The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-13
WILL GET THEIR PAY.
Mayor Wanser Determines
to Release Money Due
the City Laborers.
SATISFIED WITH HIS VICTORY.
Under BIS administration Over
$4,000 Has reen Saved In
This Department.

mayor WanSer this morning reieaseu
all the money which for nearly Two years
past has been tied up. owing TO dis
agreement between the Mayor aud the
Street and Water commissioners.
When Mayor Wanser entered uDon the
duties OF his Office In 1898. he insisted upon
all laborers being appointed DY reso!u-
| ton, and declared that he would no1 sien
any warrants for laborers employed by
| Individual members Of The Board, or put
| to work by district leaders.
The legality of this course was con-
tested in the courts and resulted In
victory for Mavor Wanser.
WILL GET THEIR PAY.
Now that the Mayor has established
| precedent relative to the einploymeut OF
labor he is desirous of paving the men who
worked, hut never received any pay. he
asks the Street and Water Commission
ers to pass the old paYrolls and says ne
Will sign them.
The Mayors policy has saved, as the
| figures show, SIS 900 for the city In ten
month The two months where the Mayors
figures show an increase over the old pay
rolls Is due to the fact that durinR these
months the laborers refused TO WORK II
they we're not pail under lhs OLD regime.
This is the letter the Mayor forwarded to
the Street and Water Commissioners this
morning.
MAYOR wANsER's LETTER.
JERSEY CITY. Oct II. 1883.
ITO the Honorable Board of Street and
Water Commissioners
"GENTLEMEN-Wh When entered upon my
duties as Mayor | saw the necessity
Of putting the laboring man on sne same
basis as other creditors OF The city. Inc
laboring men were employed without the
necessary formality. The lists had been
unduly swelled, their pay was not
promptly provided and the whole system
was far from being properly attended 70.
l Insisted that the employment should oe
made by resolution properly entered
upon the minutes and the Same approved
or disapproved, by the Mayor.
"This contention WAS disputed. aud the
matter was taken to the courts, ana tue
court decided in favor of the employees
being appointed by resolution.
Long before the rendering OF this
decision your board, so far rs Its enl-
ployes were concerned. stopped the pracs
tice Of indiscrimlnate employment by tn>
dfyidual members of the board and
appointments upon the Recommendations
of outsiders. and duly appointed the
employees by resolutions; the good effects
Of the change justify the effort made TO
bring 1t about.
"Wnen your board adopted the method
of appointing employees by resolution.
NV intention was TO 1mm6diately pay
the claims Of the employees whose pay
claims had been vetoed, as it was
method was attempting 70 correct, ana
n OF he pay of the men which WAS try.
ing to hold back I could not we'll act
while the decision was pending. Since
the decision various reasons have
delayed my taking up the matter. bnt
now that the city employees are properly
appointed. and believing your board
prefers this method TO the Old one, feel
called upon to address 30 you this letter.
The following Is a compars IN of the pay
rolls of the laborers employed In the
Water Department during corresponding
periods under the old and the new
systems.
OLD SYSTEM.
Paving over water pipes, November,
Repairin9 water pipes, November, 1891 2,7S1 so
Laying water pipes, November. is91... 1856 s5
Total, November 1891 ..........:.-S s46 25
Repairing water pipes. December, 1891 ,795 IS
Shutting off water, December, 1884,. 397 80
Laying water pipes. December, lSsl.... s52 %
Total, December, 1891. ,085 75
Shutting off water, January, 1892 ,8l9 90
Repairing water pipe. January, 1892. 2,2o6 rs
Total. January, 1892. .S4.O54 as
Repairs at High Service, February ,1S92.S 23S %
Repairing water gates February 1872. 49, ao 70 70
Paving over water pipes, February, 1892 40l rs
Laying water pipes, ........... .-... $50 SO
Repairing water pipes. .......s........ 2,S32 50
Total. February, 1892 $6.612 rs
Paving over water pipes, March, 1892. $451 90
Iaying over water pipes, March, 1852. Lass 90
Shutting off water pipes. March, 1884, 1888 %
Repairing water gates. March, 1392.... 6S6 on
Repairing gates at Meadows, March,
1884,. ......s....- l72 20
Repairing water pipes, marcn, 1S92.... 4.6o5 90
Total, March, 1892. 9a................. s8,S7i 90
Paving over water pipe, April, 1892 -. $34s so
Shutting off water, April, 1922. 834 %
RaDairiug water gates. ADrl, 1899 100 10
Repairing gates at Meadows, April,
1892. 92......,............... 626 %
ksgaang ksgaS wasss wsel epsii Pipes apa APRIL III s
Total April, 1892. -. .,,........ s., 7,a7s 90
Repairing water pipe, May, ie92.... 2.374 81
Laying water pipes May, 1892. ........ 1859 %
Repairing water gates, May, 1S9....... 64) o.
Total, May, 1892. S4,403 81
Paving over water pipes June, ie92.... $50 SO
Repairing over water pipes. June, 1899 976 81
Laying over water pipes, June, 1S92.... 1,0i0 10
Total, June, 1892. S9s................... 81, s5s rs
Repairing water pipes, July, 1ss2...... 1870 2j
Total, July, 1892. 2.,............. 81, $50 25
Laying water pipes. August l8)2...... 2,5Y9 so
Total, August, 1892 2............ ss,5ss 5
NEW sYsTEM.
Under agreement in force September,
/, 1892, and repairing water pipes,
November, 1s9a. ........:..:: s.l7s 81
Saving over november. 4S5l.. l,0fo ~
Laying and repairing water pipes, De-
cembsr, lsss. ...................... sl7s so
Saving. LIB 25
Laying water pipes. etc., January,
iasa............. ................:..;.: s,6as 75
Saving l,4l2 W
Laying and repairing water pipes. Feb
ruuary, 1872 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...... 1886 T5
Saving. g....................... 3,1l6 %
March, 1888. .......'. ......:..:..... ~ $3.50 rs
Saving. ....-....... .-.......... S3,34D T5
Laying and repairing water pipss,
April, 1928 ...........: s.os5 rs
Saving ........ .....,.,..... .S4,2i0 rs
Laying and repairing water pipe, May,
1879. ...-....... 3,4S6 80
Saving. g......................... 1913 81
Laying and repairing water pips. June,
1873. 3,2lS 90
Increase over June, 1892. .......S 1852 25
Laying and repairing pipe, July, 1898. 3449 90
Increase over July, 1892. ....... 81, S19 75
Laying and repairing water pipe,
August 1S93....... ...,.-.......... 3,639 90
Increase over August, 1902. ...$l, 100 50
"A resume of the comparison shows
that In ten months under tue new system
saving of fifteen Thousand dollars
($15, ,000) has been effected In that depart
meut of the City Government More
than this. every aborer now in your en-
ploy has been paid in full up to the first
dav nj Sep,en,hur 1QQ2-n nauU Il ,,a ~ u ~.