The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-13
THE RESIDENTS object.
So President Feeney VIII
Try 10 Keep the New
Station House Away
From Bergen
Square.

At the home Of George B. Wilson last
night meeting OF owners OF property in
the vicinity Of Bergen Spare was held for
the purpose Of discussing the site for the
new Seventh Precinct Station House.
Among those present were Alderman
Salinger. ex-Police Commissioner Rob-
erts, Undertaken William II. Speer. Mr..
Droscher. David Van Wlnkle, Real Es-
tate Agent John A. Lewis and John NJ.
Jones. President Johu p. Feeney, of the
Board of Police Commissioners. was also
present by invitation of the property
owners
During the discussion that followed
the meeting of these gentlemen Police
Commissioner Feeney explained how the
Commissioners had come to select the old
parsonage Of the Bergen Reform ed
Church for the station house. He said
that after the new precinct was created
Inspector Lange was instructed to go
through the precinct and locate desirable
place for the station house. The Inspec-
tor. after careful survey of the field. re-
ported on the present location and said he
had spoken to some of the neighbors to
the property and they had found no OBJ
lection to station house being there.
Among those spoken to by the Inspector
were Henry Van Wagner and ex-Police
Commissioner Roberts, who said that
they had no objection TO the station house
being located on Bergen Square. The
Commissioners then saw the coDsistory
Of the church and lease for the building
was signed by them and the Commis-
sioners
Commissioner Feeney said the first in
timation that he had that the project
hr4r
1t in The JERSEY CITY NEWS. When Mr..
Wilson invited him to attend the meet
ing of the dissatisfied property owners
and talk the matter over, he gladly
availed himself Of the opportunity.
When President Feeney was asked to.
day what the result Of the meeting was,
he answered.
81 am satisfied that nearly all of the
property owners are opposed to the loca-
tion of police station on Bergen Square,
unless it may be Mr.. John M. Jones, who
owns property there but does not reside
there. Mr.. Jones said at the meeting
that while he was not opposed to the To-
to have one in this district, ne would not
vote In favor OF the present site il 1t in
jured his neighbors. When / learned
these views promised that l would do
all / personally could to have
the lease broken and to have another
r1tc dCtSChCA Al Tue WOuiQ
induce the church people to consent to
cancelling the lease This proposition
was cordially accepted, ana at the meet
ing of the Police Board on Monday these
gentlemen will notify me of the result of
their negotiations with the church con-
sistory. In the meantime will look for
another site for the station house"
did the property owners appear satis-
fed with the creation Of n new precinct?"
.'Yes / think all of them thought they
ought TO have more police protection, but
that to obtain it they did not believe resi-
dences should be injured. They thought
the station house should be located on a
side street, and l agree with
them i assured the property
owners that the commissioners would
in no way fnjure their property IL it
could be avoided; that we feel it is our
duty TO protect and not to injure. The
committee appointed last night to wait on
the ConsistoIy to induce the members to
break the lease were George b. Wilson,
John A Lewis and David Van Winkle. .