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' - ‘-V - * ■ ' V\ ' a* i0 it The Palisades Are the Balcony of the World” William A. Mackay, Coytesville «i PALI S AD IAN "Finds tongues In trees, books In running brooks, Sermoni in stones, and good m everything.” —As You Like It. VOL. XIX. NO. 18 PALISADE, N. J., APRIL 16, 1926 PRICE 4 CENTS I ELECTRIC FERRIES FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC EXCLUSIVELY TO OPEN IN SEPT.; 1 SLIP IN EDGEWATER To Run From Edgewater and Weehawken to 23rd Street in New York, Using Erie Railroad Slips; Electrically Propelled Boats New Feature in Harbor History; Large Buses to Benefit by Saving of Time. A new concern, the Electric Ferries, Inc., plan in September to open new ferry lines from Edgewater and Weehawken to Twenty-third street, New York City, exclusively for vehicular traffic. K is understood the large Dus traffic using the present ferries originally in spired the idea in the minds of finan ciers, and a long term lease with the Erie Railroad for the use of their slips made it possible to go ahead with the project. “The offering will be synonymous of a new institution in the history of New York Harbor transportation,” says a statement issued in behalf of the bankers, “for with the launching of this corporation the old-time steam driven ferries will have a distinctly modern and interesting competitor in the Diesel-propelled electric ferryboat. ■ The boats, especially designed for mo tor car traffic, will be 155 feet long by 48 feet wide, with 8% feet draft, and each will accommodate about forty automobiles and five large passenger buses such as now operate between New York City and suburban points in New Jersey. Five lines of cars will be carried on the main deck. Each boat will weigh about 500 tons, as against 1,200 for a steam ferryboat of like capacity, and it is estimated by the designers that a saving of $50,000 a year per boat will prevail against operation of a steam ferryboat of the same ca pacity.” The ferryboats are being construct ed by the American Brown Boveri Electric Corporation. Officials of the Erie Railroad Com pany have confirmed the report that the company’s ferry slips at Edge water, Weehawken and Twenty-third street, New York City, would be used by a new electric ferryboat corpora tion. Carroll D. Winslow, president of the Jf*^A-3iew corporation, said this week: “Six boats, propelled by Diesel-type engines, are now in the course of con struction. “Contracts have been entered into with the Erie Railroad giving us the right to use the company’s ferryslips at Weehawken and Twenty-third street and the right to construct a slip at Edgewater. “We will run boats from Weehawken to Twenty-third street on a five-minute schedule: from Edgewater on a twenty-minute schedule. We can nego tiate the distance between Edgewater and Twenty-third street, approximately five miles, in twenty-three minutes. “This will give buses operating be tween Bergen county and New York City a much faster schedule. If they cross the Fort Lee Ferry and go down town in New York City through traf fic it takes them double the time we operate in. “At Edgewater we will construct a new slip, one-half mile south of the Fort Lee ferryslip. “We expect to begin operations Sep tember 1. “Our bond issue has been oversub scribed by the dealers and will be offered to the public, through the deal ers, beginning on Tuesday.” Vacant Land in Bergen Changing Hands Rapidly Brings Very Big Prices It is conservatively estimated by members of the Beal Estate Board of Bogota and Teaneck that about 80 per cent of all the vacant land in Bergen County, one of the largest counties in the state, has changed hands at least one time during the past twelve months. There are instances where parcels have been sold as many as ten times during this period. Eighteen months ago acreage around the approach to the Hudson bridge and within four miles west of the Palisades was offered freely at $1,200 to $3,500 per acre. Those prices a,re a thing of the past. Present prices within the immediate bridge approach area are from $6,000 to $12,000 per acre. In some instances choice par cels bring from $15,000 to $25,000 per acre. In the northern part of Bergen County, adjacent to the New York State line, prices have come up within eighteen months from $500 per acre to $2,200. Frontage in business zones averages $150 to $250 per foot, in the sparsely populated regions. In the centers of the business sections of many of the eighty-odd municipalities in Bergen County frontage is selling rapidly at $700 to $1,500 per foot. Realtors Attend Dinner Realtors P. J. Carney, N. Mahoney, A) J. Rooney, C. Richard, Leo J. Mon tondo and Capt. Guy Seaver attended the testimonial dinner to Joseph S. Feibleman in Newark on Wednesday evening. Mr. Feibleman is the presi ■) j, dent of the New Jersey Association of Real Estate Boards. FEE FOR ATTORNEY ESTARLISHED AS 1% Legal Work on New School Jobs to Cost About $5,410, Cov ering 2 1-2 Year Period. At the regular monthly meeting of the Cliffside Park School Board on Friday evening of last week, it was agreed to pay the board’s attorney, John F. O’Toole, 1 per cent of the to tal bond issue in connection with the building of the new Hudson Heights school and the High School addition as his fee for legal services which will in all probability cover a period of about two and a half years. The total amount of both bond issues will be $541,000, of which Mr. O'Toole will receive $5,410. Out of this sum he will have to pay in the neighborhood of $1,000 to a New York law firm who acted as consultants in approving the bond issues. It was also voted to pay him $1,000 on account. The matter was brought up as a re sult of Trustee Gebhardt’s request that the attorney render a bill for services to date. Numerous other bills were passed. A bill from the engi neers, McClave & McClave, was or dered returned with a request that an itemized bill be rendered. The following committees were ap pointed by President Goemann and confirmed: Governing, Gebhardt, Knutsen and Mrs. Banville; building and grounds, Mahoney, Nagel, Geb hardt and Knutsen: teachers, Kenny, White and Videau; supply, Vieau, Mrs. Banville and Mahoney: finance, Nagel, White and Kenny. Ernest Sibley, architect for the ad dition to the High School, explained the new specifications on which the bids will be received April 19 in de tail. He has made a number of addi tional alternates but explained that the character and quality of the build ing has not been changed in any way. The new plans were approved. Permission was granted to the local Elks lodge to lay the cornerstone of the High School addition. LeMar Videau, one of the new mem bers, asked if it was not the school physician’s duty to supply a health certifiicate to permit a child who had been sent home to re-enter school. He was told that the physician was required only to examine each pupil. He then asked why the kindergarten classes were required to attend ses sions from 12:30 (noon) to 4 p. m., in instead of in the morning, saying that it was a “foolish” arrangement. At his request the matter was referred to the governing committee for a re port. Mr. Vieau said also that the teacher of the kindergarten class was required to stay in the classroom un til 5 o’clock each day, one hour after the class had been dismissed. He characterized this rule also as foolish and asked that the matter be taken up with the supervisor. When he asked about the rule prohibiting the employment of local girls as teachers until they had gained two years’ ex perience, he was told that a new rule was to take the place of this one and would be brought up at a subsequent meeting. . James Mahoney of Oakdene avenue, Grantwood, applied for position as janitor of the new Hudson Heights school. Bungles Holdup, Asks For Pistol Back and Ends in New York Jail — Fred Moedbeck, thirty-eight, of Oak wood avenue, Cliffside Park, was in the Tombs in New York Monday night because he strained the bonds of friendship and thought his one-time fellow-workmen would bring back the pistol they took when he tried to hold them up and bungled the job. Fred used to be chauffeur for the Otis Elevator Company. He quit. A few days ago he re-appehred at the offices on Eleventh avenue, pistol in hand, and asked for the payroll. It wasn’t there and a former boss knocked Fred down and took the pis tol. Fred escaped, but the loss of the pistol, a new one, worried him. He telephoned. Certainly, the man who had it would be glad to meet him up town after office hours and return the gun. Fred kept the date. So did two detectives. Mr. and Mrs. John Syko of 374 Park avenue,- Cliffside, announced the en gagement of their son, Emil E. Syko, to Miss Mae Kelder of Port Jervis, N. Y., at a dinner party held at the above address recently. Analysis of ClHFside Parks* Tax Rate for 1926 TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION $7,363,402 State Road Tax . $7,457.94 .1013 State Institutional Tax . 3,728.97 .0507 State School Tax . 18,243.64 .2478 Soldier’s Bonus Bond Tax . 1,310.04 .0178 State Bridge and Tunnel Tax. 2,688.47 .0366 County Tax . 63,821.29 .8668 District Court Tax . 233.95 .0032 Local School Purposes .'. 248,337.73 3.3726 Local Purposes. 163,100.00 2.2132 Total amount apportioned for all purposes ..... 508,922.03 Amount of Bank Stock Tax Due Taxing Dist.... 355.68 NET TAXES TO BE RAISED.. 508,566.35 6.91 BERGEN COUNTY’S SHERIFF GEORGE NIMMO who is having his hands full controlling the striking mill workers in and around Garfield. He read the “riot act” to several thousand strikers this past week in Fairfield. DOPE FOUND IN 6RANTW00D HOME Anna De Lorenzo Arrested for Illegal Possession of Narcotics Valued at $2,500. - One hundred tubes of morphine, each containing 25 grains and valued by the police at $2,500, were seized yesterday by Bergen County Detectives Allyn and Valuzzi in the home of Anna De Lorenzo. The house is in the center of Grantwood’s exclusive residential section. AHiuguuu ueiuie nctuiuci ricoiuu of Cliffside, the woman was released in 52,500 bail, charged with illegal possession of narcotics. The bail was furnished by her mother-in-law, Mrs. Catherine De Lorenzo, of 22 Tenth street, West New York. The discovery of the drug supply followed the arrest yesterday morning at Cliffside of Joseph Bass of 230 Thir ty-eighth street, New York City. Bass was picked up on Palisade avenue be tween Lincoln and Washington ave nues, Cliffside, by Patrolman Hozer, recently assigned to motorcycle duty with the Cliffside police. Hozer booked his man as a suspi cious character and found in his pos session a hypodermic syringe loaded with two "shots” of morphine. Ques iiumuH ic*cairu uuu uc uau tuiuc the Jersey side for a supply of the dope, which he said he purchased from Mrs. De Lorenzo of Grautwood. Armed with a search warrant issued by Prosecutor A. C. Hart, Captain Mc Evoy of the Cliffside police led the county detectives to the home of Mrs. De Lorenzo. The officers had no trou ble with the woman and located the drug supply after a short search. Mrs. De Lorenzo maintained that the 2,500 grains of morphine were worth only $40, but police and druggists con curred that at the market price of fifty cents a grain the value of the stock approaches $2,500. Bass is in the county jail at Hack ensack, held as a witness against the woman. DUNCAN M’CLAVE SPEAKS IN PALISADE B. Duncan Me- * for the Republican' nomination for the House of Rep resentatives, on Monday afternoon addressed the Pal i s a d e Woman’s Republican Club, and spoke about the glaring in equalities in the apportionment of Congressmen. ‘‘Our represent; atives,” said Mr. McClave, “have been amazingly in different to the provision of the constitutional duty required of them to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College Repre sentation in the House should have been re-al B. DUNCAN McCLAVE “Bergen coun ty,” stated Mr. McClave, “accord ing to the 1920 census, had a pop ulation of over 200.000 people, whereas today our population is es timated as any where between 250.000 and 300, 000 people. Even according to the 1920 census we are entitled to a Congressman for only a portion of Bergen county in stead of, as it now exists, one Con gressman repre senting the three entire counties of Bergen, Warren ,and Sussex, and a small portion of ! Passaic county. 1 n e q ualities of this sort are not rare. lonea, as nas always oeen uie cus tom, immediately after the announce ment of the preceding census. Never before in the history of our country has the House waited so long to re distribute the seats in the House with its consequent redistribution of the comparative voing strength of the sev eral states.” Mr. McClave then stated that the ratio of members of the House of Rep resentatives is today based on the 1910 census and shows tremendous inequalities based on the present pop ulation of several states. He said some states have increased iii popu lation at much greater rate than oth ers, but the voting strength in the House and the Electoral College Is still the same. l spoae aooui mis suojeci. tu. » Republican meeting held last Fri day,” continued Mr. McClave, “and our present representative, who was present, stated: ‘We don’t want any more Congressmen at Washing ton.” “I say it is not a question as to what the present House wants, but it is a question of justice to our people, par ticularly in view of the fact that no argument which can stand examina tion can be made in favor, of inaction. It is not fair to ask the people of New Jersey to be represented in the House, the next Electoral College or the next national convention, on the basis of the 1910 census. There should be a re apportionment so as to have a true comparative voting strength.” I .y/. , •v'.i v;\J'r'j PAY YOUR HOSPITAL PLEDGE EXPLAINS TRANSIT PLAN TO REALTORS One Alternate Idea Would Bring Subway Up Anderson Ave. in Cliffside Park and Fort Lee. The members of the Real Estate Board of the Palisades enjoyed a very interesting address at their luncheon meeting at the Park Inn on Wednes day by A. W. Coffin, Executive Secre tary of the North Jersey Rapid Tran sit Commission. The speaker told of how the Transit Commission was created by the State of New Jersey and explained that it was making a survey of the rapid transit needs of northern New Jersey and had certain plans which if car ried out would make New Jersey the promised land of the future for the New York commuter. He pointed out that the rapid transit facilities of Westchester county and Long Island were responsible for the large growth of these two sections and at the pres ent time it is possible for a com muter to get farther in less time for less money to these districts than to New Jersey. The area the Commission seeks to serve through their comprehensive plan includes a radius of 40 mtles of New York and embraces nine coun ties. While this area is only 10 per cent of the area of the entire state it contains 6 per cent of the population and represents 60 per cent of the rate ables. The section that they are pay ing particular attention to embraces the area in a twenty-mile radius and includes only five counties, Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex and Union. The most important part of their plan is a large rapid transit loop ex tending from the Hudson southeast through Jersey City, under the Hud son river to the Battery, then north on Manhattan to Fifty-ninth street where it would turn eas't, go under the Hudson again to New Durham, then south to the starting point. The other lines of the more elaborate sys tem connect in some way with this main loop. ^vucumic: piaus imjiuue me tJAtcu sion to the Jersey side the present rapid transit lines of New York city. The proposed extension of the West Side subway suggests a tunnel under the river from the Battery to Jersey City, then north under Bergenline ave nue in Union City and through Cliff side Park and Fort Lee under Ander son avenue and completing the loop back to New York over the new bridge at 178th street. Mr. Coffin explained that the main value of the new bridge from a trans portation standpoint immediately af ter its completion will be bus service across it connecting with the Wash ington Heights subway line now un der construction in New1 York. There are several plans of financ ing this gigantic scheme which will cost in the neighborhood of $3S2,000, 000. The legal plans and plans of financing are now being studied by the Commission and will be made pub lic in a separate report when com pleted. Englewood Cliffs School Board Holds Meeting The regular meeting of the Engle wood Cliffs School Board was held on Tuesday at the schoolliouse. A com munication was received from Mr. Wooster, County Superintendent, in answer to the one which the clerk had sent, stating that in the 1921 copy of the laws, he had found that the teach ers were required to pay for a substi tute when absent, but that no refer ence was made to the matter in the 1925 book, and that therefore the mat ter was up to the school board. It was decided to advertise for bids for coal, fifty tons, more or less. Miss Viola Cruser, teacher of the Seventh grade, asked for permission to take her geography class on Friday aboard a transatlantic liner. This was granted. President E. L. Wood appointed his committee, which were as fol lows: Auditing and Finance, Messrs. Haaker, Moezer, and Houghtal ing; Teachers, Mr. Waterbury and Mrs. Sprague; Building and Grounds, Messrs. Houglitaling, Florchinger, Haaker and Sawallisch; Text Books, Mr. Florchinger, Mrs. Bronte, Mr. Sawallisch and Mr. Moezer; Student Activities, Mrs. Bronte and Mrs. Sprague. Mr. Saw’allisch asked that some thing be done about starting instruc tion. in sewing in the school and an other member brought up the question of manual training for the boys, but no action was taken. Mrs. Curtis, prin cipal, reported that the school would take part in the field day exercises at Cresskill, on May 21. _ Bachman Promoted Harold E. Bachman, who has been a distribution engineer of Public Ser vice Railway Company for the past thr%e years, has been appointed act ing superintendent of distribution. He succeeds Morris B. Rosevear, who has resigned. . - \' « " : V - BUILDING COMMITTEE UNABLE TO MEET DEMANDS BECAUSE 4,250 FAILED TO MAKE GOOD PROMISES Delinquencies Total About $130,000—Of This Sum $40,- ’ 000 Is Now Due Contractors Who Demand Pay ment—Ask Senator Wakelee What Can Be Done Legally—Everyone Should Live Up to Obligation and Settle Debt at Once. WILLIAM SHERIDAN OF I FT. LEE KILLS SELF Was Despondent Over Absence of Son and Wife’s Poor Health —Police Find Body. Despondency because his wife is se riously ill in a hospital and his son, Wilfred, a professional bicycle rider, is in Liberty, N. Y., is believed to have caused William Sheridan, 50, of 1650 John street, West Fort Lee, to end his life by inhaling illuminating gas early Sunday. When the police of Fort Lee forced their < way into the house, they found Sheridan on the floor of the kitchen. Gas was flowing freely from one of the burners of a two-burner stove, and also from a jet. The doors and win- j flows had been locked. This strength- j ened the suicide theory. Dr. Crandall of Fort Lee pro j nounced the man dead from asphyxia tion. Dr. Ogden, county physician, was notified and after viewing the body gave permission for its removal to John Heus' undertaking establish ment. David Reilly, brother-in-law of | Sheridan, took charge of the funeral j arrangements. | Carlo Ciottoni, who has-rooms in the same building as that occupied by j Sheridan, shortly after awakening Sunday morning, detected the odor of illuminating gas. It became stronger and stronger and was traced to the Sheridan apartment. Ciottoni rapped on the door and re ceived no response. He tried the door. It was locked. He decided to notify the police, and Patrolman Wall was sent "to make an investigation. The policeman forced the door and saw Sheridan on the floor. Wall fougnt his way through the fumes and suc ceeded in getting open a window. Sheridan was carried to the open air and every effort made to revive him pending the arrival of Dr. Crandall. The man evidently had been dead sev eral hours before the police broke in to the place. Near the place where Sheridan’s body was found were two dogs, dazed by the fumes of gas. They were re vived. Funeral services were held at 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon from the house. Burial was in Brookside Cem etery under the direction of Funeral Director John Heus & Son. Two Fires in Englewood Cliffs on Monday Last The Englewood Cliffs’ firemen were called out for two fires during the past week. At about 9:30 a. m. on Monday fire broke out in the old Alli son barn on upper Sylvan avenue. The men responded promptly, but found the Englewood company “on the job’” due to the fact that the Alli i son family had been unable at first to | get the Cliffs’ company on the tele I phone. The building was completely j destroyed, and, though it was an old one, the loss is estimated at several thousand dollars, represented princi pally by the value of okl furniture which had been stored in it. The men worked hard until far past noon under an unusual condition. Some old shells had evidently been stored in the barn along with the furniture, and the men were kept busy trying to fight the flames and at the same time dodge the bullets which were exploding around them. The blaze had been caused by sparks from a pile of burning rubbish nearby. The second was a brush fire on Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock and was quickly extinguished. Free .List of Laws The Legislative Reference Depart ment of the State Library, following tlr> practice of former years, has is sued a Descriptive List of the Laws and Joint Resolutions enacted by the 192G Legislature. This descriptive list gives the bill and chapter number of every measure enacted, together with the name of the introducer and a succinct statement of just what the law does. A copy of this descriptive list will be sent gratis to any person making application therefor to the State Li brary at Trenton. > me Building Committee of the Englewood Hospital ha ssought legal opinion from Senator Edmund W. Wakelee on what steps can be taken to collect unpaid pledges for the new hospital building completed last December. These unpaid pledges number 4,250 and include residents of every town in the Northern Valley and on the Hilltop which participated in the hos pital campaign in 1923. The total delinquencies are approximately $130 000. The action of the Building Com mittee is called forth at this time by creditors who are demanding pay ment. Nearly three years ago a campaign was conducted among the twenty-one communities of the Northern Valley and on the Hilltop to enlarge the hos pital plant so that the health needs of the residents might be protected adequately. The people were thor oughly aroused as to the necessity and responded readily when called upon to pledge themselves in writing " to give definite financial support to the undertaking. Nearly 13,000 men and women gave written pledges to make six payments over a period of two and a half years in order that the building might be erected. These pledges aggregated the magnificent total of $1,063,000. This was a sum sufficient to cover the 6stmated cost of erection. The pledges were, therefore, turned over to the Building Committee. Relying upon. .the good faith of the pledgers, the Building Committee awarded con tracts for the construction and equip ment of the Hospital, and the work was begun. Last December the en larged hospital was completed and turned over by the Building Commit tee to the Hospital authorities. The Building Committee thus has fulfilled its obligation to the subscribers to the j Building Fund. A large number or subscribers have not kept their promises to pay. The last installment on the pledges was due last December, simultaneous with the opening or the hospital, but a substantial portion o£ the pledges re mained and still remain unpaid. Out of nearly 13,000 subscribers, 4,250 have not made the payments they agreed to make. About half of these have paid something on their pledges; the , rest have paid nothing. Out of $1,063, 000 pledged, $130,000 remains unpaid. The situation is acute. For work done on the hospital the Building Com mittee owes approximately $40,000 more than the funds on hand. Cred itors are demanding payment. There is no money in hand to pay them. Bills yet to fall due will bring the total indebtedness up to an appreciably larger sums. The only sourse of fund3 lies through the unpaid pledges. Personal letters to delinquents have ceased to be effective. At least twelve notices and many personal letters have been sent to every subscriber who has not paid. Hundreds of work ers in two supplementary campaigns of personal solicitation have endeav ored with only partial success to bring in delinquent payments. It is unfair to ask the hundreds of loyal volunteers to make further personal solicitations. It is impossible for the Building Com mittee to collect personally the sums due on the 4,350 delinguent pledges. The Building Committee incurred on behalf of the subscribers the debts for the construction and equipment of the new hospital. Representing the subscribers, it is responsible for these outstanding bills. As a matter of duty to the thou sands of loyal citizens of the Northern Valley who have kept their pledges the Building Committee feels that it must take such action as will ensure the collection of the sums needed and which are owing. HAVE YOU PAID YOUR PLEDGE —IF NOT, DO SO AT ONCE! Ft. Lee School Board Hears Talk on Survey by Dr. N. R. Englehart | The Board of Education of Fort j Lee held a special meeting last even ing for the purpose of listening to an explanation of school surveys by Dr. M. R. Englehart of Teachers Col lege, Columbia University. The visiting professor explained In detail the very useful purpose that a school survey serves in helping school boards to determine just what is necessary in the way of new build* ings and improved curricula. ■ > v. : -V ■ '-.-'I Z I ' • ■ ' ‘ ■