The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-07

GROVE STREET TROLLEY.
Merchants Protective Asso-
citation Approves Of the
Stand Against the
Franchise.


| of Hudson County met last evening a.
the Avenue House, and after the sfansac-
ton of the usual routine business, tue
members discussed Mayor Hoos' veto Of
| the Grove street trolley franchise and the
subject of street sprinkling.
The Executive Committee reported IA
vorably upon the matter of holding q
series of lectures by various well known
lecturers upon topics of general interest
to merchants and their employees. 1t was
| decided to hold the first one on June 2.
The subject of Mayor Hoos' veto Of the
Grove street trolley franchise was first
touched upon by Mr.. J. S~chellonberger. of
the associations committee appointed 10
oppose the granting of the franchise
| without proper compensation and for an
indefinite period. He said that the on-
| ponents of the franchise met with great
| err success thar was at first anticipated.
Counselor Joseph Anderson secured the
| passage of a resolution to the effect that
the committee be instructed to gather
| statistics bearing upon the amount eff
taxes paid by the North Hudson County
Railway Company in proportion to its IN
| come. He denounced the granting of ir-
repealable franchises and declared they
| could be broken only by resolution.
while we are about the matter" broke
in Secretary Newton, 1--WE might as well
| watch the Jackson avenue line"
THAT is all provided for" answered Mr..
| Anderson. All new lines must pay 5
per cent. of the gross receipts ana the
Consolidated Traction Company agreed
to pay it.
The following resolution offered by Mr..
Anderson were then adopted
Whereas, His Honor, Edward Hoos,
Mayor of Jersey City, in a veto which
will be memorable in the history of our
city on the grant of valuable public fran
chises to private corporations, and that
said grant should be made for a limited
period of time, and,
Whereas, Had the franchises for which
our city is famous been retained, and
protection afforded in fun and ample man.
ner as has been afforded by said veto,
our city today would be the premier city
of New Jersey. and vie with the city of
New York in commerce and prestige, and.
Whereas, Said franchises have been so
uniformly granted by the city Of Jersey
City for the mere asking that the at
torney for the North Hudson County
| Railway Company, used as his chief ar
= IN l4tdl tiAS ttbaek ' - ~ 1ttN
son County Railway Company had re-
ceived a franchise for it's entire system
in Jersey City, except it's Grove street
line, for nothing; and that the Console
dated Traction Company had also received
their franchise for nothing, through the
| supine neglect of our city officials in both
instances; that the grant in this instance
should be made for nothing; the folly of
x-ltof, cr.o ~, rrif1aa1t rnCfriafinno ic
| shown by a comparison of the sum re-
ceived by the city of Newark, namely,
more than 800, 900 annually, and that re-
ceived by Jersey City from the old lines,
namely, nothing; and
AWhereas, 1t is a matter of congratula-
ton that by said veto of the grant of the
| North Hudson County Railway Company
| without restrictions of the franchise to
construct and operate a trolley Tine on
| Grove street, in Jersey City, 1t is made
known that pernicious grants of fran
chises without due regard for their value
and the city's interest must cease and
| will be no longer tolerated; therefore, be 1t
Resolved. That the Merchants Protec-
IL Association of Hudson county con-
| graduates the citizens of our city IN HAY
ing a. Mayor and two member of the
| Board of Street and Water Commissioners
to defend and protect their rights and in
| terests, and that this association COM
mends His Honor. Edward Hoos. Mayor
| of Jersey City, and the Hon. Ferdinand
| Heintze and the Hon. Charles
| Boltwood, members of the Board
| Of Street and Water Commissioners, for
| their firm stand in said matters; and that
the thanks OF this association be and they
| are hereby extended to our said officials,
| for their able and conscientious perfor-
| nance of their duty, and be it
Resolved. That copies of these reso-
lutions be forwarded to His Honor. Ed
| ward Hoos, Mayor. and the Hon. Ferdi-
nand Heintze and the Hon. Charles Bolt
| wood, members of the Board of Street
and Water Commissioner OF Jersey
| City"
Mr.. James E. Banks defended the ac-
tion of the association IN opposing the
franchise from the criticisms set forth In
a letter written by Mr.. Myron J. Furst.
| He said the criticisms were unjust.
James Beach said that the city should
accept the proposition of the Traction
Company to sprinkle the streets If fur
this could not be done. The Street and
Water Board, he declared, would render
/ itself liable to Indictment.
Robert Anderson complained of having
| to keep doors of his Grove street store
| closed on account of sand sprinkled upon
| Company. He said the company didn't
grudge sand but kicked on water
Mr.. J. E. Berstein said he was glad he
was a member of an association that YVES
fighting the Grove street trolley ffen-
| chise under present conditions. He did
| franchises which the masses sh0uld
TO crafty the selfish mo-
| tiyes of a few. The sprinkling
difficulty, he thought, could be easily
overcome If business men would agree
| to pay the infinitesinal tax necessary to
pay for the water reqthred.
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