The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-25

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No. =. Baumann's wholesale Place.
No. 2S Alber's Cafe
! No IS BODIES
No. ~ Johnsons
| No. ~, A. Heumers.
No. q, ,. +. cleary's Wholesale Place.
No. 50. Drivers Resort.
No. 81. Christy Kan's Cafe.
No S. Colahans
No. No. $, $, Hotel Il eii'I1aa Washington.
| No. So. Alfred Cox.
No. 81, McCaltin's saloon,
| No. No. y. 81 aeseange meseRRtsss 99ae; aoPe,.
No. 10. Washington Garden
No. II, Keystone Restaurant.
SOME WELL KNOWN PLACES.
Many of these houses, as before said, are
eminently respectable Beginning with the
| hotels, there is Taylor's, now changed into
Mr.. r. Fl. Reeds hands, well known host
elry patronized by travellers, merchants and
good class of society. and ranking high as
hotel.
| Next door Nh. Splitter runs a sort of money
exchange, bank, emigration bureau, railroad
ticket Office saloon and hotel, largely re-
sorted to by future citizens of the United
| States, coming via Ellis Island.
Next to that again is Foley's saloon, with
an old established trade Then comes Gus
| tave Steup's saloon, dining rooms and hotel
well known to every knight of Pythias in
| this State and New York.
Beyond is Philip McArdle he of the Liquor
!
| the retail dealers have been doing business
| at q loss, and then winks the other eye.
| Adjoining this place is the cafe run by
| Messrs Frank Bassford & I. Glenn known
as the 'Gold and Silver Coin House" from
| the fact that the man that built the house,
| with more money than artistic TASTE used
| five hundred and sixty gold and silver dol
| lars as paving materials. The gold coins are
| gone, but the silver ones are still in their
| places The cafe does an exclusive business
and is patronized by the best people.
Under the Fuller Building, higher up the
| street. is Archie Crossman's saloon, one of
the best conducted of its kind and doing a
| large business with Pennsylvania Railroad
men. A few doors west is the Capital
| opened by Geo. B. De Revere after he re-
| linguished Taylor's Hotel to its present
proprietor Mr.. Reed, but now in possession
| of another.
Not far up is Blumenthals wholesale store
with Murphy's saloon adjoining, and next
again to that is Meyer & Klies' Hotel, also
resort for thirsty engineers of the P. r. r.
| Directly opposite is the newly established
wholesale concern of D. E. Cleary, whose
business has developed so fast that larger
| quarters are imperative. Soon he proposes
| to rent the P. h. she'd when the bridge across
| the river renders 1t useless.
Travelling west and next door to the
| Journal office is the Atlantic Garden, where
| young ladies in Abbreviated costumes sing to
| the haDlUueS.
| Ewing's Hotel should not be forgotten in
| this notice of downtown places. 1t is an OLD
| established place and although its vicissitudes
| have been great, it still commands popular
| ity as a place to cat, drink and sleep in.
| Also worthy of notice on the same block is
| Casta's Beer Tunnel, a singular subterranean
! place resorted to by down town people and
| place where the German element largely
| prevails. Still going west there is Arm
| heiters restaurant, doing a good business in
| midday lunches.
NO PLACE FOR WHITE TRASH
| On the opposite block is Johnson's where
| colored 'gemmun" congregate One scarcely
| ever sees ''white trash" in Mr.. Johnson's
| parlors which are usually frequented by
| colored porters Of the Pullman Palace Car
Company. Here visitor will miss the
| familiar Come Seben" since no seductive
craps game is tolerated.
The habitueS are well dressed, and mix
in the highest colored sassiety.
One OF these, when reporter entered,
was busily examining handsome ivory-han
died razor with patent guard on it.
''Where dyo get that, Augustus John
sing?" inquired one of his friends looking
Miss Charlottina Albertina Jackson
send it for ma burfday; but it's no use for
gemmun to take to an evnun party" he re-
piled looking with disguest at the weapon.
Further along is BODIES cafe, in high
! favor with denizens of the Celery district,
| and generally esteemed by Germans especi-
| ally.
| Unlike the corners of Green and Mont
| gomery street, on which are liquor-selling
| places there are only two at the Junction of
Washington and Montgomery streets
The most noted place here is Henry Al
ber's saloon under the Weldon Building, one
of the best conducted places in the State
and frequented by downtown merchants,
bankers, lawyers and professional men. Its
rival on the southwest corner, opposite, is
Freeholder Gallaghers new Washington
cafe. gorgeous palace decorated in that
kind of high art recently introduced into
businesses of this character.
In sight of the avenue at the above point,
with a front on the only Jersey City Park
is the Hotel Washington, a hostelry of what
society papers call the most recherche style
1t certainly is a cosy, admirably conducted
place, patronized by the best people in the
city and noted for its caisine.
THE SOUTHERN SECTION JUST AS BAD.
Leaving the western and eastern portions
of the city where liquor selling places abide,
glance at the southern part is interesting.
The northern part is not included in this
article. 1t lies toward Hoboken, ct ve,b,
sat, sap. AS good place. in the southern
part to illustrate the ubiquitous nature of
the saloon, the junction of Communipaw
avenue and Grand street is pref nlinent.
On the little tongue of land which divides
the two avenues are two saloons, one of
course, on the corner, the tip of the tongue.
That place Is run by John Kaiser, Jr., and is
better known as the headquarters of that
immaculate young political brood 1.-THE
Wanser Club" On the Grand street side
opposite only a few yards in length is that
block, are three places. t. Welsh's at one
end, Jacks Retreat at the other end, and
Tanners saloon in the middle to hold up the
block.
Further up the street is Baylis, the annex
to the Jersey City Athletic Club, and
famous place il is for Welsh rarebits and
other digestible comaStibles, which clubmen
are in the habit of devouring during the
midnight hours.
Beyond chat begins Ocean avenue. running
through Greenyille, q paradise for saloons,
beer gardens pleasure resorts, sand celery
and mosquitoes.
are few saloons until Monticello avenue and
Jackson avenue are reached The latter is
from north to south at its intersection with
Communipaw avenue like Ocean avenue.
The further south one travels the more the
saloons he meets, and inversely proportionate
to the small number of houses SO is the
number of saloons.
Monticello avenue from Harrison avenue
to its junction with Fairview avenue has by
long odds more saloons than it ought to have,
especially remembering the number of
churches and the residences of godly people
within stones throw from it.
In fact, to sum up the entire question Of
the outraged number of saloons in Jersey
City, in proportion to its population, il is a
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