The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-11-27
GIFT TO The
PEOPLE
Mayor Hoos's Cordial Words
on Signing the Lafayette
Park Resolution.
DOUBT OVER COLUMBIA SITE
Perhaps the $50, 900 Might
Be Better Used to I'm
prove Parks Already
Laid Out.
DOUBT OVER COLUMBIA SITE

The Street and Water Board was in ex-
eeutive session for several hours yester-
day afternoon City Collector Robert
Davis and President Lembeck of the FL
nance Board were with the Commission
ers a part of the time. Beyond stating
that the discussion related principally to.
the subject of parks, the participants
were somewhat teticent. The object of
the conference, however, is said to have
been to discuss ways and means to raise
money to carry out the improvements of
the present park sites.
The Street and Water Commissioners
are inclined to the opinion that the Board
of Finance acted somewhat prematurely
in appropriatilig SIC, 600 for the extension
of Columbia Park, as the request should
first have come from them. They think
this money should be spent in the inn
provement of the parks already pos
sessed by the city, and that the Columbia
Park extension should lie over for a
while Besides, there has been much
clamoring for years for the extension of
Riverview Park, up in the Hudson City
section The Columbia Park extension
project was but recently mooted.
President Lembeclz, of the Finance
Board it is said. put up stiff fight for
his Boards action in appropriating $780,
900 for The extension of Columbia Park.
All sorts Of rumors were current after
the conference of yesterday. 1t was said,
among other things, that Mayor Hoos in
tended vetoing both resolutions of the
Finance Board appropriating money for
the purchase of the Lafayette park site
ami the extension of Columbia Park.
These rumors were completely upset
this morning by Mayor Hoos It was
with the utmost satisfaction that he
signed the resolution of the Finance
Board authorizing the purchase of the
chosen Lafayette park site.
There. he said, as he ran his fingers
over the blotter over his signature,
that's a Thanksgiving gift to the people
Of Lafayette. ! am certainly glad they
have at last got their park I sign the
resolution with the greatest Of pleasure
To a News, reporter he said ;--.sI want
to extend through the press my congratu-
1ations and compliments to Messrs. Arch-
ibald Campbell. DR.. Mortimer Lampson.
Counselor Engle, Louis Wittpen, the Rev
Rabbow, Commissioner Hauck, Gustav
Marten. Mr.. Sauer. ex-Street and Water
Commissioner Kaiser, and all the La
fayette citizens who have worked SO in
defatigably in behalf of thar section for
a park
sAnd while I am about it,, added the
Mayor, e'I wish to extend my thanks to
the Tax Commissioners and their staff
for their splendid work reduction Of
20 points in the tax rate in spite Of in7
creased appropriations for the new fiscal
year is cheering.
Il am also glad to see that the people
are desirous Of paying their taxes so
promptly. as is evidenced by the hundreds
who have thronged the corridors and the
City Collectors Office since yesterday
morning. / doubt not they appreciate the
rebate of 70 per cent. on taxes paid be-
fore December 20 as a Thanksgiving gift.
Il am glad to see that most Of the
schools and parks for which have
fought have been secured before my ad-
ministration comes to a close. :.
The Mayor was asked if he was going
to sign the resolution Of the Finance
Board apprepriating money for the ex-
tension of Columbia Park to the Boule-
ward. He said it had not reached him
as yet, but that he would sign 1t will
lingly.
When told of the rumor that crept from
yesterdays conference Of the Street and
Water Board, Finance Commissioner
Lembeck and Collector Robert Davis.
concerning the Street and Water Boards
attitude to Columbia Park extension pro-
ject, he said that he would favor the re-
scinding of the Financier's resolution and
devoting the $4,000 TO the Improvement
of the present park sites. provided a por-
tion of If was spent In securing the pro-