The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-27
tions, the members of which had to dead
with the resolutions of appointment, made
the following report

| tions, to whom was referred resolutions
adopted by the Board of Street and Wa
renee OF your Board in the fixing of sal
aries to be paid appontees in the Water
department, respectfully report said reso.
lutlonS back to your Board with the rec
ommendation that in all cases where the
.appointees replace former employees al
the same compensation, the resolutions be
| ment be necessary. AS your Board is
aware your committee has been unceas-
| ing IN its efforts to induce the Street and
| Mater Board since early in the present
| fiscal year to reduce in every way the ex-
penses OF the Water Department. es-
Pseeiiialiy in the matter of employees al
{ Stations 1t is and has been the conten-
lion ol your committee that the force
sshould ee decreased oh account of the
lack OF necessity for its continuance to
the extent at which 1t was maintained
prior to the delivery OF 4 full Temporary
stppiy o. water by b. East Jersey WA
tract with the city. Your committee APP
:.fccialcs the necessity of lnJintain.ns d
~. liIli5ed =, i9fce So that in case an ernergen-
fS ShoNid arflve the public interests
I" ',uiu , o~ itittN conserved h,ts nevertheless
nehTNes ihai the present force may be
"rsfeased ,'i. with perfect safety The
ihiti il would concur in resolutions ia sss.,l
nN the Street and Mater Board FIXING The
Rnard ;, OF .h tne new appontees q that
,,e,a DoaIa IN those cases where said ap-
pointees replaced former employees lately
dismissed. and at the compensation pre-
yIousiy paid, except at Belleville and
High Service, where your committee. as
already stated. Believes reduction can
sSfeiy be made in the number
finds that the. resolutions before it pro-
woe Tor the fixing of the compensation
t, ol number of appointees in exess of
that previously employed in the same
capacities and it submits to your Board
That @shat It not within the province of
crimlna es to which of the names con-
tanned me resolutions before it should
receive Sfe concurrence of this Board
and which should be non-concurred in.
in line with the position indicated by this
recommend to your Board that these
resolutions be returned by the clerk of
the Board 10 the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners with the request
tnat q statement be furnished to this
Board in connection with the same so as
TINS Board may be able to determine
winch Of the appointments replace for
mer employees and which are additional
appointments and increases in the num-
Der of employees.
AT the meeting of the Street and Water
Board May 10, the following named
clerks In the Water Department was
dismissed:-J. w. Ellison, o. K. Gard
ner, Henry c. Petty, A. L. Headden.
Thomas Johnston. M. J. Livingston. G.
W. Lambertson, Henry Knoop ]. H
Koplinger, Henry c. Gruber. Henry
Doneker.
the same meeting the following APP
poia'ihents We're made
General clerks-Lenahan, Hart Losel
McMahon, Bahr and Simon at s1Oo
n onth
elerks-Capie Freeland, Ennis, Kis-
sam. Cox, Gildea, SIS a month.
Re-asessors-Barker and Frances s75
month.
assistant tapper-Kelly, SO a month.
Ihere were i've more appointments than
olsmissals
ne BOARD OF FINANCE will only concur
IN the appointment Of men who are to
succeed some one removed. Consequently
nve OF this batch will have to- be dropped
ana eilere IS a strong likelihqbd that the
VIII have Very trying
time selecting those who are to succeed
''is hepaoiiestis-
oh May the Following appointments
were maae;-
DeiieViiie and High Service-Machinist
cessrove, $50 month; firemen. Kupker.
= houfke and Knox, $G5: Murray and
.loohs, soo' general workmen. Ryan and
eoyie' soo; satekeeper, Doyle. $50; car
- T-S - etss PiPO W oihci,
Mullins. ~; Engineer Barclay, SIT.
ueherai superintendent payroll
olaoiemen, Deiargey. s75 month; Sherry,
300, teamster Ward, $50; drivers, Cotter
ana HIGGINS, ~ day; blacksmith helper,
curiey' szoO day; painters. KEN and
Brown. 50 day; carpenters, Dunn and
Mcclure, S3 day.
Laying and repairing water pipe
Caulkers, Whelan, Walsh. Flynn. Me-
Donald, McDermott, Madigan. 81. so a day.
rockman, Klein. $3.50 a day: laborers
cofey Loesch, Neville, Reynolds Raf
ferty, Cool, Smith, Monaghan. Searlees
Finnerty, Fallon, Patton. Quinn DIM
nigan, Flood, Hanley. Skene Kent Cor
agility, Boyle, Mccormack. Miller. O'Hara
Murphy, Keilt. Kermode. Brock. Maxwell |
Kennedy, Conlon and Higgins. 50 a dav
Night watchmen-Slate Hart and Rut-
ledge, 81 day.
Pavers-Moran and Reddy $3.50 a dav
Laborers on meters-Irying. s75 month.
Brannigan and Collins. $40 4 noontb. NJ, |
Donough, Murphy, Musgiller and schmItt
$65 month.
The Board of Finance ,ast nioh+ ,,ov,
concurred in the following
Peter Cavanagh: nsinters Joh,, -,
and Robert Rroun :, ei'i,
Dunn and Thomas Mo(sn;ro ,a1.,s.
Chris. Coffey Georea To.s,a,, -,
Neville. Frank REYNOLDS Michael paf
ferty. John Cool John sn,itb Tot,, nra,sa
CHAN. Richard Searles Jobn Eb,na,.t,,