The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-05
HUDSON OBJECTS.
Opposed to the Annexation
of Harrison aud Kearny
to Essex.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.
Governor Werts to Be Appealed to
Not to Sign the Bill-Com-
mittee Appointed.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.

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There are at least fourteen men in Hudson
| county who do not desire to see Harrison and
Kearny become a part and parcel Of Essex
county for the sole purpose of increasing the
| Republican vote in that county. These four
| teen men are members Of the Board Of
Trade of this city, and last night they met
and considered the proposition. President
John J. Voorhees, was absent and Vice Presi-
dent G.. C. Jewell presided.
After Secretary TAFT had stated the OBJ
ject of the meeting, 'sTo consider the pro-
posed annexing Of Harrison and Kearny to
Essex county," no one present appeared to
have the slightest idea of the condition of
the bill. Some said it had passed one House,
others said it had passed both Houses and
still others were not sure that the bill had
been introduced. Mr.. Dear sent out a mes
senger for O copy Of H JERSEY CITY
| News, and therein the members read that
the bill had passed the House and Senate
| and was now before the Governor.
John D. Carscallen, President of the Third
| National Bank, said the matter was an i'm
| portant one and he advised immediate ac-.
ton. He suggested hat a committee be up
| pointed to wait on the Governor and ask his
aid in preventing its becoming q Lew. The
| said that the annexation Of Harrison speaker
| and Kearny to Essex meant the loss of $4,000
population and 5000, 600 Of taxable prop
| erty to Hudson County. He said this loss
| should be prevented. The entire county had
helpedto pay for the improvements In these
| townships, such as new roads, water supply,
etc. This city had been heavily bonded for
the water supply which Harrison and
| Kearny has the benefit of. MIR. Carscallen
| said It was wrong for these townships to
| want to leave the county now that they had
got about all they desired from it, and by
leaving avoid paying their proportionate
share of the taxes for the benefits.
APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR.
Counsellor James Flemming agreed with
| Mr.. Carscallen, and said the plan Of having
| q committee wait on the Governor was a
good one. He said the people in other parts
Of the county had been derelict in not taking
some action before, for the proposed annex
| alton was a matter of vast Importance. The
Governor should be appealed to and asked to
prevent the carrying out of the project
Secretary TAFT said that Senate Daily had
| on several occasions called attention to the
bill and asked for an expression Of opinion,
but no one had apparently given the matter
any consideration.
4. j. Corcoran said that If certain sec
lions Of the county are allowed to secede
after securing good roads, sewers, q supply
1 Of water and other improvements, largely at
the expense Of the county at large, other
places outside Of this scity might do likewise,
leaving upon the city all the burden Of the
county. HI, said that if 49, 00,0 900 of tax
able property were taken from one end of
the county, added to q equal amount lost
by railroad exemptions at the other end the
result would be disastrous. He did not UNI
derstand why this annexation scheme had
been allowed to slide through the Legisla-
ture. 1t was a very serious matter, and 1t
--~or~o 10 him fhot th arc Was q A'n1QpnrH
10 the fence somewhere. He believed that
Hudson's representatives in the Legislature
| should be called to an account for negligence,
and that the Governor should be appealed to
and asked to interpose.
James Flemming suggested that some
thing be done at once to call the attention
of the public to this attempt to dismenber
this county. He wanted the Committee on
Laws and Legislation or a special commit
tee appointed to lay the facts In the case be-
fore the Governor.
Mr.. CarscaIlen moved that James Flem-
ming, Joseph A. Dear and A. ]. Corcoran
be appointed q committee to Immediately
wait Upon the Governor. Joseph A. Dear
| objected, and wanted the chair to appoint a
| committee.
Mr.. Carscallsn and Mr.. Corcoran said
they were willing to serve on . committee,
but did not want to be Its chairman.
James Flemming wanted the committee to
consist Of from SIX to ten members. He
thought a large committee would command
greater respect than q small one.
NH. pEAR'S OPINION.
Joseph A. Dear did not agree with Mr..
Corcoran that the representatives from this
county should be called to account for, he
said, the people had certainly had plenty Of
notice of what was being done at Trenton.
Harrison and Kearny do not pay their taxes
and the rest Of the county apparently did
not seem to care whether they became q part
| of Essex county or not Mr.. Dear was IN
clined to believe the annexation plan to be
only a political scheme for it would take a
big Democratic vote out of Hudson County
which would please Hudson Republicans, and
gives it to Essex which would please
Essex Democrats. If the Legislature had
simply passed q bill to tack Harrison and
Kearny onto Essex County without regard
to ths wish Of tho people, Mr.. Dear be-
lieved it should be opposed, but If it were to
be left to the people of those townships to
vote upon and decide for themselves the
| bill was probably well enough. The Speaker
said Harrison and Kearny had contributed
to the construction of the Boulevard and the
county institutions ct Snake Hill, and that
they could not take these improvements
away with them. If the annexation scheme
was to 20 through, there should be made
some equitable adjustment of values. The
spe aker suggested that some citizens not
members of the Board of Trade be added to
the committee.
Mr.. Flemming insisted that the annexation
scheme should be prevented, for, II it went
through, Bayonne, Weehawken, North Ber-
gen and Hoboken might secede In the same
way and the county become dislnembered.
In another speech Mr.. Carscallen insisted
that it was q very serious thing to take
| 5000 people out OF Q county, and 1T the
Board of Trade failed to take o stand against
| such action it would not do its duty. The
county was too small In territory to be able
to afford to lose any.
THE COMMITTEE.
| After some further discussion 1t was de-
cided to appoint a committee to wait on the
| Governor as follows: - James Flenaming,
| Joseph a. Dear, A. ]. Corcoran, John NJ.
Jones, M. T. Connolly, Henry Lembeck, ].
| D.. Carscallen, Horace n. Farrier, Charles s.
| Furst and Daniel E.. Clesry. The committee
| will meet at the rooms OF the Board of Trade
| this afternoon at four o'clock to arrange for
| the time when 1t will wait on the Governor.
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