New-York tribune., 1902-04-16
.EX-MEMBERS Put OUT.
WESTCHESTER SUPER VISIONS
CURTAIL EXTRA IA CANOES.
PRIZEFIGHTS HELD IN PELHAM WITH
OFT INTERFERENCE By OFFICERS.

PRiLEf1 - HELD IN Si<i'-h-'
OFT INTERFERENCE By OFFICERS.
The westchester County Board Of supervisors
at a. meeting in White Plains yesterday No'eu
10 amply a remedy several OF the eAuoN"
giant schemes which have been conlalheu Vi
hy the taxpayers Of the county for Ihe iis
time in many months the members VINO are ii
f,,or If aconomv and dispatch seemed to be
in the majority and after the meeting seVerdl oi
the supervisors said that The Tribu2e's crit
cism of the boards extravagant methoas hau
had \ very good effect. The members, among
other things voted to drop George {. Mehzles
and Harvey Green, ex-supervisors from 'ne
committee on repairs TO the jail, put lhlS was
not accomplished without an enort' 1or 'he e
men have many friends in the boaro anu al
the White Plains Courthouse. in the discus
sion relating to their removal from 1he speeiai
committee which is spending about Slo'VVo put
ting q new locking system and new concrete
floor in the jail, it was brought out pS super
visor Bigelow, Of Mount Vernon, that there
have been cases where supervisors. though oe-
feated at the polls. have been permitted TO serve
~, snecial committees and draw pay ana eN-
rensas for a whole year until they were re-
elected thus continuing in the board WlthouI
interruption.
The question Of removing the ex-IneHOeFs
from their berths was discussed last "eohes-
day, following The Tribunes exposure ana 0u-
nervisor Olsen of Yonkers, then offered Z ieS0
tuition inviting them TO discontinue 'helr col
nection with the board, which was aoop'eu
Yesterday Supervisor Isaac Turner, Delioci a.
of Bedford, reopened the question by llo'ii1s ~
reconsider the action which was taheH o'-
u,eryisor Olsens resolution
SAYS THEY SHOULD NOT BE DISTURBED
Mr Turner said that the committee on "t-oi
-, a~-r,srnbers were serving an important
one and that as their work was nearly Gum
nleted and would last only short time longer
they should not be disturbed. He salo lAa' inc
hoard had a perfect right TO hire them anu pay
-bano for their services, because the committee
.hev were on was special committee, and not
one of the standing committees. supervisors
Bigelow and Brown. Of Mount vernon "i
Bowran, Of North Castle, protested strohsN
- against the practice Of continuing ex-lneiipeis
on the hoard. Mr. Bigelow and Mr.. Brown. who
are lawyers declared that the board coulo mol
legally retain x-rnembers or pay them salaries.
Mr. Brown said that IN his opinion no man
could be paid for his services after his term
expired.
Supervisor A Smith Hopkins declared that the
hoard had the power to appoint persons who
never were supervisors TO do special work and
serve on special committees. The board has the
power to appoint John Doe or Richard Roe IL
it wants to- shouted Mr.. Hopkins.
Yes" replied Mr.. Brown. I'VE can appoint
them. but we cannot delegate to them our Off
cial powers supervisors.
The motion to reconsider was lost, only seVen
out Of thirty-four supervisors voting for It,
The board also showed a disposition toward
economy when It voted TO delay action on
bill presented by the committee Of supplies for
os .uIi TdSSel, q Demo-
Graf of Mount Vernon, is chairman. This Dill
is to compensate the wardens, jailers and pris-
orers at the county Jail who were recently COM
PEELED TO burn their clothing and personal ell
fects when an epidemic Of smallpox broke out
in the Jail. There were sixteen cases Of small
pex In ALL and It is estimated that the expense
while they were in the jail was about So,ooo.
After a few days the patients were removed TO
the county alTnshouse in Eastview-
EXPENSIVE UNDERWEAR.
1t developed that there were charges in the bill
of $50 each for suits and overcoats. and charges
d also for rubber boots umbrellas and under
shirts at So each. Supervisor Hopkins said
that I'm his opinion the bill looked suspicious
He said that the people at the jail had even
destroyed the knives, forks and plates that were
used during the quarantine and bought new
ones.
The supervisor declared that the suit Of clothes
he had on cost only SIG. and that that ought to
be enough to pey for one for man in the jail
. One man in the Jail, he declared, had been
rigged out at a cost to the county of So. Mr.
Hopkins's remarks brought Supervisor Van Tas-
eel, chairman of the committee, to his feet.
'Tf the supervisor wants to question the We
racity of the committee" he said. angrily, Il
will move that the matter go over until to-
morrow, so that the bills be gone over
separately.
Each OF the items in the bill, Supervisor Van
= Tassel said, had been sworn TO separately by
the person making the claim. He denied that
So apiece being paid for suits and over
coats for prisoners. The suits and overcoats
that cost as much as that, he declared, We're
for wardens and jailers The board voted TO
make the bills special order for to-day.
DR. W. d. Granger, who is physician and a
supervisor, representing the town of East
Chester declared that it was entirely unneces-
sary to destroy all the dishes at the jail He
said that il would have been perfectly safe to
use them after they were washed in hot water
BOARD STILL HOLDS THE RECORD.
E B. Kear. chairman of the committee
debenture made his report yesterday. The re-
port shows that the sessions this year have
than last years sessions. The board still holds
the record for the longest session in the State
Mr.. kear said that the pay and mileage Of
members this year would aggregate $4,000
which is about 81. 900 less than last year.
1t was announced yesterday that the supervis-
would not take any further action regarding
the proposed cemeteries In Mamaroneck, Green