The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
RATIFYING WANSER.
Finance Board Confirms the
Mayors Appointments
One Surprise Over
Craftsmanship.

The new Board of Finance with Com
missioners Fraser and Derwiller as mem :
bers, held an importanG session yesterday
Afternoon. The board convened at four
O'Clock. and after remaining in session a
half hour, took a recess, wnicn resulted
in the boards not converting again until
half-past six O'Clock.
Corporation Council Edwards and City
Attorney Weart were both present at the
session and rendered what legal d ice
the mem bers desired.
COMMISSIONERS R~ECONFIRMED.
Acting under advice from some I'M
known source the board reconhrmed the
minutes of the meeting OF April "a. at
which time the board. with Messrs.
Fraser and Detwiller present, organized
aud confirmed Mayor Wanser's appoin-
tees to office. President Hitler, in an
nouncing the vote, declared that Mayor
Wanser's appointments had been recon-
firmed.
The committees for the ensuing year
were also appointed, and 1T will probably
he a surprise TO some to learn that the
craftsmanship of the Finance COMMITTEES,
the office formerly held by C. w. Allen,
was given to Commissioner Bedeil, who
is the only democrat of the old board
who held over. Messrs. Simpson and
Fraser complete this most important
committee.
: COMMITTEES NAMED.
The Committee on Concurrent Resolu-
lions is made up as follOws:-Detwiller,
Chairman; Simpson and Fraser.
Salaries aud Claims-Simpson, Detwii-
Ter aud Bedell.
Printing, Stationery and Supplies
Detwiller, Fraser aud Simpson.
This part of the business was transact
ed before recess was taken.
Upon r~econvening, the official bone OF
City CLERK John e. Scott was approved
and ordered fled in the bono book
The board %concurrei in the April pay
roll of the reassessOrs, also the Water
Registrars payroll, laborers on meters
md laborers laying and repairing over
water pipes. An old payroll for reasses-
sors of May, 1891, was also passed. The
board coucnrred in the construction OF a
sewer in Central avenue, also one in
Summit avenue. A resolution of the
Board of Street and Water Commissions
ers for the carttng aud trimming of
10. 600 tons of anthracite coal, Go be used
at BellevllIe and High Service, also in the
Improvement of Halliday street. I
QUICK BUSINESS DONE.
resolution ~coucurrlng in the opening
OF Baldwin avenue was fescinded. owing
III UuO law bbbp S4S
courts.
The board, iu future, will meet on the
first and third Friday evenings OF each
month. The agreement entered into be-
tween Mayor Wanser aud the Street and
Water Commissioners whereby the liquor
license money set aside for the improve
nlent of streets for 1929, was consum-
mated py the Coard of Finance directing
the City Treasurer II Comptroller to
set aside one half of this fund at nee.
Last wears money. which WAS tied no by
Mayor Wsrser, will be utilized in paying
the SOS. 900 of claims which were c~ontrac-
ted by the Street Il Water Board, and
now stard as d lien upon the fund.
The appointment of William Oberg-
fell to the Board OF Education TO succeed
Director Moran was confirmed.
The salary of N. p. Wedin as an assist
ant Clerk In the First District Court was
fixed at $40 pc month.
wANsERIAN CLIMAX.
The board will meet. again next Tues
day. Before that meeting Mayor Wan
ser's plan TO bring about a settlement of
The difficulty in relation to appointments
to the various boards will probably be
settled. His Honor has decided to
bring matters 60 a climax by declining to
sign the salary warrants. of all officials
who claim the rioh to hold over, to
whom he has named successors.
His Houor this moruing denied the
statement hat he md summoned Pfest-
Kern 70 ask him to recognize John Rren-
A4r