The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-05
LIGHT FOR The HILL
Hudson City Business Mems
Association Secure More
Lamps for That
Section.
AFTER POSTMASTER JORDAN
The Hoboken Avenue Nuisance
in a Way TO Be
Abated,

| Several important matters were con-
sidered at the meeting of the Hudson
City Improvement Association held last
| night at Groeschers Hail. Oakland and
Beacon avenues. The report of the spe-
| cial committee appointed to investigate
| and take action towards abating the null
| sance existing on the Hoboken avenue
road at the foot of the Laidlaw avenue
steps, which is caused by the refuse from
| the outhouses on the east side of Pallsaoe
| avenue emptying over the side hill to the
roadway below, was taken up Ihese
| houses formerly drained into the open
meadow to the east of the roadway, nut
| the private drain pipes have become
| broken, with the result that all the water
| and filth have been carried to the de-
| preston at the foot of the roadway
| causing an almost intolerable nuisance in
| summer time and rendering tramc eA-
| tremely dangerous in winter.
| The committee reported that in con-
| formity with the instructions of the asso-
| citation they had made arrangements for
| the laying of Pinch vitrified pipe
| under the sidewalk to the foot OF the
| steps there to connect with 1o-inch
| steel pipe to empty into the Ravine Road
| sewer. This. it was claimed, would COM
pletely abate the nuisance.
| w. f. Farmer spoke in advocacy OF
sewer being laid in the middle of the road
way. This he deemed was the only feasi-
| ble plan to drain the property represent
| ed to him which consisted in all of some
| 600 feet frontage
| F. w. Fuller opposed any deviation from
| the plan agreed upon.
Nicholas Witsch said that the people ac-
! tually benefited by the Improvement
| would be Mr. Farmer and the concerns at
| the foot of the hill. The nuisances sought
| to be abated were around the property OF
| the latter. and that as far as he was con-
cerned there was no need for the sewer,
| but as a citizen he was adverse to stand
| ing in the way of any public Improvement
| but objected to having any more expense
than was necessary saddled on him.
Financial Secretary Barber became very
| ;ndignanA at this and declared that the
nuisance as caused by thesproperty own
| ers on the east side of Palisade avenue,
| and if the matter was not settled satls-
| factorily to all parties interested when the
| spring opened complaint would be made
to the Board of Health, and If that body
/ failed to act the Grand Jury would be ap-
pealed to to indict those people for main
] tanning a nuisance
| Frederick Kraft poured oil on the
troubled waters by suggesting a con-
| ference between the committee and the
| representatives of the property at the
| foot of the hill. This was agreed on and
| the matter dropped
| The section to be benefited by this inn
provement is peculiarly located and the
drainage of it has long been difficult
/ problem. The numerous manufacturing
/, concerns which have of late sprung up
in the meadows adjoining the Hoboken
/ avenue road have been greatly bothered
by lack of sewerage facilities. The road
way up the HILL as is well known, can
/ hardly be used on either side for build
/ ing purposes. M
Assistant Secretary Hugh P Sheridan
reported that the Lienau place extension
| had assumed definite shape, and that at
next Mondays meeting of the Board OF
Street and Water Commissioners action
| would probably be taken to open TINS
| thoroughfare through the Staples prop
| erty to Waverly street.
Mr.. Barber spoke of the Baldwin ave-
| nue. extension. He thought that 1t was
an injustice to assess narrow strip on
/ either side for the improvement which
| he considefed as much of a county mat
| ter as was the building of the Boulevard
/ A communication was read from Lamp
| inspector John Boyd stating that in com
i pliance with the requests of the associa-
ton. Commissioner Nolan had had an ad-
/ ditional electric light placed at central
/ and Booraem avenues; that the lights had
| been lowered and arms extended on Cen
| II al avenue; that the oil lamps along Nei-
son avenue from Boulevard to the north
| ern boundary of the city, and on side
! streets between Nelson avenue and Boule-
ward had been replaced by electric lights.
| He also stated that owing to the CONDITION
of the appropriation it was Impossible 10
| place any more electric lights, but that
| additional Welsbach gas lights had been
4 placed on Prospect and Webster avenues,
/ Waverly street, west of Palisade avenue; !;
/ Jefferson avenue, between Palisade and
Bonner avenues; Palisade avenue, between
| Fleet street and Hoboken avenue, and
| Laidlaw avenue, near Palisade.
/ Mr.. Sheridan reported that the petit
ton for the widening and improving of
| Palisade avenue, from Newark to Hobo
ken avenue, was in the hands of g. w.
i Young. president of the United States
| Mortgage and Trust Company OF New
| York, whieh corporation owns a consid-
erable stretch of property on the west
side of the street. He could not tell
whether Mr.. Young would sign the PEE
| tition or not and did not think it adj
yisable to proceed without his signature.
The secretary was directed to commu-
nicate with Postmaster Jordan and ex-
press the associations disapprobation of
i the scheme to abolish postal sub-station
Il No. 4, which for the past two years has
4 been located on Palisade avenue, near
Franklin street. 1t was agreed that the
abolition of this office would be a serious
detriment to the business interests OF the
section.
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