The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-23
among the permanent bonds of the city.
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COUNTLESS -SINECURES o HEELERS.
But the deficiency in last July's appro-
prlations and the prospect of a large in
crease of the city's Indebtedness do not
begin to measure the misery that is in
store for the taxpayers. The public Off
cials have Just been holding high carni-
val in the public places. A year ago two
men were engaged in looking into com
plants of citizens concerning their water
supply; today there are eighteen. Every
branch of the Street Board service is full
of s%inecures. The Tax Board has taken
the notorious Scanlan, indicted election
officer, into it's service, and no end of
useless fellows of less note.
Besides all this new offices lave been
created, and ave those who were in the
employ of the Board last July have been
in Trenton and got considerable increases
of salaries voted to themselves. Poor
master Hewitt and City Marshal Tim
Long; Clerks German and McKeon, Pri-
vate Secretary McAghon and the Mayors
'.other secretary Miles McCartin and
his assistant in the City Collection Office,
are among those who are called to mind
just now. Bonds are to be issued for
everything under the sun-new school
houses; new fire houses; new City Hall;
new everything. The salaries of these
sinecurists and the interest and some of
the principal Of the bonds must DE pro-
yided for in the coming tax levy.
AN EINOlAluOO0 1AA AGN1
In fact the tax levy which is to be fixed
by the Board Of Finance within the next
few days must be something phenomenal
as to size. The appropriation of 81, $780,
600 last July tor all city purposes during
the current fiscal year will come nc where
near covering the demands upon the city
treasury during the next year. 1t has
already been shown that, large as it was,
the last levy was not even expected to
carry the city for a ear. Assuming
what is doubtless the fact-that the next
levy cannot cut down appropriations for
the specific purposes on account of which
they were made, let Us stop to count up
what else must be added.
SOME BIG STONES.
First there are the already noted short
ages in the lighting account. For the
street claim deficiency $4,000 must be ap-
to it's proper limit. $l4,00 0 more must be
appropriated. There's $28, 600 to be added
at a jump. The same state OF affairs as
to the lighting appropriation will max
1T necessary to add another $4,000. The
trustees of the free library are entitled to
$4,000. They got but $4,000 in the last
levy; $4,000 deficiency, and the increase
of the $4,000 appropriation to $25, 600
make $50, 600 more to be added. Then
there are judgments amounting to
$40, 900, that must go Into the next levy.
Next comes a little item of SIS, 900 for
school repairs. 1t was not n of the
items of the last levy. 1t must be one of
the items of the next-$l5. 900 more to be
provided for.
The Fire Board had spent all of its
81, 500 appropriation for feed of horses,
ETC., within six months. Similar claims
during the last six months of the year
must. nave made a deficiency of nearly
SIT, 500. The Fire Board has asked for
only So. 900 to pay its back claims of this
year and to pay current expenses next
year; but it had also run up it's salary
account from $50. 900 to $91, 600; and it may
be in contemplation to transfer the s., 5000
difference from salary to slams account,
ton of the current year.
The Boards idea is evidently to take
care of the deficiency, and run the depart
ment on tick for the last half of the com
ing year, as they seem to have done this
year. Well, there's S17,00 at any ra 9
that must go into this year levy that was
not in the last one.
SOME MALE ITEMS.
The preparations for the election under
the ballot reform bill will call for 50. 900
more this July than was appropriated for
election expenses last July. The Board
weights, etc.. at 81, 900 per year. Hewitt's
salary has been increased $500; Tim
Longs, $500. The First District Court
rooms cost $500 more per year for rent
tina last year. Fifteen extra policemen
lave been provided for. at an additional
expense I o'the city of $24, 800. There is
both this years and next years pay to
&c into the tax levy for them-$49, 900.
10 buy Kern's aid or silence in the Char
ter election, his brother was given an
Office created for him by the Street
Board. His salary for part OF this year
and all of next year will be 81. 600. Two
fire brigade chiefs, at 81, 400 per year, must
be paid out of the next levy for part of
this year and all Of next-about S4, 500
more.
Increases in salary in the Finance Board
add $ll 900 to the appropriations, and in
the City Collectors office 81. 600 is thus
added. There must also be included in
the levy 81, 600 for new fire department
buildings; $l3, 600 for new School House
No. %; $4,000 deficiency in printing and
stationery account; $1,000 deficiency wv
ing to the expenses attending the new
charter; 5000 for a new pump, and S12,-
COO for legal expenses attending the char
ter fight. The City Hall Commissioners
must have their salaries and expenses
provided for, too.
Turning to interest account, interest
must be provided on $780, 600 of bonds Tor
new school houses; on SO, 900 for new
station houses, and something besides
must be paid towards their redemption.
This item can't be less Than $40, 900,
AT LEAST S267 COO MORE TAXES.
These items take no account of the pay
Of the heelers in the employ of the sew