The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-22
ADVISED TO GO SLOW
Hudson City Improvement
Association Inclined to
Ask for Too Much.
SEWERS, PAYMENTS, SCHOOLS
Better Fire Facilities for That
Section Also Discussed--N
sances Complained Of.
sWERs, PAYMENTS, SCHOOLS

Several matters of public interest were
discussed at the meeting of the Hudson
City Improvement Association held in
GroescheFs Hall, Oakland and Beacon
avenues, last night. The nuisance at the
foot of the Hoboken avenue hill and the
matter of increased fire protection were
the leading topics.
Frederick Kraft, for the School Com
mittee, reported that Director of Educa-
ton Mersheimer advised the association,
in view of the small balance left in the
appropriation for new schools, to drop for
the present the agitation for the enlarge
ment of the new No. 26 School at Pail
,sade and Reservoir avenues Mr..
Kraft said that the Director had told
him that in the event of the High School
being erected that it would come to the
Hill, and probably to the section repre-
scented by the association.
Hugh P. Sheridan, of the committee on
the widening and improving of Palisade
avenue, from Newark to Hoboken avenues
reported that the same was in fair shape
for a speedy of the work.
The plans for the improvement, he said,
were all ready, and the matter was now
in the hands of the Acting Chief Eng1-
neer. He advised that the association
take no further action until it was learned
whether the street was to be widened ten
feet or sixteen feet, as had been suggested
by the associations committee.
When President Black called for the re-
port OF the committee on the nuisance at
the foot of the Hoboken avenue hill,
which it is asserted is caused by the>sew-
age from the house on the east side Of
Palisade avenue, south of the Laidlaw
avenue steps, FINANCIAL Secretary Bar
Der said he would report for a minority
of the committee, composed of Messrs.
Witsch, Sheridan and himself. He said
that they had met and inspected the place
where the nuisance exists. The city, Mr..
Barber stated, had started to put in a
15-inch pipe to carry off water coming
from the Ravine road sewer. There was
some four or five hundred feet of this to
be laid in order to connect with the Fiji
teenth street sewer. He suggested that
the plan to be adopted should be the
building of a swer to connect with the
Jersey avenue sewer.
building of a sewer to connect with the
surroundings from the steps up had been
inspected and from the rear of nearly
every house could be noticed the filth and
refuse from broken drain pipes pereolat-
ing down the side of the hill to the road
way. These private drains are supposed
to connect with an eight-inch pipe, which
runs under the roadway and empties into.
the open meadow, from which there is 40
outlet.
Mr.. Kerr announced that he had seen
Commissioner Heintze in regard to the
matter, and that he had promised to be
present at the next meeting and enlighten
the association as to what could be lone
in the premises.
Considerable discussion followed be-
tween Messrs. Barber, Muir, Witsch and
Sheridan as to whether the nuisance
would be best abated by the building of a
sewer on Palisade or on Hoboken ave-
nue..
Mr.. Barber again took the floor and
scored the former committee for it's ne
giset in not l pushing eth the a mattsr, * NJ
BARRIERS remarks. He said that the COM
mittee had lone all in its power, and fur
Their, he declared, that the nuisance was
other matters which should engross the
attention of the association.
Il do not see the use of SO much talk on
this subject concluded Mr.. FuEer.
'.Ther are really only about a dozen people
interested in it.
Financial Secretary Barber said that
Mr.. Fuller,s objection was probably
based on the fact that the drain pipe
from his property contributed in no small
degree to the nuisance.
President Black tried to pour oil on he
troubled waters by suggesting that the
committee obtain signatures to a petition
for the Improvement.
Mr.. Barber moved that the association
apply for the building of a sewer on Ho-
boken avenue.
Mr.. Fuller n Mr.. McGrath objected.
The financial secretary's motion that the
associations committee prepare a petit
ton for a sewer or Hoboken avenue, to
run the entire length of that thorough
fare and empty into the Jersey avenue
sewer, was finally adopted.
J. Wackerman reported that the COM
mittee, consisting of Mr.. Kraft and him
self, appointed at the last meeting to see
what could be done in the matter of OBJ
tanning additional fire protection for the
district, had visited fire headquarters n
met Engineer Denmead. They had been
unable to see Chief Conway on account
of that officials illness. The engineer adj
mitted that a fire box should be placed
at Bonner and Laidlaw n The
committee further reported, that addi-
tionai boxes had been or would soon be
placed on Palisade avenue, Franklin
street, Prospect street, Laidlaw avenu
and Central avenue-all in the district
covered by the association.
The committee was satisfied. Mr..
Wackernau said that in comparison with
the rest of the city this district was
well protected, for within its lines We're
two steamers, a truck, a hose carriage
and a chemical engine. The speaker re-
ferred to the improvements recently
added to the fire alarm boxes.
Mr.. Barber thought that the system in
vogue in New York city of placing at
different points notices of where the boxes
could be found should be adopted.
Mr.. Muir suggested that the lamp post
on which the boxes were placed be desig-
mated by being painted red.
Hugh p. Sheridan moved that the COM
mittee on Hopkins avenue pavement be
discharged and a new one be appointed.
He also urged that the petition for the
Improvement now on file be withdrawn
and one substituted including in its pro-
visions the paving Of Concord street to
Hopkins was adopted and
Messrs. McGrath, Purdy and Eyre were
appointed as such committee.
Much satisfaction was expressed over
Secretary BARRIERS announcement that
Commissioner HeintZe had informed him
that a sewer would be constructed on
Jefferson avenue from Central to Oak
venue
Robert G.. Muir wanted a committee
of three appointed to ascertain the extent
of territory covered by policemen in the
had been committed recently on Prospect
lieyed that of the district had been prop
erly policed these would not have oc-
CURED. AS for the latter ~thoroughfare.
on which he lived, Mr.. Muir said it was a
very rare thing to see a policeman. He