The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-01

from Eighth street to carry that pave
ment over Coles street TO Mercer street;
and from the City Hall terminus o.
Mercer street to the Hill, when that
street IS opened In addition 20 these'
many property owners, on formerIg VI, III
improved streets, have mac tnelr Street
improved by petition. at their own eX-
pense, under the direction OF the city
and in this way have improved an az t,
ditional two and fifty-e.ghs one-huhorealn
miles of streets. Special attent.on mas
been given to the cleaning and recon
struction of sewers to the extent OF our
limited appropriations, and. while tnelF
condition might be much improved, they
are in better shape today than IN
number of years, so much so that upon
the occasion of the storm on Friday night
last January %, there was no complaint
Water Commissioners Of q single sewer
basin being choked up. During the past p
year four and forty-seven one-hundredth
miles of sewers have been constructed.
We have just completed Public Scohol
building No. Is. which we claim is the
elual if not the superior in many re-
the State. and we are now arranging
for the construction of another building
to be known as Public. School NO. y Tor
which We have purchased the site al
which we hope will Surpass NO. 10. The
school buildings have been repaired and
reconstructed under the direction OF the
Board of Education, and they are now
in the best condition that they. have
been for years. AS was stated in the
report of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners, we propose during the
coming year to open up Mercer street te
the HILL Bright street to Cornelson aye,
nue., and to close up and sewer MIL
Greek, and thereby make va. yai9aole "a s,ia, al,
the Swampy area m what might De calleq
the mill Creek district"
The other departments are In very
much improved condition, our Fire De
partment being exceptionally Improved a.
| 10 the condition of its buildings. etc.
Our fire service is being increased IL
availability and completeness by the per
fection Of our fire telegraph system @ n H., ans
which was considerable, has been prac-
tically wiped out
/ was surprised, and grleved to .,s Tead
in last nights Evening JournaF that,
according to the speech quoted therein
of citizen of Jersey City before a com
mittee of the Legislature, that Jersey
Csty was practically bankrupt This
fact that during the past year the city
was enabled through its Sinking Fun'
to purchase an entire issue OF sl1s'ooo
terest, at 1852, after spirited compe
tition, and that today there IS over one
quarter of a million of dollars in il
Sinking Fund awaiting investment, IN ad-
dtion to Sinking Funds already invest
| ed, is a sufficient rebuke to such state
| 1nent The practice of discrediting every
| thing that our city attempts or contrcF
while 1t may be fashionable has bee
| the source of much damage to us as
municipality, and should be put an en-
| TO- In the administration of the affair.
| of municipal corporation many reform
may be inaugurated and put into prae
| tice, the value of which does not appea.
\ to the taxpayer by reason of the fac
| that the benefit received is not notice
| able by the immediate reduction of n
taxes. One of the chief obstacles in III
way of reducing the tax levy dulios
| the past two years. an obstacle whi9t
| will have to be met with during TIL
| Obliged
make provision in each of these levies
| for the payment of old bills and claims
as 1889, for which judgments have bee,
obtained. The amount of these judg
nents has been very considerable. bu
| by their payment we have been able tc
wipe out the bad debts of many of thc
municipal departments and establish
| rigid standard of municipal honor II
| meeting promptly all our obligations. ]
| is the desire Of the authorities that oul
citizens. whenever they have OCCASION.
| make complaint of any abuse or nuisance
| in the city. and it is the duty of the
| their control, prompt attention. The com
plant made to some fellow citizen does
| not reach the ears of the proper author
| ity, and very often there is no remedy
| because there has been no oomniaint
| properly made. An instance in point is,
| that for some time the residents of &
portion of the Hill section have been
unable to have water above the first
stories of their houses, by reason of q
| lack of pressure, and there is no record
| in the office of the Board of Street and
any complaint from the residents on
| some of the streets in the district af-
fected. We desire honest criticism, as
we hope to benefit by it. With best
| and the continued prosperity of the Board
of Trade during the coming year. 1 am,
Very truly yours; P' WANsER.
Governor Werts didn't appear, and he
preston Of regret at inability to attend.
HIGaER cRPAdfTY + Sns NER6Ep FEi5T 5i5a'n
f The he Duty Of the Hour" in the hands
witty, polished and eloquent speaker,
became so fascinating and beautiful q
brevy ff Of the os ggeeokS
The speaker said that shadows are
/ falling over the State and it is the duty
Of all t9 enquire il into the cause. , At any
pointed out the evils Of bossism, and to
attain, lefty ideals of government, we
sh ac1eer55 critcsng IN fs the RRephoa Re sh To-Day
to their, fitness, DR.. Baker said it re
minded him OF a minister who had two
engagements for the same hour. One was
invitation to dine. He wished to keep
both, and in performing the wedding
| ceremony hurriedly mixed up the nan1ee
of the contracting parties, marrying
thus the wrong couples.
hs s3d w3s nointfd ted i5sor 0gt to him the
ing away and he replied, oh, sort your
| selves" Oaughter). In closing DR.
Baker spoke Of the unique work of the
Lexow Committee and its results.
Throughout all that period which pre-
| ceded the investigations there was one
voice like that of Luther of Savonarola
crying for reform and in the ides of No
vember last Tammany bit the dust
(Cheers).
William l.. Trenholm, ex-United States
Comptroller of the Currency responded
to ''The Connection Between the United
| the United States,' in an elaborate
speech full of facts and figures about
our coinage. He, at the outset, main
| tained that the country today has beer
landed in series of crises in the flscal
arrangements of the Government which
have produced this state of things thai
the revenue is less than the necessary
= expenses of the Government. Sinre f95:
the Treasury has been the central fore,
operating directly upon industries. Like
the action of the heart, the life blood OF
all industries circulated the operations OF
ed by Congressional laws and is de
pendent for its value upon the action O.
the executive government.
MIR. Trenholm plunged into a gloomy
| pessimistic view of the state Of the cur
rency, attributing the present troubles t.
seem to feel that the duty of the houl
/; is to understand the. full force of the con
nection between the industries of thu
country and the Treasury.