The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-28
FOR HUDSON CITY
Twelfth Ward Business Men
Urge the Enlargement
of the Ogden Ave-
nue. Park.
MAYOR HEARS THEIR PLEA
Willing to Wait Until La
fayette's and Little Italy's
Claims Are Satisfied.

Mayor Hoos and the Street and Water
Board Commissioners gave a hearing to
members of the Twelfth Ward. Hudson
City and Business Mems Improvement
Association, on Saturday afternoon in re-
spect of the proposed enlargement of
Ogden avenue park.
These citizens were fair and liberal in
their demands generously saying that
they were willing to wait until Lafayette
first was attended to in the matter of
parks, then Little Italy and then would
comes their turn. 1t was the opinion of
these gentlemen too that the city should
Withhold the $1,000 appropriated for the
Ogden avenue park until the additional
site could be obtained.
At the conference were:-Messrs.
Robert Muir, j. Burber, Geo. Hoehl, Sec
retary Bubasch, H. Rohlffs and Mr.. Nc
Andrew Green, the executor of the Ogden
site, which the delegation wishes the city
to purchase. After Chairman Muir of the
delegation had stated the object of the
visit to the city officials he introduced
Mr.. McAndrews, wso said that Mr.. Green
whom he represented was not in the real
estate business to make money nor to
charge the city an enormous price for any
land desired for the park
He explained that there was only one
person living connected with the estate
with whom negotiations for purchase
could be made and it was important that
some arrangement should be made with
him as soon as possible. In the event of
his death, said Mr.. McAndrews there
would be seventeen heirs to settle with
and that would involve very long and
tedious matter.
do you ask any price for your lots?"
the Mayor asked.
Mr.. McAndrew in reply said that at
present ne had no figure to offer, but he
could say that Mr.. Green would make
the price as low as possible. In 1874, he
continued, the price of the lots was $2,50O
each, but of course the land had
deprecated in value since. That figure
was what Mr.. Ogden put in his will when
the property was turned over to Executor
Green.
Mayor Hoos said that he did not see
how in the present financial state of the
city that much could be done now. The
appropriation for parks had been almost
exhausted and the city could not at
present enter into any further arrange
ments for expenditures in that line. His
Honor, however suggested that if Mr.
Green would deed the balance of the lots,
required to make the additional park, to
the city the city would hold the taxes
against it until such time when legisla-
ton should be procured by which Jersey
City could purchase the lots.
Mr.. McAndrews approved of the
Mayors plan and replied that he would
submit it to Mr. Green. He added that
if the Street and Water Board thought
worthy of it he could recommend men
versed in laying out parks who would be
glad of the opportunity of Transforming
the Ogden site into beautiful pleasure
ground for practically nothing.
The committee unanimously were of
opinion that the city should hold the
$1,000 set aside for the Ogden Park until
such time that money fas at hand to
buy the larger site.
1--WE are in favor said Chairman
Muir, ''of giving Lafayette it's park first
and don't object to Little Italy coming
before US. We want the whole site when
the city can buy it for u.s.
AS the matter stands now the PROPOSE
tion of the Mayor will be referred to- Mr..
Green, the executor of the Ogden estate,
for his sanction or otherwise.