The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-11
ALDERMEN ACT QUICKLY
Mayor Hoos Vetoes the
Building Of a Stable
on Third Street.

The Aldermen met last night. They
caucussed for an hour, and in ten min
utes transacted all the business before
them. Alderman at-Large Midlige hon.
ored Alderman Guiton by calling him to
the business. he did wel. Mayor Hoos
sent the following veto to the Board
Honorable Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen-I herewith return to your
Honorable Board, without my approval,
a resolution passed at your meeting of
December q, 1898, and presented to me
for my approval December 81, 1898, and
of which the enclosed is certified copy:
| have taken this action for the follow
ing reasons
This resolution, as l am inform
ed, If carried into effect, contemDlates
the erection of a stable Furthermore.
this stable is not intended merely for
private use, to which there could be no
serious objection, but is intended as a
public stable and place for the storage of
character in strictly private residential
neighborhood, and that in the heart of
the city, serious detriment to surround
ing property. Fires are very apt to
break out in such stables and people liy-
ing in houses adjoining would fear, night
and day, for the safety of their lives
and property. In addition to these vital
objections, the natural, constant taking
OUT ana III Ol WdSOuS, Will Lie dtlSiiuetiit
noise, would prove a ceaseless source of
annoyance to people living In the lmme-
diate vicinity. Moreover, a number of
property owners have filed protest
against the granting of the permit for
said building, and as their objections are
well founded, feel it my duty to recog-
nize the same and must withhold my ap-
proval from this resolution.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD HOOS, Mayor.
The Mayor submitted the following
protest with his veto
'Hon. Edward Hoos Mayor, Jersey
sDear sir--At the last meeting of the
Beard of Aldermen resolution was
passed authorizing the erection Of a
frame building on the property owned, We
as No 1S0 Third street Jersey City, y. j.
We would respectfully request Your
Honor to withhold your approval from
sons:--It would be a serious injury and
detr.ment to our properties for the reason
that it will be used for the, storage OF
ffimsy construction and liable to be set
afire easily and all of the surrounu.-g
property is of brick buildings. private
residences and apartment houses, which
would be seriously injured by tneS erec-
ton of such building as we are IN
formed is intended. The undersigned are
sDectfully:-Smith Horton, No. III Third
Street. John H. Curry, No. $50 Third
street: John Rigan. No. 166 Third street;
Timothy splan, No 40 Third D. street; Al, Az
gust Steingrove No. 174 Third street
Heating & Chamberlain, No. 1907 Third
Street: Thomas Dwyer, No. IISlA Third
street; Robert R. Stirling, No. l7S Third 6
street: William Dohrmann, Nos. III, 1l9,
III Third street; Jacob Dohrman, No. 81
Third street: p H. Nugent, No. 1S2
Third street, H. T. Nugent, No; 1872 Ihird
street, +. A. Faeseier, no. le4 Inira
street.
The veto was laid over under the rules.
Alderman Muller introduced the resolu-
tion appointing George Berger clerk 70
was fixed at 81 900 a year instead OF
81. zoe as was first agreed upon. Berger
is to furnish bond of $l5o0. Inc new
clerk halls from the Tenth Ward, where
for wears he has been an earnest worker
in the party ranks. Mr.. Berger took the
oath of office before City Clerk ODonnell
this morning.