The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-08
4 POSER FOR COUNSEL.
Freeholders Eager to Know If
They Can Fix Ferry
Rates.

Resolutions interesting and peculiar
showered upon the Freeholders yesterday
at their regular meeting. One belong
ing to the former catagory proceeded
from Freebooter Heiney and it read as
follows
Whereas. The new Public Road in
the neighborhood of Public School No.
25 is in a very impossible condition.
caused by the very inclement weather.
the mud being so deep that it is almost
impossible to cross the road except in a
boat: therefore.
Resolved. That board cross walks be
put down at all street crossings and at
such places as will be most convenient
to the people living in the neighborhood
as soon as possible.
Mr.. Heiney explained that some of the
smaller school children are daily in dan
ger of sinking into the Oblivion of Boule-
ward mud.
After a lengthy debat the matter was
referred to the County Road Committee.
MEDDLESOME LEGISLATORS.
Freeholder Klumpp. who has been care
fully reading the Jersey City News "
Trenton dispatches generally since the
beginning of the Legislature and has
had his eye on the Cheap Ferriage bill
particularly, observed thai one authority
said the Boards of Freeholders should
fix the rates Within their county. limits.
Here was an opportunity not to be lost.
and last night he told his colleagues that
the legislators were foolish to waste time
in discussing the rates which was really
a matter for the Freeholders and en-
bodied these views in this resolution.
which belongs to the peculiar" or sec
Resolved, That the counsel of this
board be and he is hereby requested, to
ascertain and give an opinion as to what
g psySsr this this boar beard \ has tss to cd fix !, ferry rates
no. AYES have It. Motions carried. rat
Il tied ps Glsrk ex RSYai e No. as ; m aaa lied the r sis
what had been done. but they were not
ie cou l1ss on 95o T. q. McGrath jumped to
his feet. and with suppressed emotion
and .~inyoluntariiy clutching a desk to
HERcULEs LABoRs NOT IN IT.
.Gentlemen l Wpiore ~ you to, to- recon &c on
understood. what you were doing. Con,
slider. gentlemen, that you have imposed
Since then there I'VE been over 1000
laws bearing on the subject passed. Al
| before I can give an opinion. All ! can
| say is that any lawyer worthy of the
name Who would at THIS Vln6 SldIe IudI
the Board of Freeholders has power to
fix rates now would, in the p~arlance of
the boys, Be giving you a game OF
bluff"
tations the resolution was allowed to
stand, and he was instructed to render
an opinion as q soon s3ats IS aps she success Of
his first resolution. n fired with a
spirit of patriotism, introduced this
CAN'T MISTAKE THIS FLAG.
Resolved, That Old Glory, the nag
of the free, and the flag of the brave,
known as our flag, the Stars and Stripes,
our National colors of this country, be
hoisted daily on the commons in front
| of the Aimshouse, as there being a school
| connected with the same" 1t was unani-
mously passed. The flag already flies
mere 4 bill ns 81 sl Sas Is from the Bayonne Hos
pttal, for damages incurred during the
| recent outbreak of smallpox, was re-
! ceived from the Board of Health, and
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Secaucus sent a communication asking
the Freeholders to assist the citizens m
patching up the Patterson Avenue Road.
The quarterly report from Morris Plains
for from Hudson County. The people OF
ensack Turnpike Is in a dangerous con-
dition and asked to have 1t fixed.
Louis Becker asked for an extension OF
time to plant trees on the Boulevard
Chas. w. Fisk and others presented q
| petition asking that Mill Creek be bridged
at Marsh and Colgate streets, there be-
ing considerable traffic there.