The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-23
WHICH TELLS The TRUTH
Policeman Says Snow Was
Cleaned and Resident
Hints of Grudge.

Morris Marcus, owner of factory IN
Danforth avenue had been summoned 70
appear before the Second Criminal Cour'
for a snow case. representative OF MI
Marcus appeared and declared that the
snow had been shoveled from the side
walk in front of the factory. Policeman
question had not been cleared. The JUS
tiee asked how he was to decide in sucn
a case.
whats the matter?" he asked of the
representative, ssdo you think that the
officer has a grudge against the firm?'
The representative mumbled something
half audibly and then said that perhaps
the firm didn't "see'' Burke on Christmas.
Burke got mad and half under his
breath called the representative a hungry
looking cur.
go on,, said Burke, you don't even
pay your own people
Justice Nevin warned the representative
not to make such a break again. Marcus
was fined S..
John Cullen, of Fairmount avenue and
the Boulevard, was also arraigned for
violating the snow ordinance. He was
represented by Counsellor William G.
Dougherty, who claimed that the charge
again Cullen was defective in that II
didn't specify the date of the violation
The Justice ordered another complaint to
be made out and fined Cullen 81.
Paul Stiller, of Neptune avenue, owns
property with about one hundred feet
frontage on Old Bergen Road. Flats are
built upon the property and the snowi
according to police complaints had rot
been removed from in front thereof. Stiiler
said that matter had been left with the
janitor and if sidewalks were not cleared
of snow it was the janitor's fault.
The janitor insisted that he had cleaned
off the pavements, but Policeman Clemen-
son said the pavements had not been
cleared The Justice fined Mr.. Stiller s.,
but subsequently, reduced the fine to 81
on Stiller's promise that he would see
that the pavements were Immediately
cleared.
The Street and Water Commissioners
have retained only fifty of the two hum
dred men they had removing snow. The
principal thoroughfares are IN fairly good
condition and it is probable that the
force of snow shovellers will be retired
tomorrow or the succeeding day.
The sun of the past few days has done
it's work well in Greenville and residents
may now venture out without fear of
going over their shoetops in slush and
water. The street crossings on the car
line are thoroughly dried and one may
get on or off a car without fear of a
mud bath The snow along the tracks
which was at one time piled ten feet
high, has been reduced to but few
inches.
The walks are still bad in the vicinity
of the cemetery and pedestrians are still
forced to take to the car tracks The
side streets are in very poor condition
and not infrequqently drivers experience
great deal of difficulty in trying to
get back and forth through them.
No ashes have been removed on the
West Side since the blizzard. Ash bar
rels have stood on the sidewalks for over
week. The residents of that section
have many of them filed all the babrrels
and boxes available.
Grocers complain that they cannot fill
the demand for barrels. They have given
away and sold flour barrels, soap boxes
and potato barrels until they have not
enough left for their own use. Several
of the store keepers have carted the
ashes from their own places and from
the houses of some of their customers to
the dumps.