The evening world., 1894-02-28
FURGUESON DOOMED.
Assembly Bill to Abolish His
Office Favorably Reported.
And a Committee Appointed to
Investigate His Doings.
Day Of Reckoning for the Boss Is
Near at Hand.

Cornelius Furgueson, State Shore In
spector and Boss of New Utrecht, has
received his first serious setback at
Albany.
The Assembly Committee on Com
merce and Navigation has reported ia
vorab.y on ~Assemblyman Wray's bill to
repeal the law creating the State Shore
1nspectorship.
The Wray Repeal bill had been before
the Committee for several weeks. and
Boss Furgueson, Lieut.. Boss Church
and Furgueson, jr., and Church, IT., and
two or three lobbyists have been hard
at work to defeat the measure. All -four
Of the Furgueson crowd rave made trips
to Albany In person, and have left no
stone unturned in order to save the
Shore 1nspectorship and its fat emolu-
ments of ST 900 per year.
BY a vote of 5 to 1 the Committee has
vote on behalf OF Boss Furgueson was
s shnt Of Of k Asssm eoyn.y' M ME- %Ie:m Rsp nsVe
that he wanted to see the office Of State
Shore Inspector continued. so that under
could be appointed to the office to succeed
Boss Furgueson. AS Mr.. Wieman lives
along shore" 1t is rumored that he ex-
DeCteQ TO De maze state SnOTe inspector
under the next administration.
The State Legislature is also going to
investigate Boss Furgueson's doings
as State Shore Inspector. He will be
compelled to show his accounts for the
last eight years.
Senator Mullin, acting as chairman Of
the joint meeting of the Finance and
Ways and Means committees yesterday
conduct the investigations: Mullin. Kill
born, Parker, Ainsworth, Fish, Brownell
and Sulzer. or this committee Senators
Mullin and kilborn are RePnblieans
Ainsworth, Parker and Fish are Repub-
licans and Sulzer Democrat.
Another bill is to be introduced by
investisate the Kings County fnebriates'
Home, of which Boss Furgueson has
charge. 1t is charged that persons
committed TO the Inebriates' Home by
days are placed on the payroll Of the
institution. and are thereby enabled to
cast their votes at the New Utrecht
polls.
Still another bill is to be introduced
next week in the Legislature, with a
view OF. knocking out Boss Furgueson's
so-called Water bill, which is on a par
with his Infamous gas-lighting deal.
In 1892 Boss Furgueson succeeded in
having a bill passed authorizing the New
Utrecht Board of improvements, four Of
the five members of which he controls
~ lIlohC IL ia " "
water company for the establishment
of fire hydrants in the town. The bill
placed no limit as to the number of hy-
drants to be built or as to the price to
be paid. Everything possible was done
by Boss Furgueson to prepare the way
for an enormous water hydrant job on
the same plan as his infamous gas lamp
deal.
The Citizens League of New Utrecht
has been alert. however. and prepare.
that was projected. The New
Utrecht Water Company. made an offer
recently to the Board OF improvements
to supply MIGRANTS to the town at such
a low price as to remove the margin Of
profit of any other company that might
be formed by Furgueson and his bench;
men. Since then the boss has allowed
the matter to rest quietly, and has done
nothing In the premises.
Rumors had been in circulation that
Furgueson was about to organize a water
company in conjunction with two or three
leading Furgueson Republicans OF New
Utrecht. .
The Citizens League has now prepared
a bill. amending the act of 1892, limiting
the price of MIGRANTS to $S5 per year,
and stipulating the number Of MIGRANTS
to be contracted for Mt 400. Senator
Wolfert has promised to introduce this
bill in the Legislature early next week.
1t Is safe to say that Boss Furgueson
| will not succeed In erecting 1000 water
hydrants to keep company with his 1000
gas-lamps. which are Illuminating the
turnip fields of New Utrecht and vicinity.