The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-29
CUTTING OFF THE HEADS.
The Street and Water Com
misSionerS Get Their
Work In.
NO MORE EXTRA CLERKS.
Some of the Men Have Finished
Their Last Month.

The long looked for day has come, and
Jersey City no longer waits with strain
ing anxiety for the Street and Water
Commissioners guillotine to begin to
work. The chopping has been delayed SO
as to let the incumbents complete full
month, and the month ended today.
The axe worked effectively. Several
practical sinecures were abolished, and
the positions were SO rearranged, as, in
the Judgment of the Commissioners, to
make the working of the department
more economical, not only in the way OF
salaries, but in time as well.
The meeting was appointed for nine
O'Clock sharp, and the Board showed
great promptness by coming together at
that hour-in a room on the lower moor,
where they caucussed for an hour and a
half and meeting at halt. past ten.
The first business done was to order
paid to Contractor Patrick O'Neill on ac-
count of the contract for the
Ocean and Gator avenue sewer, the sum
of $780, ON the certificate of Chief En-
gineer Ruggles.
The pay roll Water Registrars office, of
81, ,391. "a, was passed and the time for pay
ment of water rates and assessments was
extended for fifteen days from July l:
Michael O'Rourke was replaced by
John Pearson as inspector of the Zabrls-
kie street improvement at a salary of s. a
day, and John Nolan's place as inspector
of the Astor place Improvement was
given to Charles A. Roe.
THEIR HEADS ARE OFF.
Then the axe came down.
First the Commissioners, with one
voice, abolished the positions of fore
man of pipe layers" of assistant
draughtsman" and of extra clerk. !"
There were good many ''extra clerks"
and four of them are now out OF employ
ment entirely. The others have taken
the positions of other employees who
have been bounced. The dismissals were
as follows and they were made at one fell
swoop:-
John Bumsted, water assessor; M. J.
O'Mara, bill clerk. Thomas Irotter, as, IS,
sistant water assessor; L. j. Carroll, bill
clerk; Charles Conway, janitor; Arthur
O'Brien, clerk to Commissioners; Thomas
Macks, tlaborer on metres; William Hell
Ter, diagram clerk; John Sherry,
assistant stableman; John Dold, carpen-
ter; Andrew f. Smith, storekeeper; JOS
eph l.. Brown, driver; Michael O'Neil,
general workman; Patrick O'Rourke,
carpenter; Frank P. Woodcook, permit
clerk; Peter A. Kern, Taper; John Cody,
assistant Taper i; Samuel McNally Ia
borer on metres; John H. Sheeran, assist
ant clerk.
NEW APPOINTMENTS.
when 1T came to filling these positions.
the anxiety evident on the faces in the
lobby, became more intense, and when
the last name had been read the listeners
wandered away, wondering how it was
that no more heads had been cut off. Here
Is the list
William Heller, water assessor; F. w.
Woodcook, permit clerk and clerk to Com
Ia Nm.
Richard H Mcdonald, assistant Taper;
William Hayes, laborer on metres; M. J.
O'Mara, assistant bill clerk; L. j.
Carroll, bill clerk; Thomas j. Burns, gen
eral clerk; Charles Freeman, general clerk;
Francis Whelan, diagram clerk; Thomas
Fallon, janitor; William Mccarthy, gen
eral clerk: A. j. O'Brien, clerk to Com
missioners; John Sherry, assistant stable
man; John McKeon, general clerk; Owen
E. Nolan, general clerk; James p Gar
ton, carpenter; Thomas Mcclure, carpen-
ter; Louis Stinson, general clerk; William
Jordan, driver. John Bonnell, general
clerk; Patrick Moran, blacksmith's
helper; Michael Kelly, foreman OF water
gate and shutting off water; Garrett
Haley, general clerk; Stephen II. Jacobs,
storekeeper at pipe yard.
The salaries were fixed for the ap-
pointees as follows
Resolved, That the following salaries
be and are hereby fixed for the positions
named:-Water assessor, $1,000; Taper,
81 200; assistant Taper, 5000; diagram
clerk. $1,000 general clerk. $500;
carpenter, s3 per day; finisher
at pipe yard, $50 per month;
driver, $55 per month; foreman of water
gates and shutting off water, 800 per
month"; assistant stableman, Wayne
street stable, $720; chief bill clerk, 81, 200;
assistant bill clerk, $1,000; permit clerk
and clerk to Commissioners, 81. 800.
The the Commissioners drew long
breath and adjourned.