The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-02-25
FACAN BILLS
Hoffman Of Monmouth Puts
in a Batch for Jersey
City's Mayor.
A LITTLE FREE EVERYTHING
Music, Baths, Dispensaries
and Hospitals Excise
Money Use
Tspecfal ID ..rhe. Jeraev c,itv News..,1

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City Newss''1
TRENTON, Feb. 25 1902 The true OBJ
jeet Of the visit of Mayor Fagan and his
suite to the State House became more ap-
parent this morning when batch of bills
affecting Jersey City came IN Chief
among them was one by ex-Judge Hofr-
man Of alanmouths who looks after HEna-
sons interests on the Republican side.
It is the bill for new City Hospital and
is not the one published exclusively in
the Evening Journal" last week.
Judge Hoffman's bill provides that when
the Board having charge of the City Hos
pital, which in the case of Jersey City Is
the Health Board. shall by resolution de-
clare that the present hospital Is inade-
quate and unsanitary, tho board shall 50
declare by resolution and upon presen IA
tion of that resolution to the Board of
Finance the latter board shall in its dis
cretion issue four per cent. bonds not 10
exceed $4,000 and provide for the same
in the tax levy. The proceeds Of these
bonds shall be turned over to the Health
Board for the purpose of purchasing adj
ditional land and all necessary operations
for the construction of a new building.
Another OF the bills by Judge Hoffman
provides that the Board of Finance. may
provide annually a sum not to exceed
S1o, 600. for the purpose of establishing
throughout the city dispensaries where
medical attendance and medicines can be
procured by the poor free of charge. This
is announced as one of Mayor Fagan's pet
measures, and it is considered good
thing, as the only dispensary now In the
city is the Hospital, which is long, -ong
joprney for the poor peole, especially
mothers and children who in most cases
are too poor to pay carfare and the jour-
ney particularly in hot weather weather Il
great handicap.
Still another measure is attributed by
the stan to Mayor Fagan's deep, deep
yearning for the well being Of "the dear
peepul 1t provides for free band con-
certs in the public parks and authorizes
the Board of Finance to appropriate a.
sum not exceeding 81. 900 for the purpose
of providing the music. In order that the
dear 'peepuI may enjoy this mupifeence
of their new Mayor this summer bill
contains a provision which permits the
Finance Board to borrow money at once
in anticipation of next years taxes.
8nesof the most igupa astant Of this batch
of bills provides for new distribution OF
the liquor license money According to
the law at present the license money must
be distributed aarbitrarily fifty per cent.
for the repaving of paved street; twenty
five per cent for the repair of public
schools, and twenty-five per cent for the
sinking funds Mr.. Hoffman's bill this
morning makes a new distribution by pro-
vidsng that the Board of Finance may. in
its discretion. appropriate sum not ex-
eeeding so per cent OF the money for pub
lie schools The idea of this is to remove
the arbitrary rule of the law so that If in
one year 1t may not be necessary to ex-
pend the entire 50 per cent. for repaving
paved streets, the balance may be given
to the schools, and vice versa. Twenty
FIVE per cent. of the money viii continue
to be paid into the sinking fund
The last of Mayor Fagan's measures is
certainly In the interests of a clean con-
stituency If not a clean government It
provides that the Board of Finance may
in its discretion issue four per cent bonds
not to exceed $4,000 and with the pro-
ceeds thereof purchase lands and erect
thereon bathhouses for the free use of
the citizens Board. also in its discre-
ton, may annually appropriate $4,000 for
the maintenance of these free baths.
These baths are to be under control of a
comEittee of the Board of finance. TO be
known as the Committee on Baths and
Gymnasiums.
AT the request of the Twelfth Ward
improvement Association of Jersey City,
Mr.. Schurn1an introduced bill providing