The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-02
THHV Had 9HE PULL.
Men Who Drew Prizes in
The Street and Water
Board Lottery.
A REGIME OF ECONOMY.
Reorganization Of the Belleville
and High Service Corps
The Same Old Names.

The $50 street laborers and pipe layers
laid off by the Street and Water Board
yesterday, hung with anxious faces about
the Street and Water Board Office this
morning. 1t was thought that over half
of them would be reappointed at this
mornings meeting OF the Board. but who
would be included In the chosen half
was matter OF earnest specula ion. The
lobby was jammed, and the fences in the
vicinity were strung with men In coarse
blouses and with faces roughened and
tanned by exposure. This array was aug
mented by permanent men from the pipe
yards and the employees Of the Belleville
and High Service pumping station. look
for reappoiutment.
The positions of all Terminated this
morning by resolution. and in conformity
with the request Of the Finance Board 10
cut down the city expenditures, fourteen
OF the old employees at the pumping sta
tion were also left off the nay-roll TO save
the city 81, 400 month. For nearly two
honrs the Commissioners were closeted
IN secret conference They found IL qiI
ficult to agree upon those who should De
stricken from the payroll.
When the Commissioners made their
appearance, the pipe layers and street
lnboTers were doomed to disappointment.
The Commissioners have not yet COM
pleted that roll.
THE ms
These are the fortunate ones reappointed
at BeIleville and High Seryice:--
William kearney, engineer In charge
Felix Mailon, William Cordts, John
Noonan, John McGinnis, Thomas j.
Grant and Peter Byrnes. engineers.
John Murray, John o. Rourke, Thomas
T. Sculiey, Kern Daley, Lawrence Kelly
and Patrick Calvin, firemen.
George r. Curry and John Morrissey,
general workmen.
Thomas Finnegan. James w. Blog,
Patrick Kennedy and John Kelly, coal
passers.
James Connell. general workman.
Peter Kavangh, clerk
Peter Gilfoil, reservoir tender.
Patrick J. Donovan and John Russell,
machinists.
William McAnally, oiler
William E. Dugnn, driver.
John Smith and Jonn Harrington, gen
eral workmen.
Patrick Mullins, pipe walker.
George A. Lewis, bridge tender.
.Iohn Conner mason.
Richard Bawbrick and James Byrnes,
general workmen.
ward Norton, coal passers and general
workmen.
Thomas jenkins, watchmau.
Charles Ripschlager, general work man.
James Morris, coal passer aud ge neral
workman.
John Farmer, John Dun, VIM. Sweat
inghani, Arthur Morris, Matthew Doyle,
aud Daniel Murphy, general workmen.
Richard Warren, carpenter.
Michael Kelly. helper.
Frank Lane, painter
Peter Kennedy, carpenter.
John Bradley, coal passer.
HIGH SERVICE.
Daniel Fl. Carpenter, engineer in charge
at High Service.
Frederick Yoe. engineer.
John Corbett and Frank Ruggles, en-
giueers.
Frank Coyle, fireman.
John Nolan, driver
Thomas J. Brown, reservoir keeper.
John Pollard. blacksmith.
James Killeen; helper.
Patrick Biegan, blacksmith
Thomas Casey and James Gray, fire.
men.
Frank J. Metriger, machinisr.
Thomas Culligan, machinist.
THE PIPE YARD.
The permanent men re-appointed in the
pipe yard were:
Richard Walsh. blacksmith.
Michael Harvey. helper.
Thomas Mcclure, James Garten. Jos.
Kenelly, carpenters.
John McGrath, helper.
NJ O'Neill, helper.
William Hayes, Thomas Mack, Martin
Collins, Jerry Sheehan. Thomas Somers,
Owen Feeney, John Higgins, Iaborers on
metres.
Michael Kelly, foreman in repairing
water gates.
g. w. e. Phillips, chemist.
Michael O'Nefll, yardman.
George Richter, storekeeper.
Patrick Nevins, stableman.
John Matthews, foreman of stables.
John Sherry and John Osborn, stable
men.
Patrick Man nix. teamster
William Jordan, driver.
BAYONNE's WATER
The clerk was directed to give notice to
the Bayonne authorities that its contract
for this city for its water supply had ex-
pired and requesting conference at such
time as may be designated by them.
A request will be made of the Finance
Board for an appropriation of $500 10 tear
down and rebuild a rear wall OF No.
School. which encroaches six inches on
lots owned BY William Farrier ana
others.
Frederick Schussler was appointed in
spector of St. PauPs avenue sewer aud
Michael O'Grady inspector of the Wilton
street Improvement. The contract for
building the annex to the Street and
xVatar ROard building was awarded to