The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-12-21
|CRAF I AND
GRAF I E:RS
Patronage That Mayor
Pagan Will Have to
Distribute on Jan
uary |.
SLATE NEARLY READY
Men Who Are Ninety per.
cent Sure Of Enjoying
the Spoils Of
Victory.
ALL OLD TIMERS
Mark MS Friends and the
Good Citizens Appear to
Be Beaten By the
Machine.
FIFTY JOBS ALTOGETHER
So Only, a Few of Those Who
Voted for the Winner Can
Get the Reward They
Expected.
FIFTY JOBS ALTOGETHER

The following list of offices shows the
graft the old gang of Republican ringsters
are to come into possession of at high
noon, January Il
A secretary to succeed James Collins,
who goes out with Mayor Hoos. Salary,
1,50O
A clerk to succeed Dennis Ryan, who
goes out with Mayor Hoos. Salary, 81, 0o0
Two members of the Board of Finance,
to succeed Commissioners John Mullins
and John H. Carnes. Salary, $500 each.
An Assistant Corporation Attorney to
succeed Henry Puster. Salary $500,
Ten members of the Board of Educa-
ton. No salary.
One Trustee of the Free Public Library,
to succeed Stephen L. Harvey. No sal
ary.
One Police Commissioner, to succeed
Adolph Walter. Salary, $1,000.
One Fire Commissioner, to succeed John
Erickson. Salary, $1,000.
One Tax Commissioner, to succeed
James c. Clarke. president. Salary, $500.
A City Treasurer, to succeed William
C. Heppenheimef. Salary, $1,000.
A Deputy City Treasurer, to succeed
William G. Ely. Salary, $1.500.
A City Comptroller, to succeed Robert
Jordan. Salary, $1,000.
A Deputy City Comptroller, to succeed
Stephen p. Egan. Salary, A,5oo.
Three members of the Board of Assess
ment Commissioners, to succeed James N.
Davis, Cornelius J. Cronan and Edward
J. Barr. Salary $500 each.
Three members of the Board of Com
missioners of Appeals, to succeed Nor
timer Thompson, John II. Mehl and James
f. Cannon. Salary, $1,000.
One Sinking Fund Commissioner, to sue
ceed Henry Hinteman. Salary, $500.
Each of the three last named Boards
appoints afclerk, at salary of $500 each,
to succeed T. G. Brown, of the Assess
ment Commission: Henry Hinteman, of
the Appeals Commission, and S. NJ. Egan,
of the Sinking Fund Commission.
Four Excise Commissioners. This will
be a new Board in the city government.
There is no provision for a salary.
The Board of Finance has the appoint
ment of clerk to succeed Michael F.
Kalaher, whose salary is $1,000; Assistant
Clerk George B. Riley, salary $1,000, and
Mayors Messenger Peter Golden, salary
$780,
The Board of Education has the ap-l
pointment of a clerk to succeed James
]. Wiseman, whose salary is $1,000, and
an architect to succeed John 7. Rowland,
whose salary is $500.
The Police Commissioners will have the
power to promote two roundsmen to the
rank of sergeant and two patrolmen to-
the rank of roundsmen and new mem
ber of the Detective Bureau. These va
a &c nj ba "a
incoming Board will fill them if the pres
ent one does not This Board will have
the regular annual addition to the force
to make, as will the Fire Commissioners,
and the faithful have been assured that
politics will be remembered.
The new City Treasurer and the City
Comptroller will have each four clerk
ships to fill.
The law under which the Board of Ex-s
else Commissioners will be added to the
city government gives the Commissioners
the right to appoint one or more inspec-
tors. There is no provision for paying
their salaries.
The men who the gossips say are to be
the direct recipients of this graft are:
Frank Higgins for Mayor Fagan's Sec
retary.
Richard Bowe for Mayors Clerk
Reuben Simpson and Allan Mclean for
Finance Commissioners.
Robert Carey or Henry Ewald for AS
sistant Corporation Attorney
John Mitchell for Police Commissioners
Samuel Blakey for Fire Commissioner.
s.Commish'' James Connolly or Edward
Fry for Tax Commissioner.
William G. Ely for City Treasurer
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