The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-21

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the city of New York, and died in Jersey
City in 1881, and was buried in Hacken,
sack, in the grounds Of 3se the ReIormeq @ g
Rhinebeck in 1T64. He was Assistant Az
torney General of the State Of New
York, Justice of the Supreme Court of
the State. and twice elected Mayor OF tne
city of New York, and died in lS4l An
thony Dye was born at Prekness, n. j.,
in 1776, graduated at Columbia College,
and was a very successful lawyer IN the
city of New York, and died in 1859.
This is very brief sketch of the three
men who founded the town which has
grown into Jersey City. | will now pro-
city from 1904 to the present time nave
said that the enterprise on the part OIL var
ick, Radcliffe, Varick and Dye was pusl-
ness one. They Incorporated themselves
by an act of the Legislature passed mo-
vember 10, 1894, under the corporate name
of The Associates of the Jersey Com7
pany' They employed one Joseph +.
Mangin, distinguished city surveyor or
the city of New York, to survey their
tract, and lay the same out into streets,
lots and f blocks b ana tan ens map "a Is
monty called Powles' Hook, and bears
date April 15 1904.
The map embraces forty-six Dlocks,
but a portion of the land mapped on the
. north did not belong to the associates,
and about forty blocks embraced their
purchase. The tract owned byNthe asso-
ciatSS was bounded on the east by the
Hudson River, on the south by the South
or CommunipaW Cove, on the west by the
Boundary Ditch which commenced on the
south end. and a little west of Warren
street. and crossed Warren street, and
came cut on Rarsimus Cove, and was
bounded on the north by said cove At
the same time that Mr.. Mangin was MAX
ing this survey for the associates he was
also making a survey of the lands OF John
b. Coles and John Van Worst and 9TH
ers adjoining on the north, and running
to what was afterwards the Hoboken
line. This map is known as map of that
part of the town of Jersey, commonly
called Aharsimus, made by Joseph F.
Mangin, September rs, 1904. And the map
embraces 294 blocks
afterwards Mr.. Cornelius Van worst,
in 1885, employed Mr. Joseph F. Bridges,
a city surveyor in New York, to map his
land, and the map is known as Map OF
property belonging to Cornelius Van
Worst, situated in Bergen county, New
jersey surveyed by Joseph f. Bridges
in 1885. The map embraces so blocks,
some being only parts of blocks These
three maps embrace four hundred and
thirty blocks, and all the land east OF
ary of the city from 1851 to 1870 The wa
ter front was extended from Hudson to
Atlantic street, and when the Hon. Rob
of Jersey City in 1861 his map embraced
452 blocks, and about thirteen hundred
acres of land; so it will be seen that the
three original maps, practically mapped
all the land of the city, and this was of
the greatest Importance.
The territory owned by the associates of
authorities Of Bergen township, until
January Is, 1920. when the City of Jersey
City, was Incorporated and Board elect
ed to govern the same to be called The
Board of Selectmen of Jersey City" This
corporation remained until January 23,
1923, when the act was repealed, and a
corporate name to THE Board Of Select
men and Inhabitants of Jersey City
This charter remained until February
y ass Wnen II Vas was repealed ea th ana heW ~
Mayor and Common Council of Jersey
City. BY this charter Jersey City be-
the census of 1887 During these 81 years
the boundary of the town was not en-
larged. but was confined to The original
grant to the associates of the Jersey Com
airy of the city was extended to Grove
street. This extension brought in
small amount of territory. but it did not
add much to the city limits. At that time
the city was very small, and by the
census of 1S40 had only 3,033 inhabitants.
The county of Hudson was then divided
ship of Bergen and Harrison, and the
population of each was as followS:@Jer-
sey, City, so3s; Bergen, 5,23o; Harrison,
1,073, making a total in the county in 1840
of 9,436. It is marvellous thing that this
small handful of people were willing to
set up a county government erect the
selves the whole expense of running a
county government The Court House
was finished in 1874, and was one of the
most commodious and best in the State,
only exceeded by two others, the Court
Houses of Essex and Mercer In 1851 the
city Of Jersey City and the township of
which was styled, The Mayor and Com
mon Council of Jersey City,
At that time very. elaborate city
charter was passed, and the inhabitants
of the territory combined, made a popu. 1.
lation of eleven thousand, four hundred
and seventy-five people, and the popula-
ton of the county was twenty-one thou
sand, eight hundred and seventy-four I
came here N June, 1852. The second cleo
tion under the new charter had just been
held. David s. Manners had been elected
Mayor The Common Council was equal
ly divided between the two political par
ties, and could not organize, and we were
without city government for the time
Delng, the water works were contemplat-
ed and about to be built; a gas company
had been formed and was then construct
ing its works, and these three matters in
point OF city. On the 18th of July the
Common Council organized, and we had a
city government, our houses and streets
were Ut with gas in the following Decem-
Der QS52). In 1854 we had full supply of
water, and we were not only in name, but
in reality city.
illOIy remained unchanged Tor
a period of nineteen years, and until 1870,
when the cities of Jersey City, Bergen
and Hudson City were united into one
city. ef, under the corporate name Of The
Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City, with
a population of 81, 102, and population in
the county of 12S,2S3. In 1873 the Township
OF Greenville was annexed to the city, and
by the State census of 1875 the city had a
popula ton OF 1G9, ,227, and by the State cen
713. "e'' 1oN'
Il have compiled a complete LIST of the
Mayors from 1888 to the present fine and
the terms of service of each.
! ! DDudley Dy 3 Gregory. 1888 to 1s4O 2yrs.
Peter McMartin 1910 to 1S41 yr.
Dudiey 3 Gregory.... 1841 to 1912 ! yr
8 Thos. A. Alexander 1912 to lS43. yr
Peter Bentley ........ 1843 to 1874 l yr
. Hhlneas Z; hummer. 1874 to 1S48 yrs.
henry j. Iaylor..... 1S48 to 1850 yrs.
7 Robert Gilchrist... 1850 to 1852 YRS
s David S. Manners. 1852 to 1857 YRS
9 Samuel Westcott -. 1857 to jS59 YRS
Dudley S. Gregory. 1858 to 1860 YRS
10 Cornelius Van Worst 1860 to 1862 YRS
IL John B. Romar.... 1862 to 1854 yrs
IL Orestes Cleveland -. 1864 to 1867 yrs
l3 James Gopslll 1867 to 1868 / yr
l4 Charles III. O'Neill.. :. 1868 to 1869 ] yr