This Day in History: 1908-05-04
At the Freeholders Meeting in Hackensack the question of whether to rebuild the bridge at the Havemeyer Estate which was washed away in the flood of 1903 was considered. The Superintendent of the Estate claimed it was a private bridge and the Estate did not want it rebuilt. About 25 local residents, some of them very old men, testified that it had always been open to the public. The Freeholder Committee backed the request of the Township Board that the bridge be rebuilt so that the people on the other side could cross over and allow their children to go to school. The legal question as to whether the Freeholders have the legal right to do this has not been decided. (Bristow)