The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-20
to hear the report of the Committee of the
Whole appointed to wait on Mayor Wanser
this morning
WAITED ON MAYOR wANsER.
Two Delegations, One For, the other |
Against the Trolley.

Two Delegations. One For, the other
Against the Trolley.
Father Gillian headed a delegation of about
fifty property owners living north of the
Erie Railroad tracks, who waited upon
Mayor Wanser to protest against the North
Hudson County Railway Company being
permitted to lay double tracks ON Grove
street, between Pavonia avenue and the Ho-
boken line. Father Gillian acted as spokes-
man for the delegation, and made about the
same statements backing up the protest that
he did at last nights mass meet
ing in st. Lucys Hall. The
delegation did not oppose a
single track, such as to be operated below
Mr.. John McAuliffe suggested that the
street be widened three feet by the property
owners on either side giving up one foot and
a half each of sidewalk. The gentlemen
thought they were being unfairly dealt with
to have to submit to double tracks above Pa
vonia avenue, while those below would have
but one. The gentlemen did not want rapid
transit any more this morning than they did
last night.
Mayor Wanser made few converts when
he declared that double tracks would bene-
fit the street. He pictured Grove street as
the coming business street, and maintained
that if he owned property there he would
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all the travel possible on the street. The
Mayor concluded, however, by assuring the
gentlemen that he was their servant and
that he would do what he thought would be
best for them and the city at the same time
While these gentlemen were protesting
against the invasion of the troll
ley, ex-Assembly1nan Henry Brauti-
gam, Dr. Alien, John Macarthur and Siegfried
Hamerschlagg presented a petition signed
by such large property owners on the
Heights, in the vicinity of Palisade and Cen
trail avenues, as Henry Pattberg. John Foley,
DR.. T. F. Hornblower, Marcus Beach, James
McNulty, Henry Rohlfs, DR.. ]. j. Nevin,
G. D. Van Reiper, F. A. Bongartz, c. A.
Tissot, James II: O'Neu, Charles Esterbrook,
ing and G. w. Augustine, requesting the
Mayor to sign the ordinance without delay.
Mr.. .Brautigam and Mr.. .Hammerschlagg both
argued that the trolley would be of great
benefit to their part of the city. They cited
the fact that its operation had created
property boom in Weehawken and outlying
districts Both gentlemen argued that it
would be of inestimable benefit to the Hill,
and maintained that no great system could
be'operated without accidents.
The Mayor promised to look after the in
terests of both delegations. He intimated
that to give each what was desired would
necessitate a change of the ordinance
The Mayor will not sign the ordinance and
will merely return it to the Street and
Water Commissioners, requesting that body
to confer with the railroad company with
view to adjusting the difficulties, SO that all
will be satisfied and be dealt openly fairly
and impartially with. The respective dele
cations expressed themselves as being en-
tirely satisfied and departed.
Another delegation of citizens favoring
the ordinance conferred with the Mayor this
afternoon at three o'clock.