Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-26
ASK SEWER HEAD
TO KEEP VETERANS
81 900 Voted on Condition That
Discharged Employees Be
Retained.

Although the meeting of the Board
of Works was called yesterday at
ternoon for the express purpose OF,
passing on the pay rolls to allow the
men to get their salaries today in
time for Thanksgiving, the meeting
proved to be lively one when the
commissioners tried to force Commits
sioner Arthur R. Denman, chairman
of the sewer committee, to put three
former inspectors of that department
back to work. f9
The three former inspectors, Ber-
nard Sacks, Philip Sloan and Owen
Reilly, all G. A. R. veterans, We're
recently laid off when Commissioners
Denman found that his department
did not have enough money to finish.
the year on and asked for further
Apr opriation of $4,000. Through
President Patrick H. Ryan, the
finance committee of the City Coun-,
ell voted to appropriate the sewer
department $1,000, provided, so the
president declares, that they keep
the veterans of that department at
work -
Commissioner Denman says thas
not only has he failed to receive the
81, 900 appropriation, but that he had
not even received official notification
that the appropriation had been
granted
President Ryan then told Commits
sioner Denman that the $1,000 appro-
priated for his department would be
ready by the first of December, and
that the only way he got the money
from the finance committee was be-
cause he had promised to keep the
veterans of that department at, work.
"All honor to Mr.. President for his
industry and applications, and
thanks. but 1t does not meet the
all the men the department needs
hope the motion will not be
pressed, so / will not vote at ALL
Commissioner Albert H. Biertuemp-
fel also arose and expressed the hope
that his colleagues would not press
the matter. Commissioner sGillen then
moved that the matter be laid over
until tomorrow and offered the
amendment !,
"If Commissioner Denman feels
that he would be investigated by the
Grand Jury for turning over his ap-
preparation he should have been in
dicted long ago with the rest of his
colleagues said Mr.. Gillen. Com
missioner Dunman retorted that "he
had never been open to criminal in
vestigation"
Commissioner DR.. Charles r.
Kraemer then Joined In saying Com
missioner Denman Is making noun
tain out of a mole hill : The discrep-
ancies In the sewer department are
not as bad as the chairman thinks,
and he will no doubt pull through the
year all right"
At this juncture Denman. arose and
thanked Kraemer for his kind ex-
preston. ~ts
ST have assurances that the $1,000
Is forthcoming aud your colleagues
will see you through all right" said
DIR. Kraemer.a 81 would withdraw
my motion and give Commissioner
Denman a week to think 1t over.
don't think there will be deficiency
in the sewer department"
81 don't want Commissioner Krae-
mer to withdraw HIS motion on those
grounds said Commissioner Dem
man. land the only reason the water
department Is in such shape Is on
account of the way his predecessors
left them. The lighting committee Is
short some $4,000 or $1,000, and the
street department would be short IL
its chairman hadn't received help
from the water department. do not
object to the men being put back to
work. but. IN view of circumstances,
do not think it can be done" =.
The motion died a minute later,
when Commissioner DR.. Kraenler
moved they adjourn.