The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-11
Hoboken's Town Council
Discusses Rapid Transit
Problems Last Night.
POoRAAsTER APPOINTED Al LAST.
Manager Starr Of the North Hudson
County r. R. Talks Of
Reductions.

complished was the appointment Of a
P~oorlnaster. Since the death Of Poor
master Andrew Miller. over five months
ago. the city has been without any per-
son to look after its poor and many poor
families that made application to the POI
lice for assistance were turned away be-
cause there was no one to look after
their wants. The delay in appointing a
p~oormaster was entirely due to the
w~rangling among the Councilmen, all of
whom had candidates for the position.
The annual salary Of the poormastership
is 1900.
When the matter was brought up last
night there was a lively scramble to place
candidates. Councilman Weinthal pro-
posed the name of Harry L.. Barck. He
had hardly mentioned the name when
Councilmen Thinker. Weber, Steil and
Snyder jumped from their seats and pro-
posed respectively, Louis B. Buck. VIM.
,Serton, William Kerr and Timothy Con-
lin. A vote was taken on each candidate
and Barck was elected by a vote of s to
2, Councilmen Londrigan and Snyder
voting against him.
At the opening of the meeting Chairman
offerman announced that the Council was
ready to hear any more citizens who
wished to express their opinions on the
proposed granting of permission to the
North Hudson County Railway to change
its motive power from horses to cleo
tricity. The Council Chamber was crowd
ed with citizens who lac come to hear the
subject discussed.
Library Trustee Albert Lehman was
the first to ask permission to speak. II
have spoken to a. umbe OF citizens"
said he. ION what consideration they
thought was best for the city to receive
from the p in return for the per-
mission. All the citizens I AVE talked
to are unanimously in favor of reduced
fares. h people who use h road
should get some direct benefit. I under
stand that the company claims it cam
not AFFORD to reduce its fares. I wish to
call the attention of citizens to the fact
that they have been the gold bricks Of
this for years and have received
no direct benefit. Some years ago the
company sold twenty-five tickets for a.
dollar and I hin If they could afford to
carry passengers for less than five cents
then, they can afford to do it now.
s'The company shoul not give out so
many tickets and then they could afford
it. I am informed that the free tickets
used on the Washington street line
alone amount to $40 a day. The sentiment
Of the citizens is in favor of reduced
fares. If the Council should accept a
bonus from the mpan the people
would not receive. any direct benefit"
After, Mr.. Lehman had finished talking
Library Trustee julius Schlatter said.
1.-THE people of Hoboken are in favor of
rapid transit. The dirty cars on our
In. The company should at least be COM
PEELED to clean them. I believe that I
have expressed the sentiment of three
fourths of the public when I say that we
are in favor Of trolley cars. You will
And trolley cars all over, but little Ho-
boken has It's dirty horse cars. The
company should give us thirty tickets for
one dollar. The Mayor and Council
should be capable of settling this ques-
ton without the aid Of the people,"
A. G. Weissenbaum, Of the American
Lead Pencil Company, whose factory is
in Hoboken, suggested that if the people
would meet the railway company half
way in the matter of rapid transit, the
company would do all in Its power to
give the citizens as much accommodation
as possible under the circumstances. We
are forty years behind the age he said.
you are all aware that Hopoken is a
by-word on account Of its transit as it is
today"
Manager George Starr of the company
explained to the Council that it was i'm
possible to carry passengers for less than
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