The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-21
BOULEVARD HOGS.
Bottlers Howl for License
to Destroy the Great
Road for Pleasure.
GAG LAW AND STUPIDITY
The Pohlmann's Hall Mob Have
Net Even a Copy of the 0rdi-
nance They Attack.
GAG LAW AND STUPIDITY

of the Hudson County Boulevard Asso-
citation, in Pohlmann's Hall. last night.
Men who attended the meeting in re-
spouse to the faring announcements with
which the city was flooded were insultad,
and when one gentleman arose to express
MS views, in response to an invitation
which the President issued for a general
discussion, he was cursed in two lam
guage and threatened with forcible ejec-
ton. Several respectable business men,
who had been drawn to the meeting by
the announcements. left in disgust after
shese dfsgraceful occurrences.
Herman Freund, President of the Bot
tiers Association, presided. He opened
the meeting with a few remarks on the
ordinance which the association has been
formed to fight. He declared the ordi-
nance prohibiting the driving of business
wagons on the Boulevard, after three
O'Clock in the afternoon, unconstitutional
and said hat the Boulevard would never
have been built if the people who voted
for it a any idea that business traffic
upon it would be restricted.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved and then Presi-
dent Freund invited a general discussion
of the subject. There was a deep 81
e~ANS SSSSidl ullluleS, anu uudlly MI.
Freund made another speech.
1T is a mistake" he said, that this
association is composed only of bottlers.
1t is true that members of the Bottlers'
Association are it's officers, but we are
only temporary officers. For my part, /
would like to see some one else in my
place. 1t might be a help to the move
ment. (Cheers.) Our business is as re-
spectacle as any other, but it may hurt
the movement to lave a bother for
President of this association. We know
we are in a good cause and we know we
are right, and if we go about it in the
right way we shall win"
Another invitation to general discussion
was given and in response to it George
w. Heritage, a painter, of No. 54 Pail
sade avenue. arose and expressed mis- ig-
norance of the exact objects of the
meeting. He had been led to attend, he
said. by the public announcements n
he wanted to know what the object of
President Freund answered him with,
"Didn,t, the bills say what the meeting
He finally condescended to explain as
follows:-"If a public road is not to ac-
commodate the business travel of the
community, then we simply don't know
the ordinance prohibiting the driving of
business wagons on the Boulevard after
three O'CLOCK Is class legislation. and
Then" responded Mr.. Heritage. 81
am not in accord with your views. l
think we ought to have at least one good
authorities in maintaining the laws gov
ern-'
Mr.. Heritage got no further. for while
he wa in the middle of a sentence an up
roar arose from all parts of the room.
Men arose from their seats and appeared
as If about to spring upon him. He stood
hlz nfff a0Irnlr hut fhnrn mos q rnrxr-
GUS t~witching of his fingers. in which he
held a heavy cane, that his
fear that he was about to be attacked.
The rumpus started with a cry of You
ride a bicycle" from a man named Redd,
and was followed with such epithets as
Damn wheelmen." Put him out, and
When the excitement had subsidized
somewhat and Mr.. Heritage had taken
his seat, Dr.. Rooney of Union Hill took
UP Mr. Heritage's remarks and said he
did not believe in any road being reserved
for pleasure.
berger, secretary of the association, OBJ
jected TO the manner in which Mr.. Herr
tage had been treated and insisted that
he be given permission to express his
views. He was finally permitted to do
so and with frequent Interruptions man
aged to express himself as follows:- .
s"I believe that a part of the day should
be reserved for pleasure, / am a tax
payer and own horses. l do teaming and
don't ride a bicycle. / claim that men
can do what business they have on the
Boulevard before three o'clock. The few
persons Nho are here do not represent the
population of Hudson county, nor do they
people who help pay Tor the maintenance
of its public institutions. pay for the
maintenance Of public parks, out thai
horse there, neither does the fact that
/ pay for the maintenance of the .Boule-
ward give me the Tlght to " wi III + yo destroy Sy
ought to nave had It twenty years ago,
1t is doing a. powerful lot of good to the
county. 1t is bringing people here. Don
turn these people away by attempting to
destroy the road for the purpose for
which it was built"
President Fsreund replied:-"We invite
the gentleman to our next meeting and
advise him to study up the difference be-
tween public roads and public parks"
A man by name of Van Ojen, by occu-
patton a wholesale grocer, next talked fol-
fifteen minutes. A sample OF his speech
is sufficient to indicate its nature. Here
I drive up and Town the Boulevard
pretty often. Down below they call it the
Boulevard, up above it is the County
difference? Can anybody tell me2 | dom,
know He attacked Justice Macs in mos
virulent terms, because he had fined on
of his drivers. He was loudly applauded
Louis Steinberger was the next to ad'
dress the meeting. He suggested a scheme
for revenge upon the despised wheelrnen
H. ne SdlQ, my WdSOHS are iOt dAAOWSt
on the Boulevard after three o'clock
cannot supply soda water to- the stand:
and they cannot do any business" As HI
plunged into details, a narrowing pictur'
of thousands of wheelmen suffering from
a deadly thirst and crying in their agon.
for a repeal of the three o'clock ordinances
presented itself to the minds of thos'
present. They applauded Mr. .~Steinberge
with cries of good" that's the way t.
fix them and chuckled with glee.
DR.. Rooney, who appeared faint iron
ventured the following:-."Who pays TO
the road? The dude? Not much"
Some-inquisitiye person then asked /
the president had a copy of the ordinance
Mr.. Freund replied that he had tried t.
get one but couldn't.
ssThen you don't know what 1t is? aske'
the curious one.
1--WE know about what it is" replied tn
president.
Some one suggested that it would per
haps be advisable to secure a copy of tn
ordinance and have it read at the mex
meeting. The party then adjourned t
meet next week, Thursday.
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