The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-16
WHOLESALE SIGNATURES
Mayor Wanser Passes Pay
rolls Amounting to Over
100000.
ABOUT $4,000 VETOED.
Just a Few Left--He Will Take No
Back Track on the APP
pointment Issue.
ABOUT $4,000 VETOED.

yesterday looking over 'DuQR up" pay
rolls. The whole number of payrolls
hung up" many of them since last Nc
yember, aggregated 5000. About $780,
600 worth of them have received the Off
cial approval of Mayor Wanser. Those
of which he will disapprove will aggre-
gate about $4,000. Several of the payrolls
of men "put to work" will be vetoed to-
day, as will also sections of various others.
In many of the payrolls approved. the
Mayor will check the payment of salaries
to ballot box suffers and men, who, in
his judgment, have not performed the
amount of duty for which they are given
credit.
AS soon as any payroll is approved by
Mayor Wanser. the document is forward
ed to City Clerk Scott and warrants are
drawn as quickly as practicable. Mayor
Wanser attaches his signature to them at
once.
NO BACK TRACK.
Last Friday Mayor Wanser had ap-
proved of but one pay roll for the labor
ers on meters. This one was for the
month OF April The names of M. 2.
Moran and John Doyle were stricken out
because OF irregularity of appointment.
Yesterday the pay rolls for the same
laborers for the months OF March, May,
June and July were approved, but in
each instance the Mayor declined to have
Moran and Boyle. These two men are
committee appointments and although
the compromise between the Mayor and
Street and Water Board has put an
effectual stop to further hostilities, His
Honor declines to take any back track.
These unfortunates will only be able to get
their money by suing the city. All the
hung up pay rolls of the General Super
intendent have been approved. These
Thomas Trotter is the only unfortunate
in this batch. The $500 due him for four
months salary if wanted, will have to be
obtained through the Courts.
WATER PAYRoLLs.
The May, June and July payrolls of
Water Registrar Heller have been ap-
proved in part only. The unfortunates
are Dennis Sullivan, 'Nat" Fowler,
Frank Herrick, Charles Freeman, Thomas
Fallen and Frances, his wife.
The payrolls of Belleville and High
Service for April, May, June and July
have been looked over with exceedingly
great care, aud His Honor thinks he finds
cause TO stop payment OF salaries to
Thomas Mackim, John Bruins, Patrick
Burns. George Moore. James Burns,
John Fahey, Patrick Kennedy, George
Burns. John Crimmins, William Cullen,
Thomas Conroy, William Sweetingham,
Michael Cassidy and Patrick Fallon
Everyone of the payrolls approved by
Mayor Wanser was opposed by the Re
publican members of the Board of FL
nance.
VERY UNFORTUNATE.
Perhaps the NEST unfortunate gang of
laborers employed under the Street and
Water Board is that one put to work re-
pairing water pipes. Their payrolls have
II nr rliO oh cin 1ac
November. Mayor Wanser waded
through them yesterday, and used his
| pruning knife unSparingly. The pay
rolls of November. December, January
| and February will be vetoed today. The
vetoes. however, will authorize the pay
ment of salaries to Richard Walsh, Mi
| chael Harney, Thomas Mcguire, Joseph
Kennedy, James CASTOR, Michael OpNeill
and Fred Chuessler, who were appointed
by resolution.
The payrolls of Iaborers repairing
water gates for February, March. April
and May will be vetoed, Michael Kelly,
the foreman, being the only individual
whose salary Mayor Wanser will agree
to have paid.
THE TAX BUDGET ROW.
The Democratic members OF the FL
nance Board have not as yet de.
cided upon any definite course to
pursue IN patching up the incom-
and his two supporters in the Board of
Finance are standing firm, but the Demo
cl<tic members are firmer. The present
dlniculties will probably remain unset
tied. The whole matter now
rests with the Democrats Presi-
dent Edelstein will not call
a meeting of the Board. Commissioner
Allen is off on a vacation and Commits
sioner Bedell declines to take any part in
meetings until some agreement has been
reached. 1t is said that the Finance
Commissioners have been advised to ac-
cept the terms OF Mayor Wanser IL this
is done, several heads will have to tall
and salaries will also have to be reduced.
The reductions in salaries, if made in
any quarter, will result in wholesale
slaughter throughout the departments
under the management of the Board of
Finance. If no reductions are made, it is
said that the money Mayor Wanser
agrees to appropriate for salaries will be
used in paying the present clerks until
the fund is exhausted. When this time
| arrives. steps will be taken to secure addi-
| tional appropriations.
Judge Kenny, who is an ex-member Of
! the Board of Finance has interested him
| self in the fight ana still maintains that
| Mayor Wanser has no right to veto the
| tax budget. The Finance Commissioners,
| however, place but little confidence in
| the theory of the Judge, inssmuch as
they have been advised that the vetoing
power vested in Mayor Wanser is in
| disputable and must stand. The whole
matter will be settled in the courts and
| the Finance Commissioners are as conf
| dent of haviHg their appropriations con-
| frmed as Mayor Wanser is that they will
be cut down more than he demands.
| THAT FALLON VETO
Judge Kenny has also given rise to
| much speculation by stating that the
| Street and Water Commissioners pur-
sued an improper course in sending a
resolution appointing Mrs. Fallon jani-
trix to the Board of Finance for concur
| renee. Judge Kenny's opinion is that
| the resolution should have gone direct to
| the Mayor. Even had this course been
pursued, the resolution would have met
the same fate as it has, and consequently
| no attempt will be made to resurrect the
| matter Judge Kenny has also expressed
an opinion upon Mayor Wanser's veto of
the resolution ordering the authorized
distribution of the liquor license money.
Judge Kenny insists that it Is mandatory
| for the Mayor to sign 1t. In this matter
| Judge Kenny is by many regarded as
| right and lively fight over the matter
| is looked forward to.
| WANSER is RIGHT THIS TIME.
! Another act of Mayor Wanser's whic h
| is causing considerable comment is his
| statement that he will insist upon the
| payment of the laborers employed by the
| city every two weeks. This is to be done
| to crush the note shaving sharks and pre-
vent the hanging up OF payrolls. Whether