The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-18
$675,OOO!
Beginning Of the Awful
Raid on the Jersey
City Taxpayers.
BUDGET OF
THE FREEHoLDERS.
They Want S1Io, 900 More
Than Last Year--"The
News" Figures Fully
Verified.
WHERE is IT TOCOME FROM?
WHERE is IT TOCOME FROM?

As the JERSEY CITY NEWS exclusively
stated yesterday, the Board of Freehold
ers decided to ask for S675, 900 for the next
fiscal year beginning December l. This
decision was not reached without consid-
cradle objection on the part of Freehold
ers German, Pfingsten and Nelson, who
refused to vote for it. The reason Messrs-
German and Pfngsten were opposed to
the appropriation asked for was because
it included s45, 900 for parks. OF this sum
not one penny can be handled by the
Freeholders and not one bit of the pat
ronage IL will create can be manipulated
by them.
The objection raised by Mr.. Nelson was
decidedly better one. He wanted to cut
down some of the exhorbitant items in
the permanent Improvement appropria-.
tion and by SO doing save a large sum OF
money. He made no objection to the
park appropriation, but did denounce the
Boards extravaganza in other matters
The budget, read by Clerk Boyd, was as
follows:-
THE BUDGET.
TO the Honorable the Board of Chosen Freehold
ers of httdsoas County,
GENTLEMEN:-Yo Your Committee on Finance and
Credit would respectfully report that they have
examined the entire matter carefully and con-
cluded to recommend to you the following ap
Iion for necessary county purposes and as a
limit of county expenditures and In the follow
ing classes and suo-classes Tor the nscai year
commencing December ]. 1890, and ending Nov
enber 30, 1891.
First Expenditures for courts, S75.0Oo to
which is added the amount received from
county courts for fines, costs, etc.
Second. Expenditures for jail, including Court
House, Freeholders Office, board Of prisoners in
House and Freeholders' office, for coal water
and gas, for buildings and grounds. also salaries
Of the gardener, night watchmsn. engineer at
at Court House and jail, $4,000. -
Third. Expenditures for County Lunatic
Asylum, Tor the care and maintenance of the
added amount received from the state for sup
port of lunatics.
Fourth Expenditures for Penitentiary and
the care and keep OF prisoners. repairs to same,
Fifth, Expenditure for Aims House and an
mex. S55, 600. sss
Sixth. Expenditure for Small PoK Hospital,
Seventh. Expenditure at Snake Hill, including
store room salary of keeper thereof and his as
sistants as also the salaries of mechanics and
other persons and other miscellaneous objects,
$1H,500.
Eighth. Support Of lunatics at State Asylum
$4,000.
Ninth Compensation Director at Large and
members. S14 900.
Tenth Salaries of all officers Of the Board,
$1S500.
Eleventh Fees of coroners, morgue keepers
and underrakers $s,o00
Twelfth. Expenses of Elections, $2o,o
Thirteenth Expenditures for stationery ana
re .indexng, 5000.
Fourteenth. Advertising, publishing and print
ing. $4,000.
Fifteenth. Expenditure of County Board Of
Health and Vital Statistics including salaries of
officers and members, $4,000.
Sixteenth. Appropriations to same Board re-
Qured under act OF 1889 for erection of hospital
for contagious diseases other than smallpox,
$500.
Seventeenth Appropriations to Park Commits
sioners for payment of interest on park bonds
and other expenses, as authorized by acts of
1889 and 1890 Y45, 900.
Eighteenth. Compensation of members and
secretary Of County Board for Equalization OF
Nineteenth Incidental expenses of miscel-
aneous character, $4,000
AMOUNTS REQUIRED FOR BONDS AND INTEREST:
Twentieth. For payment of bonded debt tali-
ing due in the year, $4,000.
Twenty first. For payment of sinking fund
and creating sinking fund Commission laws
1874, $25. 000
Twenty ty-second. For payment Of interest on
Twenty third. For payment of discounts on
temporary loans II required, $4,000
Iwenty-fourth. To meet interest on new
1855, 5000. tsSsN ''.S'S ' -
Twenty fifth. For principal $1,000.
Twenty sixth For expenses rebuilding, main
tenance and repairs to bridges and culverts, in
cluding salaries of employees on bridges, also
estimated cost of repairs to the Newark and
New York Causeway road bridge, lately ac-
quired by this Board under act OF 1888, $4,000
Twenty-seventh. Interest on New Lunatic
Asylum bonds, $4,000
Twenty eighth. For maintenance, repairs to
public highways, including expenses estimated,
Sl2,O0o
Twenty y-ninth. For expenditure Of permanent
Improvements consisting OF the following, viz,
one new boiler for engine room at Court House
and JAIL 81, $50.
Repairs and painting at Jail and Court House
and other work, So 600.
Repairs at Freeholders office, $500.
For permanent Improvements at county insti-
tutiops:-
One new boiler at Almshouse. ...... 81, ,T50
Repairs ut gas house and stone crusher... 100
One new stone crusher at Penitentiary.. 5000
One new pump for fire purposes. ......... 1900
Repairs at Penit entary ...-... ......... 1900
Repairs at Almshouse, painting, etc....-. 1.400
For finishing and furnishing addition to
% rs - ,, eGo
Total for permanent improvements. $685.
Total amount OF appropriations. .675. 600
Ihsss figures are taken from from otcIaI copy fur
Item OF about $4,000 omitted as the total does
agree with the footing OF the items as gtven-ED.
HOW THE FIGURES WERE ARRIVED AT.
These appropriations, outside of the appro-
priations for permanent improvements and
elections are based upon the actual needs CT
the county as exhibited from year to year. The
needs of the county are increasing Convicts
paupers and lunatics increase with our popula-
tion and the accommodate ions for these classes In
our community must be continually on the In
crease. These appropriations are made with an
eye TO economy and II the Board does not wish
TO exceed them no extravagances whatever
must be allowed. Most OF these appropriations
are fixed by law and the committee can neither
increase nor diminish them. Tnis is notably so IN
the appropriations for courts support q luna
tics IA State asylum, compens alton OF director
ut Large and members Of the Board, lees Tor
Coronars and Morgue Keepers, expenses or
elections, expenses of the Board OF Health, ex.
penses OF Tax Commissioners, transportation OF
prisoners by Sheriff, payment OF county debt
and interest, sinking fund and other items OF
appropriation. In relation TO THESE neither your
whafever to charge control, increase or dimin-
sh Over one-half OF the entire appropriation
h disbursed without the aid Of the board OF
ebossn freeholders. This is matrer which is
sot genorally understood In the community.
Take for instance the appropriation for courts.
d "a xEithnut thu control Of this Hoard.