The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-02
HOBOKEN'S COMMON COUNCIL.
The Mayors Veto of the Engine House
Site Not Overridden Yet.

The Mayors Veto of the Engine House
Site Not Overridden Yet.
At the meeting of the Hoboken Council
last evening a petition from the citizens
of the Third ward, praying the Council to
revoke the license for the saloon of Peter
Dufresne ON Eleventh and Washington
streets, was read and referred, and the
Committee on License will cite Dufresne
and the citizens signing the petition to
! appear before them and submit testimony.
The letter of Mayor Grant. of New
York. to Mayor Grassman was read. and a
communication from Mayor Grasman.
which accompanied it. stated that he had
promised the assistance of the Common
Council. On motion of Councilman
Londrigan a committee of three, consist
ing of Councilmen Timken, Londrfgan
and Stanton, was appointed to cooperate
with the committee appointed by the
Mayor of New York.
The resignation of Richard Barry, en-
gineer of the City Hall, was accepted.
Richard f. Barry was appointed to sue
ceed him.
| A communication from Chief Apple
| gate, of the Fire Department, complain
| ing of the number of chimney fires and
| recommending the filming of the owners
of buildings in which they occurred, was
| referred.
A resolution introduced by "Patsy"
Londrigan, ordering the Corporation
! Counsel to secure an Injunction restrain
| ing the West Shore and New. Jersey
junction r. RS from obstructing
Seventeenth street with their tracks and
directing him to proceed against the
above mentioned companies, was passed.
| The bid of j. NJ. Patterson for set of
| double and single truck harness with
hanging fixtures at $3.50 was accepted.
The communication of the Committee
of the Whole to the Council recommend
ing the acceptance of the school site on
| Willow and Eleventh streets, the fire
| house site on Fourteenth and Washington
streets, overriding Mayor Grassman's g
veto of the Fifth and Grand streets site
| for a fire house was accepted and
approved, with the exception of the
clause overriding the Mayors veto. A
resolution donating $50 to Fireman Will
lam Meyer for injuries received at the
fire on September IA was approved.
! A lively discussion in regard to the To-
cation of the polling place at No. 80 Ninth
street ensued between Councilman Lon
drigan and Willy, in which the latter
came ont victorious in locating it at the
south east corner of Ninth and Garden
street.
Councilmen Kelly, Timken and Snyder
were appointed a committee to wait on
| the II. L. & /. Co. and request site for
q sub-police station in the neighborhood
of Fourteenth and Washington streets.
Thief Shoots at Policeman.
Policeman Hammond was patrolling
his beat at the Hoboken ferry house this
morning, when q young man drove up
with horse and carriage. In the carriage
were several lap robes and a small bundle
wrapped in a towel.
The young mans nervous actions in
duced the policeman to question him in
regard to the load in the wagon. He re
ceived no satisfactory replies from the
| fellow. He arrested the young man, and
! jumping into the wagon, drove to Police
| Headquarters. AS he pulled up in front
! of the door the young man broke loose
! from the policeman's grasp, sprang from
| the wagon, and dashed down Newark
| street in the direction of the ferry.
| Hammond followed him as fast as
he could, but the thief was fleet of
foot, and having good start fast dis
tanced the policeman. Hammond con-
| tinued the chase. however. When near
| the ferry the thief turned, and pulling a
| revolver from his pocket levelled 1t at
Hammond and fired. BE then dashed
into the ferry house, through The door
| leading into the ID. l.. and w. waiting
room and thence to the tracks. Ham
mond pursued him, and when the tracks
were reached the thief again fired. He
| then ran along the tracks until out OF
| sight
An examination of the load in the
| wagon showed that in the towel were six
! silver-plated knives, three forks and five
| spoons. Beside this there were four lap
| robes and Macintosh coat. The young
man is described as being five feet eight
inches in height, dark complexion and
with high cheek bones. He wore a Prince
| Albert coat.