The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-31
JUST TO PASS BILLS
Interest Falling Due February ]
Provided for-County Collec-
tor Dugan's Bill.

Commissioner Simpson happened along.
He stood in front of the City Hall for a
period of about five minutes, whistling
Greenvilles latest popular air, "There is No
One to Tell" and then darted up the steps
! and was soon inside and out of sight. COM
missioner Bedell arrived shortly after. He
looked in the Mayors Office. No one was
there. He turned as if to leave and then as
if impelled by bright idea, entered the City
Hall and was soon behind the closed doors OF
the Finance Boards office.
| It was five o'clock when Mr. Bedell recov-
| cred his breath sufficiently to take part in
| the business which demanded attention. Mr..
| Detwiller was not present He is in Florida
| for his health.
Mr.. Fraser was not present for many rea-
sons First his business kept him away;
! and secondly, he does not care to act as a
| member of the board while there exists a
question as to his right to enjoy the office.
However, without these gentlemen there
was a quorum, and that was all that was
| necessary.
THE AGREEMENT WITH THE BANK.
1t was exclusively announced in Mondays
| JERSEY CITY NEWS that on Thursday $780,
900 interest on bonded indebtedness had to
be provided for. To let the day of payment
pass without meeting such an obligation
was to default. The Commissioners could
not afford to do this, and negotiations were
entered into with the Second National Bank
and an agreement reached that the money
should be loaned to the city by
the bank until February 2, when
| the Board of Finance would meet
| and order its repayment, County Collector
Hugh Dugan was also on the warpath de-
manding S125, 900 on account of the county
| taxes for 1898. 1t was also decided to have
the bank advance this sum for a day. The
| Commissioners would have stuck to this way
| of getting out of this dilemma and insuring
| themselves against circus with Edesteln
and Peterson had not some one remarked
that the proceeding was risky one.
| BUSINESS TRANSACTED
| The secret meeting was then decided up
on In order to pay the January interest,
which falls due February l, the three Com
missioners adopted resolution drawing on
account for Sl4, ,625, in all $50, los. This dis
posed of the interest muddle. County
| Collector Dugan was disposed of
| by the adoption of a resolution
ordering a warrant drawn on the City
Treasurer in favor of Mr.. Dugan for $125,-
! 900, on account of the county taxes of 1898.
The meeting was called for the specific pur
pose of adopting the above resolutions. and
as soon as they were entered upon the min
ute book, adjournment was taken. Mayor
Wanser's veto of the appointments
of Messrs. Brinkerhoff and Erwin
|
of Clerk Finck for nearly month was not
opened. That important document will
| have to be received and referred for action
next Friday night.
| With Mr. Fraser not disposed to act as a
member of the board and Mr.. Detwiller in
the South the veto cannot be overridden.
HITLER CALLED THE MEETING.
! The fact leaked out this morning that
| President Hitler, of the Board of Finance,
| established hitherto unheard of precedent
Yesterday afternoon when he ignored Clerk
Martin Finck and issued, signed and caused
| to be delivered himself notices for special
meeting Of the board.
| It has been the custom in all city boards
for the president or any three of the MEM
bers to sign call for a special meeting. The
call is then given to the Clerk, and it be-
comes his duty to notify the other members
| of the board. 1t has been customary to give
each member of the board twenty-four
| hours notice of such special meeting.
| Yesterday afternoon, when Commissioners
Hitler, Bedell and Simpson entered the
| Board of Finance, and declared their in
| tention of meeting, Clerk Finck was as
founded
| ssNo notices have been sent out" said he.
ssOh yes there have. Notices have been
regularly sent to all the members replied
! Commissioner Simpson.
| President Hitler put a stop to further de-
bate by producing copy of the call issued
| by himself 1t was dated January 27, 1894.
/ 1t read as follows:-
| THE CALL.
To George r. Hitler. I axe Notice:
| That special meeting Of the Board of FL
nance will be held at its rooms in the City Hall,
| on Tuesday January 20. inst, at five O'Clock +.
M The OBJECT of said meeting is TO receive and
act upon any. either all of the petitions.
| communications, claims and reports OF COM
| mittees which may be presented or which has
| heretofore been presented; to take appropriate
1 cti
the payment of salaries for the month
| Of January, when due, to make suitable provs-
| ion for the payment Of any interest on city
| bonds where interest may be required to be
pa i'd within short percd; to act upon such
| miscellaneous and unfinished business as may
| be brought before the Board.
GEORGE r. HITLER,
President Of the Board OF Finance.
| On the back of the call this was written
and signed George R. Hillier:-
| thereby acknowledge servics of this due and
| legal notice OF tine time aud place for the hold
| ing of the special meeting named here.
Why Mr. Hillier took all these precautions
no one knows and he refuses to tell. He was
at City Hall bright and early this morning.
NO UNUSUAL COURSE
ssDidn't you pursue an unusual course in
the calling Of the special meetingW asked.
ssNo,n was the reply. 'sThe board had
some private business to attend to and saw
no reason to proclaim the fact that we pro-
posed meeting from the house tops" @
Wasn't it because you feared Messrs. Edel-
| stein and Petersonf' | asked
ssNo 1t was not" replied Mr.. Hitler
He refused to discuss the matter further.
| City Clerk Scott says that to ignore the
| clerk in the way Mr.. Finck was ignored is an
unusual proceeding, and ex-Finance Commis-
sioner Datz asserts that the action is without
precedent in the Board of Finance. Under
| the rules of the board, however, the Presi-
dent or any three members of the board may
at any time call special meeting. The
| ruler A.
| Special NEE tings may be called BY the Presi.
dent or any three members BY giving notice to
all the members, stating the object or the
1 meeting, and no other bu iness shall bs trans
| acted except as specific by the call
! The action has caused considerable adverse
! criticism.
| MAYOR wANSER SAYS WAIT,
| Clerk Finck presented the resolutions
passed at the meeting to Mayor Wanser this
| morning for approval. His Honor did not
sign them, stating that he desired
| to look into the proceeding be-
| fore acting. The call for the meeting
| is said to have been prepared by ex-senator
Brinkerhoff, also that the meeting was held
i under advice given President Hitler by
him. The boards next regular meeting is
next Friday evening at eight o'clock.