The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-10
THE TROLLEY FIGHT
Erie Railroad Will Assist
Grove Street Prop
erty Owners.
LIVELY MEETING LAST NIGHT
Street and Water Commissioners
Denounced-The Writ of
Certiorari.

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any The meeting was attended by fully
two hundred interested gentlemen. conspicu-
Gus amongst them being Rev. Father G. P.
Gillen, of st. Lucy's Church.
The Street and Water Commissioners were
handled without gloves by the speakers, and
every speaker spoke Of the rood old DAYS
when men to represent the CITY were elect
ed, not appointed. One of the gentlemen, in
condemning the board, declared that when
some of the Street and Water Commission
ers took office they scarcely had a good coat
to their backs. He then called atteption to
the present manner of living of the COM
m~issioners, their expensive families, horses
and well stocked wardrobes. The property
owners feel bitter towards the board, but
still believe that they will defeat the COM
pany's proposed invasion of the street, not
withstanding the action of the board. Col
Inns & Corbin have been retained to fight
the company, and certiorari proceedings
lave already been begun, an argument hav-
ing been set down for March IL before
Judge Lippineott.
ERIE WILL ASSIST HEN. ,
Chairman Sullivan, calling the meeting to
order, said:-''I am glad to see that our in
terest in this matter has not abated, and |
am pleased to see so many here to protest
against an invasion of our rights" Mr.. Sui
Ivan then told of the engagement of Collins
& Corbin, n of the argument of the case
referred to. Mr.. Sullivan reported also that
he had waited upon the Erie Railroad Off
Gals, and had secured from them a promise
of cooperation in obstructing the path of
the trolley company in laying double tracks
on Grove street, north of Pavonia avenue.
The Erie Railroad, he declared, would con-
test every foot of ground taken by the COM
pany as soon as an effort was made to lay
double tracks over its lines at Grove street.
FATHER CULLEN CALLED UPON.
Father Gillen was called upon "This
large attendance" said he, shows that our
people are in earnest in this matter of oppos-
ing double tracks on Grove street, heart n
soul. We do not contend that we have an
exclusive right in Grove street, nor do we
say we have a right to control the manner of
travel in any part of the city. We do not
object to the trolley, as has been said, as a
system of transportation, because there are
parts of the city which would benefited by
it, and to these parts l say give it to them.
But when it m to giving us two tracks
on Grove street, as narrow as it is, I doubt
very much and in fact dispute the city's
right to impose upon us such a burden, such
a responsibility so full of danger. 1t is an
injustice to US to impose upon us such an
obligation.
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which is made between the two parts of the
city using Pavonia avenue as a dividing line.
All we wan up here is fairness and justice,
and if there is any reason why we should be
imposed upon, as we certainly would be
under the decision of the Street and Water
Board, | would like to know it.
RIGHT OF PROTEST.
"Double tracks this side of Grove street
would endanger lives. The people OF the
other end see that and don't want double
tracks. They see that double tracks would
be no improvement n they don't want
them. We see the same thing, we protest,
but no change is made in the programme.
There has never been a case In the history
of this country where American citizens
have been imposed upon where they did not
protest, and had they failed to protest they
would nave ~disregarded their claim to
American citizenship. When other coun
tries nave imposed upon us our men have
stood up and defended us. Where one part
of the country rises against the other the
same course is pursued and the result is
always the same, and now that we believe
we have been imposed upon we are standing
up for what we believe to be right.
"Mayor Wanser individually favors q
double track in Grove street, but the Mayor
did not pretend to place his judgment over
that of a whole section of the city, and like
a man he said:-I am only one. I am the
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the peoples good. No matter what l NAV
think, [ am here to do my duty to the people,
He did it. (Cheers)
81 think, continued Father Gillen. ssthat
the Street and Water Commissioners could
have treated our committee with a little
more respect. They could have at least
postponed action on this matter a short
time, and not d~isregarded the wishes of the
peopie as they did I will most certainly
protest against two tracks always" Cheers
erected Father Gillen's remarks.
IN HoBoKEN.
M. T. Connolly called attention to the fact
that in Hoboken the same D now try
ing to get the use of Grove street, free of
charge had been compelled TO make exten-
sive improvements Ia a street in Hoboken
inst for the privilege of operating the trolley
system on the outskirts of the CITY.
tFrom fine time the present Street and
Water Commissioners have been in Officer
said he. Il would like to see one act of theirs
JERSEY CITY should get something for these
va 1nable Franchises, Inf Sometime will he
Forthcoming while these men are in Office
Subsequently, Mr. Connolly said. "W hen
soma of these commissioners were annointed
thav did NOT have a GOOD coat To their hacks
Took at them now and try to make vonr-
selves believe that they cot it ali by saving
their - 600 q wear salary IF thew do. tbey
can save more than T can or any other man
who receives the same salarvN
Mr. John Kennedy moved that +be thanks
of +ba prnne,t~ nv,,sro he tandarad 10 Tnp
JERsEY CRY NEws and other naners which
have aided them in their fiobt AGAINST the
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