The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-18
FRBHHOLDERS MEET
Architect Kreitler's Report on
the New Asylum-Employes
Who Don't Pay Must Go.

The Board of Freeholders held a short
session yesterday afternoon. Notice was
served OF the board by Lawyer Frederick
Frambach that suit had been Instituted
by William Edgar Reeve against the
board to recover 5000. The claim is an
old one and was originally presented
by w. Oliver Moore, M. D. In 1892 DR..
Moore attended John E.. Gilligan, a pris-
oner in the Penitentiary, who was in
jured while at Snake Hill. His bill
amounted to $3.50. The board paid $3.50
of it, and the succeeding boards stead
lastly refused to pay the balance. Some
time ago DR.. Moore assigned the claim
to Mr.. Reeve, who now brings suit.
A communication, signed by nearly one
hundred of the resident of Shady Side
and Gutenberg, was received. 1t stated
hat the petitioners have been in the
habit of using the Old Bulls Ferry
Road in going to and from their business.
The high retaining wall built on the new
loop of the Boulevard shuts off this
road and the petitioners ask the board to
make some provision for the placing
of a stairway at that point. The petition
was referred to the Committee on New
Public Road.
ARCHITECT KREITLER'S REPORT.
Architect Kreitler presented a full re-
port of the work done on the new Luna
tic Asylum at Snake Hill, showing the
amount paid each of the contractors and
explaining same. The original a~ppropria-
ton for the work was S279, 900. The amount
expended, however, is only $267,7S0.52,
leaving a baalnce of $11, 219.48. Freebooter
Green took exception to some of the
amounts and wanted to know why Con-
tractors Cassidy and Trautler were paid
more than the amount of their bids. 1t
was explained to him that they had
performed additional work that was not
provided for in the original specihca-
tons.
Mr.. Green also objected to the cost
of placing in the electric lights as be-
ing more than the bid and was told that
the architect had made a mistake OF
eighty lights in making his calculations.
The report was finally referred to the
Committee on New Public Buildings.
The Township of North Bergen asked
the board to provide more lights on the
Paterson Plank Road, in their town,
as it is very dark along there at nlght;
Director Heller reported that he nao
Treasurer, to pay the states share for
the support of lunatics in the County
Lunatic Asylum.s
TO BOUNCE DELINQUENT EN-
PLOYES.
Freebooter Heiney presented a resolu-
ton to the effect that any employe OF the
county who failed to pay his debts would
suffer the penalty of dismissal. The
resolution provoked quite a debate, some
of the Freeholders c~ontending that 1t
would be Illegal to adopt such a resoiu-
Assistant Counsel Rowe was finally
appealed to, and he stated that the reso-
luton would be void, even if passed.
The board had no right to do sucn a
thing Notwithstanding this the resolu-
ton was adopted, II to 6.
Another debate arose over the intro
duction of a resolution authorizing, the
to go ahead and plant snade
holder Percy and one or two We nt others rs
thought that they should be plantea N
the Spring. The resolution was, there
fore, withdrawn. -
After passing a resolution informing
John J. Tully that if he Gid
keep his e9ntra efdS Of hauling na Ing s New ark
that the board would do it at
his expense, the board adjourned.