The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-01
OUTRAGE ON DECENCY
Notorious Mike O'Mdra
Made Assistant County
Road Engineer
"BOB0 DAVIS IDEA OF REFORM.
He Does Not Know a Transit
Instrument From a Keno
Wheel, but He Gets
There.
Other Doings of the Freeholders-
Swartz Turned Down in
the Committees.

Some months ago 'Bobn Davis's friend.
the notorious "Miken O'Mara. bacame so
| Objectionable to the public that even the
| Street and Water Commissioners dared
| not employ him longer at the expense Of
| the city, and he was retired to oblivion.
| The disappearance from public view was
| only temporary, however. and the good
citizezs of the city who have been con-
graduating themselves that they have no
| longer got to support the much whis-
kered Michael, win be surpris ed to learn
| that the Board OF Frseholders yesterday
drew O'Mara from his forced retirement
and placed him in prominent and re-
| sponsible position in the employ OF the
company.
Michael j. O'Mara was appointed by
the Fresholders TO the position Of Sscopd
/ Assistant Engineer of the new Boule-
ward. His Office will be In Chief En- gi-
| neer Harrisun's.
| o'MARA AN ASSISTANT.
| When Freeholder Hennessey's resolu
ton was presented appointing this gam
bier, woman insulter, election shark,
etc.. to this position OF trust, Freeholder
| inquired
SIS O'Mara civil engineerf1'
| "It is not necessary for q man to be an
engineer or surveyor, to fill the position"
replied Freeholder Hennessev, 'he is
simply an assistant to the Chief Eugi-
neer."
| "Ohp' WAS the audible comment that
! came from the lobby. followed by a
| smothered, derIsive laugh.
| The vote was taken on the appoint
| ment, and Freeholder Halladay was the
| only man who voted against O,Ala ra's
| appointment. Freeholders SwartZ,
| Doscher snd Hanna. all Republicans,
| voted for it. and it may be amusing later
| on to ascertain what their constituents
| think of such actiou.
| O'Mara is the man who was arrested
| last fall in Hoboken, charged with organ
| izing gangs of repeaters for election pur-
| poses, and O'Mara had a narrow escape
| from seeing the inside 0t State Prison.
| When he WAS arrested two stories were
| published about hiin. One alleged thar
he had deserted the Democratic party,
| aud was working In the Interest OF the
| Republicans. Yhesother story w as thar
| O'Mara Was not WORKING for any party
| but for Bob Davis and the pc ople Davis
was trying TO elect, Que or them being
Senator Bill DAILY.
All conaeci ion with O'Mara was de-
| MED by the Republican leaders at The
| time, but Bob Davis never denied that
| O'Mara WAS working ut the time under
| his directions. ana, on the contrary.
Davis openly showed his friendship for
| the political pirate at the time.
| A year before this arrest of O'Mara he
was arrested on Staten Island for illegal
| voting aJ an election there. he only
escaped indictment through the aid of
| powerful politicians in Ssarsn Island,
who desired to do Bob Davis favor.
| O,Mara admitted at the time that he nd
| voted illegally, but said he was drunk
i and did not know what he W IS doing.
| EMPLOYEES DISMtEaED.
/ The Freeholders at the last caucus
| held by them decided to make a number
of dismissals. and yesterday they wer e
| made as fcilows:-
Thomas MaGuIre quarryman; Dennis Kel-
| leher, William Lanning, John Foley, John
| Feeney, James Neville aud Patrick Hueston,
under keepers at the Penitentary; Francis
! Bannon, teamster at the Store House; John
| O'Neill and Margaret Clark, attendants at the
| Asylum; James Anderson, baker at the Aims
House; Rev. Theodore La Rue, chaplain; Fran
els T. MOTIF, engineer at the Penitentiary; Jas.
| Fulem, Nurse Lawrence. Sutton, Gardner at
4 the Court House; Thomas M. Murphy and Geo.
Bremner, second assistant engineers on the
Boulevard.
Resolutions were adopted making ap-
poinrments and transfers, as follows:-
August Moser baker at the Penitentiary,
transferred to the Asylum; Michael Walsh,
engineer at the stone crusher, transferred from
the Penitentiary payroll TO that Of mechanics.
0 Of e. cour an Created
for him; salary, $1,000 per annun,. Aldermsn
Pierce Flemming was appointed Recor ding
$1,000 per annum. Joseph A. Whelan was
appointed to similar position ar
same salary - These These two two = 9ess ss6Iss
| Index Clerk that had been filed BY the late
Thomas McDonough at salary Of 81, 500 per
CHAPLAIN nhs nss & 5 9uay psf
pointed underkeepers at the psnsentiary at .
| salary of $3.50 Per annum; Daniel Griffin
was appointed quarryman at So q day; Flor
ence Heazley WAS appointed an attendant at
the asylum at salary Of $500 per annum;
asylum at a salary Of $3.50 per annunl; Thomas
Smith was appointo cd teamster at the storehouse
at a salary " $3.50 per snnnm; Patrick Hayes
was appointed baker at the Aims House at q
salary Of $500 per aunum; Michael 5. o Mara
and James Haveren were appointed second as
sstant engineers on the Boulevard at salary
All Of these appointments take effect
July /, 1898.
HoRsEMEN's PETITION.
The iboard received a pstition signed bv
about 500 persons asking that road way
for horseback riding solely on the new
Boulevard be reserved for that purpose.
Tine petition was fled
i A communication from the Township
OF Kearny set forth than the township
desired the co-operAtion OF the county in
improving Passaic avenue from the
| newark auO nIdSuu AshllfutA W Vie
Bslleyille turnpike bridge, and asking
Unat q committee OF the board meet
with the Township Commlttee to discuss
the matter. The communication Was
referred to the Committee on Bridges.
Lawrence Sutton wrote the board TO tn .
effect that he had bought house No. 81
4 Cottage street, mt the sale OF the Duiid-
Jugs recently acquired By condemnation
iproceedings for the Boulevard. He
claimed the house had baen represented.
MS single building, but after he pur-
chased it he found OUT that IL was Il part
OF q double building. HI asked the board
to refund him the S225 ne had paid Tor the
lhouse therefore. Tue request Was rc-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
John J Barden, sLableinau at Snake
Il Hill. reported that the ancient norse
known as Old Grey" had died.
The Committee on North Bridges IN
formed the board that bids would be
ceived on July IL for the repIanking Of
the Vreelaud bridge over Lie HAcken-
sack River
Freeholdsr Ellis offered q motion, which
prevailed. TO the effect that Chief Enfi-
neer Harrison be directed 70 hare cleaned
all the closets attached 20 property ac-