The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-05
Who SHALL SWEEP?
Hoboken's Dirty Streets
and Politics Badly
Mixed Up.

mlttee SuperVlseS the Work OF tne SIreeJ
Commissioner yesterday noon appointed
Constable Peter Quinn time keeper and
acting street commissioner, and ordered
him to buy brooms and other street clean
ing apparatus and to hire gang of men
to begin cleaning Monroe street.
This is only one of the interesting epi-
sodes of hot political fight. The Ho-
bokeE Council is deadlocked on the ap-
pointment of a Street Commissioner.
Commissioner Kelly, the present incum-
bent, holds over as long as the deadlock
remains. Commissioner Kelly Is Third
ward man, and almost every one of the
street laborers is from the Third ward.
During the past year the Fourth ward of
the city, the home of Councilman Stan
ton, Commissioner Kelly's bitterest OPP
ponent has been dreadfully neglected.
The streets are in a horribly filthy condi-
tion, and the residents complain of being
compelled to suffer because of a political
fight. Commissioner Kelly admits that
the Fourth ward has been neglected, but
says that the fault lies with the Tax Com
missioners and the Council, owing to the
small appropriation made.
At a recent meeting of the Council a
sum of money was appropriated to clean
the streets of the Fourth ward. The
streets have not improved in cleanliness
to any perceptiDle extent as yet.
1Q6 WDTk Ol tA6 OtTt6b OOLutulSSIOu6TS,
as before stated, is directly under the SUI
peryision of the Street COMMITTEES. This
committee consists of Councilman Lon
dr1Qan, chairman, and Councilmen Sny
der and Boncelet Londrigan is a bitter
opponent of Kelly. Councilman Snyder
is also opposed to Kelly. Yesterday at
noon Londrigan, Snyder and Kelly, the
Street Commissioners, met in the City
Hall Londrigan ordered Kelly, in a gruH
voice. to clean Monroe street. On
this street reside Councilmen STAN
ton and Snyder. Kelly. it is
said, grew hot, and LOndrigan
boasted of the power of the majority of
the Street Committee, and calling in
Constable Peter Quinn, forthwith ap-
pointed him Acting Street Commissioner,
ordered him to hire men and go about
cleaning the streets in the Fourth ward.
He sent Quinn to the store of Wiggins &
Abel on Washington street to buy
brooms.
Yesterday afternoon Monroe street was
cleaned by Street Commissioner Kelly.
This morning Peter Quinn, Council
man LOndrigan's Street Commissioner,
was about the City Hall bright and early.
1t is said that he endeavored to induce
the workingmen to desert Kelly and go
to work for him. Kelly arrived, and there
was scene. Kelly called Quinn pet
names and cautioned his men not TO work
for Councilman Londrigan's Street Com
missioner, as they could not get any
money The men stuck by Kelly and
went to work on Garden street.
Quinn, it is said, then sent scouts out
all along the steamship docks to try and
got men. Some cf Kelly,s friends heard
OF this. and by telling the men that they
could not get any money from the city
kept them away.
Quinn said to me this morning that he
had succeeded in hiring six men, and he
says ne intended to start to work on the
streets of the Fourth ward this afternoon.
Commissioner Kelly said this morning
that Commissioner Londrigan has been
bounding him every day. He said it
would be bad for MIN if he did not stop
his persecution. Said he, 1.-The men who
go TO work for Quinn cannot get any
money from the city. The law distinctly
is under orders from ma
jority of the Street Committee
have orders from Councilman Boncelet
and Snyder to clean Garden street this
morning. Councilman Londrigan is
minority of the committee and cannot
be paid by the city until sign pay roll.
Londrigan has got himself into a nice
mess by the last move of his.
Councilman Londrigan could not be
found this morning. Councilman Snyder
it is said is not with Londrigan in this
latest move.
Picnics Her Downfall.
Emma Schultz. nineteen years old, Civ
ing her residence as No 1913 Pavonia ave-
nue., this city, was arraigned before Re-
corder McDonough in Hoboken this
morning as a disorderly person. Although
young in years Emma is old in crime,
having spent several months in jail.
For the past three weeks the girl has
terrorized the respectable people who live
along the line of the Erie Railroad tracks
at the foot of the Hill. In broad daylight
she has stopped little boys and girls who
were on errands and taken the change
from Them After getting the money she
spent it with gang of fellows who made
their headquarters in the neighborhood.
Her disgraceful actions with these loafers
are unfit for publication Finally the
residents could bear the girls actions no
longer and complained to the police. Aid
Rathjen sent Detective Guinan of the
Erie Railroad to the place, and he ar
rested the girl. This morning she cried
in court, and said she owed her downfall
to night picnics. The recorder sent her
away for three months.
HobOken Notes.
Ernest Elfer, forty-two years, of No. 81
Beacon avenue, Jersey City Heights,
while employed on building in cours
of erection at Grand anG First str eets
yesterday afternoon fell to the ground
and was badly injured. He was attended
by Dr. Pinder and sent home.
An alarm from box % called out the
Fire Department yesterday afternoon.
There was slight fire in the basement
of No. 113 Hudson street. Damage
slight
Detective Krolon shot an alleged mad
dog at No. 81 Garden street last night.
The jefferson Club will meet at Coyle's
Hall tonight.
The James Harmon Association, COM
posed principally of members OF st,
Joseph's Lyceum, will visit Cronheim's
Theatre in q body tonight.
The Railroad Department of the Z. M.
@. A. gave pleasing musical and literary
entertainment at their rooms in the ID. l..
81 w. r.. R. depot last evening.
AS predicted, there was no meeting of
the City Fathers last night When City
Clerk McDermott called the roll. only
Counciltnen Erlenkoether, Kelly and
Boncelet answered the call This not be-
ing enough for q quorum no meeting was
held.
The Hoboken baseball team will play
the Gorhams, the crack colored team, at
Schreves Park on Saturday. A good
game Is expected.
The Independent Schuetzen Corps did
not have as large crowd as they ex-
pected at their picnic in Schuetzen Park,
Union Hill yesterday A crowd is ex-
pected to attend today, however.
Marion's Afarlsmen.