The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-05
THE IioBoKEN FRAUDS.

The DRAINAGE Conmtssisuers Tender their
HesiGaattsa-The Hsbeken Council Do
o'tnss to Accept.
The Hoboken aud weehawksn Drainage Com.
missioners have % last closed their oncai business
al bat two having resigned. No Board was ever In
existence In New Jersey guilty Of perpesting frauds
20 extensively - those PERFORATED BY the above
Commissioners, and were II not for the certain In.
vestlgaoe before the Supreme Court there Is little
doubt but that they would have carried on their
swindnx operations until their full term bed ex.
pired by law.
On the fourth day OF April. 1903, bill was passed
in the Legislature appointing Messrs. William W.
shppen, John y. Broad, J. J. Benson, K. Fiynt all
Of Hoboken, and Charles T. Perry Of wheeliawkea
township Commissioners for fve years, who should
be under the control OF the Hoboken City Council,
TO superintend the draiuing OF the Hobokeu Mca-
dows, and TO levy assessments for the same, the
Council having power TO ndd to said Commission,
which thry did In the person OF George P. schinE-i
On tbs 9th Of April 1867, tho Legislature amended
INC act BY addnx @ ,onr % more TO the Commss'oc, all
N. Leight Jacob Duryea, Warren conklin aud
Jo.eph Thomas.
when the above named fook their seats, Mr.. Ship
pen, Of the Hoboken Land and Improvement Com.
pany. resigned In disgust. Mr.. John o'Donnell
was apgoin,od II hrs place soon af.erward- En.
ring" also wthdryw Ia disgust, ana City surveyor
Dr. Puget was appointed 10 hl- p,sce. AT thie time
u u nk,
ger, 6ndng tina, he could not get In the magic cir
cle withdrew amer three weeks pro Jation.
value Of their pos,sa Mr. Bsafa had az easy .Se ,hns
Of Z, to Gather sB OWL mast. he getting twothrJs
Things becoming pretty hot for Board, and n
mors OF an Investigation beinz ripe in the carly part
ont IN the s ey con RSmr saS
II that Mr. Board retired with go 900 clear. Alder
man John Lee was substituted in his place
Thus the Board continued up TO July last, when
the owners Of the property on the Meadow dc.
termlned that they would submit no longer to the
outrageous tar that was constantly beng imposed
upon them. Seeing but little or no work done, the
CITY Council was forced to bring up the matter for
Three nsctinrs were had a, " Odd Fellows. Hall -
and eminent counsel Was employed on both sides,
but when the Drainage Commissioners found that
m ney wsre sens e1,herea. ana ,nelr frands about
Court returnsble in February next, thus cutting od
swindiing operations. Up to this time thcy had
run 4 suice-way on the southeast end OF the city
ike wi,S rss, .sSy 's{ %S,ss
they pG. down si $500 a boz sewer through
l The BE are their own ngures. but the whole work
done done amounted in reality to about tie.ooO. Their
sessrnent el6.6l46L making a total OF tso.8so 80
coSmssionsrs No, SATISFIED With s.' ES Bos1d iS sRi
assessment OF $4,000 whom the fraud was exposed
| Knowing there ore that they wore soon 10 appear
| for trial, aud q full disclosure about 10 be made
these gentlemen, IL order to cave themselves from
exposure, sent their res.xnations To the City Council
last eyening-all resignins their positions excep,
Alderman Lee, whom II seems was the only honora-
bic and Independent member Of the Commission,
and who claims that he does not intend 10 shirk
toll invesugation OF all the fscts in the case.
On motion OF Councilman Ice, aud without dis
sent!ng vote, the communicated ordered to be
returned to the Commissioners. There Is no doubt
now but that the Commissioners will have TO answer
At the next sitting Of the Supreme Court for their
misdeeds.