The Jersey City news., 1904-12-21
PUBLIC SERVICE
CONDEMNED
Aldermen State Trolley
Grievances and Demand
Their Redress.
BOARDS LAST MEETING
President Brock and the Out
going Men Thanked--Rs-
organization January l

organization January
The Board of Aldermen last night held
its final session. 1t will reorganize on
January 1. The retiring members are
Ditmar, of the Second Ward; Cooper, of
the Third; Allen, of the Fifth; Wall, of
the Sixth: Carlock, of the Seventh; Ram
dali, of the Eighth; Jones, of the Tenth;
Meyer, of the Eleventh, and Martin, of
the Twelfth. Aldermen Cunningham, Of
the First; Kilmurray, of the Fourth, and
Rowland, of the Ninth, ran again at the
last election and succeed themselves.
The new members will be Messrs. Shee-
hey, of the Second Ward; Loughlin, of
the Third; Bilby, of the Fifth; Horn, of
the Sixth; Groosclass, of the Seventh;
Allerdice, of the Eighth; Barr, of the
Tenth; Weir, of the Eleventh, and
Yoight, ofsthe Twelfth.
Before adjourning a resolution, offered
by Alderman Rowland, was adopted
thanking President Brock for the able
and courteous manner in which he had
presided over the meetings of the Board.
Another one was offered by Alderman
Prout, and adopted, extending to the re
firing members thanks for their courte-
sizes, etc, and wishing them happiness
for the future. Alderman Cooper offer
ed still another, that was adopted, thank
ing all the officers of the Board for their
diligence in attending to the duties of
their respective offices.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Alderman Hart
Whereas, The Public Service Cor
poration seemingly run their cars with
an utter disregard for the welfare of tile
travelling public; and,
Whereas, At the different intersection
and transfer points of said cars there is
no apparent attempt made to have their
cars meet at said points; and,
Whereas, Ofttimes cars going in one
direction will start from said place of
Intersection without giving passengers or
cars coming in an opposite direction
time to make their connections, conse-
quently compelling said passengers to
stand in unsheltered places, sometimes
for the space of twenty minutes, result
ing in many instances. especially at this
time of the year, in serious illness;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That this Board offer
vigorous protest against the subject mat
ter contained in this resolution; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board
be directed to forward copy of this
resolution to the Street and Water
Board with a view to having them use
their utmost endeayors to rectify the ex-
listing evil
The December payroll Of the en-
ployes Of the Board was passed.
The City Clerk reported that the sum
of $25,356 due the city from the county
for election expenses had been received
from County Collector Stephen NJ. Egan
and had been turned over into the City
treasury. Building Inspector Saul pre-
sented his annual report as follows
First Ward-70 permits issued for
building, extensions. alterations, etc, to
the value of $3.50, ,321; Second Ward, fif-
ty-four permits, S173,430; Third Ward,
thirty six permits, 81, ,567; Fourth Ward,
twenty-five permits, $107, 1885,. Fifth
Ward, Lightweight permits, SOS,
Sixth Ward, forty-nine permits, $13S, ,599;
Seventh Ward, one hundred and eleven
permits, $296, 6,943; Eighth Ward, one hun
dred and ninety-three permits, $512, 2,S13;
Ninth Ward, one hundred and thirty per
mits, S427, 200; Tenth Ward. eighty
three permits, $297, 7,297; Eleventh Ward,
one hundred and nineteen permits,
$42S, 1852; Twelfth Ward, one hundred
and sixty-thee permits, $421, 1,57s. Total
value Of buildings and improvements,
sS.523, ,7so.
For the month of November the In
spector reported that he hadaissued per-
mits for improvements amounting to
1856, ,o0o.s1.