The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-18

the courts will give them a dose of medi-
cine of the same kind Their efforts are
simply directed to defying the wishes of
the people and how the courts can over
look that l do not know. I have heard
that law is the perfection of reason. If
that be the case can't see where the
Republicans expect to come in.
II am satisfied that the Macarthur act,
under which the Republicans assume to
have title will be set aside"
Mayor Hoos this morning sent letter
to the Board of Education requesting the
clerk. James j. Wiseman. to furnish him
at once with a statement SHOWING the
financial standing of the Board and the
condition of the several appropriations,
and also to advise him whether any bills
contracted last year have been paid out
of this years appropriations Clerk Wise
man started shortly after receiving the
request to prepare the desired statement.
Comptroller Hough notified the Mayor
this morning that the report requested of
him, showing the city's financial condi-
tion and also what disposition has been
made of the Martin Act monies, will be
ready on Friday. The Police Boards
statement is expected tomorrow
The general account warrant book
reached the Mayors office today 1t con-
tanned several warrants for c. c. Yer
meule. the water expert, and Charles
Both, the expert accountant, who is going
over the records of the water department
for the last ten years.
The warrants will not be signed just
yet by his Honor. He wants to obtain
some information concerning the employ
ment of the gentlemen. The Mayor has
not asked Mr.. Vermeule for his resigna-
tion as yet The expert is trying to hold
on, or rather friends of his are pulling
wires in his interests in great shape. The
Mayor is getting anxious about the water
supply question. He wants the Street
and Water Commissioners to take up the
subject at once. Those officials however
say they prefer resurrecting the subject
after they have disposed of the business
before them. AS soon as the several de-
partments are reorganized and are rum
ming smoothly a new expert engineer will
be engaged and specifications prepared on
a liberal basis, which will admit of exten-
sive competition. The specifications are
to be framed, it is said, as to admit
of bids from every individual or corpora
ton having a feasible plan for furnishing
the city with a bopntiful supply of good,
pure water at a reasonable figure
Mr.. Henry Lembeck was among the
callers at the Mayors office this morn
ing. He was there to see about warrants
which were drawn a week or more ago
to his order in payment for the land the
Finance Commissioners bought for public
park purposes. The warrants reached the
Mayor the third day he was in office He
declined to sign them owing to the fact
that the necessary deeds had not been
passed to the city by Mr.. Lembeck. Title
has now been passed and the Mayor will
sign the warrants for Mr. Lembeck this
afternoon.
G. Frank Sutherland, the assistant
clerk of the Assessment Commission, had
another long talk with the Mayor today
relative to the abolition of his office.
Sutherland insists that the Board cannot
dispense with his services even by abol-
ishing his Office, What action the Mayor
will take on the resolution is not known.
Some say he will veto it. The Mayor
will not affirm the report. He has been
informed that it will be utterly impossi-
BILE for Dennis Fowler, who is clerk
of the Assessment Commission to per-
form the duties of assistant clerk Mr.
Fowler's appointment is not governed by
any branch of the government except the
Assessment Commission. Mr.. Fowler is
kept too busy, he says. to do the work
Sutherland has been doing.
To ascertain just what Sutherland has
been doing, Mayor Hoos today sent let
ter to Clerk Fowler requesting him to
prepare a statement showing what busi-
has hafn tba
Commission in the last two years.
Sutherland is authority for the state
ment that the Commission has acted up
en- forty-four improvements since Febru-
ary. Sutherland caused sensation yes
terday, as exclusively told in 1.-THE
News by appearing before Justice Potts
and asking him if he would issue war
rant under the recent law, which makes
it a misdemeanor for public officials to
dismiss a veteran. Sutherland says he
was only looking for information, but
his proceeding caused the circulation of
the report that he had applied for the
warrants for the arrest of Commissioners
Boltwood, Heintze, Hauck and Nolan,
who voted to abolish his office. Suther-
land denies having asked for warrants.
He declares that he merely wanted to
find out if warrants could be issued. JUS
tice Potts informed him that the law
making the removal of a veteran a mis-
demeanor provides no penalty. He ad-
vised Sutherland that 1t would be bet
ter to pursue some other course to es-
tablish his hold on his cherished office.
Sutherland had a talk with Justice New
in on the subject. He too said he would
hesitate to issue warrant for the ar
rest of the Commissioners. Sutherland
is making hard fight and is being back
ed up by several G. A. r. Posts. He
will refuse to surrender his Office even
though Mayor Hoos approves the reso-
luton abolshing it. Other clerks who
have been ousted will sue for their sal
aries for May.
The Street and Water Commissioners
meet tomorrow morning. 1t is expected
that nearly all of the Republican clerks
who are holding on will be dismissed Re
movals made now will take effect June l. |
MUST PAY THOSE PERSONAL TAXES
City Collector Simeon H. Smith did
nothing yesterday nor today in the mat