The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-22
R0CKAVAY DISCUSSED.
Lively Debate in the Board
Of Trade Over the New
Water Supply.
GORDON ON THE WARPATH
New officers Elected and Arrange.
ments Started for the
Annual Dinner.

bers were present. President j oseph A.
Dear presided. A resolution by Mr..
Walker recommending hat the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners require
an agreement to be made by all persons
moving houses through the streets to pay
damages caused to trees and other pro D.
erty before removal permits are grant ed,
WAS adopted.
The committee, to whom was previous
ly referred a communication from the
Columbus Board of Trade of Chicago re-
ceived, in answer to a letter from the
local Board in relation to the adoption OF
so me measure for the protection of visit
ors to the Chicago Fair from exorbltant
charges, reported there appeared to be no
way to fix a schedule of rates. as charges
will be made according to the accommo-
dations provided and services rendered,
and the only way suggested by the Co.
lumpus Board to overcome the dlf1culty
is to make contracts. including every
thing, before making the visit. aud that
carriage hire may be fixed and agreed
upon and controlled by a committee
| representing each State. Mr.. Carr, Chair
man OF the Committee, in explanation OF
the very much muddled document which
the clerk read with difficulty and the
members failed to understand. stated
that the paper presented was not intended
as a report, but was drawn up simply to
make a report from and that during his
absence the other members of the Com
| mittee had sent it to the Secretary with
all the correspondence relating TO the
subject and coming in the shape it was
quite hewildering.
The Secretary WIS ordered to COM
municate further with the Chicago
| Board.
A communication was read from the
| Toledo organization for the Prevention
of Smoke, advocating the forming of an
organization in this city to anate the
nuisance of smoke. The communication
failed to explain whether it referred to
chimney smoke, cigar smoke or locomo-
tive smoke. and it was tabled.
IMPROVED A FACILITIES.
A memorial to Congress for the inn
provemenu of roads was referred to the
COMMITTEE on Bicycles" Another
communication from the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange asking for aid to defeat
the Hatch Anticipation bill was laid
over.
Postmaster Dickinson informed the
Board by letter that later night collec-
tions of the mail as asked for went into
effect December l, the Government hav-
ing supplied him with more help.
A copy of the resolutions of the Board
of Aldermen thanking Corporation
Counsel Edwards and Messrs. Collins
and Corbin for their services in securing
tor the city the South Cove grant, and to
the Board of Trade for its cooperation
n valuable assistance was read and the
action of the Aldermen in passing them
approved,
subsequently DR.. L. J. Gordan having
looked over the resolutions, denounced
them as being false and unjust, and hav-
ing for their object the political benefit
of some person named therein, by whom
they were written, and to whom they
gave unmerited praise, and he moved a
o- ~ ion nf Tho fnprNnr ~ arinn OE
approval. which was carried. and the
document was then merely sreceived and
ordered filed.
Treasurer Frank Stevens submitted
his annual report showing The total
amount of receipts during the veal to be
$2,679.7 n. total Disbursements, 1856. 95. and
fetal balance up to date. 81, 772. 81.
Secretary TAFT presented his annual re-
port in which he recounted the action
taken by the Board on many important
matters, expressed his obligations to the
city newspaper for giving up valuable
space TO reports of the meetings. for the
accuracy of which he was greatly in
debLed to the reporters for thus aiding
him in performing his duties.
Dr. Gordon of the Committee appointed
to nave analysed the Rockaway water
states that the Committee were not ready
to report, and would not do so until the
Street and Water Commissioners first re-
| DOrLGQ tn0 result VI IuOlI adudlySlS.
HOT DISCUSSION OVER WATER.
The Committee to urge the Street and
Water Board to readvertise for bids for a
new water supply, reported that although
they were received courteously, they got
no satisfaction sfrom the Commissioners.
President Dear harshly criticised the
action OF the Committee for, as he al
legged, overstepping their duty In going
further then they were authorized to 60,
and doing that which was inconsistent
with the resolution under which they
were acting. in discussing the general
subject of a water supply and how q sup
ply can be obtained. when they were only
authorized to request the Board to re-
advertise for bids. They asked them to
readvertise and hen told them they were
opposed to getting any water supply by
purchase.
Mr.. James Fleming defended the
action of the committee. They did not
want TO dictate to the Board what they
should do, but presented reasons for
their doing what the committee thought
was necessary. and fer the purpose OF
placing the views of the committee be
fore the public, Mr.. Fleming denounced
the scheme of supplying water from the
Rockaway a fraud, that water shed
being utterly incapable of supplying
Jersey City witt water.
President Dear said that the only way
for the Street and Water Board to do was
TO reject the bid of Moffett, the Hodg-
kins & CLARK Company, and readvertlse.
Messrs. Bunks. Hall and Jewell were
appointed a committee to confer with the
Board of Street and Water Commits.
sioners in regard to the building of d
dock at West End.
An election for officers resulted In the
\ reelection Of those of last year:-Presi-
dent, Joseph IA. Dear; First Vice Presi.
dent, w. G. Cudlipp; Second Vice Presi.
dent, James P. Hal; Third Vice Presi-
dent, James G. Hasking; Treasurer,
Frank Stevens; Secretary, VIM. j. III
Directors, John j. Voorhees,, Chairman;
Robert Anderson, I. e. Banks, II. w.
Carr, A. j. Corcoran. c. c. Jewett. +.
w. Baue and James Leo.
A committee was appointed TO ascer-
tain If the Jersey City and Bergen Rail
road Company would lay tracks on West
Side avenue from the Five Corners tc
West Eud. A committee also WAS ap.
pointed to prepare for the Boards annual
aiuner, and a resolution was passed re.
guessing the Street aud Water Board no,
10 allow streets to be opened by subway
companies unless the companies agree tc
leave The street in as good condition as
Lhey were before.
DR.. Gordon'5 resolution was passed
providing that u committee be appointed
to take the new water supply matter into
the Supreme Court il the contract was
awarded TO the Hodgkins. Moffett & Clare
Company. DR.. Gordon ard Messrs. Hal
and Love were appointed such commit.
tee,