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The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
WORK ON GARRISON AVENUE.
Mr.. Lewis Inquiries Why the Im-
provement Was Stopped.

At yesterdays meeting of the Finance
Board Daniel Y. Lewis, who was one of
the principal speakers advocating the I'M
provement of the Hackensack River front,
said he also represented lot of proper
ty owners on Garrison avenue, who want
ed to know why the work of asphalting
Garrison avenue was stopped shortly af-
ter it was begun.
Commissioner Midlige said that one of
the reasons was that the Finance Board
had not concurred in the contract and
that the contractor had gone ahead on his
own responsibility. The reason why the
Board refused to concur in the contract
was that the property could hardly stand
the assessments.
Mr.. Lewis said that lots on that avenue
were worth $500 and $1,000 while on Van
Reipen avenue, which was asphalted, lots
werfe worth but $500. Mr. Lewis said the
property owners wanted Garrison avenue
asphalted and stood ready to pay for
the Improvement.
( Mr.. Midlige said that another reason
why the work was stopped was that a
sewer had been recently put in the street.
and that the uirt had hardly settled
enough 10 warrant the laying OF asphalt
over it.
Mr. Lewis said the contractor was
obliged to keep the roadway in repair for
at least a year.
The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
FAIRvlEW ALARMED.
Bergen Turnpike Roads New
Trolley Line Gives Them
Much Apprehension.

President Young of the new trolley road
on the Bergen Turnpike, connecting Ho-
boken and the northern townships of the
county with Hackensack, announced this
morning that the first rail had been laid
at Fairview. All the material had been
ordered, he added, and would be delivered
some time this week.
The worthy townsfolk of Fairview met
last night and discussed the Bergen Turn
pike Companys project. One statesman,
in future, wanted to know this:-
why has not the company which we
gave the franchise as stated in the or
dinance, not put up the bond of $1,000?''
The gentleman was assured by Lawyer
S. G. FL. Wright, resident of the town,
that the company was not altogether in
solvent and could doubtlessly scrape ul
the money.
But we must defend our rights and be
perfected from injuries to man and beast
and homes and firesides.''
Mr.. Wright comforted him by telling
him that sticking plaster would be fur
nished for the injuries, and as to the
homes and firesides the company would
leave them standing.
do the company mean to drain the
lake on my farm?'' asked another anxious
one.
'There'l be no danger of the company
coming along with a sponge some night
and stealing your pond, brother. said
Mr.. Wright.
With these assurances that all was
right the townsfolk agreed to welcome
the road, which would at last place them
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The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
ELECTION BOARDS TROUBLES
North Hudson Towns Neglect to File
Their Registry Books.

The failure of many of the election
boards of the North Hudson towns, which
will hold their municipal elections next
Tuesday, to file their registry books with
the County Board of Elections, as re-
quired by law, would have prevented the
enrolment of any citizen who might APP
ply for registration this morning For
tunately none who had been Inadvertently
omitted or who were absent on the regu-
lar registration day put in an appearance
and the work of the County Board was
not hampered.
Up to noon today not a single book had
been received from Union Hill and only
two were filed from West Hoboken. The
last day for registration by the County
Board will be on Saturday. by which time
it is expected that the negligent boards
will have done their duty in this matter.
Town Clerk Charles Singer of Union
lI1ill this morning called the attention Of
the Board to the fact that some of the
voters who voted at the township cleo
tions on March II last have since moved
into the towns in which elections will
be held next Tuesday and will probably
try to vote again. He said that some of
these have been refused registration. The
Board told him that before they could
take up the matter 1t would be neces-.
sary for some of the voters who were
refused registration to apply to the G0pn-
ty Board TO register them, in which event
the Board would decide the question.
The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
FOR NE W SCHOOLS
Finance Board Arranges for
Funds for New Build
ings.
NO. 20 CLAIMS TO Be PAID.
Eighth and Twelfth Wards
Will Soon Have Some
thing to Be Proud of.

When the Finance Board got down to
regular business after the several hear
1ngS yesterday it passed several inn
portant resolutions. The Street and Water
Board was granted the $1,000 it asked for
out of the liquor license monies for re-
pairs to streets, sewers and small inn
provements.
1t was decided to issue temporary loan
bonds for $4s.0OO to pay off all outlying
claims for the rebuilding of No. 20 School.
1t was also decided to issue general
bonds for s1S2.0OO, to run for thirty years
and payable In gold coin, the interest not
to exceed four per cent. per annum. A
sinking fund is to be created and into
this is to be paid $4,000 each year. This
and the interest on the bonds is to be
provided for in the tax Ievies The $4S, 900
temporary loan bond issue and other bond
issues for claims against No. 20 School
will be wiped out by the general bond
issue and the amount taken from the
liquor license monies for the same pur-
pose paid back. The Board will then be
in position to erect the proposed two
new school houses in the Eighth and
Twelfth wards.
A communication was received from
Corporation Counsel McDermott advising
that the assessments paid by property
owners for the improvement of Germania
avenue, between Thorne street and Carle-
ton avenue, which assessments were set
aside by the Supreme Court, be held until
the assessors appointed fixed the assess
ments and then for the city to pay back
the difference between the new and old
assessments if there be any.
The Supreme Court having decided in
favor of the Barber Asphalt Company in
its suit against the city for payment for
asphalting a portion of Paisade avenue
the Board decided to issue temporary
loan bonds for $39,947.s5 to pay off the
judgment.
The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
THE ELKS' FAIR.
Final Arrangements Will
Be Made at the Meet
ing Tonight.

Final arrangements will be perfected
this evening for the fair to be held by
Jersey City Lodge of Elks at their hand
some new home, Elks Hall, Henderson
and York streets. This afternoon the
Ladies Auxiliary started in to stock
twelve large booths which have been
erected in the main hall and which have
been beautifully decorated. The hall pre-
sents very attractive scene. A new
hardwood floor has been laid and the
ceiling and side walls have been painted
in most artistic manner. Several hun.
dred incandescent lights along the CEN
tre piece in the ceiling and at the edge
Of the long balcony will send out a flood
of light.
The old assembly hall. which will be
utilized as a restaurant, has been convert
ed into veritable fairy bower The decor
ations are of pink and white with many
American flags and banners. A feature
Will be pretty Oriental booth This de-
tee composed of Oscar Krieg, Major Ar
thur. L.. Steele, John Glenn, DR.. Pollak,
Hugh Ochs, Thomas Flanagan Charles
Dennecke, Thomas Lans,. Al. Lembecl1
particular line and they will provide a
tempting menu every. evening.
The committee received yesterday hand
some dolls fully dressed from Lillian Rus
sell and Florence Bindley, the actresses.
Secretary Walter c. Smith received a let
ter from Mrs. Eta Henderson saying
that she would donate dressed doll and
wishing the Elks the best of luck in their
undertaking. All the dolls will be dis
posed of by chance
The opening Saturday will be memora-
ble Governor Voorhees, will be among
the special guests. An orchestra will dis
course music and an entertainment will be
given. Music and specialties will take
place every night. Wednesday evening
will be city and county officials night
and scores of politicians both parties
from every part of Hudson county will
attend. City Collector Robert Davis will
be at the head of a large delegation OF
Davis Club members. Friday evening
Justice of the Peace Leblanc will perform
a marriage h;a % ceremony and there Will be
of the other evenings. The fair will con-
tinue until April 13.
The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
FREEH0LDERS AND THE CHILDREN. /,
Board VIII Probably Let Guardians
Take Them for a Time.

The Board of Freeholders will meet
this afternoon but will not as reported
ina Jersey City paper last night, pass Il
resolution reiinquishing to the State
Board of Children's Guardians all control
of the pauper children of the county. The
Freeholders as board have not yet even
considered this matter although, as 'sThe
News" has stated, the sentiment of a ma
Jor1ty of the members is favorable to al
lowing the Guardians to care for the
youthful dependents of the county tenn
porarily. The reason is that adequate
facilities for properly caring for the
children in the antiquated Almshouse are
lacking, and not because the members of
The present Board take a different view
creating the Guardians from that held
by their predecessors and County Counsel
Griffen.
Although, as stated, the Freeholders as
a body have not yet considered the mat
ter of surrendering the pauper children to
the care of the Guardians, it is altogether
probable that such action will be taken,
and it is likely that a conference looking
towards that action will soon be held by
the members of the Board of Freeholders
and those of the State Board of Chill
dren's Guardians. No arrangements for
the conference have -aS yet been made.
but it is practically settled that the Free
holders will not surrender the children
until such a conference is held.
The Freeholders had hoped for the pass
age of the bill providing for a State In
dustrial Home, and if that, measure had
become a law they would never have
receded from the position assumed by
former Boards in relation to the
Guardians:
The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
TO INVESTIGATE FACTO RIES
Organized Aid Will Visit Them
in Interest of Sanitation.

Several matters of Importance regard
ing the condition of Jersey City were
brought before a meeting of the Third
District of the Organized Aid Associa-
ton, held in Whittier House parlors yes
terday afternoon One of these matters
was with regard to factories and the
Labor Committee reported what it con-
sidered the best and the worst regulated
factories in the city. A visit of investi-
cation was decided upon in both instances
as well as to other factories
The tenement house committee through
Miss Sayles of Whittier House, reported
having sent list of dilapidated tene-
ments to the association. Miss Sayles has
on hand number of photographs of these
tenements to form a nucleus for the
Tenement House Exhibition, which is to
be held under the auspices of the Aid in
the near future, probably at Whittier
House. Miss Sayles will also take num-
ber of photographs of the Little Italy
park site before the buildings are torn
down for the same purpose. The object
is to give a stereopticon lecture showing
both the sanitary and unsanitary tene-
ments on the canvas.
Seven new cases for aid have been re-
ported and disposed of during the past
month. One, a lodging house case, has
proved unworthy; one, a furnished room
case requires work rather than relief;
one is transportation case, where the
story told has proved untrue; one is a
case of woman stranded in Jersey City,
employment secured, and three are cases
where employment for members of Jersey
City families
Among those present were:-Mr. Robert
Fleming, chairman; Miss McNaughton,
Miss Cornelia Bradford, Miss Sayles. Miss
Bridges, Mrs. Thomas Gopsill and Miss
Badgley.
The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
SALVATION|ST ARRESTED.
Leader of Band Prevented
From Conducting Ser
vices in Open Lot.

The Harrison avenue corps of the Sal
walton Army has troubles of it's own. Last
night Patrolman Bell of the Communipaw
avenue police station, broke up meeting
by arresting the leader, Henry Hawkins,
in the small lot at Harrison and Monticel-
10 avenues The little band had gathered
there as usual to conduct open air ser
vices now that the weather was moder-
ating and the opening prayer had just
been finished when the cop hove in sight
A hymn was started and the cop came
|sup to the group. Bell waited until the
hymn was finished, when he stepped up
to Leader Hawkins and told him to dis
continue the services.
81 have as much right here as anyone. .
said Hawkins, and his band backed him
up, ''Ard I'll stay here, too, just as long
as I please" continue he.
Better move on" said Bell ST have
orders to stop you from meeting here
Hawkins SAID something about having a
verbal permit from Messrs. Wells and
Maxon, the agents for the owner of the
property, and that he refused to go.
Bell then arrested him as a disorderly
person. When the rest saw that the Off
Ger was in earnest they showed no in
ciiHdlioH " SIeIc tHe Sdliie ldle' IldsW-
kins was bailed out. A great crowd
gathered about the station house and
hooted. He was very indignant over his
arrest and said that he would see that it
never occurred again.
The arrest was the result of numerous
complaints registered with the police by
the residents, who claim that the Sal
walton Army people are a nuisance. They
want the services at that lot stopped for
good.
A number of times the police have been
called upon to stop rows between the
Volunteers and the Army people, over the
possession OF that particular meeting
place. OF late the Army has had sole
possession.
Hawkins was arraigned before Police
Justice Murphy this morning in the Oak
land avenue court. BY request the case
was postponed until next Tuesday, when
he will have counsel to defend him.
There is. an ordinance prohibiting all
parades without a permit from the police.
The police hold that the march of the
Army people from their meeting room to
the place of holding services is a parade
and comes within the ordinance.
The Army people contend that the
march is no parade. An interesting ses-
sion is looked for in court next week,
when the ordinance will be argued by the
prisoners counsel 1he police are deter
mined to prohibit all future demonstra-
tions without permits.
The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
PLANK ROAD iMBRoGLl0.
Nothing Now in the Situation Free
holders May Meet Soon.

Nothing new in the Plank road mat
ter" said President E. F. G. Young this
morning when asked if anything had been
done toward reopening the road The
situation remains unchanged and is likely
to be SO for a week or two until the
Boards of Freeholders of Hudson and
Essex counties get their heads together
and find way out Of the difficulty.
One Of the officials of the Plank Road
Company today ridiculed the stories COM
ing from Jersey City and printed in two
Newark dailies about a mix and a
clash between the company and the
Freeholders.
The mendacfous Individual who sends
these fake interviews from persons con-
nected with our company hasn't even the
wit to work on the true facts Of the
situation. Our company has no mix and
IS not at 1oggerheads with anybody. We
closed up the road because we 81 COM
pej3ed t0 and the power to ze0pen it
doesn't lia with Us. S. #
The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
STRIKERS HELPED
Greater New York Building
Trades Council Will
Join udson County's
Fight.
NO BARNES MATERIAL TO BE USED
Where It Is Men of Both Dis
tricts Will Be Called
Off Jobs.
NO BARNES MATERIAL TO Be USED

| The Building Trades Councils of Greater
| New York and Hudson County joined
hands last night in the fight against the
Barnes Manufacturing Company of Jer-
| sey City. Hereafter union men in either
| jurisdiction will not be permitted to work
on any jobs on which material from the
| boycotted mill is used.
| The union of the two central bodies is
| of reciprocal character. The home
council agrees not to permit any of its
affiliated industries to work on the new
| Consumers Brewery in West Hoboken
with the non-union elevator constructors
employed by Contractor Gill.
| There was an unusually large attend
ance of delegates at Council Hall, No.
II Hoboken avenue, Jersey city Heights,
last night, when Vice President Stephen
l.. Green called the regular meeting of
the United Building Trades Council of
Hudson County to order. Former Bust
ness Agent Thomas F. Conroy at once
moved that the privilege of the floor be
granted to the Board of Delegates of the
Greater New York Building Trades Coun.
Gill;
This was carried, and Business Agent
Lord of the New York tin and sheet iron
workers, former president of the Board
of Delegates, or Power House, of that
city, presented the grievance of the ele-
vator constructors against Contractor
Gill, whose men are at work in the new
brewery in West Hoboken. He asked the
assistance of the Hudson County Council
in the matter and pledged in return the
support of the New York central body
in the mill workers fight against the
Barnes Company
Other delegates of the building crafts
of the metropolis also spoke and at the
conclusion of the conference it was de-
termined to assist the visitors by with
drawing this morning all affiliated trades
from the building in question.
Business Agent Westlake, with Odell of
the carpenters, Lyons of the painters and
Brady of the laborers, will handle the
strike
At subsequent special meeting of the
Executive Board at which representa-
tives of all the crafts, except the cleo
tricians, were present, Business Agent
Westlake was instructed to confer with
the New York delegates and inform them
of any job in the metropolis on which
Barnes's stun is used He was also di-
rected to take similar steps with the
Building Trades Council of Essex county
The final report of Business Agent Con-
roy was read and a unanimous vote of
thanks was given him. Business Agent
Westlake, who enters on the duties of the
position this morning, was then intro
duced. He received instructions from the
presiding officer.
Carpenters Business Agent Odell report
ed that the strike on Renner's job in
Union tA-ll was still on, but that Brun-
ner's job at Jane street and Central ave-
nue. had been Strengthened out.
The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
REPUBLICANS UNITE.
Organize a Club Which They
Will Try to Make Like
the Davis Associa-
ton.
ton.

The first steps were taken last evening
by large number of prominent Repub-
icans from the First, Second, Third and
Fifth Wards in organizing the Samuel
j. Dickinson Association, which will take
in all the Republican clubs of the wards
mentioned, merging them into one Such
an organization was first mooted immedi-
ately after the last election. The idea
was to run it on the lines of the well
known Robert Davis Democratic Associ-
alton.
At the meeting last evening only prelim-
mary arrangements We're made. Ex-Com-
missioner of the Street and Water Board
George w. Harding was elected tempor-
ary president. Horace D. Benjamin was
elected temporary secretary.
The next meeting, which all Republicans
are requested to attend, will be held next
Monday evening at the club house of the
Americus Club. No. S47 Grove street.
The clubs quarters. when it is fully
organized, will be located on Jersey ave-
nue.. A committee is now looking for a
suitable building for the organization. A
large house between Newark avenue and
Eighth street is desired. The Republicans
in the lower section of the city seem to
have become very active of late and all
present at last nights meeting seemed
overjoyed that everything was now in full
swing.
Among the prominent members of the
four lower wards represented were:-
Mark Pagan, ex-Commissioner George w.
Harding, William O'Brien, John Rother-
ham, Frank Van Wrinkle, Horace Ben
jamin, Harry Smellie,, Charles Kendall,
c. N. King, Benjamin Wickham, James
Donnelly, Albert Enderlein, Samuel L.
Barry, John Mitchell, Philip ]. Daudt,
Frank Perlowski, John Gallery and James
The Jersey City news., 1901-04-04
WAIVE EXAMINATION.
Hill and Fisher Now Have
Twelve Charges Against
Them.

Benjamin Baker, alias Hill, and Joseph
Fisher, the two men who were arrested
about two weeks ago at No. 260 Leonard
street, charged with numerous burglaries
which had been committed in the past
three years through the northern section
of the county, Long Island and Railway,
were arraigned before Acting Police JUS
tlce Mccormack yesterday afternoon for
examination. Assistant Prosecutor Wick
ers appeared against the two men pre-
pared to produce evidence of their guilt.
Counselor Alex. Simpson appeared for the
prisoners and in their behalf waived ex-
animation, preferring to await trial by
the Grand Jury. They were held without
BAIL
Deputy Sheriff Lent of Orange county,
N. Y, called at Police Headquarters this
morning with a number of people who
had lost horses and wagons or whose
houses had been robbed in that county
in the vicinity of Chester and Gray court,
for the past three years. Lent speaks
very highly of the Burke family whose
daughter Mary married Hill. He says
that they are very respectable people and
had no knowledge of HilPs character
when he first came here.
The deputy sheriff says that about two
years ago the farmers We're being robbed
of their onions, potatoes and other pro-
duce that was stolen from the fields. The
custom there is to gather the onions and
other produce in the daytime and put IL
in sacks to be shipped the following morn
ing. A year ago last September Hill
showed up at his father-in-law's home IN
Chester, with sorrel horse and work
ing cart, and told Mr.. Burke that he had
work on the railroad at Graycourt in the
night time He would sleep through the
day and take his horse and cart about
Z o'clock in the evening, saying he was
going to work. About this time far
mer named w. A. Lawrence near Ches-
ter had stolen from his barn a wagon
used for carrying produce to the depot.
The robberies had become so frequent
that the farmers got together and APP
pointed watchmen to catch the thieves.
Hill was seen with a load of produce on
his way to the depot. He was chased and
shot at by the warmers but he escaped.
They captured his horse and wagon, which
was the one stolen from Mr.. Lawrence.
No owner was ever found for the horse,
and it was sold at public auction.
There is an indictment for Hill in
Orange county, N. Y. Fisher is not known
there
There are now twelve charges against
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