The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-27

7 Il. WANSER,
Mayor.
The following communication from his
Honor the Mayor vas received u laid
over under the ru!es:-
MAYORS OFFICE,
JERSEY CITY, August ., 1892.
Honorable Board of Finance:
G~ENTLEMEN-I return without my ap-
prevail the resolution of your Board of
the date of July 20, 1892, concurring in
the resolution of the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners appointing Francis
Fallon as jauitor OF the Office building OF
said Board &C an annual salary of 81, 200.
Twelve hundred dollars is too much
money 10 pay for janitor's service
for the office building of the
Board of Street aud Water Commission
ers, especially as there is employed in the
building extra help to dc cleaning aud
~scrubbing. l think 5000 per annum is
ample compensation for jaDitors' service.
| dlsaprrove OF the appointment of
Frances Fallon; Mrs. Fallou is the wife
of Thomas Fallon; Thomas Fallon Was
au election officer at the November cleo
lion A. d. 1889, and was indicte for coI-
spirncy for his actB as such officer; he
was tried and convicted in the County
Courts, which conviction was affirmed
by the Supreme Court and the Court of
Errors and Appeals, and ne is now serv-
ing his sentence in the New Jersey State
Prison.
Since his conviction Fallon has been
retained in the employ of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners n
his crime. instead of being made odious.
was. for a time, apparently excused by
his public emf III oynlent and the payment
to him of 500 per mouth salary.
The public mind is in no temper to have
one dollar of the public money paid To
any convicted ballot box suffer direc ly
or indirectly. The appointment Of Mrs.
Fallon would mitigate Thomas Fallon's
punishment.
l will not be a party to any act which
connects the city's affairs with any Of the
ballot box criminals and to employ the
wife of one of these criminals now in
States Prise is a plain attempt to con-
Jiuu5 n line of action which has rightly
merited universal condemnation from the
general public.
Very respectfully,
PETER f. WANsER,
Mayor.
The official bonds of Michael H Purcell,
as Constable, in the sum of 81, 900, with
Hugh Dugan and John Nolan us sureties,
and of Thomas j. Lynch, as Constable. in
the sum of 81, 900, with Anthony Dwyer
and Patrick McArdle as sureties, Were re-
ceived and referred to the COMMITTEES on
Finance.
Communication from che Board of
Police Commissioners requesting an ap-
preparation of 81, 200 to furnish the new
wing OF the City Hospital.
Received and referred to Committee on
Finance.
The following resolutions were received
from the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners and referred to the Com
mittee on Concurrent Resolutions:
l. Authorizing the purchase of a strip
of land on Gator venue for public pur-
poses.
2. Ordering paid S45 to Owen Fay for
services on reconstruction Of streets, Oc-
tober and November. 1888.
3. Ordering paid certain claims.
4 Authorizing the improvement of
Seventeenth street, from Henderson
street to JERSEY avenue.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
Thu Committee on Concurrent Resolu-
tions reported recommending that the
following resolutions of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners be con
Cured in:
/. "That by an0 with the concurrence
of the Board of Finance this Board be and
is hereby authorized to purchase a plot of
land immediately adjoining site now
owned by Clty-forly feet front on Ocean
avenue AMI running back parallel with
Gator avenue seventy feet-aG a price not
to exceed 81. $50. the Board of Finance 10
augment the fund provided Tor said sta
tion house site by the amount of this pur-
chase money, and the Corporation Coun-
sell is hereby requested to prepare the pa
peIs looking to a contamination of
purchase"
2. Ordering paid the following pay rolls:
Laying water pipe, December, 1891 1892 on
Laborers on meters. May, 1892..... 613 SO
Reassessors. May, 1892. ............. 900 90
Reassessors. June, 1892. ............ 525 90
3. Ordering pald Certain claims.
Mr.. Hitler moved that each resolution
of the report be considered separately.
The motion was lost by the following
vote:
. Ayes-Messrs. Hitler and Peterson.
Nays = President Edelstein. Messrs.
Allen and BedelL.
The ayes and nays having then been
called on the report it WAS received, and
the resolutions adopted by the following
voie.
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