The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-07
MERE FABRICATION.
Mayor Wanser Makes Two Bad
Mistakes in a Tax Board
Ticker.

Mayor Wanser and Spencer Weart pre-
pared ticker yesterday, addressed to
the Board of Tax Commissioners. Two
copies were made of it by mir. Weart's
typewriter. One was sent direct to the
EUenjng Journal office. The other was
forwarded later to the Commissioners
Office. This was in pursuance of the
game of freeze-out by which His Honor
tries to get square with The JERSEY CITY
NEWS for venturing to differ from him on
matters of municipal policy. This is the
text of the Jickler:-
GENTLEMEN:-So much of the resolution passed
by your Board May 20. 1892, reading as follows
"Resolved That warrants be ordered drawn
upon the City Treasurer in payment of the fol
lowing claims, viz. Bryan Smith, xxx set of
surrey wagon, three hundred and twenty-five
dollars.'' is returned without my signature.
Your Board has O horse, harness and surrey
without top, and find that there IS an appro-
priaton for the board of horse for the current
| year. think your Board should get along with
| the old surrey during the rest of the year, as
| hope that during the next year that such riding
as it may be necessary for your Board to do in
| the proper discharge of your official duties can
| be done by hired conveyances: thus doing away
| with the board and shoeng of the horse, care OF
harness and surrey, for the whole year, as the
duties of your Board require the use of q convey
| ance but a short time In each year.
| The old surrey without the top was used quite
| a little to convey the men about town to the
| Gutenberg track last winter, and am afraid
that the comfort afforded by the top on this new
| extension top surrey would prove too great q
| temptation for the same class of men next
/ winter.
| The new extension top surrey has been stand
| ing for some days in front of the City Hall. IT,
| and the harness on the horse, make gooo
| show While some of the citizens might feel g
touch of pride in seeing the board that lays the
| taxes riding around in turnout that is wholly
| credtable in point of style, great many more
| citizens would prefer the sight of a lower tax
rate on their tax bill S325 for surrey, S45 fol
| harness, $500 for board of horse at S25 pei
| month amounts to S670, which is the annual in
terest at per cent. on S13, 400 of bonds thinh
| that by hiring conveyanceS as you need them
| the city will make saving, and as do not want
to carry an appropriation for the care OF horse
| and carriage for your board for the next year II
| it can be avoided, withhold my approval from
| so much of your resolution relates to the pur
| chase of the new surrey and harness, and es
| pecially because your board already has surrey
| and harness at your disposal for the current
| year. Very Respectfully,
PETER f. WANSER, Mayor.
| The Tax Commissioners care to say but
| little ia reply to this attack. Unfortunate.
| ly for the Mayor. the harness and surrey
| have been purchased, and have been In
use for some time. The persons of whom
| the purchases were made will now prob
(! ably sue for their money and obtain judg
| ments. The Commissioners also state thai
| His Honor's informant was simply fabrl
| eating in tine matter of the rig being useC
| for pleasure trips to Gutten berg.