The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-29
THE COLLECTOR CLERKS
Salaries Raced All Along
the Line-Dismissals
Recalled - Finan-
ciers' Doings.

The Finance Commissioners met this
morning with Commissioner Peterson alb
sent. Justice Davis was caller on the
members Of the Board.
After some routine business. recess o f
ten minutes was taken. President Edel-
stein returned to the meeting room smil-
ing The recess had brought about a
settlement of the difficulties caused by
the dismissal OF Messrs. Egan. Halsey.
Bellmey and Mersheimer from duty ia
City Collector O'Neill's Office. The solu :
tlon found for the difficulty was the re-
duction of the salaries of thirteen clerks,
$25 per month each. This course had
TO be pursued because of the shortage in
the salary account. The victims are
Bernard Westervelt of the Treasurer's
office (he will receive SIS per month dur
ing October and NovemDer); t. P. Van
Saun of the Comptrollsr's office, SIS !;
Steven Egan, j. McCutcheon. Harry Hal
sey, Thomas Jordan. Fl. J. Burns, $75; Il.
K. Halstead, clerk to City Clerk Scott,
500. and n. E. Feury, j. p. Wanser and
Thomas J. Cummings, SIS.
The resolution dismissing Egan. Hal
sey, hMersheimer and Bellamy was then
rescinded so far as it applied to Egan and
Halsey.
Commissioner Hitler objected to the
resembling of the resolution and the chop
ping of the salaries of the clerks. His
Kick was raised because his sou-in-law,
Mr.. Van Sam, was one of the victims.
JOHN j. GoRMAN's BOND.
The matter Ct Tax Commissioner Cor
| mans official bond was resurrected by
the presentation of an opinion fro m Cor
poratlon Counsel Edwards to the effect
that Mr.. Germans sureties. Messrs. J..
Kelly and Hugh Dugan, in $10,0 600 each,
were sufficient. He also advised the
npdN bot ,Ia~k b. |. L
had no effect whatever upon the Commits
sioner's official actions. No time Is speci-
fed when an aDDointee shall file his bond
and the Board of Finance may ask for a
bond at any time it deems it necessary so
| to do. The opinion and bond were laid
on the table,
STREET AND WATER BOARD WORK.
The committee on concurrent resolu-
tions reported favorably upon the Sept
ember payrolls of the General Superin-
tendenJ and Water Registrar, and labor
ers on Meters, of the Street and Water
Board. and on, an immense batch of
claims and Judgments obtained against
the city. Mr.. Hitler voted against the
claims. The award to Theodore Smith
for the furnishing of six tubular boilers
| at Belleville was referred to the COM
mittee on finance. The resolution asking
for 5000 to clean sewers and basins was
referred to the same committee in con-
JuncblOn with the resolution of the Police
Commissioners asking for $4,000 to be used
by the Board of Health in dislnfecting
garbage holes.
SINKING FUND LOAN
The action of the Sinking Fund Com
misSioners in offering the Finance Com
| missioners S125, 600 at per cent for which
Mayor Wauser endeavored to take the
credit, was notdiscussed. Commissioner
Allen reported that he mad accepted the
M cir
the fund for the proposed amount.
The Board coneurred in the construe-
tion of a sewer in Henderson street from
Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets, and in
Charles street from Nelson to Summit
| avenue. A bushel of vetoes from Mayor
Wanser were filed. The vetoes dealt
with the salaries of convicted election
officers The Mayor also vetoed the pay
ment of n. P. Weden's salary of $40.
Weden is the assistant Clerk of the First
District Court. His salary was recently
increased from $50 to $40