The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-17
BOARD OF FREEHoLDER.
(0mciaJ praoaadinrs
(Continlled.S

BOARD OF FREEHoLDER.
(Oficial Proceedings.)
lContinued3
Dry. Goods-Joseph H; Cutley, $10,27s.70;
ignatius Noo o So, $50 20; Alexander J.
81 49,; 40; Charles Furst, IS. 413.3 30; Louis
Y: Ginnochi sa, $ll,26s.0; John higgins &
,HossieTy1JoA Biggins : 60, s7s1.25;
e oKeefe, 500 louis v; Ginochic, $62s;
ley. 500; Ignatiuss N NO oina sgEa5.5o.
iFreeholders Ripe and Cronin were
appointed tellers on the foregoing bids
Freeholder Eichhorn moved that the
bids be read by Items. Question being
tssea o on the mq }dS,n on yeas ard nays.
Piercy. Ripe and Director Heller.
Cullen. Datz, Groth. Keafing, Kelly,
FreGhossers Green ,Klunpp. McNally
The director declared the motion lost.
FNreeholder moved TO have the bids
read BY Z their ,,o t9tals, oues 4bone being
as Observation-Disclosures Binder
nagel, cronin: Cullen, Dietz. Groth,
Piercy. Riordan. Ripe and Director Hell
ler-14. Nays-Freaholders Eichhorn,
Heiney, and McComb-S. Absent-Free-
holders Green, Klumpn McNnlly and
The director declared the motion adop-
Freeholder Riordan moved that the
Board resume its regular order Of bust
ness.
Adopted.
From the Fidelity and Casualty Com
House, was received and ordered FLED.
Regiment Il. 6. n. j.. in reference to
lighting the Armory with electric light
from the Hudson Boulevard, was re-
Rew Public Road q Counsel Of the
Reports of oficers:-
From Norman l. Rowe. Ceunty Attor-
B HsS,d re clerk, e Be & i ieg form FORM With Vi sf the
sureties in the sum Of 5000
be received and approved and ordered
! filed. Adopted.
From Thomas F. Noonan, jr., counsel
of Branch Road
To the Honorable the Director and
Members Of the. BoBard of Chosen
Freeholders of the County of Hud-
son:
Gentlemen-In the matter of the Branch
with Weehawken township, now in course
Of construction under the act of March
n, 1893, / beg leave to report that due
notice has been served, from time to
time, on all of the persons returned by
the New Jersey Title. Guarantee and
Trust Company as being interested in
the lands, ETC.. to be taken, ETC., fur
said Branch Road, of the times and
places, when and where the Commits
praise their respective lands, etc. and
to hear such persons respectively in re-
lation thereto; that 376 such persons
cept 36; those served personally were
foundp Principally in the various munich
ppalities of this county, but quite 4 nun
Red Bank, Paterson, Passaic, Hacken
sack and in Avon. Bronsdale. in New
York State; and in New oYrk City. ]
the addresses of many of those persons,
even those in this county. and found
them out only after much inquiry, travel
Title Company did not return the adj
dress of parties who had fled, obtained
tachments, mechanics liens. bonds to
sheriff or recognizances to the State,
but returned only the addresses of own
eRs and m~ortgagees, and then gave only
the city or town, and in many OF such
such last cases the parties have not lived
for years at the residence so returned
sonally as many persons as possible fos
the purpose of thereby saving the county
the cost Of serving BY publication IN
been served by publication. The Com
missioners on the Branch Road nave
met pursuant to such notices, have
heard all of such persons as appeared
before them at such times and places
and for said purposes, and have gone
Road several times. and in company
with such persons whenever they were
willing to 50 accompany the Commits
s~ioners. The last meeting OF The Com
W VYselsa Town Hall Decem be- & &
1886, which terminated the public hear
ings in this matter. Since then the Com
most daily ana going over the line of
stlle road in figuring up and fixing the
Isamounts of rewards, DAMAGES benjfits,
ETC.. which ! expect will be finished SO
that I may be able to draw and present
to Judge Lippincott a report herein
within a month; But on the question Of
final and should include all tho land
within the lines of said branch road, as
the same are shown on the ms on file
ii the office of your Clerk, desire TO
say that | consider 1t proper to call youT
attention specially to two important
phases of the matter on which You may
the northern terminus Of the Branch
Road. Just across Bergenline avenue,
the Branch Road is aligned at almost
right angles (Which win make the
! another road than like a c~oneinuous
t-horoughfare}. and is at said point SO
4 laid ort as to take all or nearly all OF
several valuable buildings, whereas the
Branch Road there may be constructed
at a graceful curve and SO as to avoid
all Of those buildings Dust south OF
ana thereby make d better road and
save to the county. some thousands OF
dollars besides. While this matter .ap.
pears to ms OF Importance, yet / would
not bring it to your attention were II
not that it is somewhat kin to another
Ismatfer of far greater Importance, which
I consider It nay duty 10 bring befors
vou the latter, I have thought it we'll tt
4 refer to the CORNER The latter is abou
the southern terminus Of the Brancf