The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-12
Want That LOOP BUILT
Hoboken's Good Roads Assoei-
alton Takes Steps to Hurry
Along the Branch Road.

The delay in completing the new Wee
| hawken loop of the Hudson Boulevard
! was the subject of a lengthy discussion
at the melting of the Hoboken Good Roads
| Association. held last night at the club
| house of the Castle Point Cyelers, No.
| 1,e36 Park avenue. That the member are
| determined to push the question until
| the road is completed was evident from
the interest which they displayed at this
| meeting. President A. P. Hexamer
| rough up the Boulevard question as.
| soon as the meeting opened. He said that
| Contractor Feeney, who is doing part OF
the work, told him that the road would
be finished as soon as possible, For some
weeks. he said, there was considerable
delay owing to a quarrel between con-
| tractors Feeney and Curley, but that had
all been arranged, Mr.. Hexamer also
said that he had spoken to Justice Lip
pincott about the loop, and the latter
promised TO do all in his power to hasten
| its construction.
Aaron S. Baldwin said he noticed that
there was no steam roller being used on
! the loop. That, he believed, was evil
dence tha the work was not in progress.
1t was suggested by Architect Walter
F. Whittemore that the club ascertain
| the limit of time allowance for the COM
| pletion of the road, and whether the
| contractors will be able to finish it with
in the time specified. Lou c. Cells,
who is one of the foremost in the move
ment said that he thought the club would
be handicapped in their work by Edward
w. Woolley, Clerk of the Board of Free
holders.
Il went up there one day." said he, ito
get some information from Clerk Woolley
and he was about as disobliging as he
could be. It took me a long while to get
what 1 wanted. I suppose Mr.. Woolley
thought that 1 was not worthy of his
favor because 1 wasn't up in politics."
A committee, including President Hexa-
mer, Aaron S. Baldwin and Walter F.
Whittemore, was appointed to obtain the
information desired.
Next there was q discussion on the best
plan to be adopted in constructing the
road over the tracks of the West Shore
Railroad. Mr.. Cells said that many of
the members objected to q grade crossing
Secretary Rocker said he understood
that the law prohibits the Boulevard
crossing any railroad at grade. A COM
mittee should be appointed, h said. to
so before the Board of Freeholders and
ascertain what their objections are to a
yladuet; MI: Naegeli said that some of
lHS LuciAiCStS u the bOdFu OF Free
holders told him that they were
being quilt. He suggested that a com
mittee be appointed to get up a petition
signed by the residents, requesting the
Freeholders to decide the question with
out delay in order that the road might be
completed. The members approved of the
suggestion and Messrs. Naegeli, Disbrow,
Coogan and Rocker were appointed such
committee. Aaron S. Baldwin remarked
that Freebooter Clayton may soon be
Director of the Board of ~Freeholders.
Them he said, this matter will be
pushed ahead"
There was some talk on the contracts
for the asphalting of the city's streets.
Secretary Disbrow said he noticed that
the Common Council had accepted a num-
Der of bids of the Mexican Asphalt Com
pany. He declared that it was not fit to
be put on the streets and would only last
three or four months. The other mem
bers, however, thought that they iwere
not competent to judge the quality of
the asphalt. w. F. Coogan asserted that
the association should be careful in criti-
cising the asphalt, as it could not tell
whose toes it was treading on.
D you mean to imply that somebody
is behind this matter?' retorted Disbrow.
IF so, perhaps you can enlighten us?"
Mr.. Coogan replied that he could, but
preferred not to for several reasons which
he did not care to state. PresidentMIexa-
mer, Disbrow, Cells, Baldwin and Henry
Mehl were appointed a committee to in
vestigate the asphalt specifications and
report at the next meeting to be held in
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