The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-06
Little Tommy Harrington
and Big Mike Connolly's
Secretary Scrap in
the City Hall.
BRICKS THAT MADE THE MAYOR MAD
they Are Not Broome's City Hall
Bricks But Connolly's Viaduct
Bricks harrington Says
He Never peached
on Mickey.

From Mayor Wanser down to "Pete"
Golden, the supervising janttor, messen-
ger and secretary to E. T. Morgan the
Mayors private secretary's secretary.
everyone IN the City Hail Is whistling
that popular little air What did Dugan
do to laim?' For two days the whistling
has been going on but no one would ex-
plain the cause Of It. This morning.
however. one of the clerks who was in
on the joke. was heard to sing: What
did Eaiu,. irgton do to him? Why he stole
Mike Connoily's job.'
Little Tommy Harrington is the big
contractor who owns as many houses as
any man in town. Mike ,Conrlcl.y is
another contractor, who though only four
feet and a few inches in height, has
stack of silver dollars, all his own higher
and broader than himself. Harrington
has a decided bTogue and a voice that is
usually strung up to G above the staff.
This morning he and Connolly bid for
the Improvement OF the monstrcsfty
grounds. George Richter, Conno.ly's
secretary. put in a bid for his employer.
Harrington. who does not boast OF
secretary. put in his own bid He was
the lowest bidder and Connolly was in
second.
Richter, I beat you," he exclaimed.
slapping that gentleman on the shoulder.
1--WE don't do work for the fun of doing
1t, nor do we go around making trouble
for other people, snapped Richter.
You mean those Bricks said Har-
rlngton. his voice strung up about five
feet higher than himself
81 do." said Richter.
81 said nothing about tnem," retorted
Harrington.
You did,
harrington, you're a joEier and you
are pushing the truth out of sight"
Pm a Lar, am 1?''
You're q good guesser.
'ftch er,n screamed Harrington. ..you re
a b. .ggtr man than / am.
II ! was not l wouldn't be man. :
Harringtens Mil creek Indignation was
aroused and he, wanted to night. That
Is he SAID ne did. No one held him. but
Pete Golden, who was revelling in the
idea that there would be a scrap, finally
Two wind bags ought to go over to the
silver BRICK crowd. &
but he lodged, with the result that the
warning contractors came together
with a bang, and in trying TO get away
which separates the Mayors desk from
the public View.
Fred Farrell, Clerk of the City Hall
ber, rushed from the he a rear q office with with
Secretary Nevin to ascertain the cause of
the trouble. Mr.. Nevin suggested to the
and light They took < the he' hint in 'as and gef gof
out.
The bricks which are responsible for the
lad in the driveway of the Mercer street
viaduct. Post & MeCord We're awarded the
contract to build the viaduct They in
work Tura sdns thn Pins tbe eappng aa S p
in the driveway to Michael Connolly
A sample of the bricks to be used was
atsly after the contract was awarded.
When the time arrived for the laying of
the e. bricks Connolly found out that he
procuring bricks the same as the sarlipsa.
He subm tied the bricks he proposed using
to Charlie Van Keuren, of the Engine sr' 5
fse f6ey woDa aa was snswea Gd t sw nd aad that at
them were laid and Commissioner Kaiser
was asked to inspect. He was assured
at na an Tndey wees cost }nst as mus much as the sam
fhought they would do. Connolly con-
tinued to lay the new. bricks.
Harrington. who is Interested in brick
paving, watched the work with keen in
terest, and it is said frequently spoke
of the fact that the bricks were NOT
as specified. Two days ago Mayor Wan
ser inspected the viaduct, and to satisfy
himself that the brick work at least was
according to specifications. took one Of
the bricks and went to Engineer Rug
giles office to compare 1t with the sam
pie.
In hot weather the Mayor is more ex-
citabie than when the thermometer is
such that life is worth living The ther-
momenter was cavorting between 90 and
102 degrees when the Mayor comparea
the bricks. Ten minutes later it had
jumped to 1os, and was still rising. The
room was blue. The Mayors hat was
in one corner. under a table. G. Frank
Sutherland, the distinguished e. r.
orator. and Lew Meyers the Engineers s
clerk. occupied like position under the
Chiefs desk The office cat was On ION
of the safe, with every hair on its tail
and back at an angle of IS degrees
George Donaldson, the heavyweight com
bination bouncer and janitor was only
prevented from leapng from the third
Commissioner George Washington Hard
ing, who had run up stairs to find out
what was going on.
After saving Donaldson he peeped in
the room where the Mayor was
His Honor's arms were descrih;no.
circles above his head in lively manner
Harding waited to see no more He
started down stairs at a reckless rate
On the second idndlng he encountered
Dick. Brown. the President of the
Board.
What's the trouble. George?', he asked.
"The Mayor!' was Georges only am
swer as he kept on his downward iour-
ney. President Brown followed MIN.
Mayor Dusenberry and Sheriff Brod-
eriek, learning that something had gone
wrong, Joined Messrs. Harding and
Brown in their private Office and bar-
ricading the door remained there until
the Mayor had cooled off and taenarf,sd
They ventured out ten minutes later ana
learned that the Mayor had found o,,t
that the bricks laid in the sirivevav
were not the same as the sample. CON-
molly has laid about 100000 of them. Inf
the Mayor says they won't do. He bas
condemned them. and has served notice
upon everyone concerned that thew r,1ust
be removed or he will make no further
| payments on account of the viaduct.
| Connolly thinks little Tommy Jar-
rington told the Mayor about the brick :
| with view to getting the work of Il v
| ingsthe kind specified. AS a conSeauef,re
1 Connolly is looking for some or Harring-
| ton gore Harrington. In his own must
cal way. says he never peaehed 81,
| Mickey Connolly. aud wouldn't il he laid
no bricks AZ all Ia the driveway. The
| Mayors discovery and cQndemuation II
1 the 100000 bricks will Keep thS cnq7, .
/ pletion Of the yiaduct back several weeks
/ Connolly aays ne Will remove the ojYfep,
4 ffonab{e bricks n 1int tn. n al1f.x !, -