The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-15
TROLLEY DRIVEN OUT
Hoboken's Council Refused
the Rutherford Road
a Franchise.
NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY.
An Organization Which Promises
to Reduce Tolls to One
Third of Present Rates.
NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY.

The large lobby which attended the
meeting of the Hoboken Common Coun-
ell yesterday afternoon, for the purpose
of seeing what the city fathers We're
going to do with the ordinance giving
the Rutherford trolley line a franchise
to operate a road through some of Hobo-
ken's streets. were much disappointed,
as the question was not once referred
to.
During the recess of the session, sew
.eral of the antiLtrolleyists b~uttqnholed
each member of the Council and asked
him what he was going to do when the
question of granting the franchise came
UP. They were told to go home and rest
in peace as the trolley question mad
already been settled, by the Council hav,
ing at the previous meeting disposed OF
the matter. 1t is doubtful, however, II
the Rutherford people will ask Hoooken
for the franchise, as it IS said they can
do just as we'll by coming into Jersey
City and this they will try to do.
Many citizens, the majority of whom
are store keepers, are incensed at theif
city fathers for their action in regard
to the trolley. The residents OF Hopo-
ken seemed to think the city needed tine
road.
NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY.
The most important business of yester-
days meeting was the presentation of
a petition from the Citizens Telephone
and Electric Company asking for the
right to lay subway through certain
streets of the city. This company has
been recently organized by citizens of
Hoboken for the purpose of supplying
r1.;o M g. fhrnrrrhOITf Hudson
county at one-third the cost of the New
Jersey and New York Telephone Com
pany.
E~x-Freeholder w. H. Eli of Hoboken
is president and John Ryan secretary OF
the new company. Business men favof
the new compan and want tine Council
to grant them the privilege of laying the
eonduits. The petition was laid over.
A few residents presented a petition
requesting the Council to take no action
in the matter of the contracts submitted
for the asphalting of a number OF the
streets
AGAINST WOMEN SALOON KEEP
ERS.
Councilman Offerinann got an anti
woman streak ON at the meeting and
voted against granting a concert hall
license to a Mrs. Lanigan. He did not
think women should be in that business
He said they ought to conduct a religious
meeting instead.
His colleague, Mr.. Weinthal, told him
that the womna's husband was gong
to run the place, but was getting the
license out in her aame.
is her husband alive?" asked MI.
sYes, Sir, and Kicking" replied Mr..
well, then, why the - don't he get
the license out in his own name w.
.sNow, really, Mr.. ~Offer1mann," said Mr..
Weinthal, Il dbln' inquire into the
mans private financial affairs 1 only
aseertained that they were respectaple
people. and would only eonduct a re-
8 very we'll, then, give the old lady
the license. l vote yes" said Mr.. Oher-
And so it was that Mrs. Lanigan got
her license. Complaints We're received
against the Saloons at No. Az Adams
BY William Coon and Antonio Parrish.
Respectively, and Chief of Police Dono-
van was ordered to investigate the CHAR
aeter of the places, and II not gooo 10
The Clerk reported that s67.s7o mad
been taken in for licenses.
Street Commissioned Bayer complained
that Court street (otherwise known as
pig Alley'9 was in a filthy conditI9n
and a menace to the elty,s heath s al. ne
, ashes were not properly removed.
After passing a number of claims, OF
| which one was for $50 for red tape.
etc." which causes the lobby and others
to w smile Z e he W f5eS ne ~a mi09s Of a srea,
many Hobokenites today is, What is
that "red tape bill for?