The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-15

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this work, The articles In tina paper
while without one word Of truth nave led
q tendency TO make q few of their readers
belieye that such was %actueiy the case
they put 4. and no others than your COM
mittee and even your own Board.
grounds or authority the Journal
may have to make such libellous pub1iea-
tons your committee have tried hard to
find out, but without success, and have
put them down as all fictitious stories for
| regarding this work tina has appeared tn
/ the Journal from time to time since this
bridge project was first suggested has
been misleading and misrepresenting and
| from certain information your m
has received Ne believe them to be pre-
meditated falsities particularly when the
truth and facts were so easy to obtain.
The following are a few extracts opted
from the Journal, to witt
On October "A, 1885, an article appeared
calling the attention OF the voters of teh
county to the fact that they would be
called upon at the following election to
| vote OF this bridge question, and went on
| to state that no one had as yet noticed
where this bridge was to be built, and
much as Hudson County would be COM
pefled to pay about seyen-tenths Of the
/ COSTS"
This reads very sensational. but If the
managers of this paper would trouble
themselves to read their own work, the
advertising columns, they would find BY
reference to the next age Of this edition
IAN official notice from this Board stating
that it was intended to build the bridge
from the foot Of South Fourth street in
the town of Harrison to the foot of Madi-
allowing improvements 70 go to the west
their minds were not biased towards
| ern part Of the county, they would never
make such 2 follish assertion, as every
body knows that each county VIII a
just one-half and not seven-tenths of the
| costs.
jackson street site and adopt hat Of
Madison street and that thereby hangs 9
job" Such irexeusable ignorance! Every
member of this Board and every person
| who reads the official proceedings OF this
| Board as published In the official papers
throughout the county land the Jour
NAL, by the way IS one Of them), knows
| that the original resolution calls for Madt-
son street and not Jackson, and that the
Essex County Committee. insisted on
jackson street as the Newark approach,
| ever since the engineers reported that
Fourth street and Madison street could
| not be directly connected.
In conclus.ons your committee would
| respectfully call the attention of the man
ayers Of the Jersey City Journal to an
their paper on May - last, entitled ON
Gals and Cities"
1t contains a number of very good sug-
Journal in the future would put into
practice a little Of that which they try
| to teach others.
The substance Of the editorial referred
O course there are many officials and
official acts which merit criticism. but
even in these instances. the critics should
inform themselves of the facts before
they begin to criticize"
And then again they say
If these critics could take turns in try
ing to carry out their IDEAS, each would
find that ne did moi know wha he was
talking about before-hE turn came, and
the official business would be hopelessly
muddled."
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph A. Riordan, W. Hanna, NJ. J..
Kenny, F. McNally, Con. Dietz.
Freebooter Rsordan moved the report
be received and approved and printed In
fun in the minutes and a copy Of the reso-
luton sent to the Board Of Chosen Free
holders Of Essex County and 70 the Town
Council of the town OF Harrison.
Freeholder Green moved to amend by
inserting in the minutes only the BUSH
ness portion Of the report.
QUESTION being taken on the amend
ment on yeas and nays there voted as fol-
tall
Daniel T Mccarthy, sss.ss; Margaret
Claims Committee on Maintenance of
Hudson Boulevard
M. J. Coyle, s20S.3s; John p. McMahon,
snperInfgnden sle1ss; William J. o.Prie
nix. sS15; Patrick Cannon, s292. so; Harry
T.. Banck, Jr., SIS; Otto Topper, sS7; Will
lam schneider. sI;70; George Roman. s213;
Peter Brady, S27s; Patrick McGratn, Slse.
sS24 n S2li William ]. O'Brien, $453; W.
F Kern. sA26: Henry Byrne, Ss12 ant s1SS;
$3.50.
Western Electric Co, SIS. So; G. N.
sNas $50; rr sSass {. Smith. II; ST. 5gn4 Tim +. I HssIan,,
~; James Coyie, $494.5S; Virgins & Abel,
CLAIMS Committee IN Printing and sta
tionery:zJohn j. OsHara, $3.50. s427.35;
Jersey City Democrat siS. $3.50, s45.s3;
S Ss1rge sI 3 e. gasl s5s.. ssi5 So; EEysalns
$b.g, sl37. 80, the Carter Ink Co., sl4.25;
Hudson County Dispatch. s45.s4; the Kear-
ny Record, SiS7.5 9 Albert DATE, $3.50;
e. ssIs Bayonne Herald. si5s. 8; y. I.
Vikal, slz4.5o; Joseph e. Erwin, $50.
clains on PUBLIC and Coun-
Michael Hesiin, $3.50; Patrick Curtin
Ssl Is; John fully, $685.; Stewart Lowry,
s sss'5o' Sc ssn g; T f Mail NJ mics SIS k syn:
Patrick Cannon, sS5, s24.7 5; w E. Wehnke,
Question being taken on the resolution
on yeas and nay there voaed as follows.
yeas-Freeholders Bindernagel, Cronin,
Cullen. Dietz, rGoth, Green, Hanna, Hell
Naliy, Mccomb. Riordan, Ripe and d.
rector Heller-I.
Nay-Freenolder Piercy-1.
Observation-Disclosures Eichhorn, Klurnpp
and Macfarlane.S.
The Director declared the resolution
From t:e Committee on Finance and
lows
Yeas-Freeholders Green, McComb and
Percy. Nays-Freeholders Bindernagel,
Cronin, Cullen, Dietz, Groth, Hanna.
LIeiney, Kelly, Keating, Klein, McNally,
Riordan, Ripe and Director Heller-l5.
Observation-Disclosures Eichhorn Klumpp
I'D Macfarlane-S
Kthmr ETAOI SHRDL MFWY Ah&-F
The Director declared the amendment
lost. l. sSti0n being taken on the original
report there voted as folicws:-Yeas-
FreeholdS . Bindernagle. Cronin, Cullen,
Dietz. 10th, Hanna, Heiney, Kenny, KEEL
y, Heating. Klein, McNally, Riordan,
Freeholders Green McSComb and PIercy-
5. MISUNDERSTANDING Eichhorn, Klumpp
and Maefarlane-S The Director de-
Jared the report adopted.
From the Committee on Finance and
Resolved, That warrsm.s be and are
hereby ordered drawn on the County Col
lector, and signed by thu Director N
Clerk of the Board, in YIN of the
the COMMITTEES on Finance and Audit. sig:
Joseph A. Riordan. Charles Klein, Fred
ertck Ripe. T. J. Cronin. Emil Groth,
F. ny Nally, Committee.
Claims Committee IN Finance and
AuditsJoseph NJ. Noonan, 1898; N. L.
Rowe. $50; DR.. Thomas Byrne, 1855 S.;
Pierce j.. Fleming, 1888; Joseph A.
Whelan. sSs.33 Hugh Dugan. 800; Arthur
J.EOBrien. S.; William A. Toison. S26e;
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