The Jersey City news., 1899-06-21
xPUNGED.
Ode Takes From
Account OF
& Trouble.
JERSEY CITY
sioners Asked to Be
eful About the
I Taxation.

2Raeeting last night in its rooms
second National Bank Build
&as the last that will be held
ember is.
unieation from NJ. NJ. Herbert,
#General of the u. S. Commission
& a Industries for the coming Paris
Won. was received. asking lor liie
Nation of the Board of Trade IN
,g out plans of having separate
for one large collection of each IN
al exhibit in the department OF
"a industries The communication
Ereferred to Andrew ]. Coreoran as
eman of the Committee on Manu-
@ures and William Russell as chair
b of the committee
#he following resolution was lntrooueeu
Andrew J. Corcoran, who claimed ena'
Ee subject was one of the mose n''-
kortant that has come before the eitizehs
IF Hudson county in many years.
sResolyed. That the Board OF Trace,
while approving consolidation Of all toWh-
ships of Hudson county. calls the atten-
sion of the city officials to the necessity
for providing in any proposed act LOT liie
division of the county into taxing uis-
sricts. each of which shall bear the m
4erest of its own Indebtedness ana meet
the assessment on all local improvement
S,oncernine this resolution Mr. Joseph
"A Dear said that there exists leeiihs
nj large that Jersey City is seeking con
so1;dation with the other municlpahtles
and townships in order to obtain reiei
from her own burden of debt any one
acquainted with the facts, he maintained,
sxnew that with the possible exception oi
n5ohoJxen the danger was repeulloh u
Jersev City's experience In consolloatlIs
with Bergen and Hudson city III ie'o'
uersey City was oppressed with the eilol-
mous debt she inherited therefrom. ne
Same danger threatens us now Every
stroke of work contract, Improvement
,,ndartaken. begun or ordered should De
charged to the district in which 1t was or
dered
,f~ Daar cited cases pro and con, in
ctra;ne chicago and the Hyde PARK
,,aon,e 47roolxlvn and the Flatbush people.
No believed that consolidation would be-
come a fact. He said. supposing Wesi
GIoboken was about to begin the erection
of several public school buildings, the
construction of big main sewer anu
other improvements, why should Jersey
CITY pay for them? He called further a.
tention to the fact that with the eNcep-
tion of Hoboken, outside of Jersey elly
improved streets are in very smal pro
norton to the unimproved ones Tne tax
would be levied by the general city OK
the failure of West Hoboken to pay lts
taxes the general city would have to pay
IT.
All townships, however, he SAID, are
growing. If care is taken that not loe
much extravaganza is manifest on the
eve of consolidation all the towns ane
townships would prove desirable members
of the family.
sTet the rest Of the county" he said
,n conclusion, ''be made to understand
that Jersey City will take proper care t
protect herself against imposition
The resolution was passed unanimously
Va copy of the resolution was ordered SEN
TO each member of the Greater Jerse,
Commission. the Mayor and members
the Finance and the Street and waite
Boards.
DR.. Gordon, Assemblyman Hall ant
other directors who took umbrage at tn
language used by Secretary TAFT said L
have been inspired by the President
notifying them that they had misse'
three consecutive meetings and citini
them to appear before the Board an
show cause why other directors shoul
not be elected in their stead, We're no
present.
The following resolution was offered an
passed.
"Resolved, That the Board of Director
be instructed to expunge from it's minute
the resolution of Mr.. Hall, passed at tn
last meeting" This resolution censure
the President for the language used.
Speaking to the motion President Furs
after calling Mr.. Drake to the chair, sal
!. that in ordering the secretary to send ou
the notices he believed he was carry1n
ont the wishes of the Board in accordanc
with a resolution passed in January las
He did not regard the language as pei
sonal. He said he did not even know
whom the notices were to be sent.
said he regarded his act as matter {
business. and greatly deplored the fa'
that personalities had been injected mi
the matter 1t was a surprise to him, /
said. In any association personal matter
should be avoided
The treasurers report showed that II
total receipts up to December, lS9
amounted to s1040.91; disbursement
SIPS 56; leaving a total balance of $312.S5.
FEMININE PUGlLIST.