The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-21
THE CITY'S NEEDS.
Mr.. Joseph A. Dear and the Board
of Trade on the New City
Hall and Dirty Streets.

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Mr.. Joseph A. Dear and the Board Of
Trade last night at the regular meeting
adopted unanimously a resolution that
the new city Hall should be down town
and located somewhere within the terri
tory bounded by Grove. York, Van Worst,
Gregory and Wayne streets. The manner
OF securing funds to build 1t was fully
explained by President Ringle.
Mr.. Joseph A. Dear proposed first the
triangular piece Of property directly
opposite Police Headquarters which ex-
tends as far north as Henderson street.
Half of this block, which contains
twenty-five or thirty lots, he thought,
would be an excellent place. as it Is GEN.
trally located and would enable the
building to be made light and well venti-
lated. To lhe surprise of everyone M T.
Dear was also willing to give up. the
Home of the Homeless "for a considera-
tion" and allow the City Hall Commis-
siouers 10 put the new building on the
corner Of Grove and Montgomery streets.
Secretary Doane briefly stated that the
building should be placed on Montgomery
street at any cost, IS that street was
| destined to become the principal thor
oughfare of the city. He was also in
favor Of having the building stand apart
| from other buildings so that its destruc-
| tion by fire could be prevented,
| A bright young individual from Grove
sion Of this subject, when he proposed
that the City Hall be placed in the swamps
at the foot of the hill
CLEAN STREETS.
| The next subject brought up for the
| consideration of Mr. Dear and the Board
Of Trade was "The necessity OF clean
streets"
"Our streets would not be half as dirty
as they are," said henry Steffens, '1f the
| existing ordinances were enforced. The
railway companies go to the Zinc Works
| and get all OF that Internal black dirt
| they want for nothing, and with this
| they make repairs In the streets. made
| them stop it once and we can do 1t again.
| The law requires that clean sharp sand
| be used, but the company is never COM
| pelled to obey the law; the police officers
never see what they use or else are not
aware OF the law"
sIf a policeman is such a fool" inter-
rupted Mr. Dear, 'that he cannot tell
| that that Is wrong, he should be pounded
on the head with his own club by the
| Commissioners.
''The Mayor can have the streets clean
| If he wants TO-" Mr.. Dear went on with
| cheerful exuberance. "He has the power
/ If he dare use it. Clean streets would be
| better for the general health aud all
| grades Of business. We have paid taxes
| and swallowed the dust without MUIR
mur for years, AMI now 1t is time to call q
1 halt, and / propose a committee be ap-
pointed to call on tue Mayor and see IL we
| can't get cleaner streets.
This suggestion was acted upon, and
| Messrs Dear, Steffens, Vessels, Carr aud
| Hill were appointed a committee TO wait
upon the Mayor.
1 e~VrN kff1rT rs
| at the last meeting or Mr.. Dear and the
| Board, be and the members decided TO ex-
/ pend 500 and advertise the advantages
/ Jersey City offers to manufacturers. No
| advertising has rs yet been done, and the
| matter was again brought up for discus
| sion. Letters were received from several
/ prominent manufacturers VINO have To-
/ Gated here within the past few years, CIV
| ing their reasons for locating in Jersey
| City.
| A. j. Corcoran, pump manufacturer.
wrote that Jersey City possessed more
natural advantages for manufacturers
| than any city In the United States. First,
1 it was near the great market OF the world;
| secondly, il had fifteen railways and
seven ferries, and thirdly. skilled labor
| can be secured and there is good police
| and fire protection. In conclusion, Mr..
/ Corcoran predicts an overflow or manu-
| facturers when the advantages of the
/ city are properly brought 10 the notice OF
4 The business world.
| A letter was also received from the
1 Newark Brass Company stating that they
| sympathized with the Board in attempt
| ing TO boom Jersey City, but feared moth
/ ing would be accomplished until the ex-
| press charges from New York TO Jersey
| City were as cheap as they are from New
York to Newark.
! THEY ARE LOWER.
| Mr.. II. w. Carr arose and said he had
I IaoR n
| that the express charges from New York
| TO this city were much lower than TO
\ Newark and had always been so.
| Newark cannot compete with u.s." he
! continued, in the matter of facilities. We
own miles of the best property on the
\ Haekensaek River, and any large COM
| pany can now get spur run into the
/ works. Our taxes are not high and
| manufacturers are not taxed very much
| on their plant, IL is only the land and
| buildings. This Is the natural central
| depot Of the United States. People are
| preiudiced against this city but the time
| is coming when 1t will be the greatest
| manufacturing centre in the world and
the greatest difficulty we nave to contend
| with in inducing manufacturers 10 com Q
| here is to get land. our people won't sell,
and If they learn factory wants the land
lit becomes douely valuable at once; as
| long as this is done, just SO long will our
| good property lie dormant, ana business
| will not increase"
President Ringle solved the mystery Of
| persons refusing TO part With their pro-
| Derty when he sand Jersey City should
follow the example of Bayonne and not
assess any property within the limits OF
| the city by the acre, but assess 1t all by
the lot aud then desirable property would
suddenly be thrown upon the market.
The advisability of bringing this matter
before the proper officials is TO be discuss
ed at the next meeting.
Messrs Frank Bergstrom, William
| Harris, Ex-Alderman Jewkes, and q. A.
| Sofield were elected members of the Board,
| and adjournment was then taken.