The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-09
cries ELEVATION.
Citizens Organization Dis
cuss Methods to Force
That Railroad to Act.

There was a p%erceptible increase In the
number of property owners who attended
last nights meeting of the association or
| ganized with a view to forcing the Erie
to elevate its tracks. The meeting was held
in A. j. Corcoran's windmill factory al
Thirteenth street n Jersey venue In
the absence of Mr.. John Casey, Mr..
James j. Wallace presided. MI. w. A.
Corcoran explained that the special
meeting had been called with q view tc
changing the regular meeting nights
from Tuesday TO Monday nights. as there
were SO many meetings going on IN the
nefghborhood on Tuesday nights. Later
on the regular meeting night was changed
to Monday night.
NEW MEMBERS COME IN.
There were three new propositions for
membership. The applicants were
Robert Byrne. John Cross and Dennis
Barry. The Committee on Membership
reported also that Frank j. Mathews
also wanted his came enrolled. and that
Dr. l.. J. Gordon had expressed a will
ingness to join the organization. The
association feels very mucn encouraged
over the results it las thus far accom-
plished. Notwithstanding the many i'm
pediments that have been thrown in this
way by the Erie officials themselves.
The Erie officials. Notwithstanding the
fact that Chief Engineer Mortimer is re-
ported sick, have been making out a plan
for the elevation OF the tracks, SO a MEM
Der said.
Mr.. John McAuliffe wanted a COM
mittee appointed to wait upon the Mayor
and see if there was any power to compel
the Police Board TO enforce the ordinance
regulating the speed, etc, Of Erie trains.
The Street nnd Water Board had recently
passed a set OF resolutions promising the
delegates from the Association that 1t
would see that the ordinances was en-
forced; but Mr.. McAuliffe had seen no
signs Of the promise being fulfilled.
Mr.. A. j. Corcorau said he wanted to
be careful, aud be sure of the axact word
ing of the resolution. Mr.. Edwards, the
Corporation Counsel haa beeh Ill. As he
understood the resolution, the Corpora
ton Counsel aud The ouuse OF
the association were first to confer
as to what police protection was necessary
at the crossings. S Corporation Counsel
Edwards was Il very busy man. He did
not believe in .antagonizing the corpora
tion counsel, for he had not forgotten
chat when Mr.. Courtlandt Par ker, as
counsel for the Erie ROAD appeared before
the Street and Water Commissioners re-
Gently to pie Al the iunumerabie excuses
against the Erie eleyating its tracks. Mr.,
Edwards opposed him heart aud soul,
putting stumbling blocks in Mr.Parker'r
way and awakeing that gentleman from
the dream that the Erie la Jersey
City.
DILAPfDATED PROPERTIES
With reference TO the matter of the
Erie track elevation Mr.. Corcoran fur
Their said among other things;
.'The man who works for ten hours u
day and then reads his paper has per-
formed aday's work. He works system
atically. Aud the man who WORKS sys-
uematlcally generally pays his debts. IL
makes but little difference to the mer-
figures upon the expenses. aud charges
accordingly. When | see the general
dilapidateu condition of properties in the
vicinity Of the Erie Railroad tracks. !
~cogni the TACT That that diiapi-
dation is due Go neglect. The wealth
OF that corporation is Slapped
by 8 foreign, blood sucking corporations.
The counsel OF the ROAD pleads poverty.
The President of thai road gets as much
as the President OF the Quilted States.
They talk ABOUT Eisk's ghost. l would
rather nave one Fisk uiian ten thousands
Kings. When the road was under the
muuagemeug of Fisk the roAl AZ least
| employed the very be5t'of talent. Fisk,
| at least, would have paid for tna6 lutte
cemetery for the slaughtered which
| CHAIRMAN Casey, at u recent meeting, 50
| elouuently pictured as something that
was a necessary adjunct to the properties
Of such a corport,ou.
POVERTY STRICKEN ERIE.
"The Erie pleads That 1t is loo poor. l
| don't blame MIR. Staples much He's
| paid to defend the CORPORATION. 1t rests
| with you, gentlemen. II you are going to
| stand it any longer. There's not a man
here but VINO owns q house. The rail
roads take out of the rateabtes every year
fifJy-two lots. Where can You buy u rail-
road lot, miserable as il is. They'll buy a
lot adjoining a poor mans house and
make the surrounding property as miser.
able as they can possibly make it. LOOK
at the umbrella factory. Tine proprietors
ale made to pay taxes at a rate OF $2S per
foot. They pay more X than the Erie
Railroad Company on all its property
from the Bergen tunnel to Henderson
street. 1t made Jersey Cityl Gentlemen,
CHIPS don't float up a stream"
Some desultorydiscussion took place rs
TO whether the association should lake a
step in tie direction Of securing an in
junction against the D.. L. & w. crossing,
Jersey avenue and Twentieth street. L.
is said that that company has its rails al
ready fixed with a view to stealing a
crossing over that part of Jersey City's
most important residential thorough
fare.
Chairman Casey. who was expected
l--.~ II ~ will moi ,n tho al a. vow