The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-04
BOARD OF F~R[EHOLDERS.
Contractors Disappointed In
Not Having Their
Bills Paid.


The attendance Of contractors and other
county creditors at the meeting Of the
Board of Freeholders, yesterday after
noon, was unusually large. 1t was ex-
pected tina all the unexpended balances
would be transferred to the incidental ac-
count for the purpose of paying claims
as far as the money would go, bat after
the members had spent three hours IN
discussing that and other subjects, 1t was
found that it you'd be impossible to OBJ
tain the twenty votes necessary to make
the transfer and the matter was not
brought up in open meeting. The county's
creditors were grieyously disappointed,
but they were given SONS consolation
when q resolution by Freebooter Riordan
was adopted providing for another meet
ing next Friday, when the transfers will
probably be made and the contractors and
other creditors will be correspondingly
happy.
Only fifteen members, just enough 10
make a quorum, answered to their names
when Clerk Woolley called the roll after
Director Clayton had announced that the
meeting was open. Eight applications
for the indenturing of children at the
Almshouse were read and referred. Mar
tin Murray made an APPLICATION for per
mission to lay a sewer under the Bouie-
ward. Albert Day, of Fifth street and
the Boulevard, West New York, sent a
letter threatening to SUE the county for
damages unless some Instructions
on the Boulevard in front OF
his property are removed forth
with. The Instructions cause the
surface water from the Boulevard to HOOD
his property. The communication was re-
ferred to the counsel of the Board A re-
quest that none but nnion men be em-
pIoyed on county work was received from
the United Building Trades Council, and
referred to the Standing Committee.
A notice from yredenburgh & Garretson
that John Skinner, who furnished meat
10 the county institutions last year, had
obtained a Judgment for 81, 9ss.9l. and de-
handing payment, was referred to the
counsel. A formal notice was received
from Sheriff Heller that he will continue
to feed the prisoners in the county jail
for twenty-five cents a day per capita.
County Collector Dugan reported that
he had received 81. 600 from the State
Treasurer for the m~aintenanee of State
patients at the Snake Hill Lunatic
Asylum. He also reported that the Con-
soiidated Traction Company had sent a
check for $3.50 for three months use OF
the Clay and Bridge streets bridges. The
United Gas Improvement Company was
authorized to open different parts of the
Boulevard for the purpose of laying pipes.
Warden Grimes, of the P~enitentiary, re-
ported a61 inmates in thai institution dur
ing the month of October{ maintained at
a, total cost Of So, 1880 an average OF
$23. 40 As per capital. During the month
779 loads of crushed stone were sent to
the Newark turnpike road; SIG loads to
North Bergen township. and Il loads to
the Paterson Plank Road.
DIR. George NJ. King, superintendent of
the asylum, reported go males, 229 fe-
males and 81 employees in that institution
during October. The total COST was S.
210.22; average cost, s11.27. Twenty pa
tents were admitted during the month,
four discharged. and one died.
Warden Ryan, Of the ~almshouse had 767
month. and the cost OF maintenance was
S5,9iS.41. an average of S7.71ia per capita.