The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-27
PERKINS RESIGNS.
Sickness Compels the Fin
ance Commissioner to
Give Up Position.
MAYOR APPOINTS ]. h. CARNES
B. L. Stowe Commissioner
for Greater Jersey City
City Hall Gossip.
MAYOR APPOINTS ]. 4. CARNES

Mayor Hoos, this morning, appointed
Mr.. John H. Carnes a member OF the
Board of Finance to fill the vacancy cre-
ated by the resignation of Mr. George
F. Perkins, who sent letter to His
Honor this morning telling him that ILL
health compelled him to avoid the re-
sponsibilities of the office.
Mr. John H Carnes resides at No. SO
Glenwood avenue, and is a retired mer-
chant For many years he was at the
head of fireman & Co., cloth importing
firm of New York City. In the early
seventies he was a member of the Board
of Finance and Chairman of the Conn
mittee on Finance and therefore ne IS
thoroughly .conversant with the duties of
the office, to which he will also bring
long experience in financial matters He
is a member of the Carteret Club His
appointment was warmly commended by
those who have the pleasure of his ac-
quaintance. Mr.. Carnes was sworn in to-
day.
The Mayor made another appointment
this morning, and it too was an excel
lent one. 1t was to make Mr.. B. J..
Stowe a commissioner, under the act app
proved March a. 1893, entitled - Act
to create a commission to inquire into the
expediency of consolidating the various
municipalities in the county of Hudson
and State of New Jersey" This act gives
power to the Governor to appoint thir-
teen persons, who, with one person to be
designated by the Mayors of Jersey City,
Hoboken and Bayonne, Councilman-at-
Large of Kearny, Chairman of Town
Committee of Harrison and official heads
of Gutenberg, Town Of Union, West New
York. North Bergen, West Hoboken and
East Newark will constitute the commits
sion to inquire into the expediency of
consolidat ting the various municipalities,
and report from time to time to the Leg
islature. Mr.. Stowe, the Jersey City
Commissioner, is vice president of the
Eureka Hose Company of this city, was
a member of the Board of Education, is
member of the Board of Trade and a
gentleman of high character and ability
to boot.
Another matter of interest In the City
Hall this morning was the fact that ex-
Comptroller Hough has said that he will
call on Comptroller Jordan in few days
and proffer his services to extricate
matters in the department. AS Mr.. Hough
said there were very many things
which he can expain in two minutes, but
winch one strange -to---tffe department.
might spend days in attempting to ascer-
tain Mr. Hough was indisposed to offer
his services but has now taken another
view of it.
4 appreciate said Comptroller Jordan
this morning, 'sMr. Houghs kindness and
will certainly gladly receive him. While
we have now generally the business in the
office well underway, yet there are many
things where time could be saved by in
formation from those more conversant
with the details than I am at present.
Some slight changes were made in the
Collectors office today. The promotion
of Stephen M. Egan, formerly entry clerk
to Mr.. Davis, and now Deputy comptrol-
ler, pushes Jno, C. Sweeney into the
vacant clerkship and Michael Garry into
Sweeneys place. AS there is a large
amount of work to be done in connection
with Martin Act liens, Collector Davis
was obliged to ask for additional help.
He has appointed Michael Garry to give
assistance in that matter. The salary is
500 month.
Treasurer William C. Heppenheimer has
the affairs of his Office in good working
order. His deputy, w. F. Ely, a very
competent man surprised his chief this
morning by pointing to long list of war
rants out of the Office and not yet pre-
sented at the bank. Some of these were
for sums ranging from 5000 and over to
$780, Many of these were issued two years
ago and more, yet the owner Of the war
rants hadn't thought fit to cash it. The
longer warrants so held back were in con-
nection with titles of property in dispute,
while others were for coupons lost. The
Treasurer's balance at the various banks
was over 81, 100000. when he assumed
office, but these balances are changing
everyday