The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-12
He Signs Payrolls and the
Street Board Appoints
by Resolution.
BOTH SIDES SATISFIED.
The squabble Was Pure Politics
and the Only Sufferers We're
the Unpaid Laborers.


signature are of Water Regis
trar Heller's Office for the months Of May,
June and July. These three payrolls
were included In the batch which Com
missioner Peterson. of the Board of FL
nance quietly gobbled up and secreted in
his private safe. 1t was over these pay
rolls also that the present fight in the
Boo rd of Finance arose
Mr.. Peterson Is hartman Of the Com
ml6tee on Concurrent Resolutions and as
such he declined TO report favorably or
otherwise upon the batch of payrolls re-
ferred to him for Investigation. Finally
the Democratic members of the Board
adopted q resolution making it compulsory
for Mr.. Peterson to return the pay rolls
to the Board. Gnce in the possession Of
the Democratic members, the paw rolls
were reported favorably. Commissioner
Peterson voting against them. The docu-
ments reached Mayor Wanser's hands
about three weeks ago
The original amount of the payroll was
S29S4.9S. AS approved it aggregates
$2.524.9S. The difference is explained by
through the name of D. Sullivan, 500;
Nat" Fowler, SIS, ballot box suffer;
r; L. Herrick, SO. Il similar victim;
Charles freeman, $40, unnecessary clerk;
Frances Failon, janitrix, wife of Janitor
Fallon, now in State Prison, 500. and
Mary Hatfield, $35, scrub woman. These
June and July payrolls. The original
documents We're at once sent
to City Clerk Scott with instructions to
draw warrants Immediately Tor the
amounts. The pay rolls as passed by the
Street and Water Commissioners and
concurred in by the Board of Finance,
~ rcyl.a tod
foot up $7,574.94
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
The rumor that Mayor Wanser had
signed three of the disputed paYrolls
caused the greatest excitement about
the City Hall. City Clerk Scott's Office
was besieged by laborers inquiring what
payrolls had passed. At the Office of the
clerks sang few verses of
"Tarara Boom-de-re,;' and held
general jollitication. Now that the ice is
broken, the clerks and other employees are
hopeful tnat their money wilt be forth
coming at the end of every month. In
substantiatiou also of the statement made
by Commissioner Dugan to the effect that
a compromise had been effected
with Mayor Wanser. His Honor this
morning signed the resolutions adopted
by the Street and Water Commissioners
yesterday. appointing fifty or more me-
CHau1CS and l9DOr6rS.
Mayor Wanser declines to lliscuss the
matter OIL compromise, but to intimate
friends he has said that the working force
of the Street and Water Department is to
be materially decreased.
Tle compliance of the Street and Water
Com missioners with the demand of the
Mayor to have abolished the custom of
putting men to work by the committees,
caused unusual excitement in political
bo
fact that from the time Mayor Wanser
began his warfare against the Board, the
members openly declared that they would
not give in an inch to the Mayor.
A compromise was finally effected with
Mayor Wanser, VINO agreed to make con-
the difficulties could be brought about.
HOW THE DEAL WAS MADE.
President Madden and Commissioners
Dugan and Somers engineered this ar
raDgement on basis honorable to both
sides. Several conferences were held in
Mayor Wanser's Office. and then a GER
tain number uS OF men were
to allow the Street and
Water Commissioner to appoint a few
more men than he was at first inclined to
give them, with the understanding, how
ever, that all the men should BE APP
pointed by resolution. The fact
quent and that innumerable complaints
of poverty, and some Of almost starvA-
tion, were being made by the uufortu-
nate laborers whose pay has been with
held owing to Mayor Wauser's vetoes,
brought about the compromise. AS yet
no men have been discharged by the
Street and Water Commissioners. but
many suspensions will be agreed upon
during the coming week.
MR.. COOK ANGRY.
Commissioners Cook and Yoe have
been shut out completely in the wedding
out process. Mr.. Cook is highly indig-
nant and is threatening 10 square him
him the cold shoulder. He made the
first aggressive move yesterday by
declining to vote for reso-
luton granting the Morris and
Essex Division of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad Company
permission to construct bridge over
Grove street, north of Twentieth, Com
missioner Yoe has nothing to say. He is
not in it, has not been in it since the re-
organization of the Board and according
ly accepts the whole thing as his usual
beastIy luck.
MR. DUGAN EXPLAINS.
Commissioners Dug,n, in speaking of
the eompromise, said:--"The majority of
the memp pers of our Board considered the
difficulties between our Board aud Mayor
Wanser. To continue the fight was only
to cause dissentSon in every
quarter. The men were being
deprived of the money due
them, and the weight of the fight was
falling upon their shoulders. Once be-
fore we endeavored to effect settlement
with Mayor Wanser. but were unable TO
accomplish anything, Mayor Wanser
conferred with us. and the difficulty has
been settled in a business like manner
The Mayor made certain demands, and
our only course was to make certain con-
cessions
ION the other hand Mayor Wanser has
given way a trifle, and | now believe that
harmony will prevail"
Have any men been discharged yet," l
asked.
4 '.Not as yet" replied Mr.. Dugan, "hut
several men, whose services the Mayor
thinks unnecessary, will have to go.
Mayor Wanser's intention | believe
is to make the Water Department.
self sustaining and ne states that this
can be done by reductions in the force.
many men. When men are required, in
cases of emergency, Mayor Wanser will
agree to have them put to work. A list
of men whose services will be dispensed
with will probably be prepared this
week.
Commissioner Dugan had a long talk
with Mayor Wanser this morning. and
there Is every Indication that hostilities
have been suspended,
Commissioner Somers said:-This agree
ment will put stop to the further