The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-29
Want GOOD RO DADS.
Citizens Of Hoboken Form an
Association = Mayor
Fagan's Views.

The movement for good roads has taken
a permanent hold on Hoboken. Hoboken-
ties have awakened to the fact. that they
need better roads. They have only three
blocks of asphalt pavement In the CITY
This is on Hudson street, between Eighth
and Eleventh streets. One resident formed
an idea Of the situation when he said 10
a News reporter last night: There Is
not decent road by which one can ret
out of the city"
ABOUT twenty-five men, including Mayor
ragan, and a number of prominent resi-
uents interested in the movement for
petter roads,, met last night in the dining
room OF the Quartette Club Hall and
organized the Hoboken Good Roads. As
ISOLATION. The men had met to discuss
tne matter twice before, but they did
NOT effect an organization until last
night. II is the object of the members TO
become a branch of the Hudson County
5000 Roads Association as soon as that
pody can amend its constitution so as to
form like divisions throughout The county
Inc meeting was called to order nv q
r Rocker. A. P. Hexarner was elected
chairman and Charles w. Dest,row score
tary. MI. Eexamer on taking. the chair
said
OBJECT of this meeting is to form a
gooa roads association, something we have
c TTa' sw,t n e TINS, city for years. There is no
olsgrace to Hoboken. There is NOT q sinpla
road to. AXE us to the Hudson RoaIlevaPd
aug ! think We ought to, at least, have
One member suggested to e,ec+ +en,nor
airy officers; but this was thoussht not a.
vlsaple, as IN the. event OF Joining the
county organization the bylaws would
nave to be changed.
county organization and also a resident
Oh Hoboken, said that he had Introduced
q resolution into the county body nrnvid-
lIg lpr the organization Of divisions in
Hudson. T Ths disis Jersey City and North
iook after the affairs in their own dis
tricus. the county organization would
attend 70 the county roads and county af-
~ WE. rocker said that he expected
meeting. eA
Mr.. L.. G. Cells addressed the association
on the condition of Hoboken's streets and
by the Council, providing for The asnhaIty
ing OF a number of streets. He said that
the action received the approval of every
Wneelman in the city.
bad roads,, said chairman Hewaon ~ oa u
know for a fact that a number of them
nave moved to Brooklyn, Orange and
other places ON this account"
me next person who spoke was Mayor
Fagan. In reference to the as,halting Of
streets ordered by the Council the Mayor
sald that there was SOC. 900 to do the work,
n Il would not be necessary 10 apply to
the Tax Commissioners.
Last year he continued. ian Assem-
piyman living in the Hudson CITY districf
told me that he intended to introduce a bin
IN the Legislature for the purpose of build
ing q adj from the Heights down into
plan IL it could be ACCOMPLISHED. Jersey
city has now two similar viaducts being
constructed"
An organization committee Of five mem
bers was appointed, as follows:--S. A. Bes-
son, Herman Lang, W. F. Wqrittmore. =.
z. Cells and G.. Eckels. A committee was
also appointed to bring to the association
at the next meeting suggestions or ideas
on what to work upon. Seventy-ive APP
pllcations Were made for membership, The
meeting adjourned to meet again on Feb
ruary II next