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“The Palisades Are the Balcony of the World
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PALI SAD IAN
"Finds tongues In trees, books in running brooks.
Sermons in stones, and good in everything."
—As You Like It.
VOL. XX. No. 11
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1927—TWELVE PAGES
PRICE FOUR CENTS
FORT LEE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL
SUBMIT DEFINITE PROPOSAL ON THE
ANDERSON AVE. IMPROVEMENT SOON
Officials Will Meet With Citizens’ Committee On Sunday
Morning—Mayor White Favors Lin wood Avenue
Extension To Anderson Avenue—Center Avenue
Wants Improvement. _
Tho Fort Lee Mayor and Council
together with the Bbrough Engineers,
will meet a committee representing
Anderson avenue property owners on
Anderson avenue, near Main street, at
10 o’clock on Sunday morning to con
sider the most fesiblc plan for the im
provement of the northern end of
Anuerson avenue.
Three plans have been suggested,
and $80,000 of County money will be
available for use as soon as a definite
proposition is decided upon. The
three plans are as follows:
1. The continuation of Center ave
nue to meet Anderson avenue at Tay
lor’s hollow.
2. The widening of the northern end
of Anderson avenue from Whiteman
street to Main street.
o. The continuation of Linwood ave
nue to meet Anderson avenue at Tay
lor’s hollow.
A meeting of persons interested was
held on Thursday night of last week
in the Whiteman street school and at
that time the three propositions were
discussed. Subsequently the property
owners along Anderson avenue in the
vicinity affected had a petition signed
by about 95 per cent, of the property
owners which was read at the meet
ing of the Fort Lee Mayor and Coun
cil on Wednesday evening. The peti
tion stated that they were in favor of
either plan number 2 or 8 as indicat
ed above and would be willing to give
whatever land is necessary for a right
of way. Mayor White stated that he
would rather have the property own
ers endorse one of the propositions
and the meeting on Sunday morning
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Petition For Cumberemede
Road Improvement Does
Not Have Enough Names
The petition presented to the Fort
Lee Mayor and Council asking for a
street improvement on Cumbermede
road from Bridal way to Route No.
10, contains only the names of per
sons owning 32 per cent, of the front
footage which is not enough to war
rant the improvement.
Colonial Soldiers In Fort
Lee To Get “Lit Up” Soon
Three flood lights are to be placed
in Monument Square, Fort Lee, for
the purpose of illuminating the bat
tle monument at night.
Boundary Line Uncertain
The boundary line between Edge
water and ClifFside Park, is still un
certain according to Borough Attor
ney Agnew, who claims there is prop
erty shown on the local assessment
maps that is assessed anil taxed in
Edgcwater. »
Vacate Part Of Street
An ordinance vacating a portion of
Prospect street in Coyte.syille was
passed by the Fort Lee Mayor and
Council on Wednesday night. The
full text of the ordinance is printed
elsewhere in this issue.
The Winding Road
liy Mary Saunders Hawling,
Ridgefield Park, N. J.
I know a road, a winding road,
That hurries on its way,
From velvet night, with stars
aglcam, f
Into a joyous day. .
A road that’s fringed with leaf
ing trees,
Against a cloudless sky;
A wind that has a scent of pine,
A spring breeze rushing by.
)
A little road, a golden road,
A road that sings a song;
A road that lifts an eager hand
And beckons me along.
A little road, a winding road,
Where many feet have trod—
A road that leads through val
ley-land,
And climbs the hills to God.
»
SENATOR W. B. MACKAY
who will make a .special trip to Wash
ington, I). C., to invite President Cool
idge to be the guest of honor at the
ground breaking exercises of the Hud
son River Bridge in June.
Ft.Lee Hesitant About
Changing Zoning Law
Palisade Realtor Wants Ander
son Ave. North Of Route No. *
10 For Business Section
“To change or not to change the
Fort Lee Zoning law—NOW?” that is
the question confronting the Zoning
committee of the Fort Lee Mayor and
Council.
At Wednesday night’s Council meet
ing, E. Christensen, Realtor of 1000
Bergen boulevard, Palisade, asked for
some action on his petition asking for
a change in the zoning law making
a certain block on Anderson avenue
north of Routh No. 10, a business dis
trict.
Councilman Peter Grieb, chairman
of the'Zoning committee advised Mr.
Christensen that nothing had ben done
in the matter as the committee did not
intend making any changes in the ord
inance until some definite information
on the exact location of the bridge can
be obtained.
Mr. Christensen said that Anderson
avenue was particularly adapted for
business purposes and was intended
for that purpose by the land company
who sold the property there.
Mr. Grieb promised to look into the
matter and give a report on his find
ings at the next meeting.
W. Madden And Chas.
Knapp Appointed Drivers
Of Grantwood Engine
Walter Madden and Charles Knapp
were appointed as paid drivers of the
Grantwood fire engine by Mayor Mar
ini on Monday night.
Marshall appointments made Mon
day night were, Michael Gruzka,
Louis Friba, John La I’etra and A.
Dieekman.
On Thursday of last week, Mr. Fos
ter of Fort Lee reported to the police
that some boys had broken into the
old Eclar studios on Linwood avenue
and scattered old film and debris
about the place.
Firemen’s Insurance
Costs Are Reduced
New Policies Charge For Only
30 Men Yet Cover 75—Will
Save Enormous Amount
A new, better and cheaper firemen’s
insurance has been offered to Cliffsidc
Park Borough by the Commercial Cas
Lilty Company, the present insurors
if the local departments.
The company states that their ex
lcriente with volunteer department
insurance has been so favorable they
ire able to reduce the rate and in
n-ease the benefits.
The new policies, .will cover all the
men (75) but charge a permium on
mly IK), which is the number exposed
:o danger at the average fire. This
:ouplod with the reduction in rate will
:ut the firemen’s insurance cost just
ibout in half. Among the increased
aenefits is the allowance of full death
benefit for loss of sight or limbs.
Borough Clerk Abrams was instru
mental .in securing the new and more
favorable rate.
No Legal Redress On
Radio Interference
Borough Decides Sets Must Be
Adjusted At W. R. N. Y’s.
Expense Immediately
The interference caused by the rad
io broadcasting station W. R. N. Y.
located on the Villa Richard property
in Coytesville was discussed at the
meeting of the Fort Lee Mayor and
Council on Wednesday evening.
A letter from J. R. Morecroft of
Palisade, who was consulted as an ex
pert, stated .that there, bj .no existing
law offering a remedy to this con
dition but that the' installation of
wave traps in sets effected would help
some. He also suggested shielding
in sets that arc particularly close to
the station.
Joseph Rutter, a Fort Lee radio ex
pert was called in and he too, explain
ed that no law exists. He stated the
legal end of the fight would have to
await action by a Federal Radio Com
mission which is to be formed soon.
In the meantime Mr. Rutter sug
gested the treatment of sets with a
view to doing away with the inter
ference. He thinks that some sets
have airials and ground wires too
long. “There are scores of causes for
improper reception,” Mr. Rutter said.
He suggested too, that the station
might be asked to cut down their
power.
Mayor White instructed the attor
ney to write W. R. N. Y. and state
the Borough intends to have the sets
of local persons adjusted and send the
bill to the station.
Ferd Pfeister of Hoyt avenue be
came bored during the technical ex
planation of radio difficulties and pro
tested that he hadn’t come to'the
meeting to listen to radio lectures. He
advised the Council to hold a special
‘‘radio” meeting and proceed with the
business of the Borough.
No Increase In County
Tax Rate, Murphy Says
An increase of about a mill is
found in the Bergen County tax rate
for 1927, as announced by Robert B.
Murphy, secretary of the County
Board of Taxation.
The rate announcer is .856824222.
In 1926 it was .855749095.
$10,000 CHECK FOR DISPOSAL
PLANT PROPERTY NOT RECEIVED
Conference With The Borough
Attorney Shows Owners Of
Property Are At Fault
Mayor Herbert Jenkins and the
members of the Englewood Cliffs
Council were greatly surprised on
Thursday of last week when they
learned that the Borough had not ac
quired title to the proposed disposal
plant site and that Mr. and Mrs. Cel
owski, owners of the property, had
claimed that they had not received the
ten thousand dollars, payment of
which the Borough had authorized
last November.
Collector Bertram reported that he
sent the check to Judge Seufert but
that the Judge had not put it into the
bank until after January 1. The
Councilmen expressed confidence in
Judge Seufcrt, stating that he could
probably explain the difficulty and
Councilmen Herrmann and Enger
were appointed as a committee to get
in touch with Judge Seufert. Sev
eral councilmen said that they thought
it might be just to pay interest on the
$10,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Celowski.
On Monday, a committee consisting
of Mayor Herbert Jenkins, and C.oun
cilmen Herrmann, Enger and Wunsch,
had a conference with Judge Seufert
relative to the ten 'thousand dollars
which the Borough had turned over to
the Judge for the settling of the title
to the property to be sold by Mrs. Cel
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$75,000 Storm Sewer
Proposed In Cliffside
Only Fesible Solution To West
Grantwood Storm Water
Problem Engineers Say
A solution to the West Grantwood
storm water sewer problem was of- i
fered in the report of McClavc and (
McClavc, Borough Engineers, submit- (
ted to the Cliffside Park Mayor and <
Council on Monday night. t
The portion of the report regarding f
the West Grantwood storm sewer fol
lows :
March 14, 1927. 1
Hon. Mayor and Council,
Borough of Cliffside Park, 1
New Jersey . 1
Gentlemen: 1
***** -phe p]ans t0 relieve the
present unsatisfactory storm water (
conditions in" the northwesterly section ‘
of the borough have been brought to a ‘
point to permit preparation of an esti- '
mate of cost and for your considera- 1
tion we submit-the following informa- '
tion. When the original storm sewer
in West Grantwood was planned,
there existed in Jassamine way be- ,
tween Lawton avenue and Columbia
avenue, in the Fort Lee borough, an
old 24-inch storm sewer which had
been constructed by the Columbia In- j
vestment Real Estate Company and in
order to keep down the cost, the gov
erning body at that time decided, if
possible, to utilize this existing sewer.
However, since that time there has
been rapid development in this drain
age area as far south as Edgewater
road and numerous permanent street
improvements with lateral storm
drains have overtaxed the sewer until
at present its size and the fact that
it was laid onl a comparatively flat
grade has made it necessary to con
sider "plans for -rnfarg-ing the storm
sewer.
It is, therefore, planned, in order to
relieve the present conditions, to con
struct a new trunk lino sewer be
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A. [Nagel Ejected fcxnaitea
Ruler Of Cliffside Elks
The Cliffside Park Lodge of Elks,
No. 1502, held the annual election of
officers Thursday night of last week,
resulting as follows: Exalted Ruler,
Ahrend Nagel, succeeding Joseph A.
Preston; esteemed leading knight, Jo
seph Royhan; esteemed loyal knight,
Harry W. Dyer; esteemed lecturing
knight, William R. Sperling; trustees
for five years, Thomas G. Fox.
AHREND H. NAGEL
Past Exalted Ruler Joseph A. Pres
ton was elected a delegate to the nat
ional convention, and to the State con
vention, with Dr. E. C. Hellstcrn and
Geo. Peterson, alternates respective
ly. Gustav Peterson was elected ty
ler.
The Cliffsidc Park Lodge was or
ganized three years ago, with fifty
live members. It has a present mem
bership of 185. Mr. Nagel, the new
exalted ruler, is a member of the Cliff
side Park Board of Education, and
has been actively interested in the
welfare of the community for a num
ber of years.
J. A. Baldwin Now On
Staff Of Palisadian
JOHN H. BALDWIN of May
wood, N. J., former Curb Mar
ket editor of The Wall Street
Journal, a financial daily, and
recently manager of the United
Security Dealers’ Association,
has joined the staff of the Pali
sadian.
Mr. Baldwin has had exten
sive experience in the Metropoli
tan newspaper field. His new
duties with this paper will be in
charge of circulation and adver
tising promotion. . _
White Way Sections
Proposed By Mayor
3o-operative Lighting Plan In
Business Sections Suggested
In Cliflfside Park Borough
Mayor Joseph W. Marini of Ciiff
ide Park at Monday night’s meeting
if the Council suggested that the mcr
hants in the various business sections
f the Borough, consider a co-opcra
ive street lighting plan that would
;ivo Cliffside Park several “White
Vays.”
“There is no advertisement better
ban a well lighted street,” the Mayor
aid. He did not outline any definite
ilan, but merely released the thought
vdiich can be taken up by the local
ncrchants if they are interested. „
His suggestion followed the reading
f a letter from Harry Eucht, a local
irchitect with offices on Palisade ave
iuo, asking that an additional street
ight be installed on Palisade avenue
ictwcen Edgewater road and Cecelia
ivenuc.
Local Contractors
Get Job Contracts
Battaglia & Sons, Coppolletta
Bros. And Sam Safino Receive
Contracts In Cliffside Park
Bids on three street improvements
were received by the Cliffside Park
Mayor and Council on Monday night
ind the successful bidders were as fol
ows: Olympia avenue improvement,
Sam Safino of Cliffside; Greenmount
ivenue improvement, Coppoletta Bros.
}f Cliffside; Oregon avenue improve
ment, Frank Battaglia and Sons of
;hc Cliffside section of Fairview. This
makes a total amount of $86,414.50 in
improvement jobs secured by local
lontracto rs.
The bidding was spirited and the
figures were reasonably close. Harper
Brothers, a new firm in Bergen Con
tracting circles, put in a bid on the
;hree jobs but in each case were a bit
;oo high.
The bids received were as follows:
Oregon Avenue
■’rank Battaglia & Sons $27,647.50
/endelli and Linardi
tichard J. Fox
Coppoletta Bros,
fohn J. McGarry
3ergen Contracting Co.
larper Brothers
3am Safino
Greenmount Avenue
28,020.00
28,080.00
28.430.00
28.525.00
20.580.00
29,642.50
30.640.00
Coppoletta Bros,
ohn J. McGarry
/endelli and Linardi
'Tank Battaglia & Sons
tichard J. Fox
Jergen Contracting Co.
larper Bros.
Olympia Avenue
lam Safino
tichard J. Fox
Coppoletta Bros.
"Tank Battaglia & Sons
larper Bros,
ohn McGarry
$44,880.00
45.245.00
45.815.00
45.405.00
45.840.00
46.190.00
46.450.00
$18,887.00
14.007.50
14.060.75
14,338.00
14.351.75
14.707.50
Palisade Avenue Matter Is
Referred To Carl Wright
The matter of taking over the part
)f Palisade avenue running through
fCl iff side Park as a County road has
seen referred to Freeholder Carl
Wright by the County officials. He
will report his recommendations to
them soon.
MAYOR. COUNCILMEN AND CITIZENS
IN CLIFFSIDE VOICE DISAPPROVAL
OF BUS AND TROLLEY SERVICE
Eight Major Complaints Against Busses, Two Against
Trolleys—Ask Five-Cent Fare To Fort Lee Ferry,
Also On Busses Within Borough Limits On Sundays
—May Abandon Ferry To Ferry Service.
______
MAYOR J. W. MARINI
if Cliffside Park, who has suggested
x co-operative lighting plan to the
merchants of Cliffside Park. The
Mayor considers a well-lighted street a
good advertisement and investment.
Pianists’ Contest To
Be Held On March 30
Applicants Should Immediately
Get In Touch With Miss J.
M. Fraser Of Hackensack
The Woman’s Choral Club of Hack
insack has established a policy of
Helping young musicians of Bergen
County which has attracted much at
tention and which is having far readi
ng results.
In addition to the usual metropoli
tan soloist of reputation engaged for
its regular concerts in January and
May, it gives a solo appearance to a
young musician residing in Bergen
County, chosen by competition.
The next contest will be for pian
ists. It will be held on Wednesday
evening, March 30, at 8 p. m., in the
lecture room of the Second Reform
ed church, Hackensack.
The contest is open to any Bergen
County pianist who has had sufficient
training and experience to be ready
for public appearance.
Each applicant must be prepared
to play two short contrasting num
bers. A competent and impartial
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bix-1 ear-Uid Ciittside
Boy Injured By Truck
Darting from the curb on Main
street in ClilTside, Thursday after
noon, Angelo Vcnenzio, six, 25G Kam
ina street, ClifTside, was knocked
down by an automobile truck and suf
fered serious injuries and was taken
to the. North Hudson Hospital with
liis left foot fractured, a laceration of
the scalp and numerous bruises about
the body.
Jesse Fears, 12 Maiden lane, Ne
wark, driver of the truck, was arrest
ed on charges of assault and battery,
and released on $500 bail by ClifTside
police.
Bergen County Towns To
“Do Their Stuff ” On Radio
Arrangements For The Ground
Breaking Of Bridge In June
Are Now Being Completed
The Bergen County Association, a
non-profit organization of more than
seven hundred business men, which
was instrumental in making the $50,
)00,000 Hudson River bridge possible,
is going on the air. The association
at its regular monthly meeting last
week, decided to broadcast a weekly
program of entertainment through
station WDWM, Newark, beginning
next month.
The program each week will bo un
der the auspices of a different town or
city and the talent will be drawn
through the membership of the asso
nation. Among the first towns to he
represented will bo Hackensack, En
glewood, Teaneck, Ridgewood and Le
onia.
Plans for the bridge ceremonies,
which will take place in June when
the first shovel of earth is removed,
arc progressing nicely, according to
Jacob \V. Binder, executive secretary
of the Bergen County association.
Senator Mackay, chairman of the
committee of arrangements, will
shortly visit Washington to formally
invite President Coolidge to partici
pate in the ceremonies.
According to George Beckmann,
president of the Bergen County Asso
ciation, there has been a decided in
crease in acreage activity during the
past month.
William Shepherd of the Public Ser
ice Corporation was present in per
son at the meeting of the ClifTside
[’ark Mayor and Council on Monday
ivening and listened to numerous eom
daints about the trolley and bus ser
■ice at present being rendered to the
•esidents of the Borough.
The complaints may be summarized
is follows:
Busses
1. Passing passengers at desig
nated stops.
2. Irregular schedules.
0. Speeding.
4. Passing one another.
5. Transferring passengers to
bus ahead.
6. Discharging and receiving
passengers from five to eight feet
away from the curb.
7. Charging 10 cents fare with
in the Borough limits on Sundays.
8. Bunching of busses on And
erson avenue near Lafayette ave
nue in Grantwood.
Trolleys
1. Irregular schedule.
2. Charging two 5 cent fares
from Grantwood to Fort Lee fer
ry.
Mayor Marini, being aware of the
iresenee of Mr. Shepherd, called upon
lim to offer some explanation of the
rregular schedule of the Hillside bus
ses. The Mayor first explained the
various complaints.
Mr. Shepherd said that additional
"street men” had been assigned to
,he Hillside line in an effort to main
;ain the proper schedule and that a
jreat deal of trouble is experienced
n the form of traffic tieups along
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Reception And Dance Of
Ciiffside Park Republican
Club A Successful Event
The Ciiffside Park Republican club,
if which J. Fred Thompson of Grant
vood is president, held a very success
ful reception and dance at the Moose
ia.ll, Anderson avenue, Grantwood, on
ast Saturday evening.
Every local Republican of note and
nany prominent Democrats were pre
sent to enjoy the festivities. Dancing
vas of course, the feature of the af
?air and music was furnished by the
El Rio orchestra. Later in the even
ng delicious refreshments were served
jy the ladies.
A truly fine souvenir program was
presented to each guest.
It contained the order of dances,
lames of the club’s officers and dance
’ommittee and greetings from prom
inent Republicans both local and in
die County at large. To Walter II.
Porter belongs a large share of the
credit for the program.
The dance committee was composed
if Arthur H. Hintze, chairman, W.
U. Porter, vice-chairman, John Weiss,
Jr., treasurer, J. Fred Thompson, W.
Roth, F. A. Teesc, N. F. Mahoney and
Adam J. Ruby.
To Purchase Road Roller
An ordinance was introduced at the
meeting of the Fort Lee Mayor and
Council on Wednesday night authori
sing the purchase of a $.’>,000 steam
roller for use on the local roads.
This. amount has been included in
:he road appropriation.
POLICE!
The Cliffsjde Park police re
ceived a telephone' message on
March 11 from Miss Idcagle,
night chief operator at the ClilT
:-ide exchange, stating that the
telephone receiver was off the
hook in the embroidery works
on Fulton avenue, and that
someone was moaning.
The police reserves were hur
ried to the place. There was no
light in the building. A door
was pried open, and the police
men made their way to the of
fice.
The telephone receiver was
down, and near it were two
whining puppies.