The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-20
STARTLING OPINIONS
Mr.. Noonan Thinks the
FTeeholders Can Adjust
Ferry Fares.
sHANLEY's MANURE HEAP
Plenty Of Law TO Abolish II
Trees fer the Boulevard
County Affairs.

Ex-Judge Thomas F. Noonan illumin-
ated the otherwise rather dull proceed
ings of the Board of Freeholders by send
ing in two opinions. One of them delighted
opinion concerning the right OF the Board
to fix ferriage rates. After being blue
authority is vested in the Board by a
law of 1893 unless the law has been re-
pealed. Judge Noonan has searched the
statutes through and Through. but has
ton of Freebooter KJa1npp the opinion
was ordered spread in full in the minutes
tinue his search for repealers and send
in another opinion. 1t should not take
him long to examine all the laws passed
since 1893.
The ott.er opinion referred in detail TIC
the power of the Board to cause to be
removed from the turnpike road between
Jersey City and Harrison the manure
heaps which have been complained of so
often as a nuisance. Judge Noonan has
been unable TO find any law which gives
the Board such authority. but he sug-
anceS may be abated. For instance any
body Interested nay bring suit in the
junction 70 restrain the owners Of the
manure heaps from maintaining them.
Then the County and Township Boards
Of Health have power to condemn NUS
pense of the owners. Then If all else
fails, Application may be made to the
courts as Iney NAVE dIlDl6 JQTlSulcllOu.
The reason a suit which was brought in
the Court of Chancery failed was that
the complaint was defective. This opinion
minutes on motion Of F~reeholder Riordan.
Certified copies of it were ordered sent
to the Board of Health of Kearny own
quest that they hie a bill Of action. 4
copy was also ordered sent to the next
Grand Jury and to the Acknowledgement
Ereeholners Eichhorn and Kelly missed
all these good things, as they were. not
present. Bids for trees 90 be planted on
fhs Bod 10 aba Newark sEem lhe ana N0 New G Yorh
Railroad Bridge and through Marion
were received. There are to be 900 naples.
| 600 lindens, $50 poplars and 500 trees Of
fifty cubic yards Of rock must be exca-
Y Fiemer I Th Fel@ aonfr at s., Mss the aW otner Di e.
| ders and their bids were:-M. J. Curley,
& Co., 1850; George Ramon s2,43S; Jo-
seph. Washington, $~2,S55.50, and Keene &
aFreehoIder Green said he thought a
great mistake had been made in not in
Of holes. No one seemed to have any
knowledge of what holes are to be filled
up and the subject was not discussed.
Bernard Lynch proved himself an ex-
| ception to the rule that few officeholders
| sition of lineman on the electric light
plant. Inc res RldllUH was dCGeplGu duu
Michael Hardness was appointed to fill
the vacancy at a salary of s729.
Bernard Carroll made an imperative de-
/ 1nand for immediate payment of the award
for his properly in the Town Of Union
taken for the Boulevard, and if the de-
malld is not complied with .ejectment pro-
| ceedings will be commenced.
Norman L. Rowe, in his capacity as
| attorney for the Board, reported that in
his opinion the Board is not responsible
for the expenses incurred by the Complete
E1apfrio TjOht E0mnanV in oartjNrari ring
the Boulevard electric lighting contract to
the. Supreme Court for the purpose of set
small about this corporation. After fall
ing 10 get the contract, it instituted Ger
tiorari proceedings. and now it wants he
county to foot the bill. On Mr.. Rowe's
company. Mr.. Rowe also reported that
in the suit of Holmes and Coogan against
for material furnished for the Boulevard.
the suit of Charles F. Mattlage for dam
ages done to his schooner by running into
| a draw. and the claim against M. F.sCon-
nelly for materials furnished for the
electric light plant, all necessary steps
have been taken to protect the county's
County Collector Dugan reported the re-
ceipt of $725 from the Consolidated Trac-
tion Company for the use of bridges.
BaSon laeo and Gr e sfnen Gas Company mapa11,s was vas
ordered to discontinue lighting the Morris
Canal bridge at the Boulevard. The Com
m1lIeR on NORTH BrlogeSs ana county Sd
perintendent Smith are to adopt some plan
of lighting the Newark avenue bridge
over the Hackensack in the best possible
manne at the least possible cost.
Freeholder Riordan, in a preamble and
resolution, called attention to an out
rage which passengers on the CONSOLE
dated Traction Company's cars running
over the Newark turnpike nave been sub
jected to at night. The passengers are
obliged to change cars at the Delaware.
LackaWanna and Western Railroad. The
conductor cries out. ssChange cars and
Immediately proceeds to pull the trolley
off to o it around to the other end
of the car. That shuts off the light.
and the passengers. both male and female,
are obliged to grope their way to the other
car in the dark. If the ground Is COW
cred with mud and slush and snow IT
makes no difference to the conductor. He
must change his trolley and the .passen-
gers must take care of themselves. Clerk
Boyd was directed to communicate with
the company and request that conductors
be. instructed not to change the trolley
at that point or any other when passen-
gers are getting off. Clerk Boyd was
directed to advertise the auction sale of
houses on land taken for the branch road.
Auctioneer Samuel Renner will sell them
and will receive az compensation ten per
cent. of the proceeds.
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