The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-18
More City Employees Must
Go, and That Very
Soon.
THEY'RE ALL SOMEWHAT ANXIOUS
Street and Water Commissioners
Say the Financiers Shall Be
Obeyed If 1t Takes
Every Head.

nave Dteu quletlT cnOpplnG OH neAus lOr
the past week, and at the present rate the
pay rolls Of the Water Department will
be reduced to the sum named
| by the Finance Commissioners
The Board met this morning, but
no resolutions we're passed discharging
clerks or laborers. To find out just bow
many have been discharged is impossible.
Commissioner Dugan stated that seventy
| five men had been bounced and endeav-
ored to explain VINO they were by stating
that thirty-four men employed In repav-
ing over water pipes. eleven re-assessors-
and then he stopped.
Where are the thirty othersg" asked.
Receiving no reply questioned Commis-
sioner Somers, who is chairman Of the
| Committee on Assessments and Exten-
sions From him / learned that
\ James Mannlx. John Norton, PAYERS.
| Edward McDsrmott. Michael Roduy,
| Patrick Kilroy, William Jordan, ram
mers; John Murray, Edward Wilson.
John Corbery, Michael MacSin and james
| Shield, laborers. who had been en-
| ployed under the notorious TON"
| rrotter had been bounced. The chopDing
| of of these eleven heads reduces the pay
roll about 500 per month.
Commissioner Yoe was not aware of
| discharged but said that the
guillotine was being oiled and sharpened
| for SeptemDe l. when a few hundred
heads will drop. Operations will first be
commenced at Belleviile. where the FL
nance Commissioners demand a Dir re-
duclion. Heads OF laborers aud mechanics
will be Topped of right aud left uuti the
force is reduced to suit the nnanciers- As
soon gas Believille's "unnecessarIes's are
rooted out the force of repavers
which now numbers more than one hun
dred, will be reduced TO about one-fourth
the humber.
Commissioner Somers is heartily in
favor OF reducing the Belleville force as
we'll as the force of repayers.
ANOTHER REDUCTION
Commissioner Cook IS authority for the
statement that the clerical force IN the
office at Jersey avenue and Mercer street
is to be reduced.
Some Of the clerks have got to CO. he
sa i'd this morning. "Our pay rolls nave
got to be cut down just SO much, and the
sooner we comply with the demands of
the Finance Commissioners the better it
Will be for US. !"
1t was stated on good authority that
several clerical heads were to have been
chopped of this morning. but the Com
missioners are unable to agree as to
who the victims shall be. The nve MEM
bers OF the Board give different accounts
of the number Of men who have been dis
charged.
They attribute their ignorance on the
subject to the fact that the chairman of
apy committee can lay of or discharge
men. This statement carries little
weight, however, as resolution
was presented BY Commissioner
Cook some time ago and adopted, which
requires the signatures of at least three
members of the Board to an appointment
and the same number to q discharge.
10 cf faa al na fc
not apparent that any others have been
discharged. The March pay roll of la
borers employed repairing over water
pipes amounting TO Sl,ll9 was passed,
with Commissioner Madden excused
from voting ana Commissioner Cook
voting mo" The April payroll Of the
same men amounting to Sl,445.36 and the
Nav payroll OF 81, $50 4S were also passed,
the combine voting together.
Commissioner Madden knew nothing
OF the work done during the three
months named and accordingly refused
to pass upon the claims
These three pay rolls have been hung
M because of the lack Of an appropria-
tion on the street account. They still
have TO be concurred in by the Board of
Finance.
batch of claims aggregating about
:. 900. including several claims Of p j.
Condor and the Jersey City Supply Com
many. were passed, beside q, 100 TO Pat
rick Nolan for the Grove street improve
ment.
PHILLIPS STREET AGAIN.
The proceedings Of the meeting were
somewhat enlivened when Assistant
CLERK Tolson read a petition from the
Standard Iron Company to lay track at
grade across Phillips street. The
Central Railway Company began
10 cross the street on a trestIe
a few days ago, but were stopped by
chairman Dugap of the Committee on
Streets. The netition was referred TO the
Committee on Streets and Sewers.
.'Is that referred with power!" asked
Commissioners Dugan.
Mop replied Commissioner SomeFs. 1T
He winked one eye and then Commits
sioner Dugan informed The Board that ne
had received a communication from the
officers OF the New YORK and New jersey
Telephone Company requesting hln 10
withdraw the orulnanee which would
rive them power 10 put their wires under
ground
A.sWill you read that letter." asked
Commissioner Cook.
mo" replied Commissioner Dugau.
at was sent TO me personally, and
think you can take my word Tor It that l
would not say they wanted II withdrawn
if had not been requested 10 do so-'
A communication from the SIKH Dis
trict lnlDroYeIuent Association REQUESTED
the Board TO appoint aeither II Wash
burn, J. Skin, 1hom asSCogan or j. Nor
rell Inspector Of the new nhs fitth preeincE
ton was referred. The same
association called attention to the de-
plorable condition of tne sidewalks on
Ocean avenue near the cemetery. a
resolution was unanimously adopted re-
questing Storekeeper. George Ritehter to
furnish the Board with an itimized ac-
count of all supplies at the pipe yard.
That's right, remarked Commissioner
Dugan. give him something to 80"
Tue supplies are short and several
acquisitions VIII undoubtedly be broEght
before the Finance Commissioners for
investigation.
Victor Iembeck was appointed in
spector OF The Pearsall avenue improve
nent; Michael O'Grady. Nroom street.
and Thomas O'Neill, Forrest street.
The howl that Commissioner John +.
Maiden was holding two positions was
proven 10 be false this morning when
| Commissioner Cook offered a resolution
appointing Mr. John G. Sweeney Jersey
| City's representative in the Joint Sewer
| Commission Commissioners Madden was
appointed to this of1ice but never qualified.
MIR. Sweeney's appointment is subject 70
the concurrence of the Board OF finance
Commissioners.
Dodge and Bliss were to have been
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