The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-01-26

enthusiastic reception
AT $50 o'clock the galleries were thrown
open to ladies, and these listened to the
| speeches:-Mrs. w. Brown, Mrs. John
Anderson. Mrs j. A. Erchbach, Miss
Jean Anderson, Mrs. Emily f. Freeburn,
Mrs Augustus Bliss, Lillian Strong Por-
rett. Mrs. K. Porrett, Kate Howe. Mrs
c. C. Heuman, Mrs. Eugene J. Mccarthy,
Mrs NJ. T. Connolly, Miss Grace e.
Tompkins, Miss Mary f. Evans, Martha
G. Evans. Mrs. Uriah F. Washburn, Miss
Fairy, Mrs. d. B. Day. Miss Emma J.
Evans, Mrs. S. D. Tompklns, Mrs Chas.
Smith, Grace E. Tilden, Kathryn G.
Cough, Mrs. f. M. Lockwood, Mrs. G.
T. Bouton, Miss Cora Mount, Mrs. ].
Alexander Davis, Mrs. L. H. Broome,
Mrs w. Y Dear, Mrs. j. A. Dear, Miss
F. Hague, Miss L. Hague, Mrs. Hastings
When the cigars had been lighted Presi-
dent Drake called the company together
and in a few well chosen remarks well
coined the guests to the twelfth annual
banquet of the Jersey City Board Of
Trade. He referred to the inclement
weather and said he was glad so many
were present in spite of all difficulty IN
getting there.
The Board of Trade, he said, had passed
, through years of activity, which had net
always been discernible to the public
eye, and people often asked, what good
does the Board of Trade do anyhow" 1t
performs very important work and pro-
posed to do much more during the year
1900. Among the good things for the next
year which Mr.. Drake promised was a
new Postoffice for Jersey City, whereat
there was much applause and enthusiasm
He then introduced Mayor Hoos, VINO
said
your Chairman of the Dinner Commit
tee in requesting me to be present with
you this evening, among other things
dinner without the Mayor of Jersey City to
| respond TO the toast, "Our. City, would
be like the play OF aHamlet' lT Win 81 me
terry by the chairman instantly recalls to
my mind the ghost in that same play, ana
insist that Hamlet is not Hamlet ,
there can be no successful dinner OF the
Board of Trade without an allusion TO
that annual ghost, the water question:
Speak of the water question, and you
Immediately think of the Board OF Trade.
Speak of the Board of Trade and you i'm
mediately think of the water question.
lows day. Honestly, I believed that the
ghost of the water question had been
quieted forever at your last dinner, but
| like the ghost in Hamlet, he would not
be downed for our Honorable Street and
Water Board saw fit to resurrect him. In
short it was discovered that within the
brief period OF year our good people
water So there you see, the ghost was
to the front again. 1 will not, however,
permit this. ghost to take up much OF
your time for you know that the city otii
cials have notified the contractor that the
city intends TO purchase water supply
capable of furnishing daily so, 0O0, 900 gall
Ions and a water shed capable of yielding
20, ,000 coo gallons daily At the election you
will decide whether the city shall or shall
not purchase this plant when completed,
has fulfilled all the requirements of the
agreement made between him and the
city.
don, 1 again assert that Jersey City has
been making many Improvements during
| the past three years III the way of build
ing new sewers, reconstructing old ones,
paving new streets with asphalt, Belgian
block, macadam, etc, repaving old streets,
grading and laying out new ones; more
Sidewalks have been repaired than ever
before, seven new schools have Deen built
and another is being erected, a new
Library Building will soon be completed.
All these statements can be easily verified
by the reports of the various Boards.
81 merely mention some of these things
to call to your minds that Jersey City has
thrown off the lethargy of the past and
which bodes we'll for the city's future. IN
this direction our press can do much and
am happy to state that at times the
press does somehow or another forget
politics and aims to set forth the many
natural advantages of Jersey City as a
| resident and business city. This is as It
should be, for everyone without regard
to political differences of opinion should
be willing to speak favorably of the city
| in which we live. Nature has been kind
| to us and the only thing necessary to be
| to others the opportunities offered to in
vestors in this city. Communications on
| subjects, in my judgment, pertaining to
our city's welfare, are sent by me from
| time to time to the various municipal de-
partments for their consideration, and
while I would like to discuss many Of
| these questions with you this evening and
| while l am sure you would be interested,
| [ feel I would encroach too much upon
| the time allotted to the distinguishes or or
ators of the evening. Therefore, omitting
other topics of interest, there is one that
! is of such Importance that cannot re-
frain from touching upon t namely the
| Long before became your Chief Execu-
| tive I became convinced of the. necessity
| of erecting a new High School building.
| AS one of your representatives In the Leg
| islature I introduced a bill enabling the
! city to issue bonds for this purpose.
When was elected Mayor, seeing the i'm
| mediate necessity for new primary and
grammar schools these were built at once
| to satisfy the urgent demand in this direc-
| ton but the idea of erecting new High
School building was not lost sight OF.
Time and time again endeavored 10 Sc
| cure definite action in this direction. AS
| YOU know, it was decided that the last
| act under which it was intended to erect
| a new structure was declared unconStifu-
tioual But a new act has been lnTodOc-
1 ed and will undoubtedly become law, and
| it is your right, fellow citizens, TO then
demand that the school be built. There Is
no valid reason why such building
Should not be erected. The idea Of care,
| full people sounding a so-calIed note Oh
alarm. insinuating that the city cannot al
| ford to spend three hundred Thousand
dollars on a new High School, but max
| ing light of a. proposed expenditure OF
more than S1,000,000, or something thal
would yield us no immediate return Tor at
| least twenty years to come. The advan-
| tages of a High School education are ad-
| mifted by all and the necessity for q new
| building with ample room are made evil
| dent to anyone who visits the present
! structure. Build new building and at
fhe same time you create accommod odatiozs 8
| snr snr Sslai srammar School children in the old
4 hl1ilding and thus relieve some OF the
/ other schools in that section Of our city.
/ The city's financial standing is good; then
| whv hesitate and postpone what is imper-
a+ive The present building is overcroWd-
| ed and the health of the pupils is endan-
| gered thereby. The present accommoda-
| ffons are a shame and disgrace to city
| ~ ol,r size and form basis tor odious
comnarisons with other municipalities.
Nancy spent for such q purpose is never
! reerefted. Such capital always yields 2
snood return to the investor. Let us erect
| E new building and let 1t be well equipped
q q nd we offer an .inducement to prospective
aasidents aani that taken in consideration with
lSs5,eT sdvantages will irresistibly infu-
49, 49, tr,e1o IA settle here. Let Jersey City