The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-08
AFTER FmREEH0LDERS.
Good Roads Association In
tends Enforcing Park
Viaduct Fine.

Freeholders Darling. Dietz, Higgins, W
Kelly. Klein, MCGEE, Ripe, Sayre, Scott
and rembl were the absentees when Di-
rector McNaily called the meeting of the
Board of Freeholders to order. at five
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The Direc-
tor reported having turned over to the
County Collector SIS, 9S4, received from the
State Treasurer, the allowance made by
the State for the care of ~lunatics in the
County Asylum, for the quarter ending
June last.
A communication was read from the
County Board of Health announcing tho
appointment of John F. Maggie as health
inspector. The appointment was CON
frmed.
Counsellor Alex. Simpson notified the
board hat a writ of habeas corpus had
been allowed in New York in the case OF
Lizzie Kriss. the thirteen-year-old girl
who was indentured to Isaac Travers
about two years ago while her mother
was in the hospital and the child an in
mate of the Almshouse. Mrs. Kriss is
now able to care for Lizzie, and she wants
to do so. but Travers refuses to surren-
der her. Counsellor Simpson said that ar
gument on the writ of habeas corpus
would be heard before Judge B~ookstaver
on Monday next.
George Z. Stillwell, an attendant at the
Fourth street bridge, Harrison, rendered
his resignation, and on motion of Free
holder Fitzsimmons, Patrick H. Cronin
was appointed in his place. The salary
is $72o per annum, one-half of which is
paid by Essex county.
Clerk Egan reported having received
$3.50 from the Consolidated Traction Com
pany, for the use of the Clay and Bridge
street bridges over the Passaic, for the
quarter ending June /, 1899.
Counselor John Griffin reported that at
the request of Governor Voorhees, he had
inquired into the right of this county to
| support as a l~unatic. Alice Gillin. who
was committed from this county to the
Home of the Feeble Minded Children, at
yineland, in 1890. She was then fourteen
years of age. Mr.. Grifin-said that the
county was bound to care for the woman
and advised that she be sent for to be
examined by county Physician Converse
for commitment TO the County Asylum.
This was ordered done.
A copy of the order made by Supreme
Court Justice Lippincott vacating the
| position of Chief Engineer, for many
years held by Edlow w. Harrison, was
read by Clerk Egan, and, on motion of
Freebooter Riordan. was ordered received
| and spread in full on the minutes.
Counselor Griffin in a communication
asked permission to retain necessary ex-
perts to testify for the county in the
| suit Of J. Aesenbach, to whom a claim
of w. B. Baker for maintaining the
Boulevard, was assigned. Baker received
for watering and repairing the big drive
way during the eight months of the time
of the combine" board. A lond and Sc
we're storm at the time almos destroyed
the road. Baker repaired it, but claimed
that the extraordinary nature of the case
did not bring it within the bounds of his
contract. He presented a bill for extra
work which has been pending since.
Counselor Griffin said hat the case had
been referred by the court to ex-Gov.
Werts to take testimony as refree. He
was granted permission to engage h
experts he needed to properly defend the
suit.
The reports of the cost of maintaining
the several county Institutions at Snake
Hill during the month of August last
year were read as follows
Asylun-Inmates, male, 235; female, S42;
employees. Al; total, 618. Cost of mainten-
ance-provisions, S3.047.57; clothing, $500;
miscellaneous, $47s.sS; salaries, S.S76;6S; To-
tai, s.. 438. So; average per CAPITA S.oV-.
acknowledgements, male 1sl; fee
male, %; employees. 81; total. lSS. Cost OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $lo29lS elotn-
ing, $4S3.51; miscellaneous, $5lSl %; salaries
SI,S9i7.46; coal. s2s5 g; total, s4,22e.ss; aver
age per capita, $2Z-4S.
Observation-Disclosures. male adults, ~,
male miunors, 124: female adults, loS; fe-
male minors, So; employees, rs; total 6lS.
Cost of neutrality-suspicious., S165Ss6;
miscellaneous. 81, 755.43; salaries. slSS2zl;
total, s5.141.5 so; average per capita, S.94.
A temporary loan bond for 1,946,4 40 was
ordered issued to pay the judgment Claim
obtained by counsellors Quinn and Speer,
representing County Clerk Fisher.
On motion of Freebooter McGovern the
contract for the erecting of a new bridge
over the Pennsylvania Railroad cut, at
Baldwin avenue Jersey 5lty ~ hei IN 500 w "a
The bids for the. work were received on
July 6 last. Counsellor Griffin was insti-
tuted to prepare the contract.
The following communication was read
and ordered filed.
1--WE beg to call your attention to the
fact that the Park avenue extension OF
some time ago and that the Park avenue
viaduct crossing the railroad tracks is
still barricaded and not open Tor trainc.
This viaduct was to. ahve been complet-
ed not later than July ]. It IS now Sep
tember 6. The Good Roads Association
of Hudson county insists that your hon
orable Board will Sc to it that the fine
of $50 per day for the non completion OF
this viaduct on July / is enforced and
collected, or deducted from the payments
to be made to the contractors.
"A delegation of the Good Roads Assoc
citation went before your honorable Board
about the middle of June and we were
promised tina the viaduct and Park az
enue extension would be open for. traffic
rot later than August 1. We relied on
these promises and the results speaks for
itself.
1--WE also beg to assure your honorable
Board that the Good Roads Association
intends to follow up this matter and uE-
less the penalty Of $50 per day az men
toned above is enforced we shall bring
the mater before the Grand Jury and fol-
low it up regardless of expense or time.
"Yours respectfully,
~. 6. RoELKER, Sec,
"Hoboken Division. Good Roads Asso-
citation of Hudson County.
AT the conclusion of the meeting Direc-
tor McNally announced that he had re-
ceived word that the Bergen County Free
holders were ready to meet with the Hud-
son Board to see what could be done
ahat1t fba ef1opacfnd new bridge over the