The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-18
WRESTLING With BILLS.
Freeholders Find Some
That Will Not Bear
Scrutiny.
CONTRACTOR WOLFsON'S WAYS.
About Half Fills an Order with Goods
Of Inferior Quality-Title Guar
antee Searches.
CONTRACTOR woLFsON'S WAYS.

until twelve o'clock today for the Board
OF Freeholders to agree on the disposit-
ion of about $4,000 worth of claims-and
some of them were very shady" For
example, the bill of Charles s. Furst for
several hundred dollars for goods he al
legged he had properly furnished the
county. was minutely considered and not
acted on. A majority of the Finance
Committee refused to certify its correct.
ness.
There were other claims of doubtful
nature, which required much time to ex-
anime.
The several committees of the Board
went to work earnestly yesterday after
noon with desire to complete their work
by public meeting in the evening. They
struggled with the doubtful claims and
other matters until nine o'clock at night,
( when. tired out. they met in public for
the simple object of adjourning until
today.
The only Freeholder absent when Di-
rector Bruggemann called the members
to order was Freeholder German and his
absence was accounted for by brother
nfficeholder who said that Freeholder
German was very busy preventing Tax
Commissioner Gordon from being
grossly insnlted."
Wien the Board got down to business
today Clerk Boyd read an. offer from
Rees P. Francis, Jr., to furnish the
County Collector with safe for $3.50
The communication was referred to
committee.
BRUGaEMANN's FIRST VETO.
Director BrugReman then, for the first
time under the existing law, used his
right to veto a resolution. The matter
was the payment OF bill contracted by
the mmissioners for the EQualiza-
ton of Taxes while engaged in their law
full work Of equalizing the taxes of the
county. The veto read as follows:-
u respectfully inform you that have
refused to sign or approve of warrant
in payment of the claim of James Murrer
for $50 for carriages furnished the Com
missioners of Equaliz ,tion. am unable
t. find any authority for contracting the
claim"
In addition to these written remarks,
the Director said that he believed that no
Board had right to contract debt for
the Board of Freeholders to pay unless
the latter Board by resolution orders it
to be done.
Freeholder Ellis said the Director ex-
pressed his views. and he believed that it
would be one Of the best things that
could happen to the county If Mr.. Murrer
would sue to collect the claim. He re-
GREETED that Mr.. Murrer was being de-
Freeholders should not pay the claim.
The veto was sustained by a unanimous
vote.
Clerk Boyd, when this was done. read
letter from Judge McGrath, which set
forth that judge Knapp would be asked
TO extend the time of the Commissioners
of Condemnation, to compile te their work
on the county road. ninety days. COM
mnnication from the New Jersey Title
and Guarantee Company accompanied
the Judges letter. 1t stated that $50 titles
to property along the county road required
searching yet. The examination Of the
county records was about completed, but
the company had been delayed in perfect
ing It's searches by the work that it found
necessary to do at Trenton. The tax
searches, the company stated,
the county Judgment searches. The
searches in the District and Circuits
courts of the United States will be COM
pleted about December 10. and as soon as
the Trenton work is finished the COM
pany will report to the Freeholaers from
day to dav.
ANDY bIANNING's wATcHFULNEss.
Anthony J. Manning. the faithful
storekeeper at Snake Hill, wrote the
Board concerning what he thought to be
an attempt to swindle the county. He
said that he had ordered 1000 yards OF
Hamilton. awning stripes from Moses
Wolson (empoye of Charles S. FursD
according to contract, aud that yesterday
WOlfsou sent about six hundred and
fifty yards of the goods to the store
house.
Manning said that he refused to accept
the goods because of its very inferior
quality and he said it was not anywhere
near as good as the contract called for.
The S ecial Committee appointed to
investigate the methods of such contrac-
tors as Charles S. F'urst in its report
recommended thatin the future Wardens
of institutions make their acquisitions be-
fore the fifteenth of each month,
aud If contract goods are
required, the storekeeper should
be notified each Monday. Wardens in
the future will not he permitted to re-
ceive goods from contractors. All goods
must be delivered at the store house.
When contractor sends in
amount like Contractor Charles S. Furst
recently did, the storekeeper must return
them at once.
The Committee on Finance and Audit
reported that it found the accounts OF
Collector Du0an in good condition and
That the sinking Fund contained 81. 50O.-
O00
Commenting on this showing, Mr..
Ellis said the people of this county ought
10 be proud of the fact that IT. had in its
sinking fund enough money to meet
every bond as 1t fell due.
OPPOSED TO DALLAS.
Republican Senators Do Not Want Him