The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-28
MR. DAVIS BONDSM[N.
Financiers Approve and File
His Sllreties = Dis
missals and Ap-
pointlnents.


The Finance Commissioners met yester-
day afternoon. Commissions Bailey was
absent. A communication was received
from Mayor Heos formally announcing
the appointment Of Robert Davis, City
Collector, to succeed Simeon II. Smith.
| City Clerk O'DonneIl notified the Board
that MIR. Davis had taken the oath OF
office. After these Communications were
disposed Of Clerk Finck announced that
Collector Davis had filed his official bond
in $150, 900. His sureties are E.. i. C.
Young, Dennis Mclaughlin, Abram Post,
Lewis Fischer. Hugh Dugan and Carl
Ruempler. The bono was approved and
filed.
A letter from Collector Davis ANNOUNCE
ed that he had appointed Thomas Mig
gins to be Deputy City Collector. The
new Collector also recommended the dis
missal Of John Wandle and Judson N.
Startup. clerks, both of whom are Re
publicans, and James Merritt, the color
ed messenger, whose politics has been
the cause Of considerable speculation. To
succeed John Wandle, Myles McCartin
was appointed. MIR. McCartin was Dep
uty Collector under P. H. O'Neill. Mr..
MeCartin is to have full charge of the
Martin Act accounts and the collection
of personal and poll tax assessments.
To succeed Judson Startup. John c..
Sweeney was appointed. Mr.. Sweeney
was slated for an office in the Water
Department, but owing to a hitch his APP
pcintment could not be made. Sweeney
is an earnest worker in the Third ward.
Peter G.. Coffey succeeds James Merritt
as messenger. Coffey is an Eighth ward
Democrat. The dismissals and appoint
ments were confirmed by the Finance
Commissioners. The new men will enter
upon their duties August 8. The salary
of Myles McCartin was fixed at 500 a
month. Sweeney will get $SS.S3 and Cohey
see. The dismissal of Wandle surprised
My a few. He has been employed in the
Collectors office for fifteen years. 1t
was expected Alderman yermilye would
be removed. His retention is only a tenn
poraIy one. Mr.. Davis propose surround
ing himself with men of his own selec-
tion. He says he viii reduce the Office
force if he finds he can get along with
fewer men.
Notice was received that the Supreme
Court had set aside the resolution dis
missing Albert Payne as marshal of the
Second District Court. Payne is a vet
eran. He will be reinstated at once. and
his salary for a year and three months
paid him.
Howard Griffin was ordered paid $1,000
for his services in codifying the Martin
Act and its supplements. The printing
of the several acts will be done by soney
& Sage,
Corporation Counsel MeDermott adj
vised the Board that it would have TO pay
W. w. Farfier a judgment of $1,000 OBJ
tanned by him for placing radiators on the
third floor of the new city Hall. Archi-
tect Broome made no provision in his
plans for the heating of the third floor of
the building. Mr.. Mcpermott suggests
that the money be raised on a temporary
loan bond. The Corporation Counsel
and Mayor nave been fighting the issue
of temporary loan bonds. but it is be-
lieved their objections will be waived in
this instance. Comptroller Hough thinks
the Finance Commissioners viii find it
necessary to issue temporary Joan bonds
frequently in order to conduct the city
business properly.
Corporation Counsel McDermott advised
the Board that it has no power to allow
the Hudson Telephone Company to use
the city poles for telephone purposes. He
advises that tina power rests with the
Police ard Fire Boards.
The Board concurred in the resolution
of the Street and Water Board ordering
S95, 1888 40 paid to the East Jersey Water
Company.