The evening world., 1894-02-28
FURCUESON 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
lnspectorship.
The Wray Repeal bill had been before
the Committee for several weeks, and
Boss Furgueson. Lieut.. Boss Church
and F~urgueSpn, jr., and Church, jr,, and
two or thr% lobbyists have been hard
at work to defeat the measure. All four
of the Furgueson Grove have made trips
to Albany in person, ana have left no
stone unturned in order to save the
Shore Inspectorship and its fat emolu-
ments of S2I 900 per year.
BY a vote of S to l the Committee has
reported favorably on the bill. The only
vote on behalf of Boss Furgueson was
can, of Kings County. Mr., wieman gave
as an excuse for supporting ~Furgueson
that he wanted to see the ot1ce OF state
a Republican Governor, a Republican
could be appointed to the office to succeed
Boss FurSueson. As Mr.. Wieman lives
along shore it is rumored that he ex.
I'Nlti ~ pt IllhiN pldlt NV 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
appointed the following committee to
conduct the investigation: Mullin. Kill
born. Parker, Ainsworth. Fish, Brownell
and sulzer., OF this committee Senators
and of the ,Assemblymen. Brownell,
Ainsworth. Parker inc Fish are Repub-
licans and Sulzer Democrat.
Another bill Is to be introduced by
Assembiyman Wray to ~reorganize. and
Home. OF which Boss Furgueson has
charge; It is charged that persons
Police Justices just previous to election
days are placed on the payroll Of the
institution, and are thereby enabled to
cast their votes at the New Utrecht
stu another bill is to be introduced
next week IN the Legislature, with a
view OF, Knocking out Boss Furgueson's
with his Infamous ~gas-lighting deal;
In 1892 Boss Furgueson succeeded in
having a bill passed authorizing the New
the five members of which he controls
absolutely, to make a contract with a
water company for the establishment
of fire MIGRANTS 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 YVES done
by Boss F~,rsueson to prepare the way
for an enormous water hydrant Job on
the same plan as his infamous gas lamp
Zeal.
The Citizens League of New Utrecht
has been alert, however, n repara-
tons were made to fight any steal
that was projected. The New
Utrecht Water Company made an offer
recently to the Board of Improvements
to supply hydrants 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 F~urgueson Republicans OF New
Utrecht.
The Citizens League has now prepared
a bill. amending the act of 1892, limiting
the price of MIGRANTS to $35 per year.
and stipulating the number of hydrants
to be contracted for at 400. Senator
Wolfert has promised to introduce this
bill in the Legislature early next week.
1t is safe to say that Boss F%urgueson
will not succeed in erecting 1000 water
hydrants to keep company with his i,ooO
gas-lamps. which are illuminating the
turnip fields of New Utrecht and vicinity.