The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-15
SALINGHR And NORTON.
The Family Rum Seller
Wants to Know If Max'S
Estimates Are Dis
fatable."

to order last night the only absentee was
Alderman O'Neill. The meeting was
short one, but business of Importance was
transacted. First an invitation to the
Forester's ball, at Woods Hall, on Octo-
ber 27, was accepted, and then the clerk
informed the president that resolution
adopted by the Board of Trade concern
ing the water supply, had been sent him
and asked if he should read it.
Evidently President Allen did not think
the Board of Trade wor tn so much atten-
ton, and he replied contemptuousIY, "Oh.
no, and then referred it to the usual
committee unread, and there it will prob
ably die of neglect The Board granted
thirteen liquor and saloon licenses and
made fifteen transfers of licenses, after
which the report of the Inspector OF Build
ings for September was accepted.
Acting Mayor Cleveland informed the
Board that the ordinances relating to
licenses and the sale of liquors had been
approved October 6 and then the ordi
nance of the New York and New Jersey
Telephone was considered. The COM
mittee, Aldermen Macarthur. Hoos and
Schermerhorn. to whom it had been re-
ferred, reported such amendments as
would permit the city to use at all times
the cross top bar on all the company's
poles, and in return the city was to per-
nit the company to use its poles and that
the company should provide for all the
telephone service of the Fire and Police
Departments, and to place instruments in
all the city offices without charge, and to
keep them in repair, which would be
saving to the city of 50, $50 year.
Alderman Sallnger opposed these am
endments and said he felt aggrieved at
having been ignored by the president of
the Board who took the ordinance out of
his hands and placed 1t in charge OF a
special committee. The Alderman
claimed that the proposed charter and
amendments were of no benefit to the
city, and he asked to have action on the
amendments laid over until he could
prepare proper amendments. The
Alderman insisted that there were many
things left out of the amendments
that should have been inserted. Alder
man Smith said the amendments would
have to go over under the rules anyway,
and insisted that the adoption of the
amendments would not prevent Alder
man Salinger from suggesting any
changes he thought proper at the next
meeting. Several others agreed with Mr..
Smith and the amendments were adopted.
SMITH SCORES CLEVELAND.
Alderman Smith asked that the Her
rick, Ord Hix electric ordinance be taken
from the table and be adopted, notWith-
standing the veto of Orestes Cleveland.
Mr.. Smith reviewed the veto and in do
ing so gave the lie direct to Cleveland
when ne denied that poles would be
erected in the city, as Cleveland claimed
would be done. He said the ordi-
nance provided for conduit
in the city and that poles were to be
erected only in the suburbs. He again
assailed the veto in which Cleveland said
overhead wires were dangerous to life,
and defied anyone to point out q single
instance of death caused by an overhead
Edison wire. In regard to Cleveland's
claim that the electric light company was
not properly organized and therefore the
city could not grant the necessary con-
sent, Alderman Smith asked the clerk to
read u letter from the legal advisers of
the Edison Electric Light Company,
which termed Cleveland's objections as
''captious and trivial"
The vote was then taken and Messrs.
Hoos, Kaiser, Macarthur, Schermerhorn,
Smith, Ward and Allen voted to pass the
ordinance over Cleveland's veto, and Con-
ger voted against it, The motion was
lost, two-thirds vote being required.
The Charles B. P. Gibson electric light
ordinance, to furnish Lafayette with
light, met like fate, and failed to pass
over the veto. The only change in the
the result for and against.
The Andrew White or Union Light and
Heat Company ordinance, which had also
been vetoed. met like fate by the unani-
nous vote of the Board. Before the vote
was taken Alderman Salinger made a
long speech to explain why he was not in
favor of the ordinance.
HASN'T BRAINS ENOUGH TO KNOW IT.
1.-The Mayor comedies with me in some
particulars" said he, ''and-"
"The Mayor" asked Alderman Jordan
sarcastically.
ting angry; "but he hasn't brains enough
to comprehend it.n
'Oh-h-hr' commented Alderman Jor-
dan.
"Phat OF wants to be knowin' is bees
these objecshuns disbatable?" calmly
asked Alderman Norton, the Second dis
trict statesman.
II don't want to be interrupted, sir"
retorted Alderman Salinger. with dig
nity. and then he continued his speech
until the uneasy Norton could no longer
"oi say it's out ave order. yees be-" he
interjected.
"Order, Alderman Salinger has the
fioor,' said the president, and Mr.. Salin-
ger continued until he asked, mean
ing the ncorporators:-'How long has
this been here?'
'Sure as long rs yees av been here ye-
sar," shouted Norton.
i Wdu1 sOu W 5tVP OdlhALSy AAQClAdA
Norton" angrily retorted Mr.. Salinger.
"You are not in the Horseshoe" now;
You are among gentlemen"
This squelched Norton for few min
utes, and Mr. Salinger was just catching
his second wind in his speech when the
irrepressible Norton said in mock hu-
mility:-
May Oi interrupt ye. Mister SalingerS"
mo. sir,' thundered Max and he con-
cluded his speech.
Alderman Norton said:--"It's bearin'
that the little company will be afther
wantin' to consolidate wild bigger wan,
is it, that yees be afraid of, Alderman Sal
niger, and yees think, so ye snake, that
it's not right. Alderman Salinger? We'll.
phat would yees do if Governor Albeit
wanted.to consolidate his business wild
the bit ov a wan yees have, eh? would
that be right. Ell, Alderman Salinger?"
This argument was conclusive of some-
thing and somebody may sometime dis
cover what. The veto was sustained.
GROVE STREET FARCE.