The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-21
BROKE Its CONTRACT
FTeeholders Order Proceed
ings Against the Hobo
ken and Rutherford
Trolley.
SIMON KELIY's EXPLANATION
1t Satisfies the Board and the
Erie Gets Just What 1t
Wants.

appointed two weeks ago to examine into
the charges made by Director Heller cen
corning the Jersey City, Hoboken and
Rutherford Electric Railway, reported at
the meeting held yesterday afternoon.
h report sustained the charges in
every particular and justified the. Direc-
tor in making them. The committee re-
ported as follows:-
THE RECOMMENDATION.
Your special committee appointed to
examine that part and portion of the
county roads on which runs the Jersey
City, Hoboken & Rutherford Electric
Railway. would respectfully report hat
they rave examined said road, and your
committee find that they lind the said
road in the condition as reported to your
honorable board by the Director of the
board. The filling between the tracks
are not in g. proper condition for traffic,
making 1t dangerous for wagons to turn
either way, and especially. the northern
lmpassap.a for wagon to pass over, and
are Invariably compelled to take a
longer route. The tracks laid at Home
s for horses Crossing to are pass q d ovar t aa9
should be immediately removed; the
rest of the road is in a similar
condition up to the bridge crossing the
Hackensack River, which is In a weaken
passing over same. We find that said
company have not lived up to the terms
Board. We. therefore. recommend the
adoption of the following resolution
Resolved, that the counsel of this
board be and he is hereby authorized
AND directed to take such action as may
be deemed necessary against said COM
pany for the proper consummation Of
EMIL GRATH,
CONRAD DIErZ."
Il move that the company be notified
to make the changes necessary" said
F'reeholder Klumpp as soon as the report
and recommendation were read.
Il don't think such action is neces-
sary,'' said F~reeholder Groth. IThe com
pany knows all about the condition OF
stopped. The company says that if we
will furnish the crushed stone it win
spread It; We can do this ourselves FOL,
road on the side Of the tracks to fiji In
after the ompany has lone its share
The condition of the road is wretch
ed" remarked Freebooter Heating in a
that the permits it to be IN
in a very good condition for many years
until the Railway Company destroyed
1t. The company only pays a paltry $500
g yOol IOi jig SISdl privileges lHdl nave
been granted It, and it IS but right
that 1t should be held to a strict ac-
count. The company knows what It is
this Board. and it is not our duty to tell
should be notified as F~reehoider E tlai
e eo5ssslse Of t the : B Saa pa What t 70 81. shf {
move the adoption of the resolution"
The resolution wa adopted b. avete
Of eighteen. Freebooter Klumpp voting
NO and one roprph0r haino ohrant
RECEIVING BIDS.
Bids We're received for the excavation
of 10000 cubic yards of dirt from the
Real & Mcknight, SO cents a cubic
yard; M; t.. Connelly, SO cents a cubic
yard; John FULLY, IS cents a cubic yard
rick +; Flaherty. g cents a cubic yard;
The contract will be awarded to Real
Bids for 100 window shades for the
asylum We're received as foliows:-
James i. Little, 50 cents per shade;
Myron j. Furst. "A cents per shade; G.
8. Purcell s. cents per shade; Atlantic
Frank ccrdts. 65 $40 cents per shade;
James Higgins. So cents per shade;
william Snyder, 50 cents per shade.
Hids for combination gas and electric
light fixtures were as follows
Jersey. City Supply Co, 5000; Cassidy &
eoi, s. si IL; e stepben k Riordasn ~ { so 5aen 81 T.
67Si William Erawn ( Son, a.os5: John
j. Kelt, $685.; Block & Boyd. bid informal.
The contract will be awarded to Cas-
BILLS TO BE PAID.
no Ghsr]es th r. B Bosrd f thas he MS wa lawSzer Is
be paid s7si for Services rendered a year
ago as consulting electric engineer in
RBFsPisFlnsa FL qhe e%l commun liIgataiing w af the RE
charles P. Mum INFORMED the Board
t to him rie a claim Of fi si5o.y c%o aau aasisf for
trees furnished the county, and caution
ed the Beard not to pay the firm any
the assigned claim.
Via flames ! III Po fnp ,.a gTe Is }or se the ! Beard gsDi
a Communication notified the Board
n 5har rfEsiaia na ywo an ga had g aisd at t RaaG inf
wrote that he gave sls Of this money
a aq tw tor nia y s96o ov Ct the to e e1ms H9 Goie
ES-Judge McGrath reported that Har-
lie fIeor reused fuse Pt t. pay the Tho P &. Zoo Go a gaao lfassi
several years ago by the Legislature for
a soldiers, monument He said the Mon,
uilItIil GOulO ildNG IN llOllty
when it was due. but not before. He
said the Board had no authority to
turn over S., 1000 to a committee, but it
would pay 1t out as 1T became due for
services rendered and not contemplated.
Some discussion. took. place over a
resolution requesting Chief EnginserHar-
rison to prepare plans for paving the
sidewalks along the Boulevard. Objec-
tons were raised to this by Freeholders
Green and Klumpp, who claimed that
to finish the Boulevard; and therefore
McGrath explained that the resolution
did not. call for the construction of side
walks, but only. for plans. He said that
soon individuals would want to lay
they should be uniform. and to accom-
plish this object 1T was necessary to
have the plans. The resolution was a.
MAPPING SNAKE HILLS WATER.
Freeholder Kelly opposed a resolution
to permit the Erie Railroad Company to
tap the water main hat supplies Snak
Hill institutions with water, the COM
to place a meter in where the con-
nection should be made, and to pay Jer.
of the Freeholders remembered that the
watex supply at Snake. Fill had never
been very good; and that 1t was this fact
that caused the Board to, build a
In case of drouth or other emergencies,
a supply of water would be on hand for
a reasonable time. The Freehoiders who
re remembered this, and did not care to see
the Erie Railroad receive the water
adopting the resolution. Freeholder
Kelly was. equal to the emergency, now
ever, for he said:
II am sorry for these gentlemen, but
if they will walt until after the meeting