The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-18

FRANK II. KIMMERLY,
AUGUST BHUGGEMANN.
GoRMAN REFUSES TO SIGN.
When the clerk reached the end of the
report he said to the surprise of some:-
"The Finance Committee has not
signed the report"
Assistant Clerk Noonan then presented
it to Chairman German of the committee,
who refused TO sign it unless the $4,000
item for parks was stricken out.
The report could not be acted on with
out the signatures of q majority of the
Finance Committee. and the Freeholders
were SO informed. Then Messrs. Noonan.
Hennessey, Kimmerly and Director
Bruggeman signed it. The resolution
to adopt the report had been drawn up
as if presented by Freeholder German,
the chairman of the committee, but he
refused to father 1t or sign it, and Free
holder Kimmerly exclaimed:-"G Give it to
me, I'll sign it," and he did. The resolu-
tfons were thel. moved by Mr.. Kimmerly
They fix the sum of $675. 900 as the limit
of expenditures for the coming year and
notify the County Board of Commission
ers of Appeals IN cases of taxation and
for Equalizing Assessments for Taxes of
the Boards action. Freeholder Pfingsten
amended to have the park appropriation
stricken out.
II do this" said he, 'for the welfare of
Hudson county and Jersey City,"
Collector Dugan, who sat beside him.
looked his approval and smiled on the
speaker, who continued
Jersey City represents three-fourths
of the county financially and in caring
for the county it follows the city is cared
for. I am not in position to question
the right of the Park Commissioners to
ask for this s45, 900, butI do question their
judgment"
Mr.. Pfngsten then went over the old
story Of bad streets, ETC., and said he ex-
pected adverse criticism from the news
papers for the increase IN the budget over
last year, but that the increase was una
voidable in everything except the ap-
propriation for parks. This could be
omitted and he did not propose to put
himself on record as favoring it when the
Board had only made an allowance of
81, 900 for the new county road.
I'VE could,u said he, .'have made this
appropriation $4,000 if we desired to, but
we knew we must economize and did
notn
The Freeholder concluded his harangue
by saying that the time had not come for
Jersey City to indulge in ornaments, but
when it did he would not object to hay-
ing parks for policemen to lounge around
in.
MR.. ELLIS GOES FOR MR.. PFINGSTEN.
Freeholder Ellis Immediately proceeded
to knock the wind out OF Mr.. Pfngsten's
sails by saying truthfully:-
II am not in love exactly with the park
scheme, but don't see now / can help
voting for the appropriation. At the
present time it is compulsory to meet the
demands of the Park Commissioners, and
we are not responsible for it. The LeEis-
lature has said to this Board upon the de-
mand of the Park Commissioners, "You
shall provide them with the money. This
law is law until it is contested and set
cfd do m yxfa ann f,r1lxr oh
Mr.. Ellis said he would vote to give
them the $40, 900 asked for.
II would like the counsel to the Board
to state whether the law says we shall or
we may make the appropriations said
Freeholder TierDey.
1.-THE law" said Counsellor McGrath
"says 1t shall be the duSy, etc."
The amendment to strike out the s45,-
900 was then voted on and lost, only Cor
man, Pfngsten and Tlerney being in
favor of it. Freeholder Nelson at once
offered an amendment to make these re-
ductions in the appropriation
Asylum. .......................... So 800
Penitentiary. l500
Aims House,. .....st................. 400
Stone crusher. .................... 1900
Court House improvements....... 3625
Jail..-.... .t'....'.....-......... 1900
Total. ZIG 025
This, Mr.. Nelson said, would leave the
aDDTOpTldblOub iOI tucSO lA6tlbublOuS Gil0
same as they are in the present years
appropriations. The amendment to cut
down these extravagances cut too deeply
in the hearts of the Freeholders to avail
anything. and no one would second it.
The vote on the original resolution to
adopt the budget was then taken aud re-
suited thus:-Ayes, Hennessey. Kimmer-
ly, Tierney, Ellis. Noonan and Director
Bruggeman; nays, German, Pfingsten
and Nelson; absent. Coyle and Donneily.
The budget was adopted
THE BOARDS IN FINANCIAL STRAITS.
That the Board of Freeholders is in
great financial troubles and has nearly
exhausted the money in The incidental
appropriation tor the present year has
for some time been an open secret,
although efforts to conceal the fact have
been made vigorously But at last the
Finance Committee Of the Board has
been pushed to the wall and yesterday
the committee begged for some money.
Chairman German presented resolution
that all the unsxpeuded balances of the
appropriations Tor county asylum
and aims house and
small pox hospital be trans