The Jersey City news., 1899-06-21
FAVOR HOBOKEN VlADUCT
Delegation of Businessmen
Tell Their Reasons to Street
and Water Board.

AT the meeting of the Street and Wa
ter Board yesterday afternoon a delega-
ton from the Hudson City Business
MEMS Association. headed by DR.. Y. AL
len, appeared and advocated the appoints
ment of two Commissioners as a step in
the direction Of bringing about the pro-
posed construction of a viaduct some-
where in the neighborhood of the foot OF
Bowers street. A law was passed by the
last Legislature authorizing the con-
struction or such q, viaduct.
Dr. Allen declared that so far as vehi.-
Gle traffic is concerned the northern sec
tion of the Hill is Isolated from the rest
of the city, Hoboken and New York. BY
the construction of a viaduct in the local
ity suggested the city would greatly ac-
onmmodatc some five to ten thousand
people who are daily compelled to use
unpleasant thoroughfa.es.
j. is wonderful, said the doctor. how
many people who live il the Hudson City
section who work below the Hill or in
New York, walk to and from their scenes
of toll. None but those who live on the
brow of the Hin and morning and even
ing watch the procession of toilers are
aware os the number of walkers among
them.
The Industries, too. he said, want the
viaduct. All are in favor of it. Hoboken
wants it. Mayor Hoos favors it.. The law
prescribed that the two cities should
equally share the expense of its construc-
ton. AS to the exact location the doctor
SAID the people of that section of the Hill
had no particular choice so long as they
got viaduct somewhere in the neigh
horhood. He thought that was a matter
that should be left entirely in the hands
of the engineers.
1t had been claimed that the people OF
the Hudson City section, he said, could
| never unite on any proposed Improvement
This was not true, he added. They were
a unit on at least two thingss Palfsade
avenue Improvement and the construction
of viaduct
Henry Rollfs followed Dr. Allen. He
said that the sooner the Commissioners
are appointed the sooner the construction
of the Boulevard will be brought about
and the sooner will the entire city thus
be benefited. While the delegation was
small it represented great many people.
Andrew j. Knox said the business men
of that section feel at a great disadvan-
tage on account of their isolation from
the rest of the world. A viaduct is one
| of the greatest benefits that the city
| can confer upon them. Considerable
trouble was experienced in securing a
| law allowing the construction of the VI
aduct and the opportunity should be
| taken advantage of.
The business men are, he said, unanl-
mously in favor of the viaduct Mr.
| Knox called attention to the unfalrness
| of obliging business men of that section
| to nav a toll of fifteen cents every time
| they send wagon up or down the wagon
elevator of the North Hudson Railway
/ Company.
William Brown, George Won ARK ana
Robert Edgar also spoke in favor OF the
proposed viaduct and expressed the hope
| that it would soon be reality.
They were told that the proper thlng
/ was to go before the Finance Board ana
ask for the necessary appropriation. AS
| soon as that was granted the Conmis-
| sioners would soon be appointed.