The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-31
He Sits Down Hard on Two
Bills That the Free
holders Passed.

hours yesterday afternoon before they
went into open board meeting. They
were parceling out the positions within
the gift of the Board. AS a result they
discharged 101 employees. hired them all
over again, except eight, and created
some new offices.
Joe Locke, q lonesome Republican, was
one Of the throng that hung around the
Court House during the caucus.
ssDo you want a position?" said he to
John Stephens.
"You bet l do and I'm a goin' to get it.
see,'' was the answer, and John displayed
a roll Of bank notes as big as his fist.
ssOh," retorted Joe, you're all right"
THE MEETING BEGUN
1t was five O'Clock when the session OF
the Board was begun in the Grand jury
room. The room, a~nti-chamber and cor
rfdor were crowded to suffocation. Every
member was present, and ex-Freeholder
Pairson was invited to q seat within the
railing. =
Director Bruggemann sent a commune
cation to the Board refusing to sign a
claim of Fred j. Mersheimer for 1896. SO,
because the bill was not itemized, and
6ttO lax i'll OL "a AOhAO
nishing plates for ranges, because the
charge was excessive, the bill or y.
w. Coyle of $3,S73. Ia for furnishing coal.
He claimed that there was no evidence
shown that the, coal was actually dehv-
cred. He recommended that some sys-
tenn be adopted to cover these defects.
Il move that it be referred to the
counsel of the Board" exclaimed Free
holder Kimmerly.
what forT' asked Freeholder
Donnelly.
10 see whether the Director has the
right to veto the action of this Board, "
said Mr.. Kimmerly."
This is no veto, but a simple COM
munication," explained the Director.
1t was finally referred to the counsel,
Messrs. Donnelly, Nelson and Brugge-
man voting no.
sition claims were recommended TO be
paid by the Finance Committee, n the
Committee on South Bridges reported all
excepting the old Bergen road bridge to
be in a good condition, but that several
culverts needed repairs. 1t was referred
10 the County Superintendent.
THE XXI
Freeholder Kimmerly then offered a
resolution, which was adopted, that all
the employees now in the service of this
Board, with the exception of tho follow
ing named persons, be and are hereby dis
missed from their several positions, to
take effect February /, 1S90:-John Boyd,
clerk; John A. McGrath, counsel; Hugh
Dugan, county collector; G. b. Converse,
M. D., county physician; james f.. Gan
non, county superintendent; John Grimes,
warden: Thomas FL. McDonough, index
clerk; Chris p. Smith. map clerk, and
John Lundy, engineer.
A resolution a~bolishing the position of
machinist at Snake Hill was adopted,
and now Benjamin Evans is out of a job.
This was followed by a resolution from
Mr.. Kimmerly reappointing all the dis
missed employees excepting eight. The
dismissed employees were John Rudolph,
engineer at the Armshouse, who is sue
decided by William Ford; Samuel ID. Der
ickson, drug clerR, succeeded by William
Rees; Annie Reynolds, attendant at
Almshouse, succeeded by Eliza Fattrell;
Margaret Carol, cook, succeeded by
Richard Carr; Jeremifh Burns, keeper at
reniuentiary, succeeded By Michael
Murphy; James Moran, keeper, succeeded
by Elmer Doremus; John Clancy,
keeper, succeeded byJohn Halligan;..Jo
Dwyer, keeper, succeeded by Thomas
Hueston.
CREATING NEW OFFICERS.
Freeholder Noonan succeededin having
the new Office of assistant matron at the
penitentiary created, forthe benefit of his
daughter; and Samuel Alberts, a pauper,
was appointed cleaner in the boiler
at q salary OF $500 a year. Another new
Office created was assistant warden of the
asylum and Patrick Fitzpatrick, who had
been a Waterman, was appointed.
In making the appointments it was in
tended to apportion them by districts and
this shows the allotment of the plums
Districts Males Females