The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-05
His Conclusions In the Case
of the Street and Water
Rasca1s.
NEGLIGENT AND INCOMPETENT
Scored For Their Mismanage-
ment Of the Water De-
partment.
Governor Werts Asked To I'M
mediately Remove Them
From Office.


had found the Street and Water Commits
sioners guilty on sufficient number OF
charges to warrant his recommending their
removal, there has been considerable specu-
lation as to what specific charges he based
his recommendation on.
In his finding, the Mayor has taken up the
charges as filed with him seriatim, and dis
posed of them, giving his reasons for his
finding, and accompanying each with the
law governing the matter.
THE FIRST FINDING.
The first finding is on the payment of
claims aggregating So, S23.95 to P J. Condor,
for repairs on the cement main across the
Meadows. There are twelve claims in all
and they are within the $500 limitation. He
finds them guilty of wilful evasion of the
law
The same decision is reached in the matter
of the payment of 81, $780, .35 to P. ]. Condor
for repairing water pipe on the Hackensack
Meadows.
In the matter of the payment to Condor of
So, ,9S9 so for excavating for School No. 25
without contract and in sums of s495 on
of evading the law intentionally.
They are found gull ty for the same reasons
for paying Condor s., ,49s for repaving
Grand street; S2,297, repaving of East
Hamilton place; S4,125, repaying
Green street; s1,7s6, repaving Wash
ington place; s5,O22.75 for repaying
and resetting curbs in various parts of the
,;+,r. 30 14- On ,,avino NauorE ava1ua.
$5,297 60 repaving Fifth street; 81, ,S72.5O to
Patrick O'Connor, connecting School No %
with sewer; So, 752, connecting School No.
"a with sewer; 1920, piling in Hack
ensack River; ss96.25, repairing Hack
ensack bridge sS,742, driving piles;
to Henry Byrne for labor and materials in
Bay street, Sc, ,9OO.45; John Nolan, 81, ,S49. SO,
work at Belleville; s641 70 for tagging;
$607.S9, rebuilding sewers and basins;
s., ,250.sO, tagging at Belleville; s5,162-55,
repaving Grove street; S3,07l.55, Grove
street, paving; S,4o7.5O to James F. Somers.
truck hire; Hugh Dugan, $5,991o6, for sup
plies.
The finding of guilty in all these instances
is based on the law prohibiting the expendi-
EXCEEDING APPROPRIATIONS.
The Mayor next finds them guilty as
charged in the matter of exceeding their ap-
preparations and diverting funds appropri-
ated for a specific purpose.
Under this head, ordering paid warrants
aggregating $47, ,7OS40 in excess of the
special street appropriation is cited as the
-
These warrants, it will be remembered,
were ordered paid in Mayor Cleveland's
time That official signed the warrants, but
Comptroller Hough declined to pay them.
As result they are still unpaid.
SIDEWALK FUND.
In the matter of the $4,000 appropriated
for the repair of sidewalks, they are found
guilty as charged, viz, of diverting the
money of the fund and neglecting to enforce
the law making it mandatory upon them to
compel all persons whose property is bene-
fitted by such repair of sidewalks to pay the
cost of the work.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
In dealing with the charges of mismanage
ment, negligence and disregard of the public
interest in the management of the affairs of
the Water Department the officials are found
guilty. Upon this charge the Mayor most
severely condemns the accused officials and
says that upon their own evidence
they show themselves utterly IN
competent and unfit to exercise the
city's government. Their disregard of duty,
dishonesty of purpose and incompetency to
conduct the affairs of this department, he
continues is sufficient to warrant their dis
placement
Upon every one of the first batch Of
charges the Mayor finds the officials guilty
SECOND BATCH OF CHARGES.
In dealing with the second batch the
Mayor is more lenient with the accused
officials. From the most reliable source it
was learned this morning that on one of the
last batch of charges an acquittal had been
found
Mayor Wanser refused to speak of his
recommendations this morning.
'sThe whole matter is ia-t tie hands of the
Governor, said he, and until he acts I
cannot and will not speak of thesmatter."
It was reported at City Hall this morn
ing that Governor Werts had intimated that
he would make public Mayor Wanser's COM
munication, and render a. decision in the
case on Monday next
LIQUOR DEALERS MEET.
Denounce smiths Action in order
ing sunday Closing.
Sllnerintendent ChristV Smith would have