steam radiators and plumbing in
the house that has been built for the Warden
of the P~enitentiary. This request will be
considered at a future meeting. Plans and
specifications for repairing the sidewalk and
supplying an iron fence in front of the Hall
of Records were referred to the Committee
on Court House, Jail and Grounds, and the
board adjourned to meet Thursday.