The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-07
BUSINESSMEN dine.
Good Speakers Tell What
the Association Has Done
Since Organization.

the fourth anniversary OIL the oi oiSdHiAS1-
ton Of the Hudson City Business Men $
Association was celebrated by dinner at
Pohlmanns last night. Covers We're lald
for about one hundred members and
guests William H. Kastenhuber, chair
man of the committee of arrangements,
was master of ceremonies. Orchestral
music was furnished by Prof. Ammon' $
orchestra The tables were set in the
regular dining hall. Mayor Hoos was
present and responded to the toast, .Our
city,
President Henry Rollfs made an address
of welcome and sketched briefly the his
tory of the organization and what it had
accomplished in the -four years of its ex-
| istence.
In responding to the toast "Our City,
| Mayor Hoos first took occasion to COM
pliment the Business Mems Association
| for its healthy condition and on the re-
suits of it's work. Its work had not only
been of great benefit to the members, but
| to that section of the, city--in fact the
| whole city, and it was highly encouraging
| to city officials.
The Mayor said he always felt that he
was among friends when he attended any
Merchants and Improvement Associa-
| tions in the Hudson City sction. All of
| them he said had done a great deal in
| arousing public spirit and had been large
| ly instrumental in securing good sewers
| and pavements. He mentioned the
| desirability of transfer system over the
| North Jersey Street Railway Companies
| lines and those of he North Hudson
| County Railway lines so that the two
| sections might be united. He advised the
Business Mems Association and repre-
sentatives of the other associations
present to keep up the agitation.
General Duncan S. Walker who was to
| have responded to the toast, 'The Press, =
! was absent. Ex-President William G.
| Meyer, of the Mercants' Protective AS
sociation responded to the toast, Sister
Associations" He spoke of the good work
which all the associations had done
! through individual and united effort and
said that while he opposed the PROPOSE
ton mooted some time ago to bring
about an amalgamation of all the as
sociations, he did favor having a repre-
sentative of each association present at
all the meetings of the associations.
| Chairman Kastenhuber answered that
end of the proposition by stating that the
Business Mems Association from it's in
| cepion had always made an effort to bring
about some sore of a coalition.
/ Joseph A. Dear, in response TO the
toast, Commercial Progress of Our City,
gave a very interesting synopsis OF It's
progress during the past thirty years.
School Director julius Egbert gave a
| fine address on the facilities, improve
ments and necessities of ''Our Schools,
in the course of which he reiterated his
opinion that the Harrison estate was the
best location for the proposed new High
School.
School Director julius Berger talked on
s'Our Association along the usual lines.
He said that not only direct results of its
work was apparent but that indirectly 1t
had aroused public spirit in the Hudson
City section 'fWe are a part of Jersey
CITY, he said, "and while the people OF
that section were accused of sectionalism
the truth was they want merely to bring
out the Hudson City section, to make
even this outlying section conspicuous
part of Jersey City
Street and Water Commissioner Nolan,
who had attended the beefsteak dinner OF
the Davis Association, appeared late. He
was warmly welcomed and in response to
repeated calls made a short, felieitous
address.
at Pohlmann's on Tuesday nights, entered
the banquet hall and rendered several OF
the choicest selections, much TO the enjoy
ment of the banqueterS. MeSSrS. j. w.
Black and F. J. Stuhr were Mr., HASTEN
hubers confreres on the committee of ar
ranppmeritS