The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-07
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Street and Water Commits
SiunerS Dismiss a Batch
of Employees at Belle
vile and High
Service.
APPOINTMENTS TO VACANT POSITIONS
Extra Clerks for the Water
Department to Get the
Books and Bills Ready.
THOSE WHO CAUGHT ON
Commissioner R. Brown Protests
Against the Dismissal of
Veterans from the
Clty's Service.

The City Hall was besieged this morn
ing by an army of citizens anxious to
show their public spirit by serving the
city in any old capacity and for the
trifiing consideration of few dollars an
nually. The corridor leading to the offices
of the Street and Water Commissioners
was simply impossible and the clerks had
to fight their way through the crowd.
AS for the Assembly Chamber it was next
to impossible to find vacant seat there.
The patriotic citizens aforesaid sat at the
Aldermen's desks and one more venture
some than the rest climbed into the
clerks seat on the dais. For the one hun
dred and odd positions to be filled there
were at least five hundred applicants and
each man looked upon his particular
chances as sure thing.
The poor Commissioners had their lives
made miserable by first this one and then
that buttonholing them whenever they
poked their official noses out of the door
leading to the corridor. Whenever a
clerk appeared he was bombarded with
questions.
..Have they finished caucussing yet?"
demanded one.
struggling to get through the living bar
rier.
Are the appointments nader excitedly
asked another patrioy.
.T can't TELL" gasped the struggling
clerk.
rs there Fitch? Why don't they
come out and announce them?' clamored
a third.
>.aeBea,t kYw. but I'll ask them,' was
the retort,y is by supreme effort the
badgere9 official managed to squeeze his
way to the Mayors Office, painting for
breath and adjusting his disordered
After long wait of nearly three
hours the crowd surged towards the
Assembly Chamber. into which the Com
xaissioners were making their way by the
4 brought down his gavel he faced the big
y tgesS crowd ever seen in that hall On
motion the regular business of the
eous business or, in other words, the
appointments were to be made. and the
were read the Board Started the guilioe riie :
tine, and these heads dropped into the
intendent-James McGregor, P. Fitzpat-
rick. E. Feiler. R. s. McLain, Thos. Jones
John Rehill, John. Jennings. Jos. Welsh,
VILLAIN Crowley, Albert Blake
From the payroll of laborers on me-
ssrs-J. v. w. Huffnagle Jos. H Leather.
rne9- BafeS, Andrew Hart, Sam. L. Bar
From the payrolls of employees at Belle
yliie and High Service-J. H. James D.
E. AIM Aims, p Freund, ]. Davis. J. Post.
Geo. W. Morgan, Charles FRANKIE, w. p.
stevens, D. Jordan, G. Speer.
From the payroll of employees laying
Moonsgp ana eepa1rhg Inba rua water ppemchrstopher
thew Lee, John Timmons, R. Behan. Jas.
logan: Jas. Berry, w. Mahoney, Michael
Carroll; Michael McGrath, John Two
Smith, Leonard M. Cox, Chas. Streicher,
VIM. Corning, John Durnan, Aug. Zim.
norman, nnha n. L. J.; Grant, Geo. Mccormack.
Smith, Pat Hughes. Michael Murphy,
Thos. Casberry, Pat Healey. Alex. Beat,
ty, Jas Felter, John Feeley, Cornelius
9ntan5on; nal Z, ;Andrew Desbaw, Thomas Lynch,
FROM the payroll of laborers on paved
streets-Pat Welsh, Luke Mulligan, John
COZ CConghiin, Joseph Merriman. Thomas
Calhoun Joseph Cassidy, George Covart.
John Koch, John Kilroy. Joseph Mui,
groom, c. Rikeman. H. Krause and T.
From the payroll of laborers cleaning
sewers and basins-J. Deegan. Bernard
PPeeney Zee ,,;es. Joseph Romanski, W; Farrell.
OBrien and Frank Schrunable
From payrolls, laborers on unpayed
sLreets-F'red- klaproth, and Thomas
When Clerk Bouton had finished read
ing the list he called the role for the vote
On reaching the name of Commissioner
K Brown the latter rose and said
4 wish right here to vote no on these
dlsmissais for the reason that veterans
are on that list
I'VE have tried to conform with tba
law" explained President Boltwood. but
Commissioner Brown insisted that he
knew of two instances among the men
where they were veterans and he pro-
tested against their dismissal. The vote
was then to /.
John Simpson, a night watchman on
Morgan street dock, was. dismissed and
salary of $50 month. Patrick J.
Kennedy, a laborer in the pipe yard,
knowing his fate, sent in his resignation.
which of course was accepted. Then
amid increased excitement, Clerk Bouton
read the following list of appointments
AS laborers on paved streets, at the fol-
day; James Coyle $3.50; James Boyle.
$3.50; Chas. Childs. 81 per day; Jas. Bra
dy. 81; Geo. Mclaughlin, $2; Cornelius
Shine, Dennis Ryan, John Halligan Will
liam Glenn, Philip "Trip, John Quinn, Pat
ODriscoll, Bernard Murray, M. McDon-
ough, Henry Barth, Jas. Dougherty, all
81 per day.
As laborers on unpaved streets:-John
Sweeney, $3.50 per day; Tim. Connarty
81.
AS employees cleaning sewers and ba-
ns:-Pat O'Brien. Daniel Lynch, Michael
Scanlon, Geo. SteindecKer, Thos Casey
Michael Freel. all al $3.50 per day; Chas
Folap. John Bremen at g per day.
AS employees at Belleville and High Ser
viee:-Peter Cosgrove machinist: George
Murray, Henry Kupker, John O'Rourke
Robert Knox fireman; Matthew Doyle
gatekeeper; Edward Ryan, general work
men; Peter Cavanagh. carpenters; Pat
Mullins, pipe walker Dennis Barclay en-
gineer; Michael Gibbons, fireman; Thos
Coyle, general workman.
On payroll of General Superintendent
these were appointed:--J. Delargy, stable
man; Pat Ward, teamster: Louis Cotter,
driver; John Sherry. stableman; Dennis
Curley, blacksmith helper; Michael Dunn,