The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-13
HOBOKEN FALLS In line
She Has Resolved to Col
1ect Her Tax Arrear-
ages.
TIE CHARTER ACT ACCEPTED.
Last Nights Interesting Meeting Of
the Governing Board Of Our
Sister City.
rHE CHARTER ACT ACCEPTED.


The Hoboken Council held an import
ant meeting last night. The Martin act
for the collection Of tax arrearages was
accepted and proposals for the improve
lnent OF many streets were received. As
the appropriations in the different funds
had been exhausted the City Treasurer
was ordered to negotiate a loan for s20.-
600. and much routine bus mess was trans
acted.
County Collector Dugan Motif ed the
Board that S5s l25, 90 had been levied as
State School Tax and si0f, 757 70 as County
Tax. Among a batcn of claims which
were read was one from A. w. Clayton
for 81. 749 for erecting election booths
The Committee on Fire and Water, 10
whom was referred tn g trouble between
the two fire engine companies 2 and 4,
reported in favor of consolidating the two
companies, two permanent men to be Sc
iected from each, and the new company
thus formed TO be known as Engine Com
pany No. 2. The report of the committee
was adopted
The Committee on Finance then re-
ported in favor of adopting the Martin
act and that the CORPORATION Attorney be
directed to ask the Supreme Court TO ap-
point commissioners under the act
Councilman Londrigan alone opposed
the adoption of the report. He did not
advance any good argument, however.
While he admitted tnat there was due the
city about $500, 900 in back taxes which
they could not collect, he thought
that the acJ would strike the poorer
classes. He hoped that mass meeting
would be held in order to secure the
views of the people. He said that 1t
would cost SIS, 900 TO furnish offices for
the commissioners and pay their salaries.
Councilman Erlenkoetter spoke in favor
of adopting the report At one time he
thought that to carry out the provisions
of the act would be expensive. Now he
thought that the city could collect
meadows would be built up:-He was
heartily in favor of it. Councilman
Kelly thought IL advisable to call a mass
meeting OF the pe0ple.
Councilman Erlenkoetter said that the
adoption Of the act would be of great
benefit to small property owners 1t
would make verybody, rich and poor,
pay up. Chairman Stanton asked Conn-
Gilman Kelly TO take the chair, who then
spoke for the act
After the Chairman's argument the
question was put and Councilman Lon
drigan was the only one who voted
against the adoption Of the report.
The Mayor sent in a communication
vetoing the appointment of X. K. Let's as
veterinary surgeon to the IRE department
horses ON the ground that the appoint
ment should have been made by u
majority vote OF all the members which
Letts did not receive.
An effort to appoint DR.. Simon City
Physician was lost by vote OF 4 to 4
The Board then decided to appoint
Let's Veterinary Surgeon at q salary OF
$400 a. ear.
A Boarding House Raided.
A disorderly house which has been an
eyesore to a respectable community for
some time was effectively broken up by
the Hoboken police last night. The
house is sailors lodging house and Is
located at No. 103 Bloomfield street. 1t
resembles barn more than 1t does a
habitation for human beings. Within all
is filth and forty beds were Jammed in
two floors. Sometimes there was as many
as fifty dodgers there. The scenes enacted
there nightly shocked the people in the
neighborhood and landlords found it
hard to secure tenants. Drunken sailors
reeled in at nnseemingly hours, and the
police records will show that at least fifty
arrests have been made from the house
during the past year.
Yesterday afternoon Ferdinand Eich-
ner, of No. 104 Washington street. and
Dave Salters, of Bloomfield street, well
known business men, called on the Re-
corder and begged of him to abate the
nuisance They said that there was a
big fight there when they left Policemen
Aldoretta and kaufman were sent there
and arrested one of the belligerent board
ers
Later in the evening Ferdinand Schmidt
and. Dora Schmidt. the owners of the vile
hole, were arrested. They were held in
default of 81. 600 bail for trial for main
tanning disorderly house.
Hoboken Notes.
The annual concert and hop of the
Valencia BoatClub will be held at Odd
Fellows Hall tonight
The Irving Social Club has arranged
for reception at the Assembly Rooms
on Wednesday evening. November %.
One OF the big events of the season
will be the annual ball of the employees
of Odd Fellows Hall. IL will be held at
the Hall on January.
The Firemens' Monument Committee
will meet at Assembly Rooms tonight.
The annual benefit performance ten
dered by Siefifried Cronheim to the Board
of officers of the Hoboken Fire Depart
ment was held at Cronheim's theatre last
night. A large crowd attended, and
handsome run was realized
The Gas Office has removed TO 100 Mont