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PALISADE, N. J., JANUARY 1, 1926
VOL. XIX. NO. 3
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PROPOSED CHANGE IN CUFFSIDE
■ PARK'S ZONING LAW CADSE OF
PROTEST OY RESIDENTS AFFECTED
No Objection to First Class Apartments on Anderson Ave.
North of Lafayette; Whole Matter Laid Over Until
Next Regular Meeting; Mayor Marini Explains Ad
ministration’s Attitude Toward Changes.
The proposed change in the Zoning
' Ordinance of Cl.'ffside Park was the
cause of a nulnber of protests, brought
to the attention of the Mayor and
Council on Monday evening at the
bearing on the amendment. The
amendment as advertised made possi
ble the building of multi-family struc
tures and stores on Anderson avenue
north of Lafayette and the erection of
an apartment house on the corner of
Edgewater road and the trolley line.
A petition signed by practically all
the residents in the vicinity of Ander
aon and Aurora avenues protested the.
change which permits stores but there
seemed to be no objection to first class
apartment houses in that section. Mr.
Edward Farrar, one of the residents, in
a short address made known this fact.
Councilman Meyer stated that he had
called on all the people affected by the
change and learned, that the stores
were -the only objectionable feature
and that he had prepared an amend
ment making the change applicable
■only to multi-family dwellings.
uari wmtes, an attorney irom tiua
. son County, represented the residents
In the neighborhood of Edgewater
road and the trolley and made a plea
In their behalf against the proposed
change from a one-family district to a
multi-family. Mr. Whites dealt with
the .problem from both a legal and
moral angle and said he felt it was
letting down the bars and establishing
a precedent for certain parties and
others are bound to base their argu
ments for further concessions on this
first concession.
Mayor Marini in replying said that
Mr. Whites was not dealing with a
hostile body and that the Mayor and
Council were just as anxious to pre
serve and nph»ljlJitlia Zoning Jaw as
" anyone. Tie' SaI3, too, tbat tfroposed
changes were the result of requests
and that the governing-body did not
go around looking for places where
- they thought it would be all right to
alter restrictions but simply acted on
recommendations as they came before
them. The Mayor explained that the
. Zoning law of other boroughs had suf
' fered defeat in a number of cases
When permits, were refused and the
matter was taken into court and the
Council have in the past endeavored to
preserve the best features of the law
by making it elastic and not inviting
litigation that might destroy it *as a
whole.
The ordinance was continued on
first reading and .between now and the
meeting on January 11 all parties con
cerned will be consulted and a change
that is satisfactory to all submitted
for consideration. \
Supplemental ordinances were passed
for additional appropriations to com
plete the improvement W “Dewey,
Greenmont, Nelson and Oajcwood ave
> nues, and Main street. |
The residents on Clark And Fulton
terraces petitioned the council to take
steps to have Clark terraca made a
stopping place on the Palisaqe trolley
line. The clerk was instructed\o write
to the Public Service making this re
quest. 1
xue ouuuiuuii ciiigmeenug, com
pany reported that the work on the
West Grantwood pumping station
would be completed in a tew days.
Michael McKenna filed an applica
tion for a patrolman of the borough.
Harry Lucht, architect, In a letter,
asked the board why the sidewalks on
Palisade avenue in front of the High
School and the triangular piece of
property owned by the borough had
BOtS^een laid. He said that as thou
/ sands^wL dollars already had been
spent in tWiayiflg of curbs and side
walks, he saw no reason why the work
was not finished, as many of-fft©, pupils
attending the High School were incop^
venlenced by the lack of sidewalks.
Mayor Marini advised that council is
waiting the erection of the memorial
before completing the sidewalk at the
triangle. And Councilman Meyer said
(in the final reports a recommendation
would be made for the immediate im
provement of the property in question.
Rev. A. J. Ferretti, of the Epiphany
I Church, Grantwood, asked the board
' that the [property recently purchased
by the church on Lafayette avenue, for
the new parochial school, be exempt
from taxes.
Grantwood Thieves Still
“Among the Missing”
No trace of the thieves who entered
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Do
prak of 444 Lawton avenue, Grant
wood, on Christmas night has been
found.
Entrance was gained by an open
window in the dining room of the
home while the family was visiting
relatives.
Mr. Doprak reported that a man’s
ring with a blue stone, two pairs of
earrings with red stones and opals,
one pair of earrings with blue and
white stones and $4 In cash were
missing.
Policeman Thomas Marsden has
been assigned to the case. ^
Englewood Cliffs Girl
Weds New York Man
Miss Julia Clancy, of Sylvan ave
nue, Englewood Cliffs, daughter of
Mrs. Thomas Clancy, became the
bride of William Ivan, of New York,
on Monday afternoon, at 2 o’clock at
Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 6n
Lemoine avenue, Coytesville. Father
Mulligan performed the ceremony.
Professor Arthur Knowles played the
wedding music.
The couple will spend a two weeks’
honeymoon in Bermuda, and upon
their return will reside in New York
city, where they have an apartment
already furnished.
Mr. Sibley Gets School
Contract in Philipsburg
Architect Ernest Sibley of Palisade
has been appointed architect for the
new $500,000 high school to be erect
ed at Philipsburg, N. J. The new
school is to be built on a site con
taining twenty-three acres.
The Board of Education of Philips
burg was attracted to Mr. Sibley
through his work on the schools at
Trenton. The proposed new school]
will be one of the finest in this sec
tion of the state.
Christmas Eve Party
In accordance with their custom for
several years, Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
Benda gave a party on Christmas Eve
at their home to a dozen friends.
Cards were enjoyed and a pretty or
humorous prize was given td every
jcjief.t as - a Christmas gift.
A delTicioJs supper was served £t the
:able, which was appropriately deco
rated ; vith a centerpiece of green with
poinseatias and red candles in glass
randlei ticks.
At e ich place was a red basket of
Don bo ns and an unusual place card
if red with a little lighted red candle.
The suests present included Mr. and
Mrs. Kf. B. Hartman, Mr. and Mrs.
George
Sears, Mr. and Mrs. Leopold, Mrs. M.
Yaeger
Clark, Mr. and Mrs. S. N.
and Mr. Frank Yaeger.
MRS. COMSTOCK’S
TO BE MADE LARGER;
ALREADY A SUCCESS
Small Grantwood Store With
Humble Beginning Is Nucleus
of Real Department Store.
The Hilltop section is promised a
new enterprise in the way of a de
partment store in Grantwood.. Mrs.
G. G. Comstock, who just a few years
ago started in a small building next to
her father’s drug store along the trol
ley tracks, has outgrown her present
quarters and must enlarge her store
to two or three times its size. Mrs.
Comstock had a beautiful holiday
trade, due to the fact that she carries
a magnificent stock of staples and
fancy dry goods, men’s furnishings
and notions, hosiery and everything
of only the highest quality that men,
women and children demand. She
has made prices right always, so that
discriminating people of the sec
tion, those who know values, have
now learned how to buy at home, and
Mrs. Comstock has built up a splendid
business, starting as she did with an
extremely small beginning.
Mrs. Comstock’s business now runs
well up into the thousands a year, a
really magnificent showing for an
even larger community. During the
Christmas week trade the store was
almost swamped with customers, and
with a good force of extra help the
trade could scarcely be waited on.
Asked by a Palisadian representa
tive this week about her plans, Mr3.
Comstock said:
“Yes; I contemplate enlarging my
business greatly. It has become a ne
cessity. If we could get this street
matter along the car tracks settled I
would begin at once rebuilding. My
present store is far too small for my
business. I’ve got to have two floors
or more. My aim is to have a regular
department store after awhile. The
section is growing so fast that the out
look warrants my ambition for Grant
wood to have a regular department
store. If Union City can support a
department store why not ione here?
We certainly have the population, and
the convenience would save the heavy
expense of shopping for necessary
things in New York. The big thing Is
that I can and do hammer city prices
on all commodities in my line—every
thing, no exception. I look at it mere
ly as an opportunity to be. embraced.
I carry only the best known goods,
such as Munsinger’s underwear, Kay
ser’s silk ties, Gotham gold stripe
women’s hosiery and other like
grades. My present stock is low, but
will invoice easily $20,000.”
OFFICE OF GRANT-LEE THEATRE
ENTERED AND RODDED OF TWO DAYS'
RECEIPTS EARLY THORS. MORNING
Second Robbery in Fairview Where Intruders Carry Off
Safe Containing No Money—Theatre Building Evi
dently Entered by a Rear Door With Skeleton Key—
Steel Cabinet Jimmied—Robbers Leave a Clue.
Nunzio Scalo Building
Home on Palisade Ave.
Nunzio Scalo, the trucking contrac
tor ot Fairview, Is having built for
himself a two story brick house, with
garage for his trucks, on Palisade ave
nue in Cliffside Park. The building
will cost in the neighborhood of J23,
000 and will be built by the Fairvlew
Construction Company.
Scalo does trucking of every de
scription for excavation and dirt re
moval. He has several big motor
trucks. His business is known as the
Scalo Trucking Company.
Fire at Ft. Richard
Cafe Sunday
A fire at Fort Richard, Englewood
Cliffs, attracted a large crowd early
Sunday morning. The Coytesville Are
department was called upon the scene,
but arrived too late, as the employees
it the historic roadhouse had already
extinguished the blaze before much
damage had been done.
A short circuit in the wiring be
tween the partitions on the main floor
was the cause of the fire. A small hole
was cut into the wall, and the em
ployees threw kettles of water into it,
which soon quenched the fire.
Morning
Steal Radio Set From
■ Home in Palisade
Thiejvei entered the home of Mr.
nd Mb. Emial Cellerano, 31 Cumber
nede Iroid, Palisade, last Saturday
escaped with a beautiful
ItJ v«
are no signs of entry hav
„0 „„In forced, it is the opinion of
he Fort I^ae police that the intruders
ained [access to the house by means
a pass k|»y- /
was. away from 1 o clock
The
the TafU moon until 10 o’clec#
Bold robbers forced their way into
the office of the Grant-Lee Theatre at
Palisade Junction early Thursday
morning, jimmied a steel cabinet and
escaped with two days’ receipts and
a bundle of checks. A second rob
bery near the same time was at the
National Grocery Co. store at Ander
son and Broad avenues, in Fairview,
where the intruders carried off the
safe, containing nothing more valu
able than several'lead pencils.
Entrance to the theatre building
was evidently gained through a rear
door with a skeleton key, as all the
front doors were locked when Janitor
Schlnkel arrived Thursday morning.
The janitor, after attending to some
duties in the basement, went upstairs
about 10 o’clock and found the door
of the theatre office open with the
lock badly mutilated. Entering, he
found the small safe wide open, as
well as a large steel cabinet, and two
strong boxes with the contents strewn
upon the floor.
Mr. Harry Schall, the secretary of
the corporation, was informed of the
robbery and a phone call summoned
the Fort Lee police and Managing Di
rector Kelly.
The robbers left a brand new axe
handle wrapped in brown paper,
which evidently was intended for a
weapon if they had been attacked.
The robbery was evidently commit
ted after 1 o’clock, as a number of the
theatre officials were in the office un
til after midnight.
The Fairview robbery was not as
serious but just as bold, in that the
thieves carried off the safe. It con
tained nothing valuable. Entrance
was gained by cutting the glass in
the frob^ door.
Louis
Palisade
turned fro]
Italy. Mr,
tractor in
nershlp wi
elia
and his bride, of 619
enue, Grantwood, have re
a six months’ sojourn in
Delia is a prominent con
rantwood, being in a part
minick Milone.
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SEVEN ARE INJURED
IN TROLLEY CRASH
ON CHRISTMAS EVE
Accident Happened in Palisade
Park—Two Are in Very
Serious Condition.
Seven persons were injured, two se
riously, shortly before midnight
Christmas eve when a westbound En
glewood trolley car crashed into the
rear of a Hudson river car, also west
bound, on the Public Service right of
way at Della boulevard, Palisade
Park.
The crash was heard by a passing
motorist, who telephoned the Pali
sades Park police, summoning Police
men Coffee and Bell to the scene of
the acciden , where a hasty survey of
the situation showed the immediate
need of medical attention for several
of the injured passengers in the two
cars . ,
THE INJURED
Mrs. John\ MacDonagh, of Bay ave
nue, Ridgefield; serious injuries.
Mrs. I. Glasspool, of Palisades bou
levard, Palisades Park;' serious in
juries.
William Cloman, of Harwood ave
nue, Palisades Park; lacerations and
bruises.
Albert Ring, of Harriet avenue,
Palisades Park; sprained arm.
Mrs. Agnes Bailey, of Palisades bou
levard, Palisades Park; bruises of the
knee.
Miss Macintosh, of Brinckerhoff ter
race, Palisades Park; lacerations and
bruises.
Mrs. Brany, 31 Monroe street, New
Rochelle, N. Y.; lacerations.
The accident occurred a short dis
tance west of the state highway bridge
over the right of way and at the foot
of the steep incline from the Pali
sades.
The crash came after the pole of
the Hudson River car jumped the wire,
plunging the car into darkness. Peter
Henderson, operator .-of the Hudson
River car, told police that while he
was attempting to replace the pole on
the wire he noticed the approaching
Englewood car, apparently unable to
step, and stepped oiit’iiof the way just
as the two cars came together.
PUBLIC SERVICE CORP.
ORDERS 333 BUSES
Said to Be Largest Order Ever
Placed and Contract Price Is
Reported Near $3,000,000.
An order for 333 buses of the gaso
line-electric type has been placed with
the Yellow Coach Company of Chicago
by the Public Service Transportation
Company.
Decision to purchase from the Chi
cago concern was made on Monday by
Matthew R. Boylan, vice-president in
charge of operation gf the transporta
tion subsidiaries of the corporation,
which last week authorized the ac
quirement of additional equipment.
The electrical equipment will be
furnished by the General Electric
Company, of Schenectady. It will be
sent to Chicago, where it will be in
corporated in the machines by the
Yellow Coach Company. There is a
possibility that some of the bodies for
the new buses may be built at the
Plankroad shops of the Public Service
Railway Company here, in order to
facilitate the placing of the machines
In service.
Under the contract to be signed,
the first of the buses are to be de
livered in February, and are to come
along at the rate of about three a day.
While the purchase price was not
announced, it is said to be ’ approxi
mately $3,000,000, and is declared to
,be the largest order ever placed at
one time for buses. When delivered,
the new buses will - form the largest
fleet of gasoline-electric machines in
operation by any one company.
Efforts will be made to equip
complete lines with the new machines
in conformity with the policy of stand
ardization adopted several months
ago. This will mean that modern un
derslung buses on the routes to be
equipped with the new machines will
be shifted to other lines.
Standardized equipment is now be
ing used on several of the lines, this
having been made possible by the pur
chase at different times of a total of
more than 200 of the modern ma
chines from th& Yellow Coach, Fageol,
White and Mack Companies.
In all, the transportation company
has about 27 types of buses, a ma
jority of which were acquired from
Independent owners. In its bus pur
chasing the company has acquired 56
types of machines, the scrapping of
many of the purchased macnines, as
new ones were required, bringvng the
number down to the new ones^mw in
operation, \
Orphan Home Quarantine
Quarantine restrictions have bdkin
placed on the Fort L^e Orphans’
Home because ot two cases of scar
let fever and one of diphtheria which
developed recently. It was stated at
the home that no new symptor
developed, and that allj;he
progressing satisfaetoi
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JUDGE C. DOREMUS !
DEFENDS POWER OF !
PORT AUTHORITY
Says Their Power Should Not Be
Doubted — “N. J. Can’t At- .
ford to Go Backward.”
Former Judge Cornelius Doremus of
Ridgewood has declared that the port
authority has the power to issue bonds
for bridge projects and warns against
attacks on the port authority, saying:
“New Jersey can’t afford to go back
ward. We must go forward.
“The Bright committee investiga
tion and discussion thus far has had
a tendency to cast doubt upon the
validity of bonds which the port au
thority anticipates issuing for bridge
construction. Obstructive policies
might make it impossible to float such
bond Issue. If bonds cannot be is
sued and sold by the port authority,
that corporation would be throttled
and practically cease as a functioning
body. Bergen county is vitally inter
ested In the construction of the Hud
son river bridge and other improve
ments of a like character. So is Hud
son. If the bridge Is not built, it will
be a serious blow to the development
of north Jersey, and val les will im
mediately go down to a point which
will be disastrous.
“Other counties, especially Union,
Middlesex and Camden, would be af
fected in the same way. The rapid
completion of the bridge from Cam
den to Philadelphia would be also
seriously affected.
“The power of the port authority
to issue valid bonds is undoubted.
Reference which had been made to
the fact that the port authority is an
agent of the state was not in point,
inasmuch as the statutes creating the
port authority, both in New York and
New Jersey, and under congressional
resolution, expressly clothed the port
authority with power to issue its own
bonds without being guaranteed by
the state.
“The work already done by the port
authority and the expenditures made
under the annual appropriations by
the two states, New York and New
Jersey, would be valueless if the pow
er of the port authority is curtailed
or doubt and suspicion is cast upon
it. It is not a super-sovereign organ
ization as some have stated.
“Vested interests have accrued,and
subsequent legislatures cannot repeal
what has already been consummated.
Banks and bankers and moneyed in
terests can invest in the bonds issued
by the port authority under legislation
already passed without question as to
their validity.”
Judge Doremus spoke about the
great majority given to Senator Mac
kay at the last, election in Bergen
county and said it was due to a con
siderable extent to the senator’s activ
ities in connection with the building
of the Hudson bridge.
EXCHANGE CLUB HEARS FINE TALK I
ON LOCAL TELEPHONE EXCHANGE;
MORE COMPLETE LISTINGS SOUGHT
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Charles McGowan Tells Club Members Cliffside Exchange
Handles Over 18,000 Outgoing Calls and 9,000 Incom- _
ing Calls a Day—How to Help the Operators Give
Better Service.
Oldest Resident of
Ft. Lee, Mrs. C. Heft,
Dies Sunday Morning
Fort Lee’s oldest resident, Mrs.
Catherine M. Heft who has lived her-3
seventy-four years, died early Sunday
morning at the residence of her son,
Peter Heft, 1622 Schlosser street. For!
Lee, just a week before what would
have been her ninetieth birthday.
When she arrived at Fort Lee from
Germany, a girl not quite sixteen years
old, there were only ten or twelve
houses in the neighborhood. She came
over here with her brother, Philii
Klink, who died a few years ago ir
Philadelphia.
In 1854 she married Valentine Heft
a contractor, who engaged for many
years in the paving block business
and died thirty-eight years ago. Foi
more than half a century she had lived
in the block where she died.
Mrs. Heft was the mother of three
daughters, but all have died, the Iasi
four years ago. Five sons, all resi
dents of Fort Lee survive. They are
Charles, John, Peter, William ant
Fhilip. She also leaves eleven grand
children and five great-grandchildren.
The funeral was held from the resi
dence, the ReV. Loweth of the Good
Shepherd Church preaching the ser
mon. Interment will take place at 2:3<
o’clock Tuesday afternoon at Edgewa
ter cemetery. The arrangements art
in charge of Undertaker John G. Heus
Several Units of Fort Lee
P.-T. Ass’n to Meet Jan. 11
Plans being arranged for th<
informal^ get-together social whicl
the several 'units o£ the Parent
Teachers’ Association of Fort Let
will have in School No. 1 on Janu
ary 11. It is-the purpose of the par
ents and teachers of the borough tc
bring all who are vitally interested
in the organization together socially
in the hope of promoting greater co
operation between parents of school
children and the teachers. On Janu
ary 11 such an opportunity will be
afforded, and it is expected that many
will attend the meeting. An enter
tainment program will be a feature ol
the occasion.
Budget Meeting
‘A private meeting of the Fort Lee
Borough Council was held Mopday
night to consider the making of the
budget for 1926.
SPLENDID XMAS ENTERTAINMENT
GIVEN IN CLIFFSIDE PARK HIGH
SCHOOL LAST TUESDAY EVENING
Performance Ran Smoothly and Was Especially Appro
priate—Last Year’s Pantomime, “A Woman on a City
Street,” Was Repeated by Request—Whole Affair a
Credit to the Community.
The Community Christmas enter
tainment of Cliffside Park in its High
School Tuesday evening last will he
remembered for its high class features
so beautifully adapted to the religious
anniversary observed.
Each artist rose to the occasion and
gave of his or her best, and the hour
and a half program was one of de
lightful performance.
The evening opened with a violin
solo, Liebesfreud (Kreisler) by Doro
thy Donaldson Caliandro, accompanied
by her sister, Helen Donaldson, at the
piano, and an encore number was also
given to the appreciative audience.
Then came the play, “A Christmas
Chime,” presented by the local Com
munity Players, Mrs. George Beck
man directing the cast of Miss Cam
Hoke, Mr. Allen Carson and Mr. and
Mrs. Cortlandt Donaldson, a cute lit
tle play with every one kno'wing per
fectly his or her part.
Madame Blanche Arral Wheeler, ac
companied at the piano by Lillie Le
Clerq, with violin obligato by Dorothy
Caliandro, rendered a song and two
encores in response to insistent en
cores from an audience appreciative
of the lovely voice which has won
highest honors in every court in Eu
rope.
The pantomime, "A Woman on a
City Street,” was repeated toy request
from last year, accompanied with the
reading by Mrs. Jean Peedie of the
poem written especially for the
Woman’s Club of Cliffside Park by
the celebrated writer, Margaret Sang
ster, and the dramatization was even
'jnore effective than last year, the same
■M^^embers taking the principal
James Akin as the Ma
A
aonna, Mrs* vv. j. Mcuonaia as me
Woman on the Street.
The passersby—volunteers from the
club membership—were Mrs. P. Dil
lon, Mrs. H. Everett, Mrs. M. Conroy,
Mrs. E. Manahan, Mrs. Charles Reeve
and Mrs. Thygeson, and the Shep
herds, Dr. White, Mr. Everett and Mr.
Siegrist, little Ruth Peedie and Paula
Everett acting as Angels.
Preceding the Christmas offering,
Mrs. George Hall, president of the
Woman’s Club, which arranged this
entertainment, gave a little resume
of the two year history of the Com
munity Christmas tree and entertain
ment, full of good will and co-opera
tion from the community except for
the one blot of theft each year of some
of the electric bulbs from the outdoor
tree, theft which is increasing in num
bers each year.
It is expected that next year will
see a permanent, growing tree sur
rounded by a fence. The offering was
over $40. The program closed with a
harp and violin duet by Vivien Don
aldson and her sister Dorothy; ther
with lights all out, except one on the
stage, that ever beautiful and mosl
appealing Christmas carol was playec
by the lovely harp and violin com
blnation, the audience singing one
verse with it; then leaving the duel
alone to close the program for the
people who had only praise for the
whole program, which was most lit
tingly introduced and closed outdoor!
at the entrance by the big brilliantly
illuminated community tree, which hai
helped each season to bring into closet
touch and real co-operation both th<
foreign born and American member!
of our community.
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The Exchange Club of Cliffside Park
held its regular weekly meeting Tues
day at noon. That the club Is really
conscientious about its drive to se
cure better telephone listings for sub- ' r
scribers in Cliffside Park became man- •
ifest when it was announced that the
guest of the day at this luncheon was
Mr. Charles McGowan, representing
the New York Telephone Company.
After being introduced by Mayor
Marini as a man who is doing a big
job and doing it well Mr. McGowan
arose and in a clear, concise, well di
rected talk pointed out clearly that
his company is striving day and night
to relieve the congestion in Cliffside
Park.
Mr. McGowan reported to the mem
bers of the Exchange Club that the
club plan for better listing has been
submitted by him to the office of the
traffic manager and that, while he
would not promise anything, he feels
reasonably sure that his recommenda
tion for Cliffside Park will be accepted
favorably.
ine speaker referred to the growth
In the telephone facilities in the Cliff
side exchange and traced this growth.
from the period during the war until
the present "time. He pointed out.
what a great task It has been to han
dle the telephone situation and also
that a greater task his company faces
in relieving conditions for the future.
At present all lines throughout the
borough are taxed to the limit, and
for that reason it is difficult to make
the public realize that that is their
reason for not being able to grant new
telephone privileges.
Mr. McGowan showed that from a
percentage,^., ndpoln^^e Cliff sida
telephone exchange is onSTft th«'i»eav*
iest toll users (paid calls) in thestatpX
The centra J office must be enlarged
and new main lines must be laid be
fore any new telephones may be grant
ed. This work, Mr. McGowan pointed
out, is being contemplated by his com
pany on his own recommendation.
The speaker outlined the enormous
amount of detail necessary in connec-'
tion with installing new home tele
phones, proving to his audience why
delays in such installations are abso
lutely unavoidable. He asked the peo
ples’ indulgence in the work of the
telephone operators, explaining that
each operator in our local exchange
has probably 100 to 125 calls at one
time to handle, and these calls must
be passed as quickly as possible. Mr.
McGowan gave figures showing that
the Cliffside exchange passes 18,000
outgoing calls a day, between 8,000
and 9,000 incoming calls and about
1,500 regular trunk line calls. He
pointed out that should a person 're-.,
ceivlng a call be "cut off” the best'
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thing to do is to "hang up” and wait
to be called back, but if you are “cdt
off” while making the call yourself
then call back the operator. This plan
avoids much confusion. It was also
brought out that an operator cannot
always give calls when asked for be
cause of lack of a sufficient number of
trunk lines and that such condition
can be remedied only by new lines
and is not the operator’s fault.
Mr. McGowan’s talk was fine and
very well directed, throwing much
light on the telephone situation. The
talk was greeted by a rising vote of
thanks by the members.
Mr. B. Duncan McClave was also a
guest at this meeting, but the time
was too short to call Mr. McClave to
speak.
The candy committee, which pre
sented each orphan home with two
tubs of Christmas candy, was dismiss
ed with thanks.
The committee on welcome signs
reported progress and that the signs
will soon be erected.
Public Service Gets
Bus Permit in Edgewater
After being on the council lire for
some months, the bus question in
Edgewater was decided with the
granting of a permit to the Public
Service Bus Company to operate a
bus line along the River road.
The buses are to be placed in opera
tion on or before January 15, and are
to run on a ten-minute schedule from
6:30 o’clock in the morning until
12:30 o’clock at night. The company
agreed to live up to all borough ordi
nances pertaining to the operation of
buses, and said that it planned to put
three buses in operation before the
time stipulated in the permit.
Mayor Wissel said that it is prob
able that the county would Improve
River road with a permanent im
provement next spring, between the
tunnel bridge and the 125th street
ferry, and that the clerk had been
authorized to write to the Board of
Freeholders and ask them to repair
the River road from the ferry north
to the borough line, as this portion of
the roadway is in poor condition and
in need of immediate repairs.
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