The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-04
Street and Water Commits
sioners Chop Off A Num-
Der Of Heads.
ALL IN THE INTEREST OF ECONOMY
To Make the Water Departments
Self Sustaining Petition OF
Grove Street Property
Owners.

The new Street and Water Commissioners
started in promptly at nine o'clock this morn
ing to fulfill their pledges of reducing the
working force of the Water Department and
making it self sustaining. No less than forty
heads were chopped off in the various
branches of that department and more are
to follow at meeting to be held on Thurs
day
The new board has inaugurated the very
commendable plan of meeting at nine o'clock.
There are to be no more star chamber con-
ferences and the public will be permitted to
witness the manner of transacting business.
At 9 o'clock this morning there were fully
two hundred people in and about the office
building.
The clerks down stairs were in state of
agitation. Laborers who had no employ
ment recently were atoub TO see what their
fate would be. There We're heelers present
who wanted soft snaps" so long held by
democrats. There were Republican work
ers present who had petitions yards in
length bearing signatures to testify to their
high moral character, steadiness and effi-
cheney as skilled workmen.
THE GRAND BOUNCE.
When the guillotine was set in order
William Whalen, better known as six
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meet his fate He has been drawing $75
per month The board then looked over the
list OF laborers on meters and came to the
conclusion that the city could get
along very nicely without III z.
Moran, Jeremiah Sheehan, Michael
Somers and John Boyle The salary
of each of these men amounts to about SOU
per month. The W Water Registrars payroll
is a large one, and it was thought to be to
the best interests of the community to get
rid of Dennis Sullivan, Owen Nolan, Charles
Freeman, Charles Merrill and GaTret Healy
of that department The General Superin-
tendent also was found to have a superhous
number of helpers. The Superintendent
in future viii get along the best
he can without the services of
Joseph d. Francis, John Osborne, Peter
Kennedy and F. ID. Lane. The number of
laborers who have been laying and repair
ing water pipe has been enormous. There
were so many of them that they fell over
one another while at work. In this branch
these men were disnissed:-James Mannix,
Patrick Hogen, John Welsh, Michael Lyons,
Philip Keyes, Patrick Mullins, Patrick
Wynn, Charles Dolan, Peter Golden, Frank
Mccormick. John Rafferty,, James Toner,
Thomas Golden, Thomas GilInartin, John
Klyne Paul Sheahan, Thomas MAXWELL 3.
Farley, p. Kent, Patrick McAnerney,
George Mccormick, Thomas Carly, Thomas
McGrath and Daniel Mayon.
The resolutions disrnissing these men go in
to effect Immediately.
On Thursday the board will pay its atten-
tion to larger fry.
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED
John Van Tassel was appointed
inspector of the laying of asphalt
on Barrow street at salary of 81
per day. He has experience in this line Of
business. A delegation of property owners
of Grove street appeared before the
board to ask that that section
of the ordinance granted to the North Hud-
son County Railroad permitting the laying
of double tracks on Grove street for the
operation of the trolley system, be
repealed, jeremiah F. O'Sullivan and
Mr.. T. Connolly declared that double
tracks would ruin the street.
The property owners filed renonstrances
signed by about two hundred people. Father
c. P Giilen of st. Lucy's Church headed
the list The board passed the May pay
rolls and adjourned to meet next Thursday.
AT that meeting resolutions viii be adopted
consolidating the Wayne and Bay street
stables where, it is alleged abuses have been
found in the waste of feed and keeping of
useless horses