The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-10
FOR A new BRIDGE
Freeholders Accept Specii-
cations for Another Hack
ensack Span.
Mr.. KEATING'S OPPOSITION
County Improvement Bonds
Will Be Sold at Private
Sale.

| Inc BOdTQ Oh CHOSEN FTeenUiueTS Iielu
| a meeting yesterday afternoon for the
purpose of receiving the report of the
| Committee on North Bridges, which had
been directed to consult with Committee
! of the Bergen County Freeholders con-
cerning the construction of a new bridge
over the Hackensack River on the line
of the Paterson Plank Road. The Hud-
son men favor this bridge, but the Bergen
County Freeholders who will have to pay
one-half of the cost, object to the needed
| improvements.
Freeholder Scott presented a set of
| specifications, but no plans, for the pro-
posed bridge, accompanied by the follow
ing resolution
Your Committee on North Bridges
herewith respectfully submit the general
specifications for your approval on which
plans and proposals are invited from
bridge builders for the construction over
the Hackensack River on the line of the
Paterson Plank Road, between the
I counties of Hudson and Bergen as per re-
port of this committee adopted at meet
ing of this Board, held June 25.'
Freeholder Scott explained that immed-
late action on the report was advisable.
He said that the matter had been fully
gone over in committee.
The specifications had been approved
and adopted by the Joint Committee of
Hudson and Bergen counties, he said, in
reply to a question by Freeholder
Scott.
A motion that the specifications be read
was carried and Clerk Egan started to
read the thirty-two closely typewriter
pages of the specifications when Free
holder Richardson moved to refer them to
a committee of the whole.
you are out of ORDER declared
Director McNally. ''The clerk has begun
the reading"
81 move that we adjourn for ten min
utes to enable the members to examine
these specifications, said Freeholder
Keating. This motion prevailed and after
Mr.. Keating had looked over the speci-
fcations he announced that he would OPP
pose their adoption. 1.-The proper pro-
cedure would be to have plans and speci-
fcations prepared by the engineers of
the two counties and then receive bids
on the same
Director McNally said, 'sThe Bergen
County Freeholders will not do tha.'
81 don't propose to be governed by the
Bergen County Freeholders,' said Mr.
Keating, 81 am a member of the Hudson
County Board"
When the board reconvened Freeholder
Scott moved to adopt the committees
report and Freeholder Keating moved to
table it.
''The members of this board have not
been made aware of the nature of these
specifications. said Freeholder Keating
''The mode of procedure proposed under
this resolution is out of line with any
thing done by this Board for some time
past. think it unwise to go ahead and
build a bridge in the manner suggested
by this committees report
The amendment was lost by vote of
s IN Z.
When Freeholder Riordan's name was
called on the original motion he asked if
the counsel to the Board had approved of
the specifications. On receiving nega-
tive reply Mr.. Riordan said that in his
judgment it was bad precedent to es-
tablish to depart from this rule, and he
therefore voted no. The motion to adopt
was carried by a vote of s to 7.
BY a resolution offered by the North
Bridge Committee, Ralph D. Earle was
appointed engineer in charge of the con-
struction of the bridge at compensation
of 21s per cent. on the total cost.
The unsuccessful effort at the last meet
ing to sell at satisfactory figure county
bonds to raise funds to pay for the inn
provement of the Paterson Plank Road
the new bridge over the Pennsylvania
Railroad cut at Baldwin avenue, Jersey
City, and the improvement of Passaic
avenue, Kearny resulted in resolution
offered by Freeholder Scott authorizing
the Chairman of the Finance Committee
and the County Collector to sell the same
| at private sale at not less than par and
accrued interest. 1t is probable that they
will be purchased by the County Sinking
| Commissioners.
BY a resolution offered by Freeholder
| Dashe and adopted, the special commit
| tee in charge of the Passaic avenue I'm
| provement in the Town of Kearny was
authorized to arrange with the engineer in
| charge for all necessary extra work that
may be required.
The Board then adjourned until Monday
next, when the tax budget for the next
fiscal year will be adopted.
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