The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-14
TO RELIEVE THE BOTTLERS
WAGOE DRYERS MAY BE sup
Piled WITH CERTIFICATES.

An Ordinance to Prevent Arrest Of
Drivers of Licensed Brewers intro
duced into the Board of Aldermen
Last Night-Other Proceedings.
The City Fathers or at least seven Of
them met in the council chamber last
evening, transacted some business of inn
portance and then adjourned until Sep
tember TO- Aldermen Van Horn, Hooss
Schermerhorn, Jor dan, and that muni-
cipal Pooh Bah, p. H O'Neill, wer
absent. The most important work tn
Aldermen accomplished was the amend
ment of the liquor ordinance which has Of
late given bottlers and grocers who EN-
ploy more than one wagon in their bust
ness considerable trouble. The first
amendment provides that mo license to
sell, furnish or supply spurious, vinous,
malt and brewed liquors to persons or
families in dwellings shall be granted un-
less the application for such license shall
be accompanied by a certificate recon-
mending the applicant for said license as
a fit and suitable person to be licensed,
signed by at least five freeholders in and
resident of Jersey City,
LIQUOR LAW AMENDMENT.
The section which has caused all the
trouble was amended so as to read
1uab every PERSON licensed uuQ0T the DrOViaiOu
OF this ordinance shall cause the license to be
kept In conspicuous part Of the place Of busi-
ness under the penalty of five dollars for every
neglect so to do and every licensed person en-
gagged in furnishing or supplying liquors 10 per-
sons or families in dwellings, shall carry with
MN while so engaged the license for inspection
under the penalty of five dollars for every neglect
so to do, and when the censee shall find it neces-
sary in the prosecution of his business to use
more than one vehicle for the delivery of spirit
GUS vinoiis, malt and brewed liquors. or any OF
them theretofore ordered from such licensee at
his place of business the City Clerk shall issue to
such hcensee a certificate for every such addi-
tlonal venlcle, which certificate shall be carried
by the driver of such vehicle for inspection under
the, penalty of five dollars for every neglect so
to do.
The City Clerk shall demand such evidence an
tifcate.
That the loan Of any certificate as aforesaid to
any person not authorized to use the same shall
subject the offender to the penalty Of revoca-
ton of the license under which such certificate ID
issued.
NEW BUILDING PERMITS.
Building Inspector James G. Clarke sub
mitted his monthly report, showing that
| permits have been granted by his depart
ment for six one-story houses, forty-three
two-story, thirty-one three story, four
four-story, two five-story. five alterations,
| six repairs, and that the entire value
| represented by these permits is $442, 800.
Mr.. Clarke was then granted atwo weeks
| vacation, provided he arranges so that
| permits and necessary information can
| be obtained at his Office during his
| absence
! A number of liquor and trade licenses
were granted and an ordinance regulat-
ing weights and measures was intro
duced.
AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Alderman Prigge introduced an ordi-
| nance granting the Hudson Electric Com
pany the right to erect poles and lay con-
duits through the streets. Mr.. Prigge,
when questioned about the composition
Of the new company, its designs and mo-
tives, its officers and stockholders, be-
| trayed woeful lack of knowledge on the
subject, and apart from saying it in
tended to do general electrical business,
declared that he did not know anything
about the new company