The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08
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Hudson City Imp roVement
Association Wants the
City at Large t Pay.


Considering the weather, the attendance
at last nights meeting Of tile Hudson City
Improvement Association was unusually
large.
Financial Secretary William Barber re-
ported that plans for the widening Of Fer
ry street had ben prepared and petitions
for signatures were now being circulated.
Henry Badenius reported Lienau place
improvement progressing. He said that
although c. F. Staples had been ordered
to vacate his Waverly street factory on
July 10, two barrels of stuff were received
there yesterday. August Rader said there
was no improvement as vet In the condi-
ton of the place around the factory. Mr.
Barber suggested that in view Of the fact
that Mr.. Staples had been ordered to va
cate on July 10. the association should
wait until then before taking any further
action.
Robert Muir thought that the Palisade
Avenue Asphalting Committee should be
more active if they expected to accom-
plish anything this year. He remarked
that the license money was now coming
in and if the matter was not pushed other
sections might yet in ahead,
President William Farmer said he had
talked with the Mayor and members Of
the Street n Water Board about two
weeks ago. They all seemed to favor the
asphalting Of Palisade avenue, but from
the tenor Of their conversations he
thought the association should lose no
time in h~ustling to get a portion OF the
license money expended for this improve
ment.
Herman Wackernau reported that the
work of improving Hopkins avenue was
progressing, but slowly.
Financial Secretary Barber again
brought up the matter of a new engine
house in place Of the one now occupied
by Companies Nos. Z and II, at Summit
and st. Pauls venues He told what the
committee had already done in an effort
to put the matter squarely before the city
officials and suggested that the most
feasible and economical plan would be to
sell the present property, which was not
desirable for the purpose by reason OF
being on a principal th~orolghfare, and
purchase a smaller plot or a side street.
He thought the present property could be
sold for about 81, 500 and a suitable site
purchased for $500, and in addition to this
saving, considerably more could be saved
by only one front being required for the
new building, whereas If built on the site
of the present house, two fronts would be
required.
Mr.. Barber said he had consulted with
Commissioner Lembeck Of the Finance
Board, who promised to make a personal
inspection and let the association's COM
-.s&-- --o ~ ~a~,.I+ hafora any aQffnU
was taken.
President Farmer reported that he had
consulted with the officers Of the Central
Iron Company about a sewer on lower
Hoboken avenue. They owned 400 feet of
frontage onthe street and were favorable
to a sewer outlet. but wanted the cheap
est one possible.
Robert Muir suggested that in place of
only one street sign being placed at in
tersecting corners, there should be "
dfagonally opposite. He also said that the
enamel signs were being put up too low
and were too much of a temptation for
til esmalf boy to destroy them
On motion of Mr.. Muir, Secretary Back
lin was directed to communicate with the
Street and Water Board asking that at
least two signs be placed at each corner
nda suggesting there was reed of many
more IN the Hudson City section.
Mr.. Muir also advocated that the poles
on which fire boxes are placed should be
painted a bright red, and thai cards tell
ing the location of the boxes and giving
| instructions how to perate them shuld
b eplaeed in the vicinity.
J. Wallace Black offered the following
resolution
we. the members of the Hudson City
Improvement Association, UNDER
standing that the opening of aldwin
avenue is an Improvement from Which
benefits are to be derived by all Sec
tions of the city, and not merely a To-
cal Improvement. which, II such were
the case, should be borne by the prop
erty owners whose property will be
the Assessment Commissioners are to
assess the property on and adjacent
TO said Improvement. do hereby pro-
test against said assessment for the
reason that it is a benefit to the entire
city at large; therefore be #
Resolved. That a copy OF this resolu-
ton be sent to the said Assessment
Commissioners, and that a commit
tee be appointed to AVE charge of the
matter and present same to the roper
CITY officials
In advocating the adoption of the reso-
luton Robert Muir said that he consid-
cred the Baldwin avenue opening as much
Of a public Improvement as the Thirteenth
street viaduct and therefore the city
should pay the cost.
Secretary c. A. BuckIin believed that
the opening of Baldwin, avenue had great
ly enhanced the value Of improved prop
erty along the line. and therefore meant
increased values for taxing purposes. This
meant more revenue for the city, and
therefore it was but right for the city to
pay the cost of the Improvement.
j. Wallace Black was. on motion, APP
pointed a committee IN one, with power
to secure the cooperation of other inter
ested property owners in an effort to in
duce the city to pay the cost Of thse inn
provement.