The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-02
CREDITORS UNPAID.
Freeholders Don't Pay Their
Bills for Supplies
Furnished.
MONEY, As USUAL, EXHAUSTED
Plans for Weehawken Loop
viaduct Submitted
Other Business
Transacted.
MONEY, As USUAL, EXHAUSTED

A large number of the county's creul-
tors attended the meeting of the Board
Of Freeholders yesterday afternoon ana
went away very much disappointed. An
impression had got abroad that all the
old claims would be settled up and that
the Board would go out of official exist
ence with a clean score; but County Col
lector Dugan vetoed any such intention,
if it had existed, by declaring that he
would not honor any warrants ordered
drawn yesterday for supplies furnished
or work done during the last fiscal year.
AS Collector Dugan controls the purse
strings, that settled it. and only a few
claims were paid.
Twenty-Five of the twenty-eight menu
bers We're present, and former Freehold
err Philip B~indernagle occupied a seat In
the lobby. Director Clayton called the
meeting to order a few minutes before
five o'clock. A belated invitation to at
tend the masquerade ball of the Jeffer-
son Club, which was run off on
Thanksgiving Eve, was he first cornInu-
nication read by Clerk Woolley. The in
yitation was ordered filed in the archives.
A formal notice was received from
Lemuel Alberts and James Tresouthick,
engineers at Snake Hill; James Flynn,
monitor at the Almshouse, and Edward
Lappin, cook at the Penitentiary, that
they are veterans and under the protec-
ton of the Veteran act. Meyerhon
Brothers, who have a brick yard at Lit
tie Falls, complained that the bridge ten
der on the Paterson Plank Road brige,
over the Hackensack River, delays their
boats by neglecting to open the draw.
Freebooter Groth explained that the
bridge had settled to such an extent that
it was impossible for one man to open
the draw. He said that the Bergen
county Freeholders had promised to APP
point another man, and he supposed 1t
had been done.
Collector Dugan reported that he had
received $500 from the North Jersey Rail-
way Company for the use of the Hack
ensack Bridge. Mr.. Dugan also reported
that the Sinking N Commissioners
had purchased the bonds issued for the
construction Of the Fourth street bridge
over the Passaic River. The bridge cost
$106. 600 and as $4,000 had been appro-
priated there is a balance of $4,000 to
go into the Sinking Fund. The Essex
county Freeholders had expended Sl5o,Uo
for their share of the work and Mr..
Dugan suggested that Freebooter R1or-
dan is entitled to credit fortthe economi-
cal manner in which he had managed
the work on this side of the river.
Revised plans for the construction CT
the viaduct by which the extension of
the Weehawken loop of the Boulevard is
to be carried over the West Shore and
Erie Railroad tracks, were submitted by
Chief Engineer Harrison. The new plans
lengthen the span in conformity with the
suggestion of the Hoboken Land and I'M
provement Company.
Warden Grimes reported that the cost
of maintaining the Penitentiary during
November was s3,S47.7S. which was
s22.9 0 per capita.
The warrants ordered drawn at the last
meeting in favor of John Nolan for keep
ing the southern part of the Boulevard in
repair, We're ordered cancelled on motion
Of Freebooter Clements, because Superin-
tendent John C. Kaiser had reported tnat
there was an error. New warrants were
ordered drawn for $780, rs and $531.47.
BY resolution of Freebooter Riordan 4
per cent. bonds were ordered issued TO
pay judgments obtained by John Skinner,
Hannibal & CO.. -four contractors, Tor
81, 357. 99; Frank n. Lockwood, salaries Of
employees of the Election Board, $S23.Sl;
Joseph Wilson. S290.19; Daniel Dowies.
shoe contractor, 1859. 80; Thomas Flanagan
& Co, hosiery and notions contractors,
s2S0. 80; and James P. Hall, lime and &C.
amounting to $4,S93.9l, will fall due on
March l, 1900. and an appropriation to
meet them will be placed in next years
tax levy. The Board will meet on Mon,
day at ten A. M. and adjourn sine die and
Immediately afterward the new Board
will organize.