The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-02
LIQUOR men CAUGHT
Grand Jury Hands Up
TWentY-nine Excise
Indictments.
COUNTY ROAD PREsENTMENT
salysf-o seG
Recommends Giving the Court
Power to Investigate All
boulevard Matters.


The Grand Jury yesterday presented 10
Judge Lippineott twenty-nine indictments
against liquor dealers who have violated
the excise law on Sunday. The Grano
Jury also handed the Court a present.
ment which read as follows:-.
1.-THE Grand Jury of the April term as
requested byyA the Court. have looked into
matters afecting the County Road. so
far as we, deemed it al. this time aoVis-
able. We have sought evidence from VII
nesses and BY private means. No charge
of malfeasahce has been made, no special
fault in construction pointed out. COM
nlaints have been general in character. or
of little Importance. emanating from per-
sons whose wishes have in some way
been thwarted. Yet it is evident that a
feeling of distrust is prevalent, ana a
fear lest in some way the taxpayers Oh
the county may be wrenged.
1--WE Judge that the Law has been
closely followed. The accounts apparent
" are we'll kept. if correctly so, or II the
expenditures have been excessive, can
not be ascertained with out a careful eS-
animation Y experts in road pulialns
and -ccountant To thoroughly examine
and give a true report of the conserue-
ton of ten miles and more of ROAD. re-
on,res men of ability to judge, and of high
personal character, that such reports
NAV have weight, and justice be done
alike to the taxpayers, and all VINO are
concerned in the making of the county
Road.
COURT SHOULD HAVE POWER TO
INVESTIGATE.
1--WE do not think this the proper tme
10 cause such an expense to be incurred.
MOT a block of the road has been COM
pleted, or offered for acceptance. Ihe
! section between the Newark and New
York and Pennsylvania Railroads as we
are told is now being leveled for such
purpose. Twenty per cent. of the amount
of each contract is held in reserve, to
cover faults that further inspection,
time or wear may reveal. By law the
Chief Engineer of the County Road was
appointed by the Court of Common
pleas. We recommend that the next
r Legislature be requested to enact a law
the judges of the same court
at the expense of the county, to appoint
! competent persons to review the work OF
their employe, and examine the work OF
all persons engaged in the construction
of this road, and to report to them II
the work has been, or has not been zone
in accordance with specifications and con-
tracts; also to examine into the expeno1-
lures made, and report If the money ap-
propriated to the building of the County
Road has been judiciously and economl-
cally expended.
I'VE advise that provision be at once
made, so that trees planted or to be
planted, may be protected by boxes.
Guarantees VIM not make good time lost
in growth of trees that may be destroyed
without some such ~precaution.
1--WE rave had before US witnesses IN
) regard To awarding contracts for the
construction of sewers in the CITY OF
Bayonne. We are not convinced that we
should change the findfng of the last
Grand Jury. White deprecating the meth
cd in which such contracts were made
we feel that the attention of officials
having been so particularly called 10
this case will prevent its recurrence.
"a complaint was made that IN one
of the cities of the county the number of
booths required by law were not provided
for the election of April 9, 1895. Further
search showed that in other cities and
towns similar omissions were made. Tit
excuse made for such neglect seemed
to show that there was no intent to
Clt Ink jill RooC - Az
OF the opinion that the limitation OF a
booth for every seventy4five voters may
be extended to a booth for every LOO
voters without prejudice to n one
But when there are over 500 voters in a
precinct that it should be divided.
! ALMS HOUSE NEEDS IMPROVE
MENTS.
seThe complaint of the State Charities
Aid Association has received full consid-
Grafton. The conditions of sore eyed chill
dren has been very poor, but there IS
now in course of construction a suitable
building for this class of cases and where
they may be isolated. The Aims House
is totally insufficient in its capacity to
beautifully take care of the large number
of people there congregated. At the
time of the investigation there were be-
tween 700 and 800 people there, huddled
in regardless of condition or age. No pre-
cautions nor. way of separating the sexes
exists, consequently the old and infirm
are constantly in contact with the
younger. The danger to the morals of the
younge is apparent. The sanitary ar
rangements and convenfences are greatly
in need, of improvement, as four bath
tubs and the same number of water
closets are not sufficient for the accom-
mediation Of these people.
"As far as the cleanliness of the wards
and dormiteries is concerned there is
nothing to suggest. AS the welfare Of
these people. depends greatly upon in,
telligent regime the efforts of the war
den n matron would be much more
effective, if they could be seconded by the
employment of regularly trained and sci
entific nurses to replace the pauper help
of the sort that, now does it so unsatis-
factorily. The. a~dvisability of new and
separate buildings for the children is ap-
parent. The good that manual training
would be to the children is manifest.
The employment of suitable forms where
by the rudiments could be instilled into
the young mind and so leading to the
ground work Of trades for their own sup
port in later life we recommend. We also
advise the separation of the younger OF
child criminals from the older adopts in
crime. That this should be done is OBJ
vious.'' F7s
Among the men indicted for selling
liquor On Sundays and presented yester-
day by the Grand Jury. was, it is said,
Hugo Kroebel, the proprietor of Schuet-
zen Park. The closing up of this Sun
day picnic resort will not be very ac-
ceptable to its German patrons, and dis