The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-25
AN INCIDENT OF THE PAVE.

Here Was q Spectacle you Should Have
Witnessed. {" Gentiemen of tho hoard"
No better illustration Of the horrible
condition Of tbs paving Of the streets OF
Jersey City could be furnished than that
| afforded by an incident which occurred
| last evening Just above The NEWS office.
| Mt half past i've O'Clock. just when the
| surging tide Of home ward-bound n
ity was trendinR toward the Hill ana
Greenyille sections, Cart No. % OF the Jer-
sey City Manure Transfer Company Came
numbering mp from the direction OF the
ferry. On the heavy load of manure with
which the car was filed, was seated an
easy-going son Of Erin, holding idly In his
hands the rains, which guided bis phleg-
matte, but powerful, Pegasus. The driver
was softly whistling The Green Fields OF
America" aud was oblivious OF all but
the time and the horsecars. Suddenly
there came q shock and the horse stood
still in his tracks, while the cart seemed
to have suddenly taken root. The driver
chirped TO his horse to go ahead. Inc the
willing brute strained powerfully to obey
the command, but to no purpose. The
cart had certsinlY taken root.
Gay tup, re bastel's said the driver.
b the painting animal couldn's move an
'.Shure, the baste's bewisched," said
the driver, and, dismounting. he stopped
to see what the trouble was. Twas the
pavement. Beside the track was a rut.
or, rather, a hole, just the width OF che
heavy cart wheel. and about min inches
deep. Into this the cart wheel fitted as
snugly rs Bob Davis into Office. The cart
could go neither forward nor back ward,
despite the vigorous urgings or the driver:
Presently a crowd gathered, and offered
kindly suggestions 10 the beW1ldered ana
poll-scratching Hibsrnian.
UH,ist tha whael Outar der hole" SuQ-
gested a tough young man. =.
NAV, give der pony an even start"
said another. with u GuttenberR-wor
co%untenance.
Dump the manure, n give the poor
brute a show" said a benevolent-looklng
gentleman.
put a stone under the wheel. and the
horseIl pull the wheel out" remarked a
dudish young chap.
t.Pnt h-l under it." retorted a disputa-
tious sporting man. Flows he goin' ter
do datfn
There's your street-paving depart
ment for you" said . ~weli-known citizen.
who's auburn whlskers, tinged with big
streaks of gray, are a familiar sight at all
tax-diseussion meetings. just then
Policeman 17I7 came along and solemnly
cooked his head TO n side, sparrow
fashion. BY this time a string OF cars,
eastward bound, had formed behind the
CaEty oA4 = -
grizzled car-drivers lent picturesqueness
TO the scene.
Get a. crowbar," automatically COM
manded King Bluecoat.
Some getter got a crowbar. The driver
drove it under the wheel. n puffed and
pulled. and pulled aud pulled, and swore
and grunted. but that wheel was there to
stay u AXE root, and, surely there was
enough fertilizer over it co make 1t grow
into a wagon factory.
Get a stohe.n commanded King Blue
coat.
Another Retter got a stone. King Blue
coat directed the son OF the King of Nuns
| ter to place it beside the wheel, and the
S. OF x. NJ. using IL as a fulcrum and the
| crowbar as q lever, lifted the wheel.
A son of the King of Ulster
pulled the horse's head at an opportune
moment und the rertilizeI-iaden vehicle
was side-tracked In another moment, and
away went the "cussiug.train" of belated
cars. ffty-ive In number. as a NEWS re-
porter counted them. They reached
clean down to the ferry. As the last one
went by The News Office. the driver
yelled to the Sport, who waited to see the
last OF the procession:-
what was the matter, neighbor?
| Trolley wire break?"
"NaYy Hv m dar traok