The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-26
REAL ESTATE NEWS
What the Board Of Trade
Has Done to Improve
Jersey City.
LOUIS BROoAE's MONUMENT
New Municipal Building "Iapped"
Building Still Going On.
IS BROOME'S MONUMENT

lied a few loyal members have attended
every meeting ~religiously and have
done everything in their power to create
an interest in the organization, SO that
a watchful eye might be kept upon pub
lie affairs, and steps taken to secure Tor
the city, improvements which would
/ give it a brighter future. Public spirited
| citizens in this city are few, but there
is a horde of kickers who make a bust
ness of giving everything possible in the
way of a modern improvement a black
| eye.
The Board of Trade has encountered
these cranks and nearly all of them are
member of the organization. They
never attend a meeting, however, unless
it is to cry down something commenda-
BILE which the, steadfast members have
agitated with some success.
An effort is now to be made to build
up the Board and secure member who
believe in advancement.
WHAT THE BOARD HAS DONE.
Accordingly the following letter has
been addressed to the public
Jersey City is destined to become an
important manufacturing and commerce.
al emporium by reason of it's environ
ment, provided, it's interests are studied
and promoted with an enterprising public
spirit in organized form, The Board of
Trade of Jersey City was organized to
meet a necessity, and has proved a med
ium through which the interests of bus
mess men can find expression in matters
pertaining to municipal or other public
affairs, and has likewise promoted their
interests commercially by an interchange
of views and projects.
'It has great possibilities for useful
ness if sustained by the cooperation
of our citizens, especially those whose
business and capital are here, in pro-
noting friendly intercourse between our
business men; improving facilities for
trade and transportation; producing uni
foFmity and certainty in the g
of trade; collecting n publishing in
formation concerning our city, it's manu-
features and advantages promoting the
common welfare of its citizens; and pro-
tecting it's trade and manufacturers from
unjust exactions.
.'These are some of the benefits that
nave already occurred from its eXis-
tence:-The removal of high explosives
stored in our immediate vicinity; a
menace to life and property. The ex-
tension of city railroads on the west
side. Efforts to secure a system of
transfers IN the city railroads; not yet
complete. Forcing to an issue between
the j. c. & Bergen r. r. Co. and the
city authorities in the extension of the
electric railroad from Monmouth street
to the ferry; he first step in rapid
transit. Extension of time of night col
lections from lamp-post mail boxes, from
nine o'clock until eleven o'clock P. M.
Suggestions to the city authorities to
take action to annul the fve-year gas
contract; now coming up for argument
in Trenton. Favoring a new and better
water supply, if obtained on terms equit-
able and advantageous to the city, n
opposing the acquisition of an already
polluted source. Fayoring the rehabili-
tation of the State Board of Water Com
missions, by the Introduction in the
Legislature at the last session. by Sen
ator Bradley, of what is known as The
Board of Trade Water bill, providing
for the State ownership of our water
sheds. Successfully insisting on the i'm
position of the five per cent. tax on the
receipts of the electric railroads; this
has been evaded by the railroads on the
grounds that they are only liable on
extensions.
Had there been no organized body
to lead the forlorn hope experimenting
the gallant resistance of Senator DAILY,
at the last session of the Legislature,
one-fifth of the entire area of Hudson
County and $40, 900, 600 of our ratables
would ave been lost to us, by the Sc
cession of Harrison and Kearny to Els
sex County. 1t will require the utmost
vigilance on the part of some such body
to prevent it's accomplishment in the
future. This act alone saved the credit
of Hudson County and demonstrated
the necessity of a Board of Trade.
This board has only commenced to do
THAT it may reasonably be expected to
accomplish in the future, if only sus-
tanned by the hearty support of our bust
ness men generally.
1--WE ask you to consider well your po-
sition in this matter, and trust you will
think it to your interest to unite with US,
reason of the moral effect resulting from
increased membership, many times that
now existing"
Membership to the board is $40 per
BUILDING STILL GOING ON.
Building has by no means ceased. Thos,
a three-story frame building at No. 424
Palisade avenue to cost $4,000.
Adolph Becker IS going to build at No
frame. 1t is to cost 81, 600.
On Montgomery street, Patrick Byrne
has contracted for the erection of q
hve-story brick building to cost SIP, 900.
August Ebel is going to raise and i'm,
prove a building at No. 21 BooraenF
avenue at a cost of $500.
At No. Se8 Clendenny avenue, Matthew
Schafer intends building a tWo-story
frame to cost 81 ,500. q
Joseph Roe is investing $1,000 in a two
story frame on Communipaw avenue
Henry Story Of No. 2N Griffith street,
is making improvements to his. home to
to cost 5000.
William Cobank of No. 81 Kensington
avenue is investing 1920 in a similar
name
On Tyson Lane near C~ommunipaw ave-
nue., Mary Wolsey is building a two
story frame to cost 81, 900.
M. G.. Walker is spending $500 in erect
ing a small frame house on Duncan
avenue.
LEWIS BROOME'S MONUMENT.
A pine tree and an American flag on
the peak of the main tower of the new
City Hall annouce that the building
has been topped out" Property owners
will be glad to know it, as they were
getting q little ~disgusted at seeing q
so-called fire proof building being con-
yerted into a well stocked wood yard.
AS O. whole the workmanship IN the
building Is excellent.
The building as a type of modern and
advanced architecture, is In the Ian
guage of a property owner who has
lookad at 1T daily. ssSimply rotten"