The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-28
HOBOKBN'S COUNCIL
The Trolley Matter Again
Heard From - Other
Business Trans
acted.

Rapid transit was the main subject
that should have engaged the attention
of the meHlac., of ths Hobokeu Common
Council last night. but 1T did not. in fact
a petition Of the North Hudson County
Railway Company, asking the privilege
OF inaugurating the trolley system in
Hoboken was read. received and referred
TO a committee, and here 1t is likely to
remain. This is the second attempt Of
the North Hudson Company to secure the
right. The petition submitted last night
and which is signed by Mvles Tierney,
President, reads as follows:
Your petitioner, the North Hudson County
Hallway Company, q corporation OF the State
of New Jersey, respectfully shows that it desires
to adopt electric power for propsiling its cars
q Hoooken,on every line uncontrolled by it IN
this city, 30 as to make a complete and salts
factory connection with its other routes. 1t
will also be the meaus of giving the people of
this city a thorough system of rapid transit.
The company also desires to lay q double
track on Ferry street. to move the one track
now in operation southwark so that both tracks
will be under the L structure.
That by adopting electric power for the pur-
pose aforesaid, your petitioner will be able to
afford better accommodation to the travelling
puhiic by making better time and running its
cars at more frequent intervals than is possible
under the present system.
That for the purpose aforesaid it will be
necessary to erect poles for the support of
trolley wires over its said railway tracks, which
poles shall be set near the inside Of the curb on
each side of each street or avenue over which
said railways run, except whore said railways
run under the present elevated railway struc-
ture.
The trolley wires will be suspended under said
elevated railway structures in such a way as
not to interfere with public travsl where said
railways pass under said elevf&ed railway
structures. At all other points the trolley wires
will be suspende l at least seventeen feet above
the surface of the road over which they do pass.
All this work to be done in a good substantial
manner, and in such a way as to avoid inter
ference with the usual street OF road travel and
to prevent injury by accident to persons or
property.
Therefore your petitioner respectfully
prays your honorable body TO grant
unto your petitioner permission to
erect said poles and to suspend
for the purpose aforesaid along aud above the
surfaces of said existing railways of this COM
pany, in the city OF Hoboken. to bs used for the
purpose of propelling its cars over said rail
ways as above mentioned.
The company at the present time has
it's l1ues above Fourteenth street
equipped with the trolley.
John kamena was awarded the con-
tract to furnish Goa to the city at 81. 80
per gross ton. Corporation Att orney
Minturn notified the Council that Veter-
mary Surgeon Let's had won his sui for
eaAaIY a2aIusb JUG Guy, auu THAT Eenfy
Meicke's suit had been defeated. Hotel
Proprietor Baans, of the Amsterdam
Hotel. a place the police reported disre-
putabie some time ago, was granted 4
license for the ensuing year.
Councilman OFF introduced a
resolution to create a new district in the
Third ward, voters having petitioned for
the same. 1t passed its first reading BY
title. but in ali probability will not again
be heard from till after election.
The city will have to acquire three
parcels of land on Thirteenth street by
condemnatory proceedings in order TO
allow the North Hudson County Railway
Company to carry out its agreement to
widen that street west of Willow avenue
to Is feet. The next meeting of the Coun-
cll will be Tuesday evening, October 8.