The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-17
pect the bill to so through the Senate
with practically no change.
The North Hudson TrolIe,

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The North Hudson Trolley.
It is to be hoped that the trolley
ordinance Of the North Hudson Rail
way Company will speedily secure
the signature of the Mayor and be-
come operative in order that the
northern sections of the city both on
the Hill and downtown may soon
obtain the blessing of rapid transit
enjoyed by the rest Of the city. IL
has been rumorsd that the compensa-
ton clause is not satisfactory to Mayor
| Wanser, and this may be the cause OF
a trifiing delay, but we hope any dill
fculty that may arise will be quickly
and tremendously settled and the
| good work set in motion. In at least
one respect the present ordinance is a
much-fairer one than that of the Con-
| solidated Company. 1t provides for
| the absolute vacation after a year OF
any or all franchises granted IL the
company fails to take practical adj
vantage of them.
No person of any Judgment or lib
erality San fail to appreciate the great
change that the trolley cars have
already made in this city. We have
really fast transit now, and, as a rule,
very. comfortable transit too. The
Company is embarrassed by external
conditions like every other transit
system in the world. Bat the very
fair service given under most unfor-
tunate conditions, during the recent
blizzard weather, shows that the COM
pany has done everything it possibly
could for the public accommodation.
Had the storm been the only embar-
rassment this week. the service would
have been hardly impaired at all; but
with the usual total depravity OF
inanimate things" the machinery at
the Power House chose just this sea-
son to give trouble. As the buildings
are being extended and relay engines
constructed. this conjuncture OF con-
ditions will not be possible another
winter.
The good service has enormously
increased travel on the road. The
Central Railway has cut its fares to
many local stations to check loss
of business. We are told that more
retail trade has come down to our
shopping centre since the new cars
were put on, and the theatres report a
great improvement in business. Real
estate men on the Hill and in Green
vile expect a rush of new residents
this spring, and a building boom to
follow hot foot.
We have always said that rapid
transit was the prime necessity OF
progress in this city. Now we lave
got it in one-half of the city, and the
progress is here. toe. Let us spread
the good thing over the whole terri
tory.
WE congratulate President Jones,
the Board of Education, Superinten-
dent Snyder and the principals and
teachers on the great success of the
night schools. They have been ad-
mirablv managed and have done
much good. We also congratulate
Mayor Wanser. whose administra-
ton OF the city government has made
their success possible.
The very pest feature of them, by
the way, is the teaching OF the lam
guage of the country to Continental
immigrants. 1t is the surest way to
Americanize them, and We cannot
Americanize new citizens OF prospec-
tive citizens too much.
DID anyone ever hear of a more
ridiculous donkey than Bradley, the
Brush Pedlar? Really. if anything
would excuse overriding the will of
the people it would be the natural
desire of sensible people to keep this
crank out of the State Senate.
But the beauty of it is, if he was
let in his crankiness could only in
jure the party that elected him.
SENATOR ROGERS appears to have
a fit of the creeps. He talks like a
novel by Gaboriau. 1t gives one the
shivers to think of his being made a
"demmed moist bodyn by the glitter
ing stiletto of a Camden thug. But
of course the Senator is prepared to
die for a good cause. From the blood
of martyrs, big crops of votes are
garnered. And then think Of the
glory of it. The late Julius Caesar of
Rome. Italy, and Mauritius Alexan-
dros Rogerius of Trentonius, N. j.,
may yet live in the pages of history
together like a pair of Siamese twins
of political reform. Really it is too
bad some one won't hurry up and
martyr Mr.. Rogers.
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