The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-07
SNAKE HILL PLANS
Freeholders Visit County In
stitutions and Arrange
for improvements.
CONTRACTORS STILL GIVE TROUBLE
They Think They Can Deliver
Goods Inferior of Samples
One Last Chance.

The most captious cannot doubt that
the present Board of Freeholders has
firmly resolved TO keep its anti-spring
pledges and make record for the party
it represents. The committee meeting at
Snake Hill yesterday fully demonstrated
the earnestness of the Board in this re-
spect. So far the Board has met its great
est set backs from the contractors who
Will persist in sending supplies that are
not according to sample in spite of the
fact that they are promptly sent back.
The Board intends to give such contract
ors one last chance, and a special meeting
of the Board will be held on March Is, to
which the contractors will be invited, and
Director Holmes will read the riot act to
them.
The fact that the county is without a
map of its property at Snake Hill and
the suspicion that exists to the effect that
the D.. L. & w. is trespassing on the
county's lands was also discussed and at
the meeting of the Board this afternoon
it is probable that an engineer will be ap-
pointed to prepare a map.
Another feature of this afternoons
meeting will be the creation of stable
committee. The herding of the county's
live stock in the new stable at the Peni-
Tertiary grounds makes such a commit
tee necessary. 1t is likely that the horse
owners in the Board, Freeholders Moran,
Kelly and Ellington, will be appointed
to that committee.
A glance ebout the county grounds at
Snake Hill shows many improvements.
In fact, more improvements have been
made by the new Board with its reduced
appropriation than have been made in
years.
A bell for the accommodation of belated
visitors has been placed at the gates. The
gates are receiving two fresh coats of
paint
There are five less horses in the stable;
County Superintendent c. P. Smith sold
the animals under Instructions, and
saving in feed and care is the result.
Another evidence of economy IS The fact
that one of the attendants at the asylum
has been discharged for inattention to his
duties. and the Board has resolved not
to fill the vacancy.
At the quarry the prisoners have been
driven hard by Freeholder Ellington
with the result that more stone has been
turned out than ever before. Immense
piles of the stone lie about the county
grounds. The Committee on Public Roads
has decided not to give any of the stone
away.
1t will be used to repair the county
roads as soon as the winter is over. The
three new scales at the Asylum, Peniten-
Uary and Almshouse are in position They
have already done excellent work in the
matter of catching short weight contrac-
tors. The Freeholders say that the scales
have already paid for themselves.
The new bake shop is completed and
the Freeholders are proud of it. Its ca
pacity is such that it can supply all the
institutions and it does away with the
services of two bakers.
The antiquated morgue will be replaced
by one with modern slabs. One of the old
buildings has been selected for the pur-
pose. The other unused buildings Will be
destroyed by Superintendent Smith. Free
holder Moran's contention that the Coun-
ty could inter more than one body in a
grave has been upheld by the County
Board of Health, as there is no law or
ordinance prohibiting the interment of
more than one body in a grave. This will
prevent any further enlargement of the
paupers burying ground.
The furniture III the abandoned store
house has beea turned over to DR.. King
for his use.
superintendent Smith reported that the
work OF repairing the eight bridges south
of Newark avenue was complete, and un-
less some accident hoppens there will be
neat surplus in that item of the appro-
prlations.
AT the meeting of the Board this after
noon a set of rules for government OF the
county institutions will be adopted.