The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-04
BLOW AT THE TAXPAYERS
COnvicts to be Kept Idle in Order
That a Private Concern May
Enjoy Large Profits.

from COuV1CU WOTh. IL WOulQ ~ lulpOSolDlof
Judge McGrath said, for the county to use
all the stone the conyicts quarry, and as q
result many of them would become idle
while sentenced to hard labor.
ovERDRAWING AN ACCOUNT.
1t required time and much talk yesterday
for Freebooter Ellis to squelch Freebooter
Hepnassey, but he did succeed finally. The
troublo took place at a meeting Of the Board
Of Freehoiders when Freeholder Hennessey,
Chairman of the Asylum Committee, asked
that a horse, two carts, some wire netting
and some brass padlocks be purchased on
requisiton for the Asylum at a cost not to
exceed $500.
81 know said Freebooter Ellis, that
these things are needed at the Asylum, but |
the present time.n
1.-THE horses and carts are needed very
much" said Freebooter Hennessey, $50 that
the loose dirt caused by the construction of
the new Asylum may be carted away. /
the board ought to purchase them
The motion to purchase was put by the
Director, and Freebooter Ellis said:-"If
you vote for this requisition you viii vote to
exceed the Asylum appropriation. The
County Collector informed me today that
there is but g., 076. "a to the credit of the
Asylum, and We have audited bills to the
amount Of $4,000 today. There is no money
on hand, therefore, to pay for the horse and
carts. II the board decides to exceed the
appropriation / want my name as a member
Of the Finance Committee taken off the
claims we have audited. In two months
there will be plenty Of money for the
ASYLUM, and the chairman of the committee
should not now insist on filling out this
reQuisitiop and violating the law"
The motion was put and carried. When
the Director announced the result Freehold
ers Doscher and Hanna asked leave TO change
their vote, but their repentance came too
late. The Director refused the request.
The same subject came up a few minutes
later when the report of the Finance Com
mittee. recommending the payment OF the
payrolls and certain claims, was read.
Il desire to object to the claims against
the asylum being read,n said Freebooter
Ellis. 81 want all of the asylum claims ex-
cept the payroll taken from the report. The
Chairman of the Asylum Committee Hen
pessey) understands the reason. When |
signed these claims there was money enough
to the credit of the asylum to pay them, but
now there is not enough. / ask to have these
claims as much for the protection of the
not want the collectors books to show any
account to be overdrawn, / ask, therefore,
to lave these claims laid out for | nave a
right to vote for or against any bill separ-
ately. You can't deny me that privilege"
HENNESSEY EXPLAINS
II don't think" said Freebooter Hem
nessey, shat any member is more careful
than I an about keeping within the appro-
priations, and / would not want any mem
Der to vote if I thought he would exceed the
appropriation. But we do not exceed it, for
we will nave two rebates from the State be-
fore the bill for the horse and carts come
inn
THAT don't make any difference" said
Freebooter Ellis. ttWe are voting out of the
ofinu ,,nU and mt what we hQ va in
prospect. Let these claims wait until the
money comes. You have voted for the $500
requisition, and that can't be recalled 1t
would be a violation of the law now to pass
these claims, and / don't believe any member
should be placed in that position"
The motion was put and the claims were
left out, to the dismay Of Freebooter Hen
nessey, for the action would cause his friends
to suffer.
After all the claims except those of the
asylum were ordered paid, Freebooter Hem
Messy moved that these claims be also paid.
This gave Freebooter Ellis another oppor-
tunity to go at him and he did so with such
vim that Freebooter Hennessey surrendered.
He said:-
'Mr. Director, there is in the hands of the
County Collector So, 0T3. We have Just paid
the payroll OF $1,434, and here are claims
amounting to $729, which makes q total Of
81 .163. Now add to this the $3.50 for the
horse and carts and you have expended
81, 463, or 1890 more than there is money APP
Language Denounced this proposed violation
of the law, and when he concluded Free
holder Hennessey said
sIf tho board will pass those claims. l will
move to reconsider the motion for the re-
QUESTION for a horse and two CARTS
Upon this understanding the board passed
the claims, the only member voting no being
ITcooHolJar F11ic Tho r.arv7icifipn was Tban
reeonsidered, and this gave Freebooter Ellis
a chance for q parting shot.
sit does not matter whether you recon
slider or not he said, ssfor your vote to pass
the claims first has made you exceed the APP
preparation
Proposals to paint four bridges on the New
Boulevard were received as follows, per run
ming foot:-Curry & ZefY, S4.25; James. A.
Murray, So. 25; William T. st. George s. Co.,
$3.50; Harmed & Mitchell, S4.95. Murray
will receive the contract
SUPERINTENDENT King of the Asylum re-
ported for April asfollows:-Number of pa
tients, 800; employees, 81; cost of mainten-
ance. S4.BlS.4l; average cost, $I3.38.
Warden Grimes OF Penitentiary reported
Number of prisoners, LIB; employees, 81;
cost. So S3, IS: ayerageacost, Sl6.88.
Warden Ryan of the Almshouse report
~ed:-Inmates, ZOO; employees, 20; cost,
So, 043. 83; average cost, 1888 ~.
EXPENDITURES
Clerk Boyd read the ~semi-annual report Of
expenditures for the Boulevard, which
showed that money had been expended as
follows from December ] to May 1:-Total
amount paid out, s161, 1893. TO-; Of this sum
sol, $40. 90 was for labor and S70,355.1 IA for
right Of way for Boulevard. There had
been previously reported as expended, $685.
344 Sd, which, added to the amounts Just
specified, makes a total amount expended on
the Boulevard from its beginning to date of
81, Il4,O 65 10. The report shows that the
awards made by the Commissioners, which
were appealed from, were S44.179s37 The
amount awarded by the court on the APP
peals was $40, 355. Il, an excess Of S26,l76.T
over the awards of the Commissioners
The bill of 500 for carpets for the new
home of Warden Grimes, was ordered paid,
and the board adjourned to meet next
Thursday.
w. G. T. u, MEETING.