The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-05
MAYOR HOOS ANGRY.
General Water Account in a
Deplorably Depleted
State.
PILING UP BOGUS CLAIMS
Republican Street and Water Com
missioners Lavish in Order
ing Public Supplies.
PILING UP BOGUS CLAIMS

book reached Mayor Hoos yesterday His
Honor glanced over it and then whistled.
His son and secretary heard the whistle
and hustled into his fathers Office. Bills
were sent for and with little delay an in
vestigation, which may be attended with
sensational results, was set in motion.
The water account, as has been told in
The News is in a depleted state. There
Is not a dollar in it and no claims against
that particular account will be paid much
before the middle of July or perhaps the
first of August. It appears that the Re-
publican Street and Water Commission
ers, in their last hours. excelled them
selves and beat all previous records in the
matter of purchasing supplies.
The water account came under the par
ttcular supervision of Commissioner
Harding. Three days of last week Mr..
Harding was in office, he was on a jury
in murder case, and was consequently
kept away from the office of the Street
and Water Commissioners. In the re-
naming three days at his disposal it
would appear that anyone and everyone
who had anything to sell procured a req
uisition to deliver it to the city without
delay. A rough estimate of the stuff con-
tracted for in the three days is $4,000,
seis uoiial oi Which y ciiai eaois ~
the depleted water account.
o'e u eie oioeis fu'iiorlzeu Ny tiie
Doslu was .he purclase q zoo wafer
ss''es a. d cose VI mere III 'iie iieie
ooinoou VI SA'Vov' rom w. siiiei-
fafrier mas contrace W1tn tne Guy 70
iufhish such suplHiess put "hat was ever
meant 10 oe oohe WITH 50 many gates or
what occasion there was Tor ouylng them,
:, t,1o -
Wanser positively refused to touch any
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Oh ehe fa1Iier ciaiihs' aho as coase-
be on friendly terms.
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Sarrier hsio lhe Mayor oecreuary'
now Police Justice, Nevin, responsible for
the hold IN of the bills When Mr.. Nevin
On, s,,r,o,y,+sa pn,sno I,.s+ioe E,rre,
attacked him through the columns of a
local raner Justice NeV-in eyn,ained
r,s..,ax,. ass-,,,.. ,,s... 1,,,,,,.a,,a;.,l.
aiiiel olsiAe lor inhi w siiliouneiils
kept sharp eve on the Farrier bills and.
hod ..v,,,,,ra,a.,,, ~,e 49, 49,.
Hoos.. 1t is said, will plug the Farrier
claims Just as hard as did Secretary
Nevfn what d;snos5tion the Mavo, vii,
ke OF the ciaam TOT water gates IS not
q Fn.
ther little claim which will probably
rlence some trouble IS Tor twenty
IONS 0f lead pipe. Commission Hafdng,
I II appears was I'm the habit of buvinr
large ouanllues OF pipe IN oroer TO make
sure the city would never want for it, AS
conseouence of his lit,era1 nurca,a SOS
~ I,.-ss r-ss -.
tne ripe faro rs suacked 70 sucn an ex-
tent with supplies. some necessary,
maj ior part otherwise that If is al,nost
5,,,,sossiss,xs ~ ers, ~ :. - -
Ysf eT5iav - sS. ,, 81 H., ,+ e.
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h,,+ Ar ~ L. T. mss s7<nu 81 ~ oiie huoWs
seV,ey+ NJ a az leLs ne appeareQ
Thai some deaIar hs, dalJ,o,d - curae5s @
IN ssf,a anftlo,ss n,,agtstiae az 5oo,s ~
de,s viii h 9seln5i.,eS az, larulns OF
he civ n s%s[i,,,t az, ~ @ lan t1e,n f az
Supplies enough were nurcb ased Inv Nv Haa,.
ing. it is eadd to last The CIV ~ ng,f ,at'' =