The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-16
FREEHOLDER VOTE.
Mr.. McDermott's Law Will
Be Referred to the People
at the Election.
PATERSON PLANK ROAD
Committee Appointed to Con
suit Trolley Company and
Secure It's Widening.

There was no opposition at the meeting
of the Board of Freeholders yesterday
evening to Senator McDermott's new
Freeholder law reducing the membership
of the Board and very little discussion of
it. The eighteen members who were pres
ent voted unanimously to refer it to the
voters at the coming election for adoption
or rejection, thus complying with the pro-
visions of the law, and it now rests with
the people to do the rest. The Freeholders
might have put an obstruction in the
way by ignoring the referendum clause,
but they are willing to abide by the de-
cison of the people. Freeholder Heating
submitted this preamble and resolution
which had been prepared by Counselor
Griffin
Whereas The Legislature of the
State of New Jersey passed an act
entitled. "An act to reorganize Boards
of Chosen Freeholders," which was
approved March g. 1900, in and by
which it is provided that said act shau
remain in operation in any county un-
less and until it has been submitted
to the voters Thereof by the Board of
Chosen Freeholders of such county,
and shall have been accepted py sucn
voters; now therefore IN pursuance OF
said statute be it
Resolved, That the Board OF Chosen
Freeholders of the County of Hudson,
hereby submit the question of the
adoption of said act to the voters of
each municipal division to be held in
such municipality ;and be it further
Resolved That a copy of this resolu-
tion be certified to the clerk OF each
municipality in the County of Hudson.
Freeholder Clements, for the Democrats,
urged the adoption of the resolution and
said that it would be a benefit to the
county. Freeholder Richardson, for the
Republicans, said that he would vote to
refer the matter to the people but when
he came to exercise his franchise as a
citizen he would probably vote against
the measure.
oI INK he said ''that board of this
magnitude should not be under the con-
troll of one man. There should be mi
nority representation Mr.. Richardson
did not explain what he meant by the
board being under the control of one man.
There was no further discussion and the
resolution was adopted unanimously.
The contract with Sheriff Reumpler to
board the prisoners in the County Jail at
25 cents a day per capita was ratified.
The Committee on South Bridges sub
mitted plans and specifications for new
steel bridge over the Pennsylvania Rail
read at Baldwin avenue, and Clerk Egan
was instructed to advertise for proposals
10 construct the bridge.
A resolution concerning the widening OF
the Paterson plank road was offered by
Freeholder Dietz and adopted The reso-
luton. by virtue of legislative enact
ment concerning county roads, provides
for committee of five to be appointed
Nv the Director to confer with the officers
If tho street dailway company and ascer-
tain what proportion of the cost the
company will bear And to report the ex-
tent to which the Improvement should be
carried. and the probable cost and report
at the next meeting of the Board.
Freeholder Murray offered resolution
that the County Collector be. authorized
70 issue four per cent, bonds, three for
90 600 each and one for $1,S00 to pay the
amount due Contractor William Trieste
for extra work on the Pacific avenue
bridge over the Morris Canal. The reso-
lution was referred to the Committee on
Finance.
The United Gas Improvement Company
requested permission to open 400 feet OF
the Paterson Plank Road, north of Con-
gress street, Jersey City, for the purpose
of laying pipes The company agreed not
to tear up the macadam road. The re-
Quest was referred to the Committee on
Public Roads with power.
Warden Ryan of the Almshouse sent an
official report of the recent fire which de-
stroyed e.le laundry Frederick Prosser,
engineer at the County Jail, had his