The Jersey City news., 1891-10-12

and we was taken to his home on Pacific
| avenue.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Longley of Halli-
day street are visiting friends at Bridge
port, Conn.
Mr.. William Sumner of Maple street
has been visiting friends at .Canarsic,
L. /.
Greenvilie.
The Greenville Building and Loan AS
sociation No. l will meet this evening at
the rooms No. 80 Linden avenue. A sale
of money will be held.
The Constitution Committee o. the re-
Gently organized West Side Rent and
Taxpayers Association met on Saturday
evening at the Globe Hotel and drafted Il
set of bylaws. The first meeting OF the
Association will be held on Wednesday
evening, October 2S.
The Minkakwa Club will meet this
evening at the Ocean avenue club
house.
Mr.. J. Kelly is erecting two-story
frame dwelling on Parnell place near
Warner avenue.
The C,assis of South Bergen will meet
in the Greenville Reformed Church to-
morrow morning.
The same old gang of young men con-
gregated Mt Ocean and Linden avenues
last evening, and contrived 10 make 1t
disagreeable for passersby. Like others
of their types, they kept d sharp lookout
for the police. and quickly dispersed
when lone Of the finest'' put III an ap-
pearance.
The location of free library station
at Dillaways. on Ocean avenue. is great
convenience to people in this section. 1t
is being used 10 great extent by young
people especially.
Damon Council. Royal Arcanum, will
meet at Bamber Halt this evening Sev-
a~,1n Inf ,rrih Ea i,,ft ttara Al
The Van Norstrand place station will
not be opened for traffic until next
month.
The new police station that was to
grace this section OF the city is q long
time coming. The appropriation was
made by the Legislature nearly year
ago. The site selected is at Ocean and
Gator avenues. 1t was expected that the
station would be a reality long before
this, but rs yet there are no signs that 1t
will be erected before next spring.
A lis feet high liberty nole will be
School in few weeks. What is the
matter with placinga pole iii front OF
the Danforth avenue public school?
The monthly meeting of the Citizens
AS sociauion will be held at Balnber Hall
tomorrow evening Several important
matters will be discussed.
West bergen.
The monthly meeting of the West Ber-
gen CitiZens' Improvement Association
will be held ut No. 200 West Side avenue
this evening. 1t is said that some MEM
bers will air their views regarding the To-
cation of the promised post office branch.
The members are not unit on the loca :
tiOn, and Ii the matter Is brought up 1t
will cause lively discussion. Among
the matters that will be talked about are;
The need of street lamps; the new pub
lie schools; West Side sewers and the low
West Side avenue bridge. committee
will be appointed to visit the Board OF
Aldermen In regard to placing polling
precinct in this section at the next elec-
tion. The voters in this section have to
walk over mile to the nearest polling
pi ecinct as now located.
Several new members have been added
to the choir of the West Side Avenue NJ
f. Church and it now ranks second to
none in The city.
ed on Morton place during the past few
months. This street is rapidly becoming
one Of the most prominent thoroughfares
of West Bergen. improvements, how
ever. are lacking. There is not one lamp
on the street, and the mud is also prom
ineut feature.
A pound will be needed in this section
unless the COWS are kept off the streets.
Half dozen cows took possession of
Virginia avenue yesterday afternoon and
blocked the thoroughfare for over au
hour.
Pastor Grant, of the South Bergen Re-
formed Church. states that the building
project is making encouraging success,
and that a large number of shares of
stock wera sold. Ground wifi be broken
for the new edifice next spring.
The cutters on Hatch and Mallory ave-
| nues are reeking with filth. The street
cleaners have not visited this section for
over three months.
The Sidewalk on the north side of Boyd
avenue is closed to pedestrians by the
contractor, who is using it and part of
the street, too, as storage room for his
materials. This is more than outrageous,
but after all the contractor is not waolly
to blame. The building Inspector and
other officials allow contractors to do
alb out HIS they please.