The Jersey City news., 1891-08-05

James Flanagan aud Thomas O'Donnel
s5 apiece for lighting at the foot of Hen
dersou street.
Cornelius MaRner, of No. 236 Erie
street, and William Lane, of No. COS Hen
derson street. were his morning held
for further examination by Police JUS
tice Davis, on charge OF stealing fruit
from Pennsylvania freight cars.
lafayette.
Mr.. D. +. DAILY OF Wilton street will
spend week at Greenwood Lake
Alderman Kaiser will return from
Greenwood Lake saturday.
The Lafayette Lodge. p. Il. o., viii
meet this evening at Kaiser's Lafayette
House.
Lafayette Lodge, No. 10 K. of P, will
meet tomorrow night. Several new
members are to be initiated.
Miss Olive Riley, OF No. 40 Pacific ave-
nue., will visit Pennington. n. J..
Miss Edith Smith. of No 1t2 Van Horn
street. will spend week Of her vacation
at New Haven. Conn.
Pacific avenue is badly in need of i'm
proyements. The street at present Is full
of holes, all of which are filed with mud
which makes travelling very difficult for
tehmssers.
The station house of the Fifth precinct
Is disgrace to the city. Captain Jack
Smith exhibits a pair Of shoes. which his
brother in England sent to him as pres
ent last Christmas, In evidence. They
are utterly ruined by mildew caused by
dampness. The cellar is half full of
water all the time The olice are taking
quinine regularly.
The question OF who will be appointed
Condemnation Commissioner for tn
Greenville section of the new Boulevard
is agitating the people of Gteenville. A
lending citizen and heavy taxpayer ex
pressed himself freely to the reporter.
He said:-"Our section of the Boulevard
extends from the Newark and New York
Railroad to the canal There are one
hundred and eighty seven parcels OF land
and houses involved Our citizens would
be pleased at the appointment OF Reuben
Simpson, Henry Lembeck, 5. l.. Harvey
or John Morrell."
Now is the time for the Sixth District
Citizens Association to agitate the
building of new school for the Wood
lawn section, the Board of Finance hav-
ing added $4,000 from this years license
fund to the school fund.
Pearsall avenue is being put in con-
dition for paving and curbing. This will
be great improvement.
Avenue is being connected with Gar
field avenue. lowering the grade three
feet. fhompson's lane Will also be low
cred three feet and connect Garfield
avenue and Avenue d and the Lehigh
Valley Railroad will erect a passenger
and freight station here.
West Bergen.
Public School No. "a is rapidly assum-
ing presentabie shape. The exterior
brick work. the cuDola and the ii n cover
ing of the roof are finished. The cupola,
OF gothic design, forms a pleasing con-
uasJ to the low angles of the roof
The West Bergen Building aud Loan As
sociatiou will begin business in October
l. Five hundred shares are alre ady snb-
scribed, and the remaining 1.500 will soon
be taken. The association will build
about twenty-five houses a ear. The fol-
lowing gentlemen have con seuted to act
as officers:-R. K. Jennin Is, President;
]. Middletown. Secretary; ID. F. Merritt,
Treasurer; j. A. Atkinson, Counsel.
Mr.. w. Coleman broke ground on Ege
avenue yesterday for s., 900 Queen Anne
cottage.
Mrs. John jackson OF Boyd avenue and
Mrs. L. O'Neil of Orient avenue have
gone to Sullivan county, N. y, to spend
the summer.
The Wes5 Side Avenue Methodist
Church has recently undergone extern
sive repairs. The steeple has been re-
paired and painted. The lecture room
has been made attractive by new paper
and carpet. The exterior wood WORK has
also been painted.
Tht South Bergen Reformed Church
will borrow $4,000 and commence the
erection of arew editice at Bergen and
Boyd avenues in October.
Bible class tonight at the NJ. Z.
Church.
A full attendance is desired at the
meeting of the Improvement Association
Monday night at No. 200 Vest Side ave-
nue..