The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-08-13
THAT WATER LEAK.
Financiers Trying to Stop
the Flow of the City's
Money Through 1t.
OFFICIALS IN CONFERENCE.
The Pay Roll Must be Cut $4,000
More, and Then Perhaps
Some Claims May
Be Passed.

For three hours last night Finance
Commissioners Edelstein. Kenny and
Peterson, and Street and Water Com
missioners Somers, Madden and Cook
held private conferen ce in the Office Of
the Finance Board.
1t was given out by the represen ia tives
Of both boards to reporters after the
meeting that nothing more than pleas
ant chat had taken place relative to the
hung up" pay rolls OF the
Water Department. and other mat
tiers which have formed a subject
OF controversy between the two
Boards as 10 the relative powers of each.
IL was denied that the matter concerning
the Comptroller acknowledging drafts OF
the Street and Water Board
upon the liquor license mon
eys after the passage of resolution
forbidding such procedure until after
the said license moneys had been appor-
toned by the Financiers was even
broached at last nights conference.
Finance Commissioner Peterson said
with reference to disputed claims that the
matter stands just where it did before
the conference took place.
MUST RETRENeH.
From other sources it is understood the
Financiers are not satisfied with the
recent reduction OF S400 in the
monthly pay roll OF the water department
and insist that the pay roll mnst be still
reseatatives of the Street and
Water Board, including Commissioner
Dugan, who appeared upon the scene at
a late hour, having come all the way
from South Orange TO take part in the
conference, promised to do their very
best in the pruning line.
President Edelstein, of the Finance
BoRrd, said this morning that the month
ly pay roll of the Water Department
must be cut down from $40, 600 70 Sl3. 600.
otherwise the fnanciers will not be able
10 meet their obligations in the matter of
pledged interest on water bonds.
INFORMATION FORTHCOMING.
Some days ago it was given out that one
of the reasons why certain pay rolls of the
Water Department. were "Aung up was
because that Department bad as yet
failed TO respond TO the request of the
Financiers for information concerning
the receipts and disbursements and other
information concerning the Department.
Several of the Street and Water Com
mfssioners present at last nights confer
ence say that orders have been given the
clerks Of the Water Department to fur
nish all Information desired by the finan-
ciers relative to that department and
that the clerks are now collecting the de-
sired data with view to accommodating g
the Hnanciers as soea AZ posi- BILE.
RUMoRs AND REPORTS.
All scrts OF rumors were current this
morning, and every employee OF the
Street and Water Beard stood in
mortal fear of the guiilotine. Among
the reports abroad was one to the effect
that the reassessors are to be dispensed
with altogether. They are paid S75 a
month each, and they are at present John
j. Ryan, NJ. T. Quigly, William Whelan,
w. Herbert, M. p. Moran, John Bender
and Thomas Fitzsimm0ns.
The danger III the way Of an arrange
ment between the boards is the pressure
which politicians may bring TO bear be-
tween now and next Tuesday TO keep
their depandants in place. The
Street and Water Board meets
Tuesday morning. and. il it is let
alone, it is believed, it will have a list of
decapitations ready, which Will bring its
payroll within reason. IL Is feared,
however. that the efforts to save this,
that or the other pet, and the necessity
keeping the few really efficient men in
the Boards employ, TO carry on the work.
may render it impossible 10 make the full
reduction exaeted by the Financiers.
FREE LIBRARY MONEY.
DR.. Gordon. treasurer OF the Free Pub-
lie Library Trustees, called early 10
ascertain The prospect of securing the
$4,000 recently asked for by the Trustees
out of the money appropriated this year
for the free public library. He was in.
formed that that amount was immediate
ly available.