The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-18
HOBOKEN IN LINE.
Good Roads Association
Formed Last Night and
Officers Elected.
PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION
Freeholders to Be Asked to Stop
Heavy Traffic ON the
Boulevard.

The second meeting of the Hoboken
Good Roads Association, which was or
ganized in that city a few weeks ago.
took place last night in Quartette Club
Hall on Washington street. Although
there were only thirty members present
the meeting was a spirited one. 1t demon
strated that those who are in the move
ment for better streets and roads in Hoo
boken are going to make every effort TO
accomplish their purpose. In the absence
of Chairman A. P. Hexamer. u. F.
Rocker was appointed to preside.
Mayor Pagan, who was appointed at the
last meeting chairman of a committee to
inquire into the condition of the streets
of Hoboken, was not present and the re-
port of that committee was laid over
until the next meetin. One member of
the committee said that some of the COM
mitteemen met in Mayor Fagan's home
last Saturday, but as there was not a
quorum no meeting was held.
L. S. Cells, chairman of the organize
tion CON mittee, presented a set of by
laws which the committee had drafted
they were adopted with one correc-
ton. The bylaws were drawn after those
of the Brooklyn Good Roads Association.
They state the object of the association,
to promote the Improvement of streets
in the city and to see that they are kept
in good order. The annual dues will be
fifty cents, payable in advance. There will
be a Road Committee consisting of
twenty-five members, who will report the
condition of the ~thoroughfares and take
proper action. The regular meetings of
the organization will be held in March
and October of each year and the Execu-
tive Committee will meet each month.
In presenting the bylaws Mr.. Cells
said that he had attended a meeting of
the Executive Committee of the Hudson
County Good Roads Association and was
assured that the county body would
amend its bylaws so as to form divisions
of the organization all over the county.
Divisions will be organized in Jersey
City, Hoboken, Bayonne, one in the
North Hudson towns, and one to repre-
sent the towns of Harrison, Arlington
and Kearny. The divisions will attend to
all local matters in the respective dis
tricts which they represent, and the .coun-
ty organization will look after matters
relating to the county in general. The
Hoboken association will be known as
the Hoboken Division of the Hudson
County Good Roads Association. Mr..
Cells also presented to the secretary a
list of names for officers of the club.
which he said the committee was en-
powered to select at the last meeting.
Following are the officers who were
electe:-President, A. P. Hexamer;~ First
Vice President, Z. S. Cells; Second Vice
President, w. F. Whittemore; Secretary,
u F. Rocker, and Treasurer, Charles
W. Disbrow. The members of the Execn-
tive Committee are:-Mayor Lawrence
Pagan, Chairman; Samuel A. Besson.
Henry Mehl, A. ]. volk, Max Schilling
and Justus c.. Pfeiffer.
President took the chair. He called
upon James r. Angel, President of the
Brooklyn Good Roads Association, who
ideas on the subject of good roads. Mr..
Angel spoke at length on the subject,
and told of the advancement made by
the Brooklyn Association. 80
II have been a wheelman,' he said,
."for the past thirty years Our club
1man osgan'1 nov we W. fsse w a total ani member
ship of over 1000. We have succeeded
in building a cycle path from Brooklyn
plished a number of other improvements.
In the movement for better roads the in
terests Of Wheelmen and horsemen are
AL W
cation compose nine-tenths of the mem
bership, but nevertheless we fine the
horsemena great help to US. We now
a over $500 in our treasury.
In order to make yourselves felt You
must get members. Every man should
bring in as many members as he can.
Above all you should keep on good
can't have too much notoriety IN order
to push the good cause along. One thing
i want to caution you about is that you
SHOULD beware of bicycle politicians. You
will find them when you have had. the
experience we've had that such persons
will try to get into the organization and
use it for political purposes. You Should
dangerous ground for any organization to
come out openly and endorse any politi-
cal party"
b. %Strugnell, Treasurer of the Brooklyn
Club, who was present with Mr.. Angel,
also spoke, and both were extended the
thanks of the association.
was adopted, in~structing the Good Roads
Committee to see the members of the
Board of F~reeholders and nave the erdi-
nance enforced which prohibits heavy
Rolffs said that in the North Hudson sec
tlon heavy trucks of all description were
allowed to use the Boulevard and the
inserted in the resolution a, clause stat
ing that when the Weehawken loop Of
me boulevard is completed the Free
a n9loe at .t he r onepins Of to- to p rasd q large
ing heavy wagons from using Ii.
Aaron s. Baldwin, who Is a member of
the club, said that he did not think the
roller.
Eleven new members were elected to
membership. The meeting adjourned to
eaAn a. lne can oI the cnair.
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