The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-02
MORE LIGHT WANTED.
Bergen Protective Association Do
ings-JacOb Ringle on
Murder.

DtAttu hdlt On DSIkeu hNeuus anu COu-
sidered the best means for mitigating
several evils which exist in that section OF
the city. These phiiantropists are Jacob
Ringie, president Of the Association; John
G. Hopken. secretary; Police Commis-
sioner Van Keuren, Isaac Roman, Joseph
Alwaysready Dear, D. Van winkle. Peter
F. Campbell. w. W. Knight, Humphrey
w. Carr, ex-Alderman Ward, John w.
Smith, and Messrs. Oliphant and Hol-
comb.
The business began with the reports of
the various co mmittees which had been
appointed TO look after the evils the Asso-
citation proposes TO abolish. Mr.. Camp
bell of the committee appointed TO have
electric lights on West Side avenue and
West Montgomery street and a letter box
and fire alarm box at West Side svenue
and Montgomery street, made dlscour-
aging report. None of the desired objects
had been ACCOMPLISHED. He had
spoken TO Fire Com missioner Hem
derson about the fire box. he
again and agBin 70 have the box located
only 10 ignore his promise, until Mr..
Campbell mad become convinced that the
Board did not propose TO place any fire
alarm box there at all There were one
hundred and fifty frame houses ia that
there. The same unsuccessful attempt
had been made to obtain the letter box
and those living in that vicinity were now
Obliged to go half mile before they could
find letter box tor their letters.
THE WEST SIDE SEWERS PRoGREsSIEG.
As chairman OF the committee on the
West Side sewers, Mr.. Campbell had a
much less lugubri0us report TO make. |
The sewers, he said were progressing.
The sewer in Duncan avenue was com
pleted half way between West Side
avenue and the Driving Park and the one |
In StCyvesant street was flushed to |
within two hundred feet of West Side
avenue.
Commissioner Van Keureu said that |
the Duncan avenue sewer was a three |
feet six inches one and that in Stuyvesant |
avenue was a four foot one.
Mr.. Campbell then introduced an idea |
which is an exceedingly good one. He /
proposed that the Park COMMISSIONS rs /
extend the West Side Park to tue bay and /
build wharf out TO deep water so that the /
people could have adequate facilities for /
enjoying the aquatic sportswhich the bay |
offered. MIR. Campbell spoke long aud /
earnestly upon the advantages of such a L
project He showed how the west side i
was rapidly building up and how there |
were no facilities there for embarking /
upon boats. He thought that IL such a
wharf as he proposed was erected in con-
nection with the parks, Sunday school /
and oJGer eXcufsiOnS from tfKSt Scctiou OF i
une CITY couiu euiDark without journey I
ing way down to old Jersey City. He /
also said it would induce the many ex- 1
cursion boats from Newark to stop there. |
and on the whole it would be of great /
benefit to the citizens.
The REMEMBERING of Bergen avenue
was next discussed. Mr.. Carr said that
the committee had conferred with the AL
dermen upon the subject and nothing
could be done until the Board of Finance
made an appropriation
No appropriation was necessary, Mr..
Ringle said. All the Board of Aldermen
had to do was to pass an ordinance au-
thoriZing the renumbering and the peo-
pie living along the avenue would put up
the numbers.
Mr.. Van Keuren for the Committee on
Rapid Transit, said that he understood
that everything was ready for extending |
the Montgomery street electric road 20
the ferry. Someone asked about tne
elevated road from the Central ferry to
West Side avenue. Commissioner Van
keu-en was rather skeptical about the
final completion of that road, and MI.
Ringle said that he understood that the
contract for the iron work FOR the road
mad been awarded TO the Wallis Iron
Works, but that the Wallis people had
said that they would not go aneAe with
the work until they knew where their
money was coming from
Freeholder Nelson, who came TO the
meeting late, then moved that the office
of vice president of the association, held
by Colonel John J. Toffey, be declared
vacant. Mr.. Nelson said that he did not
wish to cast any reflection on Colonel
Toffey. but as he had not attended a
sin gle meeting of the Association or paid
a cent of dues. be thought the office should
be given TO some one who would take an
interest in the organization. his motion
was carried. Notwithstanding the TACT
that Mr.. Dear voted mo" three times
The dangerous condition of the Mont
gomery street bridge over Cornelson ave-
nue. was thoroughly discussed. Mr..
Ringle said that ne had gone under the
structure and examined it carefully. Hit |
were not for the posts under IL, he said,
it would come down. The girders were of
heavy sheet iron. with brace through
the centre. The iron was rotting away
and the girders were crooked and
out of plumb. He considered the
bridge very dangerous. Commissioner
Van Keuren thought that contract for
repairing the bridge would be given out
in week or two. One of the causes OF
delay was the fact that the authorities
aud horse car company have been confer
ring upon the question OF raising the
street to the old grade. They had agreed,
and the horse car company would defray
portion ofth expense.
WHAT OFFICIALS ARE PAID FOR
In speaking to a motion TO appoint a
committee to wait on the Street and
Water Commissioners, and ask them 70
raise the street TO grade, Mr. Nelson said
that he did not think 1t was the business
of the Association to wait upon boards
and request them to do work, TO perform
which they were paid 5000 a year. III
the Board did their duty there would be
no necessity for such associations. He
wanted TO know what these boaris We're
paid for anyhow.
sFor doing nothing" said Mr.. Van
Keuren sarcastically. like Freeholders
are some times
Commissioner Van Keureu did not see
any use of sending committee to see the
Board as the commissioners would repair
the bridge as soon as possible. After con-
siderable discussion It was finally re-
solved 10 inform the Street and Water
Board that the association favored rails
ing MONTGOMERY street 10 the old grade.
Mr. Ringle introduced the subject OF
lights for West Side avenue between
Montgomery street and Duncan avenus.
He spoke OF the rapidity With which that
section was becoming rented and
lamented the fact that there WAS only Que
oil lamp there. He also graphically de-
scribed the easy manner in which man,