The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-07

Grand street. The mill pond will not be
filled In.
James Simpson. twenty-one years old.
fell from the back platform Of q Court
House car last evening and received a
severe scalp wound. He was removed to
the City Hospital.
A coat of paint would improve the looks
of the Lafayette station on the n. & n. \.
r. r.
The work on the Woodward street i'm
provement will begin tomorrow.
The Star Pleasure Circle will meet TINS
evening at the residence of Mrs. 0. NJ
Scott on Halliday street.
William Waters of Pine street was ar
rested while drunk last evening on Pa
cific avenue. He stood at Lafayette street
| and would not let any one pass by. Jus
tice kimmerly fined him $40.
Greenville.
Mr.. George Bouton of Ocean avenue has
been chosen Clerk of the new Board Of
Street and Water Commissioners, at n
yearly salary of $500. As Clerk OF the
old Board his salary amounted to 1850.
The Merry Anglers Association will
meet at Kneogy's on G~reenviile avenue
this evening. The arrangements for the
first annual fishing excursion will be COM
pleted.
The police of the Fifth precinct are
wondering when the work on the new
police station will begin. The site was
purchased by the city some time age.
A~ssemblyman Puster's bill appropriating
$4,000 for the station was passed nearly
two months ago.
Bad drains, miserable sidewalks, a want
of street curbing and several other such
interesting features make local life mis-
cradle.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad tracks
across Brown Place were removed a few
DAYS ago by the railroad authorities, and
they will now make further application
to the Aldermen for permission to cross
same at grade.
The Young Mems Christian Association
is making excellent progress of late. the
gymnasium apparatus proving the strong
est elixir" that could De introduced.
, There is talk of amicably settling the
Grace Z. f. Church row by arbitration,
but the interested parties are not very
sanguine of u such project succeeding.
West Bergen.
Mr.. DeIos Culver will soon break ground
for sixteen three story frame dwellings
frame dwellings en- Pollock avenue at a
cost of $1,000 each.
The '.oroom drill' will be held at the
NJ. f. Church this evening. 1t will be
held under the auspices or the Ladies'
Aid Society. An outside issue will be the
sale of refreshments.
The property owners on Eye avenue are
circulating a petition for the paving and
curbing of that thoroughfare from JACK
son 10 West Side avenue
The West Bergen Pleasure Club will
meet this evening at its coy quarters at
Mallory and Clendenny avenues
The regular meeting OF the West Ber-
gen Citizens Improvement Association
will be held next Monday evening at the
rooms, No. 200 West Side avenue. Among
the matters that will be talked about are
West side sewers, street lamps and q
night agent at the railroad station.
Work was begun yesterday on the new
office for II. \. Van Wagner on West
sid avenue. 1t will be two stories high
and thirty feet quare. The yard will oe-
cupy a space 75xl00 feet, and viii be a
good addition TO West Bergen's enter
prises. The erection Of a tresrie 400 feet
fong. connecting with the n. aud N \.
Railroad, is ia contemplation, and The
probabilities are that it Will be built in a
lew weeks.
The first tier OF the beams on the new
school house is being laid. and the work
of erection is progressing rapidly. lnspec.
tor Kelly says the school Will be finished
before contract time.
The Bible class meeting in the NJ. E
| Church was we'll attended last evening.