The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-24
7HE ELEVATED PASSED.
Bergen Property Will Now
Take a Big Boom.
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Action Taken Upon a Variety oil
Independent Measures Last
Evening.

The Board of Aldermen held a brief tut
very important session last evening. Both
the elevated railroad and the new electric
light ordinances were passed and went
| through, as one OF the lobby expressed it.
with belels on"
When miscellaneous business was
reached, Alderman Hauck moved that
the Central Elevated Transit Company
ordinance be taken from the table. The
motion prevailed, and City Clerk Scott
| read the ordinance.
THE ELEVATED ORDINANCE.
Itwas then placed on its final passage
ana the Clerk prepared to call the roll as
look of deep concern spread over the
faces of the Jewett avenue property
owners in the lobby.
Alderman Connolly, the first alderman
called upon, voted mo" with such en-
phasis that the Jewett avenue people be
gan to take heart.
Their spirits however began to 90 dow
| rapidly as each subseuuent citv fathe
voted for the ordinance
Alderman keogh wanted to be excused
| from voting
| Alderman Hauck thought that no one
should be excused, and said that each
alderman should record himself one way
OF tne other upon the question and let the
people lnow where he stands in the mat
| ter OF public improvement.
| 10 thls Alderman Keogh responded by
| saying that when this company gives as
surance That it will recompense the own.
| ers on Jewett avenue for any damage it
| may do them, so that he could vote intel
llgently upon the question. then he would
| vote.
He, was finally excused, and the vote
stood
Ayes-Aldermen Allen, Hauck, Hoos.
| Jewkes, Jordan, Prigge, O'Rourke and
Schemmerhorn
| Nays-Alderman Connolly.
| Excused-AldermanK Keogh.
BLOW AT THE BoTTLERs.
Section 10 Of the liquor ordinance was
next amended so that it reads
Section l5--No person except person licensed
/ by the Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City shall
| by himself or herself or his or her clerk serv-
ant or agent at any time sell, Offer or expose
Tor sale, & or furnish or supply any spirituous,
atty OF not exceeding $25 for each offence.
This amendment is aimed at the New
| York bottlers, who under the old
| ordinance could not be prosecuted before
the Police Courts for offering. or for fI1r-
nishing their liquors to people i. inns
| city The ordinance Of last night supplies
| these two words, and makes the prosecut
| ion possible.
| The Bergen Light, Heat 8 Power
| Company ordinance was next put upon
It's tinal passage, and went through with
| out any discussion
Alderman Jordan voted no.
THE ERIE SHEDS.
| A resolution was introduced by Presi-
| dent Allen, setting forth the fact that the
Supreme Court had declared the ordin-
| ance granting the Erie Railroad COMPANY
fn aoff rfsaf~, ,.I>i-
north side of Tenth streetwas Illegal and
ordering that the shed be taken down
Alderman o. 'Rourke moved to send the
resolution to the Committee on Streets
He said that the matter had not been
hnally settled yet, as il had gone to the
Court of Errors and Appeals and he did
not think the shed ought to be disturbed
| yet.
But the Board had evidently profited
| by the experience OF the Elizabeth AL
dermen in monkeying with the Supreme
Court and the presidents resolution was
| quickly passed.
Alderman Hoos then came up with
another electric light ordinance. The
company wanting to illumine the CITY
this time is called the Consumers Light
ana Heat Company and is home enter
| prise entirely. James G. Haskings. cash
| ler OF the Second National Bank, is the
| president; Frank j. Matthews. treasprar.
| Nelson r. Vanderhoff, the iron man. is
secretary; Max Abernethy, the dru ggist.
and James B. Throckmorton, a gry Goods
| merchant, are of the directory
| Alderman Hoos moved that the ordin-
ance be laid upon the table and printed
for the use OF the members Of the Board.
! Before any body realized what had been
done the motion passed. Then Alder
man Jewkes wanted the ordinance re-
| ferred to the Committee on Streets. He
said that such had been the usual course
since be had been in the Board.
| Mr.. Jewkes did not seem TO look upon
! the Committee on Streets with much
favor.
He said that they had kept the elevated
| railroad three months. and that it might
do the same with this.
Finally the motion was reconsidered,
and the ordinance went to the committed
| The Committee on Law and Ordinances
reported in favor of directing these COM
mittees to consult with the Corporation
Counsel and draft an ordinance fixing
the fire limits and compelling the
owners of factories, tenements and the
like to provide fire escapes.