The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
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ley-Dr. Quimby a Con-
vert to Pure Water.

The meeting of Good Government Asso-
citation No. l, last evening, in Arcanum
Hall, Jackson and Clinton avenues, was
decidedly interesting. Resolutions galore
were passed When the resolution of the
Merchants Protective Association, in re-
gard to making the North Hudson County
Railway pay for changing its motive
power on Grove street was read Secretary
Russell explained that it had been adopt
ed by, the Merchants Protective Associa-
tion, and that with one or two slight
changes he would present it for adoption.
The moment Mr.. Russell finished, Mr..
Myron Furst was on his feet protesting
against the city making the company pay
for changing the motive power.
"You people, said Mr.. Furst, don't
realize the benefit we will receive when
the trolleys are running through Grove
street. and do you know that it will bene-
fit the business in this city very much.
AS for this Merchants Protective Assoc
citation, those people always were against
good improvements, and are only banded
together for their black list. All they
are working for is to sell certain brands
of goods in this city, and not for the in
Il can show you their record con-
tinued Mr. Furst, -how they compelled
certain Greenville baker to reduce the
price of bread just to benefit themselves ;.
The resolution was passed in spite OF
Mr.. Furst's protest, and he promptly an
nounced his intention of resigning from
the association.
A resolution was passed extending the
sympathy of the association to the fam
lily of the late Lucien D. Fowler. 1t is
as follows
Resolved, That in the death of Chief
Engineer Lucien D. Fowler this city
loses an upright citizen, a distin-
guished engineer and faithful public
officer;
ment Association extends to the fam
lily of the deceased our heartfelt SYM
pathy. at the great and irreparable
loss they have sustained.
The following resolution, in regard to
deepening the Kill Won Kul1, was unani-
mously passed.
Whereas, Harbor improvements of
great Importance, that of deepening
the waterways between New Jersey
and Staten Island, and the waterways
of Newark Bay and the Passaic River,
at the expense of thousands of dollars,
are about to be petitioned for to Con-
Boards of Trade of the several mu-
inequalities of Staten Island, Perth
Amboy, South Amboy, Elizabeth,
Bayonne, Newark and Passaic; and
Whereas, Jersey City has valuable
water front interests situated on the
Hackensack River that are about to
be improved by the Du1ld1ng OF road
ways through the meadow land and
by the erection of wharves, ETC.;
therefore be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of
the Executive Committee of Good
Government Association, No. l. that
the improvement of the Hackensack
River by deepening and widening the
channel is of vast Importance to Jer-
sey City and Hudson. county and we
believe the same should be included
and be part of the contemplated sys-
tenn of harbor improvements referred
to above;
Resolved, That we favor these con-
templated harbor improvements and
most~ respectfully request our Con-
Jr., to look after the interests of Jer-
sey City when this matter comes be-
fore Congress.
Dr. Quimby then made a pathetic plea
for pure water. He said:-ssWe all know
that good pure water is one of the neces-
stiles of life.'' This is the same thing he
says every time he attends meeting of
the association.
Resolutions were Immediately adopted
requesting the Street and. Water Board
to push the work of getting new water
letter, which he is going to send to the
Consolidated Traction Company. request
ing it to reduce fares on the Greenville
line. The association claims the honor
of having had the fares on the Central
Railroad reduced, and it is its aim to get
the Traction Company to do the same.
Merchants in the vicinity of the stations
of the railroad say that business has in
creased very much since the reduction of
are moving nearer to the railroad so as
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