The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-21
OFF GO THEIR HEADS
The Street and Water Board
Dismisses Thirty-four
Democrats.
PHIL MULDOON WALKS THE PLANK
Frank Sutherland and Labor Agi-
tator Gruber Taken In
Out of the Cold.

The Street and Water Commissioners met
again this morning. decapitated thirty-four
Democrats and abolished the Office of Side
walk Inspector, so long enjoyed by ?. Philip
Muldoon, GA r., Esq. Thirty-five appoint
ments were made and the lucky successors
to the unlucky democrats are republicans
The meeting was not harmonious one, as
the Democratic commissioners, Kellers and
Cone, voted against the wholesale dis
missals for partisan reasons in all save two
instances These were Laborer Lyons and
Machinist Corbett As was expected,
Belleville and Hign Service was. the scene of
the principal removals.
The pipe yard also, which has been rest
ing place for number of democrats, was
given a shaking up There were present
when the board met fully two hundred re-
publicans, who were packed like sardlnes IN
box in the lobby.
ANXIOUS REPUBLICANS.
They stood on each others feet, climbed
over the ballustrades and did many other
foolish things to hear the names of the for
tunate Republican heelers, who We're to be
placed The first man to go was Patrick
Seery, a street paver. Dennis Byrnes was
appointed his successor at a salary OF Sou.
His appointment becomes operative June 70.
Johns. DAILY. foreman OF the sewer cleaners,
was next removed. Edward Benson sue
ceeds him at a salary of S75 per month, He
takes office July l. Street PAYERS 5. h.
Holmes, William Van Horne, David Jordan
and Michael Reese were dismissed to make
room for this quartette OF repubLcans:-
John Kilroy, George Covart, Thomas
Orgechowsh and Mike Burns.
Peter Clark, employed as laborer- on
street opening next walked the plank. Ills
position was given to John Jordan, who will
begin drawing So day on June %. Clerk
Bouton was out of breath reading Demo-
cratic death warrants and was waiting TO
hear motion to adjourn when Conmls-
sioner Hooker passed big batch OF reso-
lutions.
THE AXE FALLS.
The first one dispensed with the services OF
Thomas Kelly, T. j. Skully, John Morrlssey,
Sylvester LAWN, Kiernan Kennedy, Thomas
Casey and Frank Conrow, all firemen at the
Belleville pumping station.
| The second resolution dismissed Fred Ioe,
an engineer at Bellevile. John j. Corbett.
machinist, was dismissed, but subsequently
reappointed an engineer Where his pull
comes from no one knows. John Crimlns, a
coal passer, was next decapitated. Then
came the appointments. and these are the men
who will fill the positions :-Flremen, W1ii-
lam Edwards, Emil Brauer Daniel s. a! Ans,
Charles Stevens Thomas McMahon, William
Gallery and John F. Collegan; coal passer,
Philip Friend The list of pipe yard en-
pIoyes, which has undergone an inspection,
will not hereafter bear the names OF Filiiafn
Dell, caulker; John Connolly, James Bren-
nan, Richard Behan, Joseph Wrenn,
William Norton or Thomas Barry, laborers;
The commissioners thought these men
would do better works.. L. Barry, watch
man. L. J. Grant, rammer; Patrick Gillen,
caulker; Michael Lyons, Matthew Lee,
Joseph Welsh, Alex Beatty, Thomas Gil
martin, John Mclaughlin, Patrick Miller
and James McCarty, laborers. Leav-
ing the pipe yard the commits
sioners tackled the Office employees
SUTHERLAND GETS A PLACE.
The result was that John Rowe, faith
full old clerk in the engineering bureau, was
removed to make room for G. Frank Suth-
erland. The salary of the office is 500 per
month. Henry G. Gruber, the labor aeita-
tor, was appointed general clerk to sue
ceed ex-Alderman NJ. ]. O'Rourke The ap-
pointment takes effect June 80.
Harry Hall stole march on the repubs
by resigning. He DIDN'T care to be kicked
out. j. W. Ellison was given his clerkship.
James Y Watt, foreman of street laborers,
was also removed. The salary of the posi-
tion is 500 month. In future it will be
drawn by William Smith. More removals
are to be made at Mondays meeting.