The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-22
The letter from Judge Green reads A.
follows:-

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Law Department. West Shore +. r..
New York. April Is. 1898.
Dear Sir-I have had some cOnyerSa-
ton with our general manager and
have communicated with the Erie
Railroad Company. / an Inclined to
think that some arrangement may be
made for the building OF the vladuct
along Park avenue. Hoboken. over
the New Jersey Junction and Erie
tracks, by which the railroad COM
panies will share N such part OF the
expense as may be just and reason
able under the circumstances. In or
der to determine this. however, we
want more accurate Information than
we now have and I think that before
we can proceed any further with the
negotiations. to lead to any practical
result, you should let US have the de-
tailed plans, SO that we can submit
them to our engineers and form some
estimate as to the expense. We should
also like to know the nature of the
proposed structure in order TO deter
mine whether it will interfere with
any of the operations of the railroads
or TAX any of our property.
l hin this is as much as / can say
to you at the present and
you are at liberty to communicate it
to the Board of Chosen Freeholders
at their next meeting.
AsHBEL GREEN,
General Counsel
City Clerk McDermott of Hoboken sent
a communication to the Board enclosing
a resolution of the Hoboken Council re-
questing that the Paterson Plank Road,
from Monroe street to the. city line, be
put in proper repair. The communica-
ton was referred to the Committee on
Roads and Bridges. 3
Freebooter Diesz presented a preamble
ord raco1uffap oopoarptpn fho ubp1kfro
condition in which the Jersey City, Hobo
ken and Rutherford Railroad Company
has left the Paterson Plank Road, from
Summit avenue to the Hackensack bridge.
The preamble set forth that demands
nave been made upon the company to re-
pair the road, but no attention has been
paid to them. The resolution directs the
Counsel of the Board to begin proceedings
at once to compel the company to repair
the read or r%elinquish its charter. The
preamble and resolution were adopted
unanimously. tss1e
The papers were ordered filed.
Contractor Michael T. Connolly. who
had a claim of 81, 912. IS for balance due on
the contract for constructing the electric
light plant at Snake Hill. offered to COM
promise for 81, 500, and The offer was ac-
cepted. A resolution by Freebooter Nc
Nally to pay Mr.. Connolly 1,50o was
adopted, and Mr.. Connolly Will withdraw
the suit he had instituted against the
courty.
Deputy Warden Stewart also accepted
a compromise of 95 per cent. of his claim
for salary from the time he was dis
charged by the Combine until he was re-
instated by an order of the Supreme
Court because he was a veteran. All the
other veterans who had been discharged
and reinstated accepted the compromise.
but Stewart held out for the full amount
and contemplated beginning suit.
h resolution adopted at the last meet
ing directing Chief Engineer Harrison to
abardon his Office in the Fuller Building
and bring the Boulevard maps and papers
to the Office OF the Board was rescinded.
A resolution authorizing the Chief Engi-
neer to hire another office in the Fuller
building at a rental OF s2o a month was
lost by q tie vote. n
Warden King of the Insane asylum re-
ported that the total number of pa
tients and employees in the asylum during
March was 542. The total cost Of main
teraree was Sc, 935.03, and the average cost
$12. 79.
The contract for laying the sidewalk on
the branch road was awarded to A. Cal
iery at S37, 100. He was the loves bid
der. The Board will meet again on
May 5.