The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-19
NO BREAK In THE Slate
The Board of Freeho1ders
Grinds Out It's Grist of
Appointments.
IT MADE SOME MEMBERS ILL.
They Asked to Be E~xcused---A
Proposition for "Oficial Under
takers"

PrOp0Sltl0n I0r "Uflclal UndeT-
takers"
Poet Smith and Saloonkeeper Kimmerly
were the only members absent from the
meeting of the Board of Freeholders yes
terday at roll call, but later in the meet
ing F~reeholders Kenney, Cullen and Brun-
ing, of Hoboken, asked to be excused,
and the Director granted their requests.
As was stated in THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS yesterday, a caucus was held the
night before by the combine" n it was
decided to reappoint the present heads OF
the several institutions at Snake Hill. The
persons who do not love Messrs. Kennev,
Cullen and Bruning, said they left the
meeting to avoid voting for these appoint
ments.
Whether this is true or not, 1t is a sig
nificant fact that they were excused just
before the appointments were made.
Their friends said that they suddenly be
came i'll, but not one looked pale or as If
he needed the attention of a physician.
sTEGER EXPLAINS.
AS soon as the roll call was made, ex-
Director Steger arose to a point OF order
and said that before the minutes were APP
proved he wanted to explain that
| although he did leave the last meeting a
few moments before County Superintend-
ent Cannon was appointed, it was not to
avoid voting. He added that had he been
present he would have voted for lin.
A communication from Nh. McGrath,
counsel to the Board, was read soon AFTER
ward. 1t stated that under the Veteran
act Thomas Lloyd, an engineer, who was
discharged from one of the institutions at
Snake Hill some time ago, can compel the
Board to reinstate him. Subsequently a
motion to reappoint him was made, but it
was tabled.
Counsel also notified the Board that
Superintendent Cannon has filed 10000
| bonds, his sureties being County Collector
Dugan and ex-Assemblyman Tumulty.
After a report that arrangements were
being made to put into repair the Newark
avenue bridge, Freeholder Steger in
formed the Board that the Special Com
mittee appointed to investigate the
finances of the Board would be prepared
to make a formal report next Thursday,
and asked to have the Board adjourn to
meet that day. His request was complied
with.
BOTH REFLECTED.
Freebooter McDonough offered a reso-
luton to reappoint Drs. Leonard ]. Cor
don and G. Holmes Mcneil to the Board of
Health. Freebooter Bruning offered as
a substitute for Mcneil, DIR. Heller. This
was voted down, five being favorable and
thirteen against it. The original resolu-
ton was then put to a vote, and Kelly
was the only Freebooter who voted
against it. Director Pairson declared that
Drs. Gordon and Mcneil had been re-
elected.
Lawyer John A. McGrath was re-
appointed Counsel to the Board at a salary
of $500 per annum.
AT this point Freebooter Nelson in
formed the Board that the store-room ac-
count at Snake Hill was oyerdrawn, and
that the pay roll of the employees of the
small pox hospital must be met.
"Well, let the Finance Committee settle
that" commented Mr.. Steger,
"Ihave asked Mr.. Steger several times
to act on these bills" retorted Mr.. Nelson,
'and he has not done t."
The resolution to pay them was lost by
a tie.
OFFICIAL UNDERWRITERS.
It was for Freebooter McDonough to
produce the surprise OF. the day. He in
troduced a resolution which for origin
atty takes the cake" He wanted Hugh
Coyle and John McNulty appointed "offi-
cial u~ndertakers.n
"What is that?" inquired Director Pair
son.
| dlSO, dukCu WI PtCSCls
tits to have some one officially APP
pointed to bury veterans" explained Nc
Donough.
Il offer as a substitute interjected
Freebooter Boyle, when informed whatan
'~official undertaken is, the names of
John Welsh and John Barry"
The matter was tabled and will probably
come up next week.
A bill from Vredenburgh & Garretson
for counsel fees amounting to 81, 200, and
one from Lawyer Thomas Noonan for a
$500 fee, created some discussion. Free
be separated. You put a good bill and a
bad bill together and try to pass them.
No man can be honest II vote for those
bills, because one is correct and the other
is not"
The resolution to pay them was lost.
FILLING THE PLACES.
Freebooter Gilroy has the distinction of
creating the new Office, that of Custodian
of Maps, at O. salary of $1,000 a year.
Christy Smith is the lucky individual ap-
pointed to the office.
At the last meeting of the Board, q reso-
luton was adopted that struck from the
pay roll all the names OF persons who had
not been appointed by the entire Board.
Yesterday o. resolution to reScind this was
presented. but failed to go through. 1t
provided that the persons appointed by
committees should be. paid as hereto
fore. 1t was lost.
The Freeholders concluded that j..
DoWney was, as Vinegar Inspector. of no
use to them, and IN motion of Mr.. Tur-
ner he was dismissed. This was the only
dismissal, and then the Board turned
its attention to appointments. Warden
Grimes, of the P~enitentiary, was reap
pointed at a salary of 81 1900 yearly. An
effort was made to make it $4,000, but it
was voted down. Robert Ryan, Warden
of the Almshouse, was also reappointed
at a salary of 81, 200 a year; Bessie Robert
son will remain at the same institution as
matron at a salary of $500, IN Mary
Grimes will continue as Matron of the
Penitentiary at a like salary; Lizzie Ryan
was reappointed to the Almshouse, salary
$500; Andrew Manning will continue store
keeper, salary 81 800. John p. Noonan
was reappointed Assistant Clerk at $1,000
a year. Kate Foster will for one more
wear teach school at the Almshouse, and
DR.. George w. King will remain Superin-
tendent Of the Asylum at a salary of $1,000
a year
The Board ordered paid the salaries Of
Joseph Mulrain, Lizzie Cosgrove, Mary
McGinnis and James Fullam. These four
persons are some of those appointed by
committees, whose salaries the Board re-
fused an hour earlier to pay.
The Sinking Fund Commissioners were
instructed to purchase 100000 of three
and one-half per cent. Jersey City bonds,
payable January /, 1898, and 100000 of
bonds payable April l, 1899, n the meet