The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-18
mGREBNVILLB'S NEEDS.
Officials Talk Quick
Travel and Cheap Gas
to the Citizens
Association.

evening at Bamber Hall. Greenville.
Amoug those present were such prom
inent citizens as George 7. Bouton. Clerk
OF the Street and Water Board: Finance
COMMISSIONS j. J. Detwiller, President
of the Board of Aldermen: reuben
Simpson aud Assess ment COMMISSIONS
Michael Schultz. Jr.
Mr.. Bouton opened the meeting with q
stirring address In which he gave a
general idea of what the Sixth district
should have. He said:-"I am here TO-
night as a taxpayer, ahd not as the CLERK
of The Street aud Water Board. | attend
this meeting to aid you III securing I'M
provements for this section: ! am a firm
believer in Citizens Associations. 1t
is only through them that the
citizens ever get improvements. Where
q sIngie taxpayer comes TO any of the
boards and wants improvements, be Will
not be recognized; but let that same man
come backed by a citizens ASSOCIATION
aud he will get y hearing every time.
This association has accomplished much
good, III the members should keep up
the work.
RAPID TRANSIT.
1.-THE new Woodlawn school, which the
association fought for SO long. will be
been purchased. In a few weeks the
work on the structure will begin.
Ii will not be loag before we
get the much needed engine house
in the Wood1awn section. The site Will
be purchased within two weeks. But
there are Sill other improvements that
we want. The most important IS rapid
transit. The service that the j G. s. B.
4. II. is giving the residents of Green Vile
Is the worst, without execution, thai
have ever seen. | am ashamed whenever
l lave to place my wife aboard the cars.
The crowd is so big that one would have
to use al axe TO get Inside the car, /
have ridden on. The Greenvllle line
when the car was so crowded
that / could not get my hand into my
my pocket tn pay my fare. : When
the citizen went to The officers of the
company TO ask for better facilities, they
were told as soon as permission was Sc
cured to erect trelly poles on Montgomery
street aud the road was in full running
order, all the old cars on that line would
be put on the Greenville line. This
promise ike many others was never kept.
Taxing al into consideration this railroad
is the most miserably conducted railroad
in the United States.
Ii any corporation should ride cattle on
its road as the J. G. & B. X. r. rides
passengers on its lines, IL would be in
dited BY the Grand Jury, We want cleo
trio cars up here aud we're going to get
them.
RoBBING GAS MONOPOLY.
Another matter that | wish to speak
of is the gus monopoly. Our gas COM
pany is robbing us. II you go to a doctor
aud ask for a prescription the NJ. d. will
fill out a blank in Latin for you. You
take it to the drug store aud the druggist
puts il up and charges whatever he
pleases. You can't read Latin aud the
druggist tells you that the preparation
contains expensive oils from South
Africa. He hal the corner
on you and You have TO
pay bis price. But the United Gas Com
pauy has something better than that.
They charge you 81 a thousand feet for
your gas which is nothing short of an
outrage. You kick and they tell you TO
read your meter. But this is even worse
thar the doctors prescription. They tell
you to read the meter u they have u pig
niger at the other end bio wing it up.
We must do something TO protect our
selves.n
MIR. j. J. Detwiller said:-"In Cleye-
land, Ohio, the residents had the. same
trouble over gas that we have here.
They had to pay ST.. so per Thousand feet.
but the city authorities were with the
people aud compelled the company to re-
luce the price to s~eyenty-five ceuts and
still the company pays a dividend to It's
stockholders. Why can't We do che same
here?"
SIMPSON ON COMPETITION.
Reuben SlmDson sald:-"Mr. Bouton
has expressed my sentiments fully III re-
garu TO the rapid traasiJ matter. But let
us go to Mr.. Tnurstoa once more for res
lief. Mayor Wanser told me that the
cars 10 Greenvllle and / do not
see why we must Wait so long for
rapid transit. The trouble Is that
one company has a monopoly. There
| should be more railroad companies, SO
that there would be competition. Then
| we would get better facilities. Let US
| give The j.. G. & B. h. r. Que more
the electric road. let US look to some
other source"
Mr.. Detwiller said that Ocean venue
! was in a very bad condition.. The
| macadam is much worn, and the thor
| oughfare is full of holes and ruts." said
he.
The following committee was appoint
ed to Look after rsDiu transit. cheaper gas
I and Ocean avenue iAproyemepG:-Reu-
beu Simpson, Michael Schultz. j. y
Detwilier, DR.. Finn, Henry Lembeck. +.
w. Bussing, Mir. Never. +. h. Bald wiz.
S. L. Harvey, Thomas Cogan and George
Schmolze.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
It being the annual meeting OF the AS
S0clatfoas the oIhCers Wcte
| elected:-President. Thomas Cogan: Vice
President. Reuben Simpson; SecondV ice
President, j. J.. Detwiller; Corresponding
Secretary. John Morrell; Secretary.
August Gennert. and Treasurer, f. w.
BussiNg.
Messrs. Linn Bruce. Adolph Luck and
Michael Schultz, Jr., were elected men,
bers.
Messrs. George Bouton, Reuben Simp-
son and j. J. Detwiller were appointed
to draft resolutions thanking S. L. Har-
vey for his services as Preside ut of the
association.