The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-17
Who TOOK THAT PLATE?
Mysterious Disappearance
of the Carteret Clubs
Tablet.
MEMBERS PROFESS IGNORANCE.
One Man the Cause of All the
Trouble. But Who He Is
Is a Mystery.
MEMBERS PROFESS IGNORANCE.

Just who took down the big brass plate
from in front of the Carteret Club, why
1t was taken down. and by whom ordered
and where it is at the present moment. if
the question that is agitating clubdon, in
this city just now. The plate had the
names of the officers inscribed upon it.
Almost every one in the city is &C,
quainted with the appear ance Of the
grand old building, designed in accord
ance with the Danish idea OF architec'
ture which prevailed in the Fifteenth
and Sixteenth Century; and the average
grown citizen of Jersey City has at least
an inkling of knowledge as to the char.
ter of the clubs membership. which In
cludes millionaires.
There is disposition among certain
prominent members to allow no pubic
discussion as to why that plate disap-
peaied. And there is one member, and q
comparatively new one az that, who Is
still engaged in a still hunt for the hid
den brass plate. Who this member is a
reporter for The NEWS has. as yet, been
unable to ascertain. His name. however.
does not appear upon the plate.
The plate was presented by Bradfori L.
Gilbert, the architect of the building, and
was Inscribed with these names: w. w.
G, flo. President; Charles B. Thursron,
Vice President, who was also Chairman
of the Building Committee, and his con.
William Thompson aud E. +. G. Young;
John M. Jones. John II. Carnes and
Vincent Il. Schenck as the Building
Finance Committee; Charles Lee Meyers,
Secretary, and Frank l.. Clark. Treas
urer. Architect Gilbert has Designed
many of the leading cluphouses through
out the country. When he presented the
ralu hy E3nNrd 0f
Governors of the Carteret Club and as
signsa to a conspicuous position where 1t
feced every Individual who mounted the
steps leading to the picturesque entrance
to the clubhouse.
When Treasurer James Rohotham was
asked by a reporter for The NEWS the
cause of the plates disappearauce, and II
il was true that its removal had created
considerable talk, he said
There is no trouble. No talk among
| the members has been cccaSloned, nor
has there been any occasion for talk. |
suppose the House Committee ordered its
removal. IL had a right to do so. do
| not know for certain what was the object;
but do know there is no trouble about
| IT,"
| John NJ. Jones, whose name appeared
! upon the tablet as chairman Of the FL
nance Building Committee, and who Is
/ now president of the Board OF Educa-
| tioH, when asked last night II he knew
/ ANYTHING about this matter. said:
/ 81 do not know who took 1t down. or by
whose authority it was taken down.
| had not noticed before last night that IL
| had beea taken down. nor had | heard
| any talk about the matter until a nem-
| ber called my attention to 1t last night
! Chairman L. L. Young of the House
| Committee, refused TO tell about the
| matter this morang. All he would ven
/ rure to say was that if the House Com
| niirtee wanted the brass tablet removed,
] it had right to order it taken down.
| The kick, lie said, did not come from any
one whose name appeared upon the tao-
| let. MY fathers name was upon it, -
! he said. .Nor does the Kick come from
| members"
| "Then from whom does it come. for
there is evidently kick from some oDes'
asked the reporter.
II would rather not answer that ques-
| tion just now," replied Chairman Young.
Does it come from an individual mem.
| ber?' ask the question because prom
inent members have assured me that
there is no general kick"
II have my reasons for not talking for
publication just at present." answered
Mr.. Young. 1.-The Carteret Club bulldog
was not erected by public board. nor Is
it of the character of a second Stock Ex-
chanoa ~ ha added nOuchhlautlv.