The evening world., 1894-02-28
FERGUSON DOOMED.
Assembly Bill to Abolish His
Oacs Favorably Reported.
And a Committee Appointed to
Investigate His Doings.
nav, Of Reckoning for the Boss Is
Near at Hand.

Cornelius Furgueson, State Shore In
,ooc,o, and Boss of New Utrecht, has
rocsived his first serious setback at
Albany.
Tho Assembly Committee on Com
,,orce and Navigation has reported ia
,or,b,y on Assemblyman Wray's biz to
roreaI the law creating the State Shore
lnsrectorship.
The Wray Repeal bill had been before
the Committee for several weeks, and
Boss Furgueson, Lieut.. Boss Church
and Furgueson. jr., and Church, jr., and
two or three lobbyists have been hard
at work to defeat the measure. All four
Of the Furgueson crowd have made trips
10 Albany in person, and have left no
stone unturncd in order to save the
Shore lnspectorship and its fat emolu-
ments of $40 M per year.
BY a vote of s to l the Committee has
reported favo, ably on the bill. The only
vote on behalf of Boss Furgueson was
that of Assemblyman Wieman, Repuoli-
can, of Kings county. MIR. Wieman gave
as an excuse for supporting Furgueson
that he wanted to see the Office of state
Shore Inspector continued, 50 that under
a Republican Governor, a Republican
could be appointed 10 the office to succeed
Boss Furgueson. AS Mr. Wicman lives
along shore it is rumored that he ex-
pected to be made State Shore 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 ana
Ways and Means committees yesterday
conduct the investigation: Mullin. XII;
born. Parker, Ainsworth, Fish. Brownell
and Sulzer. OF this committee Senator's
Mullin and Kilborn are Republicans,
and of the Assemblymen, Brownell,
Ainsworth, Parker and Fish are ltepub-
iicans and sulzer Democrat.
Another bill Is to be introduced by
investigate the Kings Count lnebriates,
Home. of which Boss Furgueson has
charge 1t is charged that persons
days are placed on the payroll OF the
institution, and are thereby enabled 10
cast their votes at the New Utrecht
Still 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
Utrecht Board of improvements, four OF
the five members of which he controls
absolutely, to make a contract with a
water company for the establishment
of fire hydrants 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 was done
by Boss Furgueson to prepare the way
for an enormous water hydrant. job on
the same plan as his infamous gas lamp
deal.
The Citizens League Of New Utrecht
lions We're made to fight any steal
tina 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 Furgleson and his hench-
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 Furgueson Republicans OF New
Utrecht.
The Citizens League has now prepared
a bill, amending the act of lS92, limiting
the price of hydrants to s35 per year,
,tnd stipulating the number of hydrants
{, be contracted for at 400. Senator
bill in the Legislature early next week.
It Is safe to say that Boss FurSueson
will not succeed la erecting 1900 water
hydrants to keep company with his 4.OT
gas-,amps. which are illuminating the
turnip fields of New Utrecht and vicinity