The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-07
AFTER JACK" GRAHAM.

Members of the Merchants Protec tive
Association Say He is Negligent.
Five more firms Joined the Merchants
Protective Association of Hudson
County at last nights meeting of that
body at the Avenue House. They were
g. H. Vollers. Monmouth and Bright
avenue; August Succow, No. 25S Warren
street; John Mengel4, No. 1855 Coles
streer..and Mencke & Wilkens, Ocean
avenue.
There was good attendance and the
meeting was quite interesting. Captain
Jack Graham. as Inspector Of Scales aud
Measures, was literally hauled over the
Goals and roasted for non- performance of
duty. To supply fael for further
roasting purposes the aid of the coal
barons of the Coal Dealers Assoc
citation will be invited, and
committee Of that body will
be asked to join committee of the
merchants In visit to Mayor sWanser to
complain of the Captains negligence.
The question was asked of all present il
any one had been called upon by the
Captain, in his capacity as Inspector of
Scales and Measures and everyone pres
ent replied that he had received no such
visit from the Captain. One member
said he recently asked the Captain why
piled that ne was waiting for borse and
wagon. Another memb said he hadn't
seen aud Inspector of Scales and Meas;
ures inside of athe past fourl years. He
would like a glimpse of such a parsonage
as matter of curiosity. The committee
appointed by the association to seek CO.
operation of the coal dealers and to-
gether visit the Mayor are Messrs. Beach.
Howeth and Blume
The secretary of the association was
requested to send to all committees res
Gently appointed 30 canvass the various
districts in the interests of the associa
tion, urging them on to faithful PERFORM
ance of the duties TO which they had been
assigned. Some of these committees
have performed good work, as is evil
denced by the many recent acquisitions
to the list of members. There are other
committees which appear to be more or
less dilatory. It is evident from the tone
of several who recently attended the
opening of the $50, 600 hall erected by the
mem bers of the New York Association
OF Retail Grocers that this local orgaul-
cation which has grown so rapidly in thu
past three years. anticipates following
in the footsteps, not only OF The New
YORK association, but those of Brooklyn
and Paterson. a general sentiment
exists among the shrewd calculators OF
the membership of the local organic ltion
that the association should have a nall of
its own. One of the speakers last night
declared tnat the project was not dead.
but was simply for the present lying
dormant. Those who attended the open
lug OF the New York association reported
that they were royalty entertained.
As to the question whether ma h
could be prosecuted for a debt contracted
for the neccessaries OF life and kept in
jail, the secretary was asked to interview
the counsel of the association.
A committee was appointed to look
after violations OF the ordinance concern
ing the licensing of peddlers aud see hat
violators were brought before tbs
authorities for punishment.
The question OF closing at one o'clock
on Election Day was dropped because of
the late hour at which it was suggested.