The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-14
FREEHOLDER AXE
County Employees Are Won
dering Where It
Will Drop.
RETRENCHMENT SOMEWHERE
Many Officials Are Protected
by Terms and Veteran
Acton the Pay
rolls.

Where will the axe drop is the question
4 now agitating the 1873 employees of the
county, both men and women. That re-
trenchment in the expenditures of the
\ county government will be absolutely
necessary in order to enable the Board
OF Freeholders, which enters on it's duties
on Monday, December 8, to live within the
appropriation for the fiscal year 19O0-1S01
i nxed by the outgoing board in July last,
was made clearly manifest by the figures
published in last nights News
4 The Freeholders elected on Tuesday last
will have $54, ,900.02 less to spend next year
than their predecessors had during the
current year, and besides will find an un-
comfortable legacy of unpaid bills await
ing them. Almost every item of iappro-
4 priation has been reduced to a figure
lower than it has been in years before
and if the present force of employees were
i continued there would be little left for
the maintenance and repair of the differ
ent institutions under the control of the
4 Board.
4 This is the serious condition that will
confront the nine members of the new
i Board when they are called together in
caucus shortly after City Collector Robert
Davis returns to the city. That Mr.. Davis
tavors retrenchment in county expendi-
lures has long been manifest, but just
what economics he will suggest to the
lFreeholders is not yet known. 1t is gen
4 orally believed, however, that the OBJ
/ Jectionable requisftion system of the past
Will be almost entirely done away with
! and the force of employees at the several
county institutions be lessened to the ac-
| tual needs of the same
OF the county employees, Collector Hugh
Dugan, County Physician Charles B. Con-
| verse, Clerk John P. Egan, Counsel John
Griffen and Penitentiary Warden Grimes
hold statutory positions and cannot be re-
i moved except on charges during their
terms OF office. On June last the Coun-
ty Collector began the service of another
three year term to which he had been
elected on April 5. Therefore his term will
not expire during the incumbency of the
present board Although County Physician
Converse and Warden Grimes were both
\ reappeinted at the meeting held December
g. 1899, the three year terms of neither had
expired. The other officials are appointed
for one year terms.
| NAS q iioiAAOCl VI veterans OIL the
Civil War employed at the different instr
tutlons VINO cannot be removed except for
cause. Some of these are: Wardens
Grlmes OF the Penitentiary and Ryan of
the Almshouse, Deputy Warden Stuart of
tne Aimshouse, Storekeeper P. H. O'Neiil,
Engineers Thomas Lloyd of the Aims
mousse BenJamin J. Evans of the County
Jail and Joseph Baldwin of the Peniten-
tlary; Night Watchman Whalen of the
Almshouse, Penitentiary Keeper Edward
Wlssig, Penitentiary Cook William Buck
ridge. Almshouse. Cook Richard Carr Car
penters William Burke and John T. Mar
thaler and George Lewis, attendant at
Newark avenue bridge
IL IS not believed that many if any. of
the women employed at the Snake Hill in.
! stltutlons will be disturbed but from the
talk OF the newly elected Freeholders a.
large reduction of the male force may ba
looked for
fuil list of the county employees on
last months payrolls follows
Ofncers-John P. Egan, clerk. s3 O0O.
John p. Noonan, assistant clerk. 80 Ooo.
=. Z. Smith, County superintendent. s3 OOo.
DR.. G. B. Converse, County Physician
so,VV; John Griffin, counsel, 5000: Alex
Z. Young, attorney, s1,SOO; Richard
Sehlemm, assistant physician, $1,000: John
J. McHugh, assistant clerk, $500; William
Murray, assistant clerk, 5000; Henry Mul-
ler assistant clerk, 5000; Andrew T
Lynch. assistant clerk, 5000; clerk to
County Collector, s1,2O0
Public Grounds and Court House-Beni.
Evans, night engineer, $500; John ].
Hogan, custodian, $1,000; Charles Muller.
night watchman, $3.50; E. Roerbeck, book
binder, $1,000; Thomas Enright, jury clerk
$1,000; John Ryan, index clerk, 1000: P.
j. Fleming, index clerk, 81 900: c. p
Smith, map work, $3.50.
| Mechanics-Wm. H. Fitzpatrick, black
smith, per day, 81; James Curl, laborer.
per day, 81; VIM. Burke, carpenter Der
day, $3.50; Peter Yost carpenter, per day,
/ $s.6o; Edward Ruempler, carpenter per
4 day, $3.50; j. T. Marthaler, carpenter per
day, $3.50; VIM. Ford relieving engineer,
per year, $1,000; John Lundy, gas engineer,
per year, $1,000; Charles Lillis, painter, per
day, $3.50; A. s. Howell, tinsmith, per day,
$3.50; Bernard Regan, plumber, per day,
$3.50; John Connolly, pipe filter, per day,
$3.50; John tHiggins, mason, per day, $3.50;
p. Cavanagh, mason, per day, $3.50; C.
Muller, mason, per day, $780, E. Cries.
bach, blacksmith, per day, $3.50.
Almshouse-Robert Ryan, warden, 81, 900;
John w. Stuart, deputy warden, 1,0S0;
Annie M. Ryan. matron, $500; Michael
Whalen, watchman, $3.50; John Corrigan,
engineer, $500; F. Fitzpatrick, engineer,
$500; Patrick Hayes, baker, $500; James
Flynn, monitor, $3.50; Joseph Keegal, nurse
$720; Anthony Umstead, barber, $500; Rich
ard Carr, cook, $3.50; William Quinn, nurse,
$500; John ]. Barden, attendant, $3.50; John
Longstaff, laundryman, $1,000; Henry
Eakin, druggist, $500; Thomas Lloyd, engi-
neer, s., 900; Eliza Fortrell assistant ma
tron, $500; Tillie Colmer, teacher $500;
Mary Gleason. cook, $42O; Jane Day, cut
ter, $500; Lizzie vogel, seamstress, $500;
4 Catherine Carey. attendant. $500; Annie
i Harty, attendant, $500; Mary Moran, $500;
ELLEN Nadine, attendant, $500: Mary MUIR
ply, $780,
Asylum George W. King, medical SUI
Iperintendent $500; P. Fitzpatrick. deputy
superintendent, $1,000; Mary Brady, ma
tron, $500; William Dietz. Jr., engineer,
$500; r. Magher. engineer. $1,000; Joseph
Mallon. night watchman, $500; M. Hennes-