The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-20
COUNTY IMPROVEMENTS
Freeholders Grant Petitions for
New Streets -Claims and
Transfers.

Although the meeting of the Board OF
F~reeholders was scheduled for four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, the hands
on the clock in the Grand Jury room at
the Court House registered ten minutes
after five before Director Heller mounted
the rostrum and raped for order. The
absentees were Freeholders Bindernagle.
Eichhorn and Mcfarland
Eliza Talbot rendered her resignation
as an attendant at the Almshouse. 1t
was accepted, and Ellen Bowc, an at
tendant at the Lunatic Asylum, trans
ferred to the Almshouse to fill the va
caney. Later. when Clerk Boyd read a
resolution offered by Freebooter Kelly
appointing Kate Richie an attendant
at the Lunatic Asylum at a salary of
$500 per annum. Freebooter Groth arose
and asked. What right has Kelly to
make the appointment"
Dead silence ensued for a minute or
two. Director Heller said he didn't
know. Freebooter Kelly finally informed
his colleague hat the woman who had
resigned was his appointee. and there
fore he was entitled to name her sue
cessor. This apparently satisfied Groth,
and the resolution was adopted unani-
mously.
Charles A. Dards of the Town of
Union petitioned the board for permits
sion to pen two short streets, to be
known as Cedar and Oak streets, on his
property, and to run into the new Boule
ward, He agrees to furnish bonds for
the paving, curbing and grading of the
streets at his own expense. The matter
was referred to the Committee on New
Public Road.
Communications were read from Chief
Engineer Harrison recommending some
slight changes in the grade of the Wee
hawken loop of the Boulevard, and in
forming the board that the contractors
who are performing the work on the
Boulevard were doing it in a satisfactory
manner and that the specifications were
being adhered to as near as possible to
the letter of the contract.
CLAIMS AND TRANSFERS.
The claim of H. Kreitler as supervis-
ing architect of the new Lunatic Asylum,
amounting to s1,o95.50. having been ap-
proved by Judge Lippincott, a warrant
was ordered drawn for the amount The
following amounts were transferred
from the Incidental account: 81, 900 to the
account of Public Grounds, Court House
and Jail; s1,92S.44 to courts; $500 to Pen
itentiary;s $500 to storeroom, and SILL 90
to State Insane Asylum.
On a resolution offered by Freeholder
Riordan, $4S5 was cut from the individ-
ual account in the appropriation for
1886. In explanation of this Freebooter
err Riordan stated that although the
appropriation asked for by the Board
had been approved by the County Board
of Equalization eff Taxes. the Clerk of
the latter Board. in making his report
to the State Comptroller; had made an
error, and it was necessary to reduce
the total amount.
COMPILING THE LAWS.
Director Heller presented a resolution
directing the Clerk to have compiled all
laws relating to the Freeholders passed
by the Legislature since 1877, so that
each member of the Board could have
a copy. The resolution was adopted.
The contract to erect a brick smoke
stack at Snake Hill was awarded to NJ.
T. Connolly, his bid of s2.S97 being the
lowest. Clerk Boyd was instructed to
advertise for bid for painting the new
asylum at Snake Hill and furnishing fire
hose for the same. Permission was also
given to the town of West Hoboken to
open a sewer on the Paterson Plank
Road on Division street, Spring street
and Clinton avenue. After defeating a
resolution to pay a claim of the Hudson
County Contracting Company of $14.29,
for work done ON the new Boulevard, the
Board adjourned.