The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

the Ringsters' Water Board. BILLY
Heller. who draws 81 600 n year as asses
sor for the Water Department, Is rela-
tive of an indicted ballot box stuffer; and
Mike kilcauley. a detective in the Police
Department., had a man serving him In
his plumbing shop who distinguished
himself by getting indicted for election
REwARD1NG LEGISLATORS.
Those pay rolls tell the story OF the
passage OF the Ring charter. too. Only
Jersey City asked 1t, and the Legislature.
willing to let Jersey City have 1t II II
wanted 1t. left It tor the Jersey City
There were six Of them to decide the
question The names OF five are In the
lists printed yesterday. Ex-Assembly-
man Norton came near being forgotten In
the distribution df the rewards, and a
new Office had to be created to provide
for him. He is clerk Of the Police Court
That duty had devolved upon one OF the
sinecure detectives before.
Some OF the minor names In the list are
reminders of scandals. There's that little
rascal, Tom Jordan, Clerk to the
Collector, at 81 900 a year. He's one Of
the fellows who abused his position IN
the New York Custom House BY selling
Civil Service examination papers to can
didates for positions. Jimmy" Connolly,
the Clerk OF the Ring Tax Board. who
was Reading Clerk in the Assembly when
the charter was .snaked" through, was
his partner in. the transaction. Charley
Conway Is there, too. He had been jan
itor Of the Board of Works building, but
was displaced to make room for "Tomv
Falion. AT last falls election he took
pay from the Republicans to watch the
Ring rascals at one of the election pre-
cincts. He saw enough to make him a
first-class witness for the State, and the
Ring rushed him into another office. He
IS rod man for the Street and Water
Board.
Then see the nepotism the Ring has
displayed in naming the departments.
The City Treasurer is the Mayors
brother. Frank Cleveland, the Mayors
son, is in the Engineering Bureau. Mes
senger O'Neill is son of City Collector
O'NeiIl. Jim Clark, Superintendent OF
the West Newark Avenue Bridge, is
Finance Commissioner John Edelstein's s
brother-in-law His son, James clarke,
has been sent by the Board Of Finance to
assist in the City Clerks Office. John
Bonell used to drive Cleveland's q coaches.
Police Surgeon John Neyin. and Messen-
ger Neyin in the Mayors Office, are sons
of an old drayman who worked for the
Dixon C5ucible Company before Gleve-
erveIt, Clerk to the City Treasurer. is
Treasurer Cleveland's brother-in-law.
Hugh Dugan, the County Collector,
is the father of Eddie Dugan, the
chief Of the Street and Water Board.
McAneny got his berth as Assistant
Treasurer because he threatened to give
away to the newspapers ring secrets his
official position had brought tc his knowl-
edge; and Allen. who is a member Of the
Finance Board. is the arbitrator" who
favored Cleveland when he was trying to
Rouge the city out of hundreds of thous-
ands Of dollars on the strength Of a claim
for the Nicholson pavements.
Michael j. O'Donnell, chairman of the
Tax Board, is also chairman Of the Ring
County Committee. and Ed Dugan is its
treasurer. Lawrence ran stnmp as q Re
publican candidate against Cronan, the
regular Republican nominee againt
Davis three years ago, and SO helped
Davis's election to the Shrievalty. His
reward is a 81. 800 berth In the Tax Board.
Ex-Fire Commissioner Guiton and ex-
Fire Commissioner Madden surrendered
the department. to the Ring Fire Board.
For Guiton the position of Battalion
Chief was created in the department. was
created. and Madden became Taper for
the Board OF Works