The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-19
RAPID TRANSIT SECURE
Street Commissioners Will
Get Out of the Way.
THEIR MISSION IS ENDED.
If the Dear People Are Killed It's
Not Their William u.
Speer's Public Spirit.

The time in which the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners or any other
city official is at liberty to object to the
plans which the Jersey City and Bergen
Railroad filed with the Chancellor for the
extension of its electric system from
Varick street to the ferry, will expire next
Monday. No one has as yet made any
objections to the plans, and the probable
tiles are they will not.
The Street aud Water Commissioners,
who We're the chief obstructionists Of the
Improvement, have intimated that they
have no further objection to make and
that they will rest content in the knowl-
edge of having done their duty
as far as they were able, and il any,
ones life is lost by the electric cars
the dear people, whose interests alone
the Commissioners have at heart, will
have to place the blame upon the Chan
cellor, who has been so cold-hearted as to
sit down upon the endeayors of the Com
missioners to conserve the lives, liberties
and pursuits of happiness of the citizens.
TO CONFIRM THE PLA Ms.
If no objections be offered to the plans.
on Monday, Mr.. Vredenburgh, counsel for
the railroad company. will apply to the
plans, and if the Chancellor does so, as he
no doubt will. the company will be at lib
erty to proceed with the work.
The company is almost ready to push
the, work and complete it as rapidly rs the
exigencies Of the case will allow. Posts
have been contracted for and wire has
been ordered. Contracts have been given
out for new cars and motors. and as soon
as Jhe poles are erected and the wires
strung. the company will be
ready to operate the roads.
There was some opposition
among the residents on Montgomery
street between Jersey avenue and Barrow
street against the erection of poles in
front of their property, but this the COM
pany has overcome. The tracks on that
block were very near the curb on the south
side. aud the company finds that by
erecting strong poll an arm can be run
out over the tracks sufficiently strong to
uphold the wires required for conveying
the electricity to the motor without
crossing the street
PUBLIC SPIRITED "BILLY'' sPEER
Mr.. Thurston was agreeably surprised
this morning to find citizen awake to
the progressive spirit OF the age and the
efforts which the company are making to
afford the citizens rapid transit, as this
letter will show
Mr.. hatrston:-
my DEAR SIR:--It is exceedingly
amusing, as well as very disgusting, to
real estate owners, taxpayers and the
travelling public at large to contemplate
the maneuvres of our city officials in try
ing to devise some means for the further
anee ofrapid transit.
''If the city officials are sincere in their
endeavors to secure better facilities for
the accommodation of the travelling
public, why do they not grant to the rail-
road companies the right to proceed with
the erection of their electric system and
give us rapid transit as speedily as possi-
BILE. This is no more than the taxpayers
and travelling public may demand of
right.
''Now. Mr.. Thurston, I, as the owner of
one thousand feet of property fronting on
your belt line, all of which property, (ex-
cept thirty-three feet), is improved. am
exceedingly anxious for rapid transit, and
you have my permission to plant your
poles in front of my properties. the only
proviso that l annex is that the poles
shall be painted.
yours respectfully,
"WILLIAM H. SPEER."
If more citizens would emulate the ex-
ample of Mr.. Speer it would be great
help and announcement to the company.