The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-05
HARRISON'S MHNAGERIE.
Commonly Called the Blu
reau Of Animals In
dustry.
BUT THE ANIMALS ARE WILD
And Are Telling Tales Out ofSchOol
Five of Them Bounced
S%ummarily.
BUT THE ANIMALS ARE WILD

Once again the Bureau of Animal In
dustry, an institution created for tn.
purpose of making berths for Republican
heeiers is brought into promineuce be-
cause of serious charges which are in cir
culatlon concerning its management.
Under this bureau there is Il disinfecting
corps. ana from this source comes the
charge of Encouragement. The So
called disclosure" is something of a
chestnut, but it SO happens chat with
each recurrence the charges become more
serious.
Prior TO the November election Joseph
Launon OF Grand street. Charles keefe of
No. "a Morris street. Charles kohhl of
No. AZ Franklin street and John Tran
son and Christie Stiles, Of New
York. were kept unusually busy;
III fact, it was SO arranged. it is
alleged. that even on rainy days the men,
beers of this corps were kept busy SO that
10 time should be lost. The men were
paia accordingly. Since election the
killing of animals has decreased,
aud the men have been paid
bnt little money. They complained
of this. but no relief was given. Finally,
d II '1tCSCht u DC NC tttOIlCtl Il q
rule and asked the men to sigu blanks
for their money. The men received
the money due them for their work,
but Il feeling of dissatisfaction re-
suited and they finally refused
positively refused 10 sign any more blanks
unless they were permitted to see how
much time the pay rolls gave them. The
resllt of this refusal was thas three men
were laid off. Among them Was Charles
krefe.
Last Monday the five men named were
called to the office and dismissed. Chief
DE Voc claimed that they had, by their
refusal to sign the blanks. kept the pay
rolls from being forwarded to Washing
ton at the proper time.
DE woe n THE MEN.
The Gauss. OF De Eue'a attitude toward
the men under his coatrol is. the men
say, that the Republican County Com
miItee is doing its utmost to secure his
removal, inaSmuch as he Is a Philndel-
pniu man. Chief Hawk was removed
aad De Voc. a man who is in no way in
teresied III New Jersey politics was put
in his place,
The discharged employees also allege
tiiat great distinction Is made between
rich and poor men whose auimals are
Sc zed by the bureau The usual course
pursued is that IA poor mans barn, in
which diseased cattle are found, is
burned to the ground, while a rich man
Is merely directed to disinfect the
pre- .niseS.
AS an instance. a poor man named
Flneburg had his farm in Secaucus
l,.tliea down aud burned. A man named
Luierinaum WAS also made a victim by
the bureau, 129 head of valuable cattle
having been seized.
MUST MAKE QUEER BEEF.
The most peculiar purt OF the proceed
ing is that the animals seized by the
Bureau are sold, usually, to II man named
Carroll, Ill Grove and Eighteenth streets,
rs third class beef. lie pays about SO Il
head for the cattle while the Bureau pays
to the owners from s25 TO $50.
The Republican County Committee has
become disguised with :he general rot
tenness of the bureau, and it is said in
tends having i5 abolished or having
q New Jersey man at its head
Intimations that the pay rolls
would not bar close INVESTIGATION be-
cause OF the method in vogue of signing
blanks have been made and Chief De Voc
may be called upon to explain his pecu-
liar methods.
The only explanation made by the Chief
Clerk of the Bureau regarding the blanks
WAS that the men could see the time
books If they made such a ceQuest The
statement is considered flshy, as the time
books and pay rolls need not agree.
~CREENVILLE GLEANINGS.
Local pDySlCihuS report bCOfeS VI Iii
grippe cases. Few have terminated ia
tally, however.
Sneak thieves have again appeared in
Greenviile. Several residences have been
robbed dnring the past few days. The
thieves. as a rule, enter the houses when
the occupants are at supper.
The cantata which was TO have been
held ut the Reformed Church on Wedues-
day, December %, but which was post
poned on account of The death of Mr..
George Walker, will be given at the
chapel Monday evening.
The Sixth District Citizens Improve
ment Association will meet next Tues
dav evening at Bamber Hall. Among
the matters to be discussed are:-The
need OF more street lamps ON Warner
avenue The disgraceiul condition of
Myrtle avenue, Rapid transit, The Lehigh
Valley steal at Brown Place, The need of
n fire engine, That new police station and
The improvement of Ola Bergen Road.
AT the last reception of the Terrapiu
Cluu Mr.. Charles Herig won the first
prize in the bowling competition. Mr..
Herig put up an excellent score and won
a handsome silver mounted shaving set.
Mr.. Charles Sobotker and family have
moved into the spacious Vreeiand home
stead ON the New YORK Bay shore at the
foot of Linden avenue.
Miss Lillian Barr, formerly of this
place. who played the leading role in
Hovt's comedy "Trip to chinatown"
resigned from the company, and an
nouuced her intention OF leaving the
stage.
The rotten plank walk on Hoboken
avenue is a disgrace to Il civilized co!n-
munity. Several children have been in-