The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-20
THE new POST OFFICE.
Congressman McAdoo's Let
ter to the Board of Trade
Gives Cold Comfort.

At the Board of Trade meeting last
night a letter from Congressman Nc
Adoo in reference to the bill providing
for an appropriation for a new post
Office building in Jersey City was read.
In it he says that when the bill was
called up i n committee lately "the mem
beers, evidently impressed by the veto of
the President of a public building bill
and his demand for closer scrutiny OF all
building measures, deferred action tlll
next week"
He continues that Mr.. Setback, who
has charge of the committee, tells me ne
feels sure of a favorable report, but is
not sanguine that the committee can
be gotten to call up the bill for
passage this season. They base the oDJec-
tion on the ground that their rule is that
only one public building shall be IN
course of construction at the same ume
in the same Congressional district. IL,
however, the bill cannot, after the antlcl-
pated favorable report, come up at this
session. l feel sure that we can
pass it at the short session OF
this Congress. Unless the Commit
tee on Public Grounds and Buildings
call it up on the day or days to be set
apart by the order of the House for their
business. it can only come up on unanl-
NOUS consent of the whole house.
Recognition for this purposes rests en-
tirely with the Speaker, and is exercised
as q matter of grace and not a matter OF
right. The majority in the control OF
this Congress have become frightened at
the aggregate of expenditures Tor pubic
buildings, and no bill in my opinion can
hereafter during this session come up
unless by consent of the party leaders.
If any possible opening occurs l will en-
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port had.n
Al circular from the managers of the
Jamaica International Industrial Exhi-
bition, to be held in 1891, offered space
ind duties free to American exhibitors.
Mr.. Frank Stevens. of the committee in
charge of the Morris street relief fund,
reported the receipts and disbursements
Of the fund among the sufferers of the
recent fire on Norris street.
Mr.. James Flemming introduced q
resolution, which was adopted, looking
to the incorporation of the Board in ac-
cordance with the law recently passed
by the Legislature.
THE NEW STATIONS.
Mr.. Humphrey Carr, OF the Railroad
Committee, who was recently appointed
to act in conjunction with The chairmen
of committees from the Merchants Pro-
tectiye Association of Hudson County,
and the Merchants Association, in refer
ence to the proposed Jersey avenue and
Baldwin avenue stations, on the Penn
sylvania and the Central railroads, re-
ported that in company with b chair
lnen of the other committees, he had
waited upon Superintendent jackson of
the Pennsylvania road. Mr.. Jackson
suggested that q circular be issued among
the residents in the vicinity of the desired
stations, and that after signatures had
been obtained, the committee wait Upon
the president and general manager of the
road at Philadelphia. The station at
Baldwin had been already partially
promised.
The president of the Board OF Directors
announced hat that body had held a
meeting during the afternoon and decided
to issue circulars to the members solicit
ing individual opinions as to the practices
hility of using the rooms of the Board as
y commercial exchange.
REDUCED FERRIAGE.
Mr.. Joseph A. Dea discussed the ques-
ton of reduced ferriage. He said there
were u set of men in all Legislatures VINO
n were invariably known as strikers. They
were always introducing bills providing
for the regulation of the price OF gas,
regulating the pipe lines. telephone and
electrical service. There was al
ways an infaliible sign by which
the striker was known. But the various
companies never had any trouble in bury
ing these suggestions out of sight. The
<0ttAN ~ l. NANA8 AeAA 0AV II uADl
power and he urged the appointment Of q
committee to go to the companies them
selves and ascertain If they would not
rather be IN the side of the people. He
cited the case of Mayor Oakley Hall. Of
New York, refusing to sign the papers for
a new lease, after the lease of the Fulton
Ferry Company had expired, unless that
company agreed to reduce the price OF
ferriage from two cents to one cent at
least during seven tours of the day. This
was agreed to, and the result was an enor-
nous increase Of ferry travel. He would
ask the various companies who run boats
across the Hudson River to reduce the
rate from three to w cents, and package
tickets from two and one-half to one and
one-half cents. at least for seven hours OF
the day.
DIR. Gordon, the chairman, appointed
this committee:-Joseph A. Dear, George
Hitler, Mayor Cleveland, G. L. Watson
and Humphrey w. Carr.
Mr.. +. Rademan started to discuss the
question of park sites. Mr.. Rademan
said he was acting in the interest Of no
particular site; but thought we ought to
have u centrally located, where the
poorer classes could enjoy themselves.
Tit chairman called Mr.. Trademarks
attention to the fact that the Board as
far back as April, 1889, had adopted q
resolution deciding to favor no particular
site, but urging a central location.
Al resolution was adopted thanking
Senator MCPHERSON and the New York
Board of Trade and Transportation for
their efforts in securing the removal Of
the powder magazine from Ellis Island.
Martin Thomforde,o OF Wayne street, was
elected a member of the Board.
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