The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-02
FREEHOLDERS KICK
Republican Members De-
nounce the Contract
Work on the
Boulevard.
WILL AID THE MONUMENT FUND
Director Heller Gives His Co
leagues a Dose of Law-Rum-
pus Over a New Member.
WILL AID THE MONUMENT FUND

Inv SSl "a IA
Ing yesterday and a new member took
part in it. He was Freeholder Hanna,
of East Newark land had with him
credentials which set forth that the
bearer had at a recent election held in
Harrison been elected a Freebooter in
the manner provided for by an act
of the last Legislature. When Mr.. Han
ma presented his credentials to Director
Heller. Freebooter McNaly moved
that they be received and ac-
cepted. Freebooter Heating made
one of his usual unsuccessful kicks
and Freebooter Piercy backe him up.
Freebooter Green disposed of all the
kickers by saying that Justice Lippin-
colt had sworn Mr.. Hanna. in, and that
the Justice would not have done SO
had not Mr.. Hanna been properly
elected and entitled to his seat in the
Board. The motion to receive Mr.. Ham
ma as a member prevailed, although
Heating and Kenny tried hard to pre-
vent it. and they We're aided by Binder
maggie and Cullen.
The Board decided to advertise for
proposals for a chimney at the new
power house at Snake Hill and the North
Bridge Committee reported that an
agreement had been made by it with the
Bergen County Freeholders to repair
the HackenSack Flahnk Road bridge.
The amount fixed for the job was ST.
500. to be borne by Bergen and Hudson
counties in equal portions.
THE COMPANY'S PROMISES.
Clerk Boyd next took up a communica-
ton from the Jersey City, Hoboken and
Rutherford Railroad Company and read
as follows
81 beg leave to say in answer to your
communication regarding the Paterson
Plank Road that Mr.. Thomas H. Nc
Cam. the engineer of the New Jersey
Electric Railroad Company. has been d.
rected to take such action as may be
required to put the road in proper con-
dition. and the work, as I am informed,
is. now progressing with a result which 1
hepe will be satisfactory to the commit
tee of your Board in charge of said
road. it being my intention, after the
work is reported completed and the road
in condition. to ask a committee of
your Committee ON Roads to go over
the same with me.
Il desire in passing to say that our
company feels that some of the criticisms
and statements that nave been made
concerning their action by some of the
members of the Board of Freeholders.
were unmerited. and can assure you that
there never has been, nor is there now
any desire or intention on the part of
the company to treat the Board of Free
holders and the people of this county in
any other than in a just and fair mar,z
ner.
"Yours truly,
ABEL L. SMITH.
Counsel, etc.,
This report was ordered filed. and
then the clerk produced another docu-
ment. which had been prepared by the
republicans in the board and which read
CRITICTzING THE BOULEVARD.
we, the undersigned members of the
COMMITTEES of the new County Road. have
frao oe9oad eareful inspection of the same,
the Workmanship and how the work is
being expedited: the section, for in
Ssanee T opposite Becker street, Jersey
Workmanship IS very bad, such as stones
not properly. set and wedged together
tightly by driving into ali dnterstices
tionsJ
as far as the work is progressing. The
excuse may be that such work was yet
to be done. but we found hat working
men were carting the layer of broken
stones thereon, thereby covering the Tel
ford before firmly wedged together.
We further find that the section IN
West Hoboken, from High Point avenue
to Hackensack Plank Road, where work
is progressing, is being done nearly in
every respect to perfection at the time
of inspection.
I'VE further find tina on these differ
ent working sections, no inspector was
to be seen. where, If any, he should see
that the work is carried out according
to the specifications.
Therefore, we would respectfully re-
commend to this board to notify the
Chief Engineer and Inspector of the road
that the specifications must be strictly
complied with or else others will be ap-
pointed.
1--WE would further recommend that
the members of this board should indi-
vidually inspect the road from time to
time and see that all the requirements
are strictly complied with.
JAMES KLUMPP,
GREEN.