The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-03
A NEW COUNTY OFFICE.
Tom" McDonough Will Be
Supervisor Of the
Records.

have a pain in the back or the Grippe in
double doses yesterday. The best nat
ured member present was horrible ex-
ample of New Years wreck and was
cranky an1 cross. Director Bruggemann
confined his entire energies to beating
marble slab with gavel and ordering
Assistant Clerk Noonan not to allow re-
porters to see any papers after they had
been acted on.
When the board got to work there was
noticed but one Observation-Disclosures
German He was not missed, however,
for Freeholder Ellis kept things lively.
He began oy .wanting to know how it
happened that S4, 1865 had been ordered
paid to w. r. Cook at the last meeting
before it hau gone to the Committe on
Audit. He moved to strike it from the
minutes, but was knocked clean out by a
unanimous No"
THE UNAwARDED CONTRACTS.
The Committee on Court House and
Jail recommended that Edward Nc
Donald be awarded the ice contract at
s. a ton and J. w. Coyle, the coal contract
at 81. 80 ton. The Committee on Teas
said that there was no hurry for more, for
there is enough tea at Snake Hill to last
three months and another report stated
that 4S4 cubic yards of crushed stone had
been taken from Snake Hill last month.
Warden Grimes informed the board
that he has 21S prisoners at the peniten-
tiary and q employees. 1t cost last month
s., ,204. 80 to feed them.
The Board then, for want of something
better to do, appointed Mrs Annie Doyle
assistant matron at the Aims House at a
salary of $500 a year and keep, and in
structed Counsellor McGrath to serve
tine necessary papers on Contractor
Brown and his bondsmen in the suit the
Counsellor is about to bring for the un-
| finished Hall of Records. One OF the
cess, but the other is dead and Mr..
McGrath has serious doubts as to his
ability to serve him.
AN OFFICE FOR M'DoNoUGH.
The board created the Office of Super
visor of the Records and appointed ex-
Freeholder Tom McDonough. Republi-
can, to fill it at salary of 81, 800 a year
books and notify bookbinder that some
| require biuding.
When the resolution creating the Office
was introduced Freeholder Ellis asked
that it lay over until the next meeting
Freeholder Donnelly seconded this
same time asked the opinion OF the coun-
sci to the Beard. He declared the resolu-
| tion to be perfectly legal.
Counsellor McGrath was about to make
| q speech when Freeholder Pflngstein in
terrupted him and explained that he had
introduced the resolution because it
would save the county from So 500 to
81, 500 year. Some gentlemen in the
room enjoyed this explanation so mnch
that they laughed.
Director Bruggeman was of the opinion
that the taxpayers had just paid $780, 900
to have the records properly cared for
and indexed, and he did not believe it to
TO-, !.
THE DUTIES OF THE NEW PLACE.
Mr. McGrath then explained the resolu-
| tioll and said the burden that Mr.. Me-
Dnnough wanld have to bear would be
the re-indexing and recopying of the
record.
In his judgment the new Office is one of
| necessity.
The resolution was adopted and Mr..
| McDonough is happy.
| When resolution by Freeholder
| Noonan, to have the Board instruct the
| Committee on Roads to repair the roads,
| Freeholder Ellis became alarmed and
asked the Board to postpone action until
the committee reports the repairs neces-
| sary, saying in conclusion
''Do you gentlemen want to give this
| committee $4,000 to spend as they want
! TO? There should be limit to the power
| of this committee"
| Even Mr.. Noonan, a member of the COM
mittee, voted to lay the matter over.
! The resolution was advocated strongly
/ by Freeholder Pairson, but was lost by a
| vote of five to four.
| At the request of Freebooter Ellis,
| Director Bruggemann appointed Free
| holders Ellis, German and Tierney COM
mittee to prepare rules to govern the
| Board.
! MORE MONEY FOR MIR. M'GRATH
| This done, the salary of John A.
| McGrath, Counsel to the Board, was in
| creased from 81, 500 to So, 900. In addition
| to this the Counsellor was eulogized by
| Freeholders Kimmerly and Pairson.
THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE.
| Edward Norton and Jeremiah Maher
| presented a bill for S25 each for services
as members of the County Board of Can
| vassers. The law says distinctly that So
! per diem for two days is ali they shall re
| ceive. The opinion of Counsellor Nc
| Grath was requested by the Board and
| he showed the road around the law. But
1 So q day could be allowed rs eonl lassers.
but the Board could pay the men what it
| wanted to for services done out of the
| meeting. The services mentioned were
| those of messenger for which the Board
! paid $40
Freeholder Ellis objected TO the in
| creased salary, but the Board had by this
time become SO accustomed 10 his obiec-
| tions that no notice was takeu of it.
| Freeholder Pairson wanted the Board
| to pay Mr.. Architect Gille S640, but the
| Board refused.
| Mr.. Kimmerly informed the Board that
| there was no butter at Snake Hill.
| This at once caused CONSERVATION, for
| how could the Board go there Tuesday
and have dinner with no butter?
| Mr.. Kimmerly was requested ass chair
man of the committee to buy it. This he
! refused to do unless specific quantity
| was ordered by the Board.
| Mr.. Ellis. who is not the chairman of
| this committee, also protested. Although
he did not say that he doubted the hon
| esty of the chairman he certainly did not
! say he took stockinit This did not please
! Mr.. Kimmerly at all, and glancing with
Indignation at Ellis he SAID that no butter
| should be bought until the committee on
| County Institutions ordered it bought in
quantity and price. The board then adj
| journed ana the committee on County
| institutions held a meeting to buy butter.
SUCCESSFUL BLUFF.