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The Palisades Are the Balcony of the World* *
William A. Mackey, Coytesville
PALI SAD IAN
•'Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks.
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.'*
■—As Yon Like It.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1927—EIGHT PAGES
PRICE FOUR CENTS
DEFINITE ACTION TAKEN BY LOCAL
EXCHANGE CLUB ON CLIFFSIDE PK.
WAR MEMORIAL—SHAFT FAVORED
Will Present Complete Plan To Mayor And Council For
Adoption Monday Night—Ferry To Ferry Car Ser
vice Promised, Also Reduced Fare Locally.
A_
Definite action was taken on the
Cliffsidc Park war memorial project
at the luncheon-meeting of the local
Exchange club on Tuesday last and
the shaft designed by Architect Ralph
Hacker of Palisade was endorsed.
The drawing, together with plans
for grading Memorial Park, the esti
mated cost and plan for financing will
i , be presented to the local Mayor and
Council on Monday night with a re
commendation that it be officially ad
opted and the expense met by general
taxation.
Charles Leeger presided in the ab
sence of President Richard J. Fox and
introduced architect Hacker who ex
plained his plan in detail.
Mayor Marini, a past-president of
the club, spoke in favor of the project
and stated he had long been in favor
of the plan as outlined. He stated al
so that the Borough would be in a pos
ition this year to finance it.
Representatives of the Public Ser
vice street Railway Corporation prac
tically assured the members that di
rect trolley connection would be es
tablished between the West Shore
ferry in Weehawken and the 125th
street ferry in Edgewater. The Ex
change club has been fighting for this
for more than six months.
At the meeting of the club, Messers.
Price and Sheppard who arc in charge
of the trolley activities in Bergen
gv) county said that they had looked deep
ly into the matter, and were confident
that such a connecting link as that ad
vocated by the club was needed. They
promised to take the matter up before
the' company and to give it their en
dorsement.
The present plan is to run Palisade
cars from ferry to ferry. This does
not mean that every car will make
the trip. A Palisade car will meet
every boat at the Edgewater ferry.
This means that the ferry to ferry
cars will run on a ten minute head
way.
The question of a lower fare by the
extention of the Hudson Heights zone
to WoodclifF and the issuance of a
transfer to Grantwood fares at Pali
sade Junction was asked for the Pub
lic Service representatives agreed to
take this matter up with the proper
officials of the corporation.
Series Of Lectures On Art
Planned For H. S. Students
A very interesting assembly was
held in the Cliffside Park High school
auditorium on Friday morning, when
the student body heard a lecture on
Art. The program was opened with
the reading of a part of the scripture,
the salutation to the flag, and sing
ing of “The Star Spangled Banner.”
Mr. Robert L. Burns, principal of the
school, then made several announce
ments.
A very interesting lecture was then
delivered by Mr. Shorey of Grant ave
nue,- Grantwood, on “Preparation of
an Art Course.” This lecture was an
introduction to the series of five lec
tures which he will give to the stud
ents at some future date. He in
tends to cover painting, sculptor and
commercial designing.
The following awards were then
made by the principal to the follow
ing students: Annette Seppe, Fannie
Cacavello, Augusta Bagdonot, Walter
Dietler, Vincent Lemors, and Florence
Flood, for efficiency and -speed in type
writing.
Announce Engagement Of
Miss Louise Zimmerman
Mr. and Mrs. C. Zimmerman of
New York avenue, Hudson Heights,
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Louise, to Mr. Peter
Utz, of West New York. The wed
ding will take place during the sum
mer. They also announce the engage
ment of their son, Corneilus, Jr., to
Anna Utz of West New York. The
wedding will also take place sometime
during the course of the summer. Miss
Louise and Mr. Peter Zimmersan, are
niece and nephew of Mr. and Mrs. J.
G. Brentgardner of 232 Fulton ter
race, Cliffside.
Ft. Lee School Board
Gets Survey Report
Details Of School Needs And
Plan For Financing Is
Explained To Trustees
At a special meeting- of the Fort
Lee Board of Education held in the
Whiteman Street school on Tuesday
evening the report of Doctors Strayer
and Englehardt of Teachers College,
Columbia University was received and
discussed.
Doctors Strayer and Englehardt
were present in person and discussed
the survey recently completed and an
swered various questions asked by
Board members. The report was ac
companied by several maps pertinent
to the text matter which were dis
played and explained during the re
marks.
The elementary schools will remain
as at present, if the recommendations
are followed, and two junior high
schools established in existing school
buildings divided in accordance with
two centers of population as determ
ined: *■*
The high school will of course be lo
cated on the new site recently pur
chased on Lemoine Avenue which will
be about 800 feet north of the pro
posed Hudson River Bridge Plaza as
far as It is possible to determine at
this time.
The report recommends a high
school costing about $500,000 to be
paid for by a bond issue. The complete
details of the plan to finance the un
dertaking are incorporated in the
report. , i •
Doctor Englehardt gave figures of
probable increases in population that
would result from the Hudson River
Bridge and apartment house projects
and named an 18 per cent increase as
most probable. He stressed the need
of acquiring sites for new schools just
as soon as possible and predicted that
within five years after the high school
is complete an extention on this and
other Borough schools will be necess
ary.
Warner Sugar Plant
Sold For $14,000,000
Purchased By National Sugar
Refining Company—Has
Large Daily Output
The Warner Sugar Refining Co., of
Edgewater has been purchased by the
National Sugar Refining Company for
approximately $14,000,000 according
to current news dispatches but de
tails of the deal have been withheld.
It is understood the Warner inter
ests will discontinue sugar refining
entirely but will continue to control
and manage the Warner Sugar Co.,
of Cuba and the Canto Sugar Co.,
controlling about 110,250 acres of sug
ar plantations.
The Warner corporation also is ex
pected to continue to operate the New
Hampshire Stave and Heading Mill
of North Stratford, New Hampshire.
Both the refining and Cuba proper
ties of the Warner company have been
operated for some time by Lowry and
Company, Inc., who assumed control
after the appointment of a Warner
bondholders’ committee.
The Edgewater refinery, with a
capacity of 11,000 barrels daily, is
said to be one of the most modern in
the country.
While the Edgewater refinery’s pre
sent officials are non-committed it is
generally believed that the plant will
continue to operate under the new
company.
Prof. D. I. Voice, of the school of
home economics is authority for the
following statement: “for every mar
ried woman in the United States,
there is approximately one married
man,”
$34,250 Increase In Local
Budget Offset By Increase
In Cliff side Park Ratables
Amount To Be Raised By Direct Taxation Only $14,467.21
More Than Last Year
A recess meeting of the Cliffside
Park Mayor and Council was held on
Tuesday evening and the tax ordi
nance and budget for 1927 was in
troduced.
An increase of $34,250.00 is esti
mated to be necessary for this year’s
expenses. The amount to be raised
by direct taxation is $177,507.21, an
increase of $14,467.21 over last year’s
fig'ure of $163,100.00
The budget in full is published else
where in this issue giving both the
1926 and 1927 figures. It is worthy
of every resident’s attention.
Mayor Marini states that if the
school budget does not increase un
reasonably, the increase in rateable*
will more than offset the increased ap
propriations and should result in a
reduction in the tax rate.
Davis Home Scene
Of Brilliant Wedding
Notables In World Of Litera
ture And Art Wed In Engle
wood Cliffs January 10
j Miss Eva Hatfield Young, daughter
■of Mrs. George Wright Young, was
married to the Honorable Joseph
Spencer Kennard, L. L. D., Ph. I)., H.
C. L., Litt. D., L. H. D., and Doctor
of the Sorbonne, on January 10, at
Davista, Englewood Cliffs, N. J., the
home of the bride’s brother-in-law and
sister, Commander and Mrs. Cleland
Davis.
The bride wore white chiffon trim
med with feathers and brilliants, with
a trailing veil of rose point lace, which
has been in the family for genera
tions.
Miss Young is a minature painter
! whose work • has been exhibited . in
many of the art museums of this
country and abroad. She is a member
of the American Miniature, the Wo
man Painters and Sculptors and oth
er societies.
Dr. Kennard is an international and
corporation lawyer, an artist who has
won honorable mention in painting
and sculptor, an alumnus of the Royal
Academy of Fine Arts in Italy and of
the Paris Royal Institute of Fine
Arts, a linguist who has written in
various tongues, and is the author of
“Goldini,” “Venice of His Time,” “It
alian Romance Writers,” “The Friar
in Fiction” and other literature. He
is an antiquarian and a philologist
and a distinguished traveler who has
studied the social and political prob
lems of the far East. He is also a
member of the society of Colonial
Wars and many other societies.
Mrs. Montondo Of Ft. Lee
Seriously Hurt In Fall
Mrs. I). A. Montondo, while clean
ing windows at the home of her sister,
Mrs. P. Burke at 2011 Hoyt avenue,
Fort Lee, lost her balance and fell to
the ground, on Wednesday last about
10:30 a. m.
She is now in the Holy Name Hos
pital at Teaneck in a serious condit
ion, having received a fractured skull,
broken nose, and fractured arm, due
to the fall. Her many friends in and
about Fort Lee hope for a speedy re
covery.
John Brudie Candidate For
Local Board Of Education
John J. Brudie of 305,Lafayette
avenue, has announced his candidacy
for the Board of Education in the
Borough of ClifFsidc Park. At pre
sent he is a member of the local lodge
of Elks, American Legion, and a part
ner in the firm of White and Brudie
of Cliffside Park.
Mr. Brudie has taken a great in
terest in local affairs and with his
extensive business experience would no
doubt prove a great asset to the board.
Miss Cohn Gets Clerkship
In New Hudson Hts. School
At the meeting of the Board of Ed
ucation of Cliffside Park on Friday
evening, in the auditorium of the high
school, Miss Jannette Cohn of Grant
wood, received the appointment for
clerk in the Hudson Heights Gram
mar school, which is nearing comple
tion, on Day avenue, Cliffside Park.
Just as soon as one of the office
employees begun to brag about paying
an income tax, relates Louis Kork,
they reduce the darn thing and eat
him out of it.
Dr. Fosdick To Preach
Sermon In Grantwood
Noted Divine Will Aid In The
Installation ' Services For
Rev. Silas Rees
The Reverend Harry Emerson Fos
dick, I). D., of the Union Thelogical
Seminary of Columbia University
will preach a sermon in Grantwood at
the Congregational church in connect
ion with the installation services for
Rev. Silas Rees on February 1 at
7:30 p. m.
The order of service will be as fol
lows: Hymn 18G; scripture lesson
and invocation, Rev. Joseph Evans,
M. A., B. D., pastor of the Welsh Con
gregational Church of New York; ser
mon, Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, D.
D., Union Theological Seminary, New
York; prayer of installation, Rev. R.
i B-. • Rocif, -parlf"**
Presbyterian Chtirch; anthem, "Sanc
tus,” by Gounod, by the church choir
under the direction of Mrs. Arthur H.
Gurtner; charge to the pastor and the
right hand of fellowship, Rev. Chas.
W. Carroll, superintendent of the Mid
dle Atlantic States; charge to the peo
ple, Rev. Enoch Hughes, of the David
R. Jones Memorial Church, Scranton,
Pa.; hymn 224; benediction, the pas
tor.
The ecclesiastical council, number
ing about fifty delegates, will meet in
the church at 4 o’clock in the after
noon. The ladies of the church, und
er the direction of Mrs. O. W. Hol
combe, will serve supper to the mem
bers of the council in the church social
room at 5:30 p. in.
Cliffs Mayor And Council
Pass On Maps Submitted
The regular monthly meeting of the
Mayor and Council was held Thurs
day evening, January 13 at the school
house on Bayview avenue.
After opening in the usual manner,
the rules were suspended to permit the
filing of maps of parcels of land to be
opened for home sites in the Borough.
Two maps were submitted and after
checking with the Borough maps, and
being found to agree with same, they
were accepted and sealed by the Coun
cil and Clerk. This places upwards
of 400 lots in a position for early de
velopment.
A communication was received from
| residents of the Borough in reference
to cleaning driveways of snow. This
brought up a discussion of the whole
matter of snow removal, and it was
finally decided to plow all driveways
where the horse plow could be used.
The sewer committee reported that
work on the sewer would probably
commence by February 1.
A communication from the Hudson
River Bridge Association was receiv
ed, inviting the Mayor and Council
to take part in the ceremony of break
ing ground for the Hudson River-Fort
Lee Bridge at Fort Lee, June 15 next,
when the greatest demonstration of
public interest ever known in Bergen
County is expected.
Local. Man Sueing
Mr. A. Blume of 66 Crescent ave
nue, Grantwood, is suing Alexander
Bacon of Englewood, a negro, who
smashed Mr. Blumc’s car, the latter
part of last week.
Mrs. Blume was driving in Engle
wood when Bacon, alleged to have
been intoxicated, rammed the car.
Bacon was fined $200 and his license
revoked for two years. No one was
injured but both cars were badly dam
aged.
APARTMENT TOWER HIGHER THAN
WOOLWORTH BUILDING PLANNED FOR
JERSEY PALISADES BY DR. PATERNO
Council Denies Permit
For Gas Station In
Center Of Palisade
Request Made That Anderson
Avenue From Route No. 10
North, Be Made A Business
District—Other Business.
The second regular January meet
ing of the Fort Lee Mayor anil Coun
cil was held Wednesday evening with
two councilman, Messers. Schall and
Cook, absent and Councliman Wood
acting as clerk. No mention was made
of appointments and the new budget
was not discussed. The entire meet
ing was devoted to the business
brought to the Council’s attention
through communications and through
the citizens present.
A representative from the office of
John A. Mathews, Newark Attorney,
appeared for the owner of the prop
erty on the east side of Palisade ave
nue, just a few hundred feet north of
Bluff road and asked that a permit be
granted to erect a gas station there.
He claimed that because of the trol
ley line the property was only good
[for business purposes and called at
tention to the fact that there were
gas stations in approximately the
same locality, having reference to the
gas station at the intersection of the
.State; £»d Palisade Avenue^
and the former Rranigan* station a
bit north of this spot.
A petition bearing over 70 names of
Palisadians was presented by J. Otto
Hunike of Palisade, against the pro
posed station and he offered to obtain
over 600 more signatures in u week’s
He explained that the property in
question was restricted both by deed
and by the local zoning law.
Paul T. Brady of Palisade spoke
and condemned the effort to break the
restrictions by the petitioners and he
and the lawyers engaged in a verbal
tilt. He questioned them as to their
status as residents of New Jersey
and inquired whether or not the own
ers of the property, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Ruption, of Newark, were Amcri- j
can born citizens. The attorney said j
yes and presented the same arguments
as are usually advanced in favor of
a business enterprise stressing the
fact that the property was unproduc
tive and a loss to its owners being un
fit for residential purposes.
The pro and con discussion was
brought to a close by Councilman H.
Elkan of Palisade who moved that the
permit be refused. The motion was
seconded and passed unanimously.
An application bearing ten signa
tures with the names of E. Christ
iansen of Palisade and N. F. Mahon
ey of Grantwood asked that the zon
ing law be changed making both sides
of Anderson avenue from the State
Highway to Plateau avenue, in the
new Palisade Gardens development, a
business section. Mr. Mulligan of Pal
isade claimed to represent the proper
ty owners from Plateau avenue to Mc
Cloud place on the east side of And
erson avenue and asked that the en
tire stretch be changed to a business
district. The matter was referred to
the Committee of the Whole and will
be acted on at a future date.
A citizen oi tjoytesviue protested
against the interference in radio re
ception caused by the relay station in
Coytcsville on the Villa Richard prop
erty and asked that the Council take
steps to have the broadcasting con
cern put local sets in condition or re
voke their permit. This matter was
referred to the Attorney.
The matter of contributing $100 to
ward the expense of the ground-break
ing exercises for the Hudson River
Rridge in June was held over until the
next meeting which will take place
on next Wednesday evening.
The balance of the meeting was de
voted to routine business.
The Basket Ball teams of Fort Lee
High School, will play a double game,
with the Cliffside teams, on Friday,
January 21, at 8 o’clock on the Cliff
side Court.
Part Of Apartment Group
munity Garden And P
About Five Years—Si
provements Now.
Cliffside Firemen Are
Overcome By Smoke
Rescue Of Delaney And Curtis
By McGrath And Peterson
At Exciting Fire
Four of Cliff.sicie Park’s firemen
were overcome by smoke on Wednes
day last while fighting a blaze in the
home of Frank Noccia at 235 Walker
street, Cliffside.
The blaze was accompanied by un
usually dense .smoke and Edward De
laney and William Curtis descended to
the cellar to fight the flames, where
they were overcome by the smoke./
When the firemen did not respond
to calls from their fellow firemen, as
sistant chief McGrath and driver J.
Peterson rushed to the cellar and
found the young men prostrate on the
floor. It was not without difficulty
that they dragged the bodies into the
open air only to fall unconscious from
the experience.
As soon as McGrath had been re
vived, he ordered a general alarm
turned in calling every piece of ap
paratus in the Borough. The fire was
a difficult one for the firemen to
handle. Time and again the firemen!
were driven back by tbs dcASttynof the
smoke.
The cause of the fire has not been
determined. The cellar and first floor
were badly damaged. The building is
a one-family frame dwelling.
Wm. J. Eypper Heads
Big Realty Syndicate
Capitalized For $400,000—
Will Buy Tract Of 206 Acres
In Upper Bergen
George Beckmann of Eypper and
Beckmann, Inc., of Palisade, has an
nounced the formation of one of the
largest real estate holding corpora
tions in New Jersey, capitalized at
.$400,000 with a paid in capital of
$225,000.
The purpose of the corporation is
to buy and hold for resale or develop
ment a tract of about 20G acres in and
about Cresskill and Alpine.
William J. Eypper is the president,
Mr. Beckmann, secretary and treasur
er of the new organization.
The stockholder’s list includes the
names of men from Bergen, Hudson
and Essex Counties, as well as New
York city. Mr. Beckmann feels the
interest of non-residents as indicated
is a sure sign of the faith others have
in Bergen realty values.
Ft. Lee Fireman’s Body
Placed In Hero’s Corner
Of Fairview Mausoleum
The body of Frederick Cavaliere of
2022 Central Road, who died in the
service of the Fort Lee Fire Depart
ment, was entombed in the ‘Heroes
Corner” at the Fairview Mausoleum
Sunday afternoon, last. Mr. Cavaliere
as will be remember was injured in
the fire of the National-Evans Studio
February 7 192.1, and died at the En
glewood Hospital. The death of Mr.
Salomon Joy occured at this same
fire.
The services Sunday were simple
and sacred, conducted by Rev. Father
Corcoran of the Madonna Church of
Fort Lee.
Ft. Lee Police Order Snow
Removed From Walks
The police in the Borough of Fort
Lee made a canvass of the munici
pality on Monday afternon and prop
erty owners who have not cleared the
snow from their walks were ordered
to do so without delay. Unless the
snow is removed the Borough will do
the work, anti charge it against the
property owners.
Housing 20,000 With Com
arkway To Be Completed In
.ys Officials Should Plan Im
On Sunday last the real estate sec
tions of the New York (newspapers
blazed forth with the astounding news
that right here on top of the Jersey
Palisades, Dr. Charles V. Paterno, a
New York medico-builder, will erect
an apartment city that will include a
tower surpassing the Woolworth
building in height, twice as high in
fact.
Owns About 600 Acres
About six months ago Dr. Paterno
bought through the Arthur J. Rooney
office in Woodcliff about 600 acres of
property atop the Palisades in Engle
wood Cliffs, including the major por
tion of the immense Dana estate. This
is equal to about 10,600 New York
City lots and the deal involved mil- '
lions. The land is located in the vic
inity of the Dyckman street hill whose
top is approximately 500 feet above
the Hudson river. Recently the fa
mous builder acquired more property.
Dr. Paterno plans to erect the most
novel apartment city in the world con
sisting of a giant tower and a semi
circle of apartment structures with
accommodations for 20,600 people.
A Spectacular Tower
The tower, if the present idea is
carried out, will be one of the marvels
of the modern age and the tallest in
habitialc structure on earth rising
1,000 feet from the ground which add- ;
this point will make a total of about
1,500 feet. Each floor is to contain
one, two or three ultra-modern apart
ments and the uppermost suit will be
occupied by the builder himself. On
the roof a strong battery 'of lights
that can be seen far at sea will ad
vertise the apartment city nightly to
New York and vicinity.
Beautiful Carden
The plans also include a magnific
ient community garden of flowers and
pleasant walkways with summer hous-,
es of Greek design scattered here and
there. The entire surroundings will
be in keeping with the grandeur of the
housing arrangements with Sylvan •
boulevard transformed into a lovely,’
parkway where north and southbound'
traffic can pass over fine paved road-,
beds separated by turf, green with'
grass, trees and made even more beau
tiful in the summer by flowers.
Accomodations for stores have not
been forgotten and they too will be
of the most approved type and satis
fying to the exclusive residents that
are sure to be attracted to this won
der city in great numbers.
Something New in Store
Inhabitants of Dr. Paterno’s apart
ments will not need to seek sunshine
in the Southland where winter skies
appear for each of the thousands of
suits are to be provided with an art
ificial sun-bath room, an innovation.
Dr. Paterno got his sun-bath idea on
his recent European trip where this
artificial sun method is employed in
the hospitals and sanitariums in fos
tering and regaining health. He has
applied it to practical use as a part
of every home.
Electric refrigeration, garbage in
cinerators, and a host of other labor
saving household appliances will make
the apartments paradise for the
housewife and there will be little use
for servants, save man’s greatest ser
vant, electricity.
Own Transportation Lines
Commuters will not have to depend
on the service of the existing trans
portation facilities but will have the
advantage of Palisades Tower’s own
ferry system of high speed boats and
motor busses.
Proper accomodations for private
motor cars will be a feature of the de
velopment which Dr. Paterno expects
to complete simultaneously with the
opening of the new Hudson river
bridge (about five years).
Cautions Bergen Official*
Dr. Paterno has declared that the
most important matter to consider at
this time is the proper development of
this section, in regard to highways,
sewers, water connections and says
that all of these things should be plan
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