The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-01-05
Freeholders Will Introduce
a Bill Authorizing It's
improvement.
REPORTS OF INSTITUTIONS
Counselor Griffin Suggests
That Accidents Be I'm
nediately Reported.

Freeholders Fallon, the two kellys,
Treueble and MCGEE were the absentees
from the meeting of the Board yesterday
afternoon. Morris, Wheeler & Co. for
mally notified the Board that they nave
claims against Contractor w. G. trieste
for supplies furnished for the construction
of the Pacific avenue bridge over the
Morris Canal, and asked that payment
TO Mr. Trieste be withheld until their
accounts with him are settled The re-
quest was referred to the Committee on
South Bridges.
Clerk Egan reported that the North
Jersey Street Railway Company had paid
$500 for the use of the Clay and Bridge
street bridges during the six months end
ing December /, 1899.
HI. ]. Egan was appointed drug clerk
at the Almshouse at salary OF S6oo
year. Louis Ringhoff and Otto hoipe
were appointed underkeepers at the Pen
itentiary TO fill vacancies. Warden
Grimes was authorized to give receipts
for the money paid for keeping Govern
ment prisoners at the Penitentiary.
Counsellor Griffin and the Legislative
Committee were directed to draw up
bill authorizing the Board to issue bonas
for the Improvement of the Passaie River
Road The bill will be introduced IN the
Legislature.
srhe Committee on Finance submitted
the following report of their investigation
of Collector Hugh Dugan's books and ac-
counts
Tn obedience to the duties devolved
upon yclr Committee of Finance ana
Audit to examine the accounts OF ens
County Collector and CLERK ol ySl W
BOARD for the fiscal year endlng NO
yember 30, 1899, the committee respect
fully report that they have careIully
examined 3,646 vouchers. The C3unly
Collector had in hand on Decen99taro e9 aoo :,
1888. S142 241 23 which added to Sz,voo,
s37 2. collected by the County Collsc.
tor from all sources amounts ~ ,lrs
made during the fiscal year, as shoWn
by the vouchers, amount 70 the syn th
of g. $50. .7S5.47. leaving q balance IN me Ine
hands of the County Colieclor On w
vember 80 1899, of Ss2, 44z.ss.
The entire accounts, receipts ana
disbursements of the County Collector;
which your committee investigated ana
ind correct and exact in every par,
ticular. extend of course, far beyond
those in which the Clerk has no con-
Counsellor Griffin presented the follow
ing communication, which explains IL
self ,,o,,r
BOARD / have experienced considerable
difficulty by reason of the fact tnat II
has not been the practice .a Wae4 Pan an
accident happens, to report the Iacls
and circumstances. together with
names of witnesses, either to your
Board or your attorneys; ind as sucn
suits are not brought, as rule, TOE
long time after the happenlQg OF
the accidents, we are cGmpelieo 70 II
" upon the best reco ection. OF the
employees in the matter, ana some
times these employees are changed
thus increasing the difficulty
I would suggest that you pass
resolution which have prepared, pro-
yiding that on the happening OF any
accident whereby the. county might
be sued or a cause OF acton Hhsnl
arise in favor of the county, the en-
>nioye or employees in charge of the
place or works where the accident
n happens, report in person fortnwltn
to either the attorney or counsei OF
vour Board, to the end that MEM
! orandun of the facts in the case may
be made and the names OF tne WI
d ~,=es ascertained.
v vardens Of the Almsholse and
#aitentiary submitted their reprtos for
December as follows
] Observation-Disclosures, male adults, SzS;
hale minors, 124; female adults, l62; fe-
male minors, 7e; employees. q. Total, ~.
e,oyt of provisions, $2,700.26; clothing,
sfs.4; miscellaneous, $2,e71.5l; salaries
s.s72.1o; coal, 81, 1855 Total, $,52s0s.
Average per capita, $l0.57.
Penitentiary-A Male prisoners, III; fe-
male. 2S; male employees. rs; female eun-
ployes, A. Total, 1877. Cost of provisions,
s1.1s4.17; clothing, $155; miscellaneous
s44s.s5; salaries, 81. S5s.66; coal, 1864 To-
tai. 81, ,2s4 63; average per capita, sz2.s6 80.
Receipts for sale of crushed stone. par
rels and costs Of a prisoners trial, szsz.sS
Crushed stone quaried during the month";
7s91z yards.
resolution providing for the lease OF
Allan r McDermott's former residence, at
Pavonia avenue and Willow Court was
introduced by Freeholder Heating and
eferred to the Finance COMMITTEE ehe
4;s, mansion is leased 1t will be made an
annex to the Court House and be USED
for various purposes, more particularly
sor tbe accommodation of lawyers and
4batr witnesses and for waiting witnesses.
II e we'll known that the Court House
is utterly inadequate to the needs OF the
countv and has been so for many years.
The building of the Hall of Records pro-
videa a temporary relief, but it was only
temporary. The growing business OF the
.ountv has made the present accommoda-
tfon utterly inadequate. The rental OF the
McDermott building. if it is leased, will be
$1,000 a year.
usbe refrssal of some of the contractors,
especially James Soden. the shoe contrac-
tor to furnish the supplies contracted for
was tshe subject of Eong discussion before
the meeting. At the meeting resolution
was adopted directing Clerk Egan to re-
advertise for bids
County Attorney Young reported tna'
ne had commenced suit against John J.
Kelly. the dry goods contractor and ms
bondsmen. Samuel McGibney and Ma
xfaniel e. Smith; for failing to carry out
the contract last year. The Board pur-
chased the goods in open market ana tne
euit is for the difference in the price
The Committee on South Bridges was
authorized to prepare plans and advertise
for bids for the construction OF a orlage
over the Pennsylvania Railroad al baio-