The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-11-08
FREEHOLD
MEET
Getting Ready to Wind Up
Business Of the Fis-
cal Year.
SNAKE HILLS PRECAUTIONS
All Suggestions of Fire I'm
derwriters Carried Out
By the Board.

The Board of Freeholders held its last
at the Court House, yesterday. The
meeting was scheduled for four o'clock in
the afternoon, but owing to delays caused
by delegations of citizens being heard in
the committee room and the time con-
sumed in winding up the financial af-
fairs of the county for the year, it was
after seven o'clock before Director
Michael B. Holmes called the Board to
order
In communication Mr.. David Young
of the North Jersey Street Railway Com
pany announced the willingness of that
corporation to pay $3.50 towards the cost
of reconstructing the Newark Turnpike
bridge over the Hackensack if the con-
tract was awarded by the county on the
bids for the work already received.
Through William George Nelson of Jer-
sey City, the representatives of the New
York Board of Fire Underwriters, who
recently inspected the new fire fighting
plant at Snake Hill, presented its report.
1t commended the Board highly for the
improvements made and stated that the
plant could be made even more efficient
by placing in position the three additional
fire plugs now on the ground; placing a
relief valve on the Worthington pump
and organizing the employees of the diff
ferent institutions as fire companies. &
Freeholder Kuper announced that all
the suggestions made had already been
adopted and the Communication was or
dered filed.
Clerk Egan read communication from
Secretary James P Lone of the Central
Labor Union, in which it was stated that
that organization had learned that much
of the county printing was being done in
New York and recommended that local
firms employing union labor be given the
preference in the distribution of such
work.
Freeholder William J. Moran said, in
reply, that as chairman of the Commit
tee on Printing and Stationery he could
certify that all such work had been given
to resident union printers whenever. pos
sible, and in no case to non-union estab-
lishments On motion of Freebooter Fincke
the clerk was Instructed to forward a
communication to the Central Labor
Union setting forth the facts contained in
Freeholder Moran's statement.
Mr. David Young. for the North Jersey
Street Railway Company, acknowledged
the receipt of a communication from
Clerk Egan calling attention to the dan
gerous condition of the planking between
the trolley tracks on the Communipaw
avenue bridge in Jersey City. He prom
ised to see that the bridge was put in re-
pair at once.
Superintendent William Walsh of the
Newark turnpike bridge over the Hack
ensack reported an accident on October
II last that nearly resulted in the drown
ing of teamster. The report was refer
red to the North Bridge Committee in
conjunction with the counsel.
In communication L. o. Koven &
Brother, whose factory is located on the
Paterson plankroad, again called atten-
ton to the deplorable and dangerous con-
dition of that thoroughfare from the
West Shore Railroad tracks to the bridge
crossing for the trolley cars. The same
matter had been laid before the Board
by committee of Hudson City citizens
and the communication was referred to
the Road Committee.
A communication was received in re-
lation to the dangerous condition of the
culvert on the Secaucus road north OF
the Givernaud estate. F'reeholder Kuper
said that the same was now being re-
paired and the communication was refer
red to the Road Committee
A petition from Town Clerk Wiseman
of Kearny asking the Board to light Pas
sale avenue in that town was referred to
the Road Committee.
The agreement with the Newark and
New York Railroad Company for the
necessary repairs to the Arlington avenue
bridge in Jersey City was ordered filed.
County Collector Dugan acknowledged
receiving s14,492 from Director Holmes
who had received that amount from the
State Comptroller to go towards paying
the board of patients at the Snake Hill
ASYLUM for the quarter just closed.
bill from the Meyefhoff Brick Com
! pany for $40 for the delay of two of theil
boats for two tides at the bridge which
| is being reconstructed over the Hacken
| sack on the line of the Paterson planl
road. was referred to the North Bridg'
/ Committee in conjunction with counsel.
| The Board then adjourned until mex
| Thursday when the affairs of the curren