The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-09
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Mr.. BYRNE'S LOSS
Two Horses Died in One
Week and Mrs. Benson
Is Sympathetic.
EVERYBODY AWAY
That Is Why the Streets Are
Dirty-Park For Little
Italy.
EVERYBODY AWAY

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The spasmodic cyclone of cleanliness
which, with the birth of the Town Inn
provement Department, swept the city
seems at present to be at a 1ull. The
streets, especially In the lower section of
the city, are dirtier than they AVE been
for some time past and the Junction Is
not in the same clearly condition as when
in charge of the ladies' under Mrs. Ben
sons supervision.
Naturally, Mrs. Benson, as chairman
of the Town Improvement, was applied
to as to the cause of this change. she
gave several reasons.
sYou see,s, said she, Everybody Is away,
and IN order to lave clean streets we
must constantly keep at the men Then,
too. they are laying off. waiting for that
ten thousand dollarss The trouble is the
money gave out and they had to cease
sweeping the streets so often"
How is. hat?'' was asked Does not
Mr.. Byrne get his forty thousand, any
way?v
Yes Unanswered Mrs. Benson; but, you
see. on account of the Town Improvement
he was sweeping some of the streets more
often than the contract called for. !
think he is doing a wonderful work on
the appropriation. Every day he rides
round in his buggy. here, there and ev-
erywhere, with his shirt sleeves rolled up
working just as hard as he can One year
some one under-bid Mr.. Byrne and ne
withdrew. but the man who took the con-
tract came out at the end with aterrible
loss; and Just think, Mr.. Byrne himself
lost two horses in one week. One fell on
an embankment and the other keeled over
on the road and died. hen he has al
those Italians to managed The women
talk of taking the contract, but Wha'
would they do in a case like that?
The Junction is the Town Improvement
Departments pet and when Mrs. Benson
was questioned about that she appeared
surprised, but thought its condition was
due to the fact that so many trolley par
Ties start from the Junction every night
and are very careless about throwing
down newspapers and wrappings from
fr,it. she thought that here the ordi-
nance against throwing about papers
should be enforced.
.sWhy. only the other day said she
while waiting for a car | guess / mus
have picked up about a bushel OF papers
myself, and If everybody would only oS
that
The reporter gasped.
.ob ], continued Mrs. Benson. they
were not dirty-only newspapers ane
wrappings from fruit and candy
aIf the people only had some place g
Stand while waiting for the car, besides
~ the corner" continued the speaker
1T think it would be better
aHave you agitated the matter wa
asked. .no,,s.
yes hut there is no plaee~the troiie,
oomnanv can get. The owners ask I'M
FRACTION people such terrible prices Jus
heoausa thew think the company can pay
fhem. / heard hi the company onere'
IL erect a handsome shed extending IRON
Kaiser.s saloon to the curb, and hgnl !
nv electricity, but the owners asked ns'
thousand dollars for the privilege
Mrs Benson further said when question
ed about the recreation pier, thai the &c
nartment expected to erect one al IN
foot of Bay street, by next summer. Du
nothing could be lone this year as 1t wa
SO late in the season.
Golden street, however. will 50 on pc as
matted" said she, and that VIII tax
one eyesore away. What we are goins
10 try for now is more public parks, an'
if some of the wealthy men Of the eli
would only donate the ground, as MT
Lembeck did, we might accomplish some
thing"
THE ladies will soon be home now,
continued the chairman, and then 'ne'
can get after the men"
nc i do not think I shall call anothe'
meeting" said Mrs. Benson, In reply .
another query, .the last was TOO nue.
like a Democratic political afrair. lhes
all had plans of their own and wante'
their own way. The sub-chairmen car
manage their " districts to suit them
selves"
Mrs. Benson also said that little tan
was to be thoroughly cleaned and tnel
have a park. That would be the Towi
improvements next move