The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-11

On motion the Board took a recess for
one hour.
On reassembling all the members OF the
Board were present.
On motion the reading of the minutes
of regular meeting, held on Wednesday,
May %, 1898, was dispensed with, and they
were on motion approved as engrossed.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AND
COMMUNICATIONS.
From J. F. OqMelia and others:-
Petitioning for the opening, ETC., OF
Clerk street, from Myrtle avenue TO WI
kinSon avenue.
From NJ. Simmons and others
Petitioning for the repaying of west
Side avenue. from C~ommunipaw avenue
to Yale avenue.
From Henry McGivney and others:-
demonstrating against the Improvement
of Wood place, Ogden avenue and Boor-
aem avenue.
From Joseph Seglina and others
Petitioning for the establishment of a
grade on Orient avenue, between Jackson
avenue and Ocean avenue. y
From Thomas 3. Crotty and otherS:-
Petitioning for the appointment of Mi
chael J. Mcmahon as inspector on Thir-
teenth street sewer. from Provost street
to the Hudson River
From Henry Byrne.E
Requesting Board to relieve him of con-
tract for the recon5truction of Payonla
avenue, between Kelso street and Grove
street.
From J. Sandall:-
Petitioning for appointment as tnspec-
tor on sewer IN Bergen avenue, .lEOlA
m avenue to Union street.
Six (6) petitions for signs, etc.
Received and referred to the Comndttee
on Streets and Sewers.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
From His Honor the Mayor
Jersey City, June ], 1895. !.
To the Honorable Board of Street and
Water Commissioners.
Gentlemen-I herewith return to your
Honorable Board. without my approval,
the ordinance which was adopted by you
1f uar1r naaptinO held Nav % 1S9S and
presented to me for my approval May 2S,
1888. and of which the enclosed is a copy.
I have taken this action 1pr the follow
lng reasons
The platforms upon which we were
elected to our respective Offices, recog-
MIXING the value and Importance of privi-
leges at the disposal of the city, declared
that privileges such as those that are con-
tanned in this ordinances shOuh1 not be
granted without conlpen sation: and ran
to see any argument which will make the
granting OF privileges without compen-
sation square with a promise % refrain
from doing that very thing. The history
of Jersey City is one 10 ng record 'of public
rights given away fors the mere asking,
with no regard for tile present nor pro-
vision for the future. Rights granted
without any or else with ilhadeqiate re.
turns 20 the city should ave brought
thousands of dollars to the pubhc treas
Try Against the farther presentation 81
such gifts an alarn4ed and organized pup
lie sentiment is beginning and ought &c
exist, and I for 0 ne voice that sentiment
and am resolved 70 back it up to the las
ditch,
/ am surprised to find this ordinance az
adopted indorsed by many who have beer
loudest in their declarations that PRIV
Ieges granted ITO corporatio ms should pe
paid for, but "a merely super fic1al exami-
nation Will SHOW that self in teresf is the1I
guiding mot I'VE and should noi be con
s:dered where the general welfare of the
; city is CONCERNED.
The right to use public streets is g
valuable one and corporatid MS seek II MOI
for the hlin.or Of the thinsy, but because
they heliesve and know 1T tc, be proltaple
I understand and rea Eze perfectly ina
there is :. mutually Of convenience ex
tending to the corporation. its passenger
and faos@ 70 whom til ey are carried lol
bIsiIess OF ntI1Rr purp sses. but the qIes'
Lon OF CO yenience is alto gether fcrelgr
IL the srolEei1 of pays 1ent for franchlses
granted by municipal ties 1t IS for In
reason that the convs .niencse can pc az
forced that capital is n sted, because
of the subtraction from ind vidual use o.
public streets that the In Investment q
capital is made lucrative and for This verA
reason those who made IND own liH
streets are entitled tC. compensation, ant
the resultant lighteni ng of the tax levy
Furthermore, this principle lis Upheld %
advanced thought Oh. ulunacipai govern
ment and the experience df CITIES u
which those privileged have been com
PEELED to pay, and finally YOU solemn
pledges to the people at the polls.
But there are also other objections q
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