The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-07
THE COUNTY COLLECTOR.
A MORTGAGE AND $4,000 OF BONDS
TALKED ABOUT.
What Ex-CoIIecfor Farrier Has to Say
About It-striving for a Legal Adj
vantage and Not Gaining It.

What Ex-Collector Farrfer Has to Saw
About It-striving for Legal Ad
vantage and Not Gaining L.
There has been a good deal of talk anon
the politicians within the last week about
a mortgage of 81, 900, made by ex-County
Collector George H. Farrier upon his prop
erty to his brother Horace II. Farrier. and
the fact that the mortgage has been made.
has been linked in the minds of the politi-
clans with Mr.. Farrier's refusal to sur
render the books and moneys of the County
to Mr.. Dugan, the new Collector.
ssWhy, the mortgage" said Mr.. Farrier
to the TATTLER, sswas made month ago.
What connection can it have with my legal
contest for the position
sit Is accepted in some quarters as a
proof of the suspicion" returned the
TATTLER, "that you are fighting only for
time"
"Why," returned Mr.. Farrier. ST have
given Freebooter Clarke a statement con-
corning the funds of the County in nv
hands, Beginning with the balance I
had on hand at the end of the fiscal year
November 30th, 1884, traced my cash
through to the day he came, about June
lst. The statement l prepared for him
showed the expenditures, and the following
balances in bank
On county account in First National
Bank, $42, 635:96; Hoboken National Bank.
1884 Hudson County Bank, So. 456. SO.
State School First National Bank.
So, 1929.
Sinking Funk-First National Bank,
SO, $40. 26.
s'But," Mr.. Farrier continued, ssDirector
Govern remarked after the statement had
been made that it was not complete, andjsaid
something about no reference having been
made in it to $4,000 of Jersey City bonds
that came into my hands. These bonds
were paid to me on account of arrears Of
tsxes. Atmysuggestion the Board of Finance
gave me, as Collector, after the Freeholders
had authorized me to accept them, $780,
600 worth of bonds. / sold SO, 600 of Them
here the ex-Collector produced his cash
hook-"at par and interest. The princi-
pal and interest are credited there there's
the entry of 1884 for interest. In Janu-
airy | succeeded in selling the rest of the
bonds to sydicate composed of John
Lamb, Zabriskie and George X. Sistare.
In the meantime, however, coupons had
accrued received s., 1868. on them. You
see, there" pointing to the cash book, 81
have charged myself with the amount. and
here is the record of the sale with Sd. $50 of
interest. The bonds having been turned
into cash-with profit to the County in the
three interest items | have pointed out to
you went into the cash, the disposition
of which was shown In my statement to
Mr. Clarke"
Mr.. Farrier showed the TATTLER by the
entries in his check and cash books that
the balances to County account is not as
large now as it was at the time he prepared
the statement for Freebooter Clarke. It
has been reduced to about $28, 900, in the
First National Bank and to less than 81. 900
in the Hoboken Bank.
The agreement upon the application for
a mandamus against ex-Collector Farrier
was argued in Trenton by Judge McDer-
mott for Mr.. Dugan, and Mayor Collins
for Mr.. Farrier last week.. The Court
was not impressed strongly with
the bearing of the question of
Director-at-Large Governs title upon the
right of the Board to elect.a new Collector,
and it is evident, from what the Judges
said incidentally, that the matter, as to
Mr. Farrier has already been practically
decided against him. Mayor Collins then
urged that quo iodsTGnto was the proper
proceeding. Counselor Lippincott says
that IN quo lcdaTdnto Mr.. Farrier would be
entitled to. appeal when the decision is
rendered, and SO prolong the litigation for
some months. He can not appeal from a
mandamus, and hence his preference for
the other form of proceeding. The Court
was disposed to let the Mayor have his
quo ,0arTanto, but spoiled its presumed adj
vantage by saying that writ of mondamus
would follow the decision OF the quo ,sdr-
ranto, if it were against Farrier. It is ex-
pected that the decision will be made, and
the contest brought to close early this
week.