The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-22
BANJO VS.
BUSINESS
Captain McKaig Appointdl
Critic on Salvation
Army Street
Music.
DOES IT SCARE BUYERS I
Business Mems Objection Il
the Corner Crowds Taken
Up by the Police.

Captain Archibald McKaig, of the
Fourth police precinct, who recently cele-
brated his thirty-sixth anniversary as
Jersey City "cop," had high honors be-
slowed on him this morning by Chief
Murphy. He was assigned to the dis
tinguished office of assistant inspector
during the absence for fifteen days of In
spector Archibold, who is on his vacation.
and later he was appointed musical critic
of the Police Department and chief ceN
sor of Salvation Army's open air reig-
ious services.
The captain was instructed to get
down to business tonight, and the Ckief
is eagerly awaiting a report from Nc
Kaig on the morrow.
FIRST KICKERS.
For many months the Salvation Army
Corps which has quarters in Montgomery
street, west of Van Worst street, mas
been holding services every night in W;Ee
rem street a few feet north of Mentgom
cry street. Nobody found any fault with
them until the David Tailoring Company
recently opened clothing store on tile
northeast corner of the street Then tIie
kicks began to come in. They were regis
tered at the First precinct station house
and Police Headquarters by Harry =.
Davis, the head of the company, who Bit
terly complained that the noise made by
the army lads and lassies as they beat
their drums and tbumped their tam.
bourines IN tbe onen air while uorsl,;n-;
ming ;nterfernd with b;s hus;nass
He said tbat when tba Salvat;on;sts
oot warmed nm n tba;, xvorl, of q ,,;,,sy
sou,, tho roct,a+ ,,roa,ood ,.as g, .,,.,,t
that ,,;s soIosn,on boa d;f,o,,ltx ;,, B, +.
-, +,o, baara y, as.
to,,,ars b,,s;nass M !, Is ,,,otast, 81
10 rlts ,S,,oh sho,,ld -
rospoctaa and raauastad tba nal;ca r.
d.;ro a. s;,a;nn So,vat;on;s+s
f.o,, +,,o aa,.,,or
tn CUE ,r,,nnh h.a hoan+ -
:4,. r..4s; tua y1ru,;a,
80 ~ ca,,-at;o, A,,,,- rarns, ana "A.
u;sad ~, - ,o,,,oro h;s ..mr fro,,,
Dav;s,s o,nnor;,,n, IN tba xvast side IF tba
st,.aot Tho+ n;obt ordars wara ;ssuad
- ~ ,,;ao - ~ +ha+ al ono,, a. sar-
49, s.i,a,,,d - NH - Iaos+ =, foot fro,,,
.+,oot ao,.rors az oonrso con+ain VII
1;an,s obovod tba chief and-got into
+ro,,h,a 10 Tor on whom canta;n codv,s
mon fonnd +ba soldiers inside tbe dead
line a truce was patched IN as told
in .aTba Jersey Civ News, and the
oa,.,,., ,.,ovod * faot m tba straat
The ta;lor however. wasn't content
| and yesterday made another complaint
oooinst frs Salvationists charging them
with maintaining nuisance by collect
inc crowds. disturbing the neighborhood
with noises which they called music and
interfering with his business. He also
said that Captain Williams and his
workers didn't stay where they were put
Int worked their way back towards the
corner on the west side of the street.
Chief Murphy put on his thinking cap
this morning and decided that before
sr,.t;,,n moro conld be done # would be
aiis ~ inns .,,a4ha ~ coI-
necessary to hnd out Wnether lhe oai-
yationists' vocal and instrumental efforts
r;,lo;,,ons &c to constitute n
were % si-a 4,,,,
nuisance by offending the sensltive 'yhl-
panums of the musically inclined cloth
;no or;+;es He tbourht at first of call
.ns - -. eos,,,,,;t+oa e nrafoss;a,o1
ing together committee OF pfolesslohul
musicians to sit in judgment on the Sal
ro+;on;sts and then the idea struck him
su'ioiiis's' go N.
to send Acting inspector McNais ~ 'ne
| corner of Warren and Montgomery
.+,aa+s +o,,;cb+ With fuJl authority 70 stop
'ee's 'o1'eAs - ,'s' saa:aas III +ho rod.
the services II ne DECIDES tnat tne red
shirted soldiers and their fine poke-bon-
netad comnanions disturb the peace of
q ,..s;t, -, ,,t,., ,,,,, . II vol do.
the community py outras'lls ah wen ue-
fined musical laws.
cantain McKair has had lots of ex-
..41. {, ~ u,o,,,.t,,
perience WIN oaiva.lohis's ~ 'he ouf'n
Precinct and he feels confident to deter
! mine Just what's what in the line Of a
salvot;on Arnv nraver or lively HYMN