The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-25
ORDINANCE AMENDED.
Pagan Iron Works to Be Allow
ed More Railroad
Facilities.
AGREEMENT WITH NEIGnBoRs
Unloading of Cars TO Proceed Only
on The Property of the
Company.
AGREEMENT WITH NElGnB0RS


So far as can be ascertained the efforts
railroad facilities for the operation Of It's
plant at Fourteenth and Monmouth
streets have been settled amicably be-
tween the company and property owners.
The latter feared thai the company might
gobbl up what they hoped some day would
be a sidewalk along Monmouth street,
from Thirteenth to Fifteenth street.
1t is said that the ordinance recently
submitted to the Street and Water Board
had been amended SO that the unloading
of cars will take place on the company's
own property. This removes the objec-
ton that the proposed switch over the
Hoboken avenue branch of the Ravine
Road sewer might render repairing in
case of accident extremely difficult. The
company will construct a stone and brick
or stone arch over the sewer when the
switch crosses it.
All of the property owners in that sec
ton are anxious to promote the welfare
Of the iron works. Even those who were
afraid of that part of the undeveloped
section of Monmouth street might be
gobbled up by the company announced
from the outstart of the controversy that
they were perfectly willing that the COM
pany should be allowed a switch at grade
from the Weehawken branch OF the Erie
tracks, mat cars might be run directly
upon the company's property for loading
and unloading.
The Jersey branch of the Pagan Iron
Works is located in the very heart of that
section of the u~ndeveloped meadow lands
between the Erie Railroad and Hoboken.
There are but few factories in that Sec
ton and none of these employ more than
sixteen or eighteen hands even in busy
times. With only part of its plant located
in this city the Pagan Iron Works employ
about seventy men This is more than
employed in it's palmieSt days.
When the Atlas Iron Construction Com
pany faifd and went into the hands OF
a receiver about two years ago, the
Pagan Iron Works, of which Mayor Fa-
gan, of Hoboken, is at the head, was
looking for a location with increased rail
road facilities. 1t had outgrown its pres
ent cramped quqarters at Third and JEFF
ferson streets, Hoboken. The Atlas Iron
Construction C~ompany's plant, so far as
met the wants of the management of the
Pagan Iron Works. There was plenty
of room for charging the plant, and Mr..
Pagan Immediately began buying up
property in the immediate vicinity.
Altogether he now owns not only the
leased land upon which the Atlas works
we're located; but about thirty lots i'm
build a new addition to the present plant,
located OF Monmouth street, between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. This
addition will take up the block between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. The
entire plant is to be removed from Hobo
ken to Jersey City. This will include
pattern and machine shops and %foundries.
The Pagan Works, when in full opera
ton, employ about 40 men. Property
owners and residents of that marshy and
for years totally neglected section of the
city readily see the advantage of offer
ing every inducements to the firm to To-
cate its entire plant in this section of the
city.
A petition signed by property owners
of the section has been widely circulated,
asking hat the ordinance granting the
switch across Monmouth street be grant
ed in it's amended form.