The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-06
SCORES FmREEB0O4ERS.
Mr.. McDermott Tells the
Good Roads Meeting
= How to Save the
Boulevard.
COLONEL WARING COULD NOT COM
People Urged to Vote Only for
Those Who Will Work for
Better Thoroughfares.


the Hoboken Division of the Hudson
County Good Roads Association, a
Quartet Club Hall, on Washington
street, was a big help to the agitation
already begun for better roads in this
county. If the agitation continues the
members of the Good Roads Association
expect TO see in the near future marked
changes in the condition Of our thorough
fares.
The meeting was called to order by
President A. P. Hexamer, who acted as
chairman during the entire evening
There were about five hundred persons in
the hall, and a brass band from the Ham
burg-American steamship Augusta Vic
toria, furnished music between the
speeches. Col. George Z. Warning, Street
Commissioner of New York City, was
expected to speak, but he sent a tele-
gram stating that he could not attend
having been called to an important con-
ference by Mayor Strong. Mayor Pagan,
Senator William D. Daily, Director Will
lam Green of the Board of Chosen Free
holders and Isaac w. Potter, president OF
the L A w, had also promised to a
dress the meeting, but did not appear.
President Hexamer announced those
siee presioelts as ioiioWs, an OF WHOM
we're insiteo 70 seats On the PLATFORM
N'a =, mcDefinot,, AieA acn"aipai
wy piesiueii. u the Dioohiyn 0ooa
roauS association rreo LANCE
Leohafu FheIer, ). e. Llhoe, =. FRANK
hlreker, a. =. Angei, ROBERT Gentie'
Edlow w. Harrison, Aaron S. Baldwin.
Jon Wooomah, ex-Mayor Charles Pm
neil. OF unlon ToWnsfip, r Hexamer'
Robert simon, Henry Mehl, George T.
Scnmzel, Emil Mollef, George Naegeil,
William b. Whlttemore, Henry Jageis.
Assemblyman G.. de r. Leonard and
United States Commissioners Edward
Russ.
In opening the meeting President Hex
amer gave a brief sketch OF the Hoboken
organization. He then introduced as the
first speaker Samuel A. Besson- Mr..
Besson was one of the charter members
of the Hudson County Good Roads AS
sociation and takes much interest in the
county thoroughfares.
Good roads," he said, make good
citizens. People of good character locate
near the cIeanest streets. If you vote for
men who will give you good roads you
Will De DOING what every honest clllZ6u
should do"
A. H. Angel, president of the Brooklyn
Good Roads Association, then gave a very
interesting talk on the Management of
the Brooklyn organization and told how
it had advanced the interests Of good
roads He sa;a tbat ave yaars aoo Brook
So.
lyn hdu only ten miles OF aSpnaIt. NOW II
has fifty and as many miles of macadam-
lied streets in the outlying districts.
rms rapid improvement, continued
Mr.. Angel, SIS due to agitation, education
and comnetition. The future success of
your ASSOCIATION lies IN NUMBERS anu
honesty of work"
Tba naxt sneaker ;ntrod,,cad was Allan
L. McDermott. who was greeted with ap-
plause. He said:-sI have refrained from
ta1,;am aat;,o 80 ~ n,,hl;o r,ouo-
Aih AZ - p@it Ia Pao
ments because a misconception of my
action might be formed because was
aotf,a 4 oa,;+f.s va, oannat bava GOOD
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municipal government without d certain
amount of divorce from political parties,
ana 81; oannno+ hava munioinal GOVERN
any W e4oe
to hold responsible. These views are not
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nossi with MS gut eApiess 'iein q -
ent because | am somewhat wandering IN
nv political views. / do not know where
sfand. Uauahter1 7 believe that the
time viii come when n people OF the
noaz na,orn-an+
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= belfeve thai they are going 70 get u
5ust as soon as they are .ehtiliea 10 ~.
This constant cry against the public ON
GERS Is a reflex Of views. Ii you Y
men occupying public offices who are not