The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-10
DOYPLERS ARE EXEMPT.
The Aldermen Excuse Them
From Paying a Lie
ense Fee.
.wLow FOR THE LEHIGH VALLEY.
ust Take Up Its Tracks Before
2 the City Will Talk to lt--A
Lively Meeting.

ct<~ttcHttl rum Inc k4ttoS'A->f~s %<~o@~,~
long and vigorously at the meeting OF the
Board last evening to defeat Alderman
schermerhorn's ordinance exempting
octtlers from the $3.50 licence fees which
they now paid. The meeting which had
been great one for this versatile Board,
was about over when Mr.. Schermerhorn
moved to take mp the ordinance. Clerk
Scott read the important document, and
as he did so the lights and shades which
played over Alderman Norton's face were
sight to see The clerk had finished
when the Family Entrance Statesman
from the Horseshoe was on his feet max
Ing tie soul of Lindley Murray sad and
calling Alderman ;Schermerhorn names
You tgke an cath that you Will act Tor
the best interests of the city and here
you are robbing the. city of $3.50" he
shouted e.
Alderman Schern.erhorn quietly in
formed the rate, Ail-mixed- drinks six
cents statesman that his objections came
too late. as the ordinance mad passed at
the last meeting and he mad voted Tor IL.
well II did, done IL blind" shouted
the irate Norton. ''and / amt afraid to
say 50 in this meeting"
The statement of Alderman Shermer-
horn that the ordinance was passed at the
last meeting wa doubted and Clerk
Scott was appealed to- He replied that
only the amendments had been adopted.
Alderman Jordan did not understand the
ordinance and wanted it to go over. But
before any action could be taken on his
resolution Norton was up again. he had
discovered that there were twelve boEtlers
In the city. and after heavy mental
4 strain ..e became satisfied that at $3.50 the
Ia city would lose $50
.'We'll never get that $50 salary we're
entitled to at that rate" he exclaimed
THE BoTTLERs TRIUMPHANT.
In the early part OF the meeting a res0-
luton was passed cancelling twelve IL
censes which had not been called for or
paid for. It transpired that these were
the licens.s which the bottlers had rp-
piled for but had not taken out because
ethey understood that the ordinance ex-
Z afmpting them from paying license had
k<sIeen passed. IL appeared that Alderman
Morton had signed the recommendation
&ancel those licenses, and he rose to ex-
5loin that he did not know what he was
|Ft.oing when he did SO. IL was explained
4 to him that the bottlers could not COM
pete with the New York men If they must
pay a license. while the New York men
can bring their goods here without one.
''Well, let thin min git out, thin there's
no ropes on 'em," retorted Norton.
Then when it was pointed out to him
by Alderman Macarthur how beautifully
1sistent he was when he urged that
We1s sebe should have q license because
he had spent his money for fixtures and
furniture for his place, he went Off on an
other tack. The friends of the ordnance
soon gave up trying to get it through the
skull of the mixed ale statesmen that the
ordinance could not effect his or any
other "distillery," and vote was taken.
The ordinance passed with but TWO votes
against it, those of Aldermen Jordon and
Norton. Aldermen O'Neill and Keough
were absent.
Mr.. Reon Barnes. the diplomatic repre-
sentative Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
was jumped on by the Board with all four
feet. Mr.. Barnes presented nicely
worded petition, accompanied by an artis-
ticaily drawn map. all neatly bound in a
pale blue cover. Mr.. Barnes set forth
that when in the course OF constructing
its new road, the Lel.igh Valley Railroad
reached" Chapel avenue, thinking the
avenue to be a private lane, it laid its
tracks across the street. The company
has since learned that the lane is pub
lie street. and wishing to be in accord
with the municipal authorities, 1t asks
permission to cross Chapel avenue and
also the Caven Point road Both these
thoroughfares, Mr. Barnes says. are little
used, as all the property they lead to is
railroad property.
THE LEHIGH VALLEY SAT DOWN UPON.
Alderman Schermerhorn in present.
ing the resolution said that the road laid
four tracks across the avenue In the night.
The Committee on Streets went down
there, saw the work aud afterward had a
conference WIFI tHc 1lcuiS4 dllcy pcOplt.
Mr.. Barnes was under the impression
that the street was private lane but
was soon convinced of his mistake. He
offered the petition and ordinance bv re-
quest and he did not know whether he
would vote for it or not.
Alderman Smith asked If the commit
tee had torn up the tracks Mr. Scher-
merhorn replied that it had not as iI had
no authority from the Board TO do So.
The committee, however, he said, stood
Ir.xxr fr.n.
Board said so. In speaking of that part
Of the petition which says that when the
company reached Chapel avenue, Mr..
Schermerhorn said that they laid four
tracks across the avenue alone and no
where else around. 1t looked to him as
if the company wanted to steal the
street.
AZ this Alderman Smiths Yankee"
got up and he moved that the company
be notified to take up their tracks forth
with and then the Board would talk to
them.
Let us put ourselves on record gentle
men," said President Allen, as he called
for vote. The Board Went on record as
unanimously in favor OF Alderman
Smiths resolution.
AFTER THE PENNSYLVANIA TOO.
The Special Committee appointed to
confer with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company in references to erecting gates
ut the street crossings reported that the
of the road aud they mad said that the
company would be using the elevated
structure by February Is and that III the
meantime they would place one man to
superintend the fiagmen at each crossing
and take all precautions to save life. The
reason they had not put uD gates was
that Mr.. Thurston of the horse car COM
pany had requested them not to do SO as
they were mure dangerous for the horse
cars.
Alderman Norton said that one of his
constituents was killed at Coles street on
Monday evening and he came near losing
his own life there some days ago aud he
wanted gates put up. So did several
other Aldermen aud the road was ordered
to put them up. There was considerable
discussion as to what the resolution
meant. but it was finally agreed on al
sides that it meant that the gates should
go up.
Seven licenses were granted and seven
transfers made. A long pstition was re-
ceiyed against transferring Fred VIM
dents license from Cambridge avenue
and Griffith street TO Brown street and
Hancock avenue. The neighbors don't
want 1t at the latter corner. The horse
car companies were ordered whenever
they use snow plows to follow the plow