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“The Palisades Are the Balcony of the World** 3
William A. Machay, Coytesville
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. 22
FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1927—TWELVE PAGES
PRICE FOUR CENTS
JAMES F. DALY, FT. LEE DEMOCRATIC
LEADER APPOINTED UNDER SHERIFF,
SWORN IN ON WEDNESDAY LAST
Mayor White Presents Floral Horseshoe From Local
Organization—Rotary Club Turns Luncheon-Meeting
Into Testimonial Dinner, Prominent Democrats Talk
—Selections Please All Elements In The County.
James F^ Daly, of Fort Lee, was
honored witji the appointment of Und
er-Sheriff by the newly appointed
Democratic sheriff, M. O’Connell this
past week and was sworn in on Wed
nesday at the court house in Hacken
sack before a gathering of officials and
admiring friends. '
Mayor Edward A. White, of Fort
Lee, presented the new Under-Sheriff
with a floral horseshoe, the gift 6f the
Fort Lee Democratic club of which
Mr. Daly is president. A number of
congratulatory telegrams were receiv
ed including one from William Ma
honey, formerly a Democratic leader
in Fort Lee. 4
It was rumored for a time that Ed
win Corriston, resident of Grantwood,
a newspaperman and a prominent
Democrat, would be given the position
but Mr. Corriston silenced all rumors
by a letter to Mr. O’Connell in which
he said he was not a candidate for the
' . office.
The Fort Lee Rotary club turned
their regular 1 Wednesday luncheon
meeting into a testimonial dinner for
Mr. Daly and all that it was possible
to say in praise of a man was said by
the Rotary officers and the guest
speakers including Judge VanBuskirk,
of Hackensack, William Conklin, of
Englewood, Patrick Henry Maley, re
cently returned from Florida and
Judge James D. Moore, of Fort Lee,
who is one of Mr. Daly’s close person
al friends. A special feature of" the
more or less impromptu program was
the singing of “Mother Machree” by
" the Rotary song bird, John Vogel, of
Fort Lee.
All elements in the County seem well
pleased with the selection of Mr. Daly
as Under-Sheriff and naturally enough
his fellow^ownsmen and Democratic
cohorts are, as Roosevelt would have
said, “DELIGHTED!”
The Palisadian adds its congratula-.
tions to the many already received. I
Bought Rings, Defaulted
On Payments, Arrested On
A Petty. Larceny Charge
A resident of Marion avenue, Grant
wood, was placed under arrest the
early part of the-week on a larceny
charge preferred by Mrs. Anna Beigel,
of 720 Tenth street, Union City. It is
alleged that the party secured three
diamond rings from Mrs. Beigel, who
is a saleswoman for a New York dia
mond merchant, # under the pretense
that he wanted to buy them. This was
in August of last year. He was re
leased by the Union City, police under
$1,000 bail.
Friends of the man say that Re pur
chased the rings in good faith and
paid a deposit but because of circum
stances was forced to default in his
installment payments and that is all
there is to the story. The fact that
Mrs. Beigel did not prefer charges un
til last month lends credence to this
statement. He is a war veteran and
has a good reputation locally and be
lieving him to be the victim of unfort
unate circumstances, the Palisadian
withholds the publication of his name
until such a time as he may be found
guilty.
New Ferry Schedule
The management of the Alpine-Yon
kers ferry announced that commencing
with Monday, May 23, the following
new schedule will be effective:
Two boats will be in operation on
a 15 minute headway between 8:00
a. m. and 9:00 p .m., or longer if traf
fic will require. Service, aS usual will
commence at 6 a. m. and continue un
,, til midnight.
In order to serve those who plan an
early start for the Memorial holiday,
service on a 15 minute headway will
commence at 5:00 a. m. on Saturday,
May 28 and Sunday, May 29, and
thereafter service will be resumed on
the above new schedule.
John ‘Rash, 24, of Perth Amboy,
spent Sunday night in the Cliffside
Park police station after being arrest
ed in Palisades Amusement Park for
becoming too hilarious. He was re
leased under $50 bail, furnished by his
father, and was booked on a disorder
ly conduct charge.
Exchange Club Of
Cliffside Park Again
Discusses Memorial
Manager And Associate Editor
Of Palisadian Delivers Ad
dress On, “False Impressions
Of Newspapers”—Offers All
Memorial Advertising Free.
O’Connell Sworn In
As Bergen’s Sheriff
Makes Fitting Address And
Pays Beautiful Tribute To
Late Sheriff Nimmo
Mort L. O’Connell was sworn in as
sheriff of Bergen County by County
Judge William M. Seufcrt at the
Hackensack Court House last Friday
iftermoon. Immediately after assum
ng the oath of office, the new official
nade the following speech.
“While I am fully cognizant of the
lonor and responsibility just conferr
ed upon me, the sad circumstances
;hat brought this opportunity have af
fected me so that I do not like saying
mything at this moment.
“George Nimmo, in my opinion, was
me of the most efficient public officials
Bergen County has ever had, and his
oss will bc keenly felt, for a long time
;o come.
“A loyal friend, a good husband and
r wonderful son!
“He has left a record of constancy,
fearlessness and efficiency that will
se my inspiration to satisfactorily dis
:harge the duties of this office.
“The sheriff’s office will be run for
he benefit of all the people of Bergen'
bounty regardless of race," color or
:reed.
“As Jury Commissioner it will be
my aim to continue to work for the
<eeping in mind the comfort of the
citizens of this county with the pur»
aose of interesting the very best type
’or jury duty.
“It is my hope in the very near fu
ture we will be able to complete a
dan that will cut the term of service
from three to two weeks.”
Ground-Breaking Exercises
For Hudson River Bridge
Not To Be Held June 15
The ground-breaking exercises for
;he Hudson River Bridge will not take
elace on June 15 as originally planned
jy the Bergen County association ac.
:ording to an announcement made by
;he executive, secretary, Jacob W. Bin
ler.
Unforseen circumstances make it;
mpossible to hold the exercises on the
late mentioned and it is probable the
lew date will be set' for sometime in
;he early fall.
Annual Masonic Pilgrimage
To Co. Institutions, Sunday
On Sunday, June 5, all roads will
cad to Bergen Pines at Oradell, when
the Masonic and Eastern Star Frat
irnitics of Bergen County and vicinity
will participate in the Annual Pil
grimage to the County Institutions.
An interesting program is planned,
beginning at 1:30 p. m., when the Pa
trol of Salaam Temple aided by its
band will give a spectacular drill.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block, of Col
umbia avenue, sailed Saturday on the
Republic for a three-month’s tour of
Germany, France, Switzerland and It
aly. They will return on the S. S.
George Washington. i
The Cliffside Park Exchange Club
again discussed the local war memor
ial project at their luncheon-meeting
on Tuesday last. Just why the en
gineers’ estimate for the grading and
sidewalks was $10,000 after two con
tractors, members of the club, said the
job could be done for about $6,000 was
asked.
President Fox, one of the contrac
tors, said the price given was prac
tically cost on the contractor’s part
of the work only. He said there would
be fees for the attorney, the engin
eers, the inspectors, for advertising,
etc., that must be provided for in the
appropriation.
Mayor Marini said the fact an ap
propriation of $10,000 was made did
not necessarily mean it would cost that
much. He added that the cost could
not be determined until the bids are
received.
It was suggested by several mem
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J. Burns, Of Cliffside
A Suicide By Gas
Ends Life Sunday Afternoon In
Edgewater—Family Do Not
Know Why—Here 8 Years
James Burns, 50, of 421 Commer
cial avenuet Cliffside, committed sui
cide by inhaling gas on Sunday after
noon in a furnished room in Edgewat
er. ' The family know of n0 reason
why he should have ended his.life this
Way.
The manager of the Edgewater ho
tel where Burns had rented a room
smelled gas and traced it to the vic
tim’s room. The Edgewater police
were notified and they broke down the
door only to find the lifeless body
stretched out on the bed and the gas
jet turned on full. He had only about
seventy-five cents in his pocket and a
note was left for his wife. The Edge
water police did not disclose the con
tents of the note.
Burns was married and has lived
on Commcrical avenue in Cliffside for
about eight years with his wife and
jthree children. The family was noti
fied of the tragic death by Police
Chief Borrell, of Cliffside. They said
that Mr. Burns had been away from
home since Wednesday, May 25, but
that was not unusual because he often
went away for several weeks at a
time.
May Petition For Main
Street Widening In Ft. Lee
Property owners along Main street
in Fort Lee are talking of petitioning
the Mayor and Council to widen this
business thoroughfare. Two of the
largest property owners, Messrs. Briz
zi and Ferranti, have already said
they will sell any of their property
necessary for the nominal considera
tion of $1.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bottinclli, of
Lawton avenue, entertained Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Ansel!,- of Lawton ave
nue, Mr. and Mrs. Willett Bogcr, of
Columbia avenue and Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Ellwell, of New York, at a bridge
[last Saturday evening.
Englewood Cliffs Wants
Allison Land For A Park
Council Notified Bus Service Will Start And Coytesville
Trolley Service Will Be Discontinued From .
Nine A. M.f To Four P. M.
The Englewood Cliffs Mayor and!
Council held another busy session last
Thursday night. A suggestion made
in a letter from H. S. Enger, that the
Council confer with the executive of
the will of the late William 0. Alli
son, in order to try to ohtain the old
Lydecker Cliff property for a park,
was very favorably received by the
Council. A committee composed of
Councilmen Rose, Enger and Wunsch,
was appointed and they will take up
the matter with Judge Seufert.
Of great interest to the general pub
lic was the news contained in a letter
from the Public Service Railway Com
pany. They expect to discontinue the
trolley service to Coytesville during
the hours from nine a. m., to four p.
m. and place busses in operation’ in
stead. The last trolley will leave
Coytesville at 9:05. The busses will
run on a fifteen minute schedule and
permits were requested for six of
them.
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Cliffside Park Girl
Wins Essay Contest
Miss Marion Christ Winner Of
K. Of C. Contest—A Senior
At Holy Angel Academy
Miss Marion Christ, of 138 Fine
street, Cliffside, has been awarded the
first prize in a essay contest conduct
ed by the Knights of Columbus for
pupils of high school age in the pub
lic, parochial and academy schools of
northern New Jersey. The subject
of the essay was, “The Cause of the
American Revolution.”
Miss Christ is a senior at the Holy
Angels academy in Fort Lee. In ad
dition to the honor of first place the
winner will receive $75.
The second prize was won by Gerald
Moore of Jersey City, and the third
prize by Frank M. Galiofo, of Bloom
field.
Local Baptists Buy
Anderson Ave. Plot
Will Sell Lawton Ave. Property
—Congregation Outgrowing
Present Meeting Quarters
Through the influence and efforts of
A. H. Lueders, one of the founders of
the first Baptist church of Grantwood,
this body has been able to purchase a
corner plot at Aurora and Anderson
avenues in Grantwood as a site for the
new church they hope to build in the
immediate future.
The church had formerly bought a
plot on Lawton avenue, near the car
line, but now that this more desirable
location has been obtained the Law
ton avenue property will be sold and
the money applied toward the pur
chase of the new site.
For the past three years the little
band of worshipers havp held services
in a vacant store on Lawton avenue
and the car line but the congregation
has grown to such an extent that these
quarters are no longer large enough.
The progress made by these workers
is all the more coqimendablc A^hen it
is known that all the money raised is
through free will offerings. They arc
opposed to church suppers, fairs, etc.
Their young pastor, Carroll O. Mo
rong, while only twenty, has proven
himself a real spiritual leader and
has by his earnest work been an in
spiration to the congregation.
Allison Will Case
May Be Reargued
Court Ur nirora Ana Appeals
Orders Record Of Case Held
Pending Filing Of Petition
An effort is being made by the legal
representatives of the heirs of the
late William Allison to ha.vc the case
concerning his will reargued.
The Court of Errors and Appeals
has ordered the record of the case re
tained pending the filing of the pe
tition for reargument.
This court recently reversed the de
cision of vice-chancellor Fielder who
held the provision for a trust fund
involving $3,000,000 for the develop
ment of the Palisades was invulid.
Mrs. Koch, Mrs. Thayer and Mrs.
Hall were appointed by the president,
Mr. Akin, as the committee for pur
chase of prizes to be given at the June
meeting.
NOTICE TO READERS
Palisadian correspondents are re
quired to get their copy into the of
fice in accordance with the following
schedule. Readers can assist by sup
plying information intended for pub
lication at a time consistant with this
requirement:
Copy Schedule
Wednesday, 12 o'clock noon—
all copy intended for publication
under the headings of, Personal
and Social, Village Gossip, Or
ganizations, In The Churches,
News of the Women’s Clubs, Real
Estate and Building, Watching
Cliffside High, Fort Lee High
School Notes.
Thursday, 12 o'clock noon—All
copy except Thursday p. m., and
Friday a. m., events.
, This is necessary because of the in
creased news service being rendered
and the effort being made to include
[late news in each addition.
$854,000 Low Bid
On Hudson Bridge
Excavation Work
New Jersey Firm Will Probably
Get Big Contract—Union
City Firm Bid $3,045,700—
Must Make 60-Foot Cut In
Palisades.
On Tuesday morning last, the re
ceiving of bids for the excavation
work in connection with the New Jer
sey anchorage of the Hudson River
Bridge by the Port of New York Au
thirty marked the second step taken
in the actual construction work. There
were eighteen bids in all and the low
est bidder was a New Jersey firm,
Foley Bros., Inc., of Jersey City. Their
low bid was $854,000. Action on the
bids will be taken with 28 days.
The excavation work to be done in
clud.s a cut of approximately 00 feet
in the Palisades and a long tunnel for
the cable anchorage.
The second lowest bidder was the
Arthur A. Johnson Corporation, of
Long Island city. They bid $932,
450. Another New Jersey bidder was
the Clinton Asphalt Company, Union
City. They submitted a bid of $.'J,
045,700. The other bids ranged be
tween one and two million dollars.
Tablet Unveiled
At Samson’s Rock
Monument Of Glacial Period In
Englewood Cliffs Has Very
Interesting History
A bronze tablet was placed on Sam
son’s Rock, at Floyd street, in En
glewood Cliffs, Friday last, and the
upveiling was held on Decoration
day. . y ..y •• "~<y •*
The rock is a red sandstone boulder,
brought to its present location during
the Glacial Period. The inscription
on the tablet reads as follows:
SAMSON’S ROCK
A monument of the Great Glaciation
of Eastern North America in the
Pleistocene Epoch.
History furnished by VV. It. Scott,
Sc. D., L. L. D., Princeton University.
Donated by Mina Caroline Kehr to
the Borough of Englewood Cliffs, New
Jersey.
H. \V. Jenkins, Mayor, Council; F.
C. Rose, F. Debus, H. S. Enger, R.
H .Houghtaling, A Herrmann, Presi
dent, W. Wunsch, Wm. M. Seufcrt,
Counsel, McClavc and McClave, En
gineers. Erected MCMXXVII.
Local Health Board Has
Alpine Lamp Installed, A
Gift Of Mrs. H. Mandel
Children suffering with rickets and
other child maladies in Cliffside Park,
will now have the advantage of the
ultra violet ray treatment due to the
generosity of Mrs. Hannah Mandel,
of the Edgcwator Heights section, who
sometime ago donated to the borough
through the local health board an ex
pensive Alpine lamp.
The installation of this device has
just been completed and children will
be treated free in the Baby Hygiene
clinics which are held at the Lawton
avenue school, Grantwood, every
Wednesday from 3 o’clock on and at
the Cliffside school every Tuesday,
from 3 o’clock on. The clinics are
managed by Dr. Fesslcr.
Miss Adele DiSciascio had Miss
Edith Martini as a guest over the
week-end and holiday.
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION FOR
FORT LEE IS ASSURED BY ACTION OF
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, $1,000 GIVEN
Editor Logan Again Heads Mayor’s Committee—Dead
Brook Sewer Complaints Registered—Council To
Decide On Zoning Soon—Realtors Urge Purchase Of
Park And School Sites.
Member Of Russian
Nobility Speaks Here
Baroness Leje Torinoff Tells Of
Early Life And Escape To
U. S. During Revolution
A member of the Russian nobility,
Rareness Leje Torinoff, made her se
:ond appearance at the First Baptist
church of Grantwood the early part
of this week and told the thrilling
story of her life from babyhood until
today. The Baroness also sang three
solos.
The Baroness said that her mother
died when she was three years old,
and' that her father died five years
later. She was placed in charge of
an aunt, who placed her in a convent
for proper training. At the age of
l.j, she had the choice of returning to
the convent or getting married. She
chose the latter.
Baroness Torinoff said that she
married so that she could get control
of the money left her by her parents
and carry on a work in which she was
deeply interested, that of helping the
poor and those in prisons. She said
that she soon found that she had less
control over her money than she
thought, because her husband was al
most twice her age. Her fortune was
I estimated at several million rubels. Al
though associated with the late Czar
land others in his court, she was un
! happy. Later she went to Paris and
| to Italy to have her voice trained for
[opera singing. Shortly after her re
turn, the World War was on. Her
husband was killed in the beginning
of hostilities. She then took up war
work as a nurse.
The Baroness then told of her con
version to Christianity while attend-]
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“Joe” Whelan Will Be A
Notre Dame Graduate This
Year—An Honor Student
Among the graduates at Notre
Dame* University this year will be
Joseph Whelan, the second son of the
Whelan family to graduate from this
University.
i It will be remembered that Joe won
the Alumni medal when he graduated
from Cliffsidc Park high school.
Cliffside Park will be pleased to
learn that Joe has carried his Cliffside
record through college having been an
honor student during his four years
of university work.
Cliff School Won Points
Not Credited To It In The
Track Meet Last Week
In the track meet held in Crcsskil!
last week the Englewood Cliffs school
won seven dollars and a half in gold,
for honors that were not counted in
the rating of the school. Out of five
games played, they were champions in
three. Had these credits been con
sidered in deciding the rank of each
school, they would have held second
place.
Mr. and Mrs. I’. A. Hopkins and
daughter Mary, spent the week-end
at Atlantic City.
Increase Of $35,414,747
In Bergen Co. Real Estate
Teaneck Acreage Shrinks From 2,145 To 1,801 And Lots
Increase From 15,800 To 21,979 In A Year
—Other Figures Given
That Bergen County is growing by!
“leaps and bounds” as predicted is
shown by the recent report of the
County Board of Taxation which gives
a total valuation of $.'528,171,470 for
11)27 as against $292,756,729 for 1920.
This is an increase of $35,414,747.
The report further shows a vast in
crease in improved property which is
of course a very healthy sign.
Unimproved land has increased in
value $17,673,264 while improved
property shows an increase of $17,
731,483.
Here are some of the figures:
‘ 1926 1927
No. of lots 319,645 340,308
Value of land un
improved $108,555,182 $126,228,446
Value of land im
proved 184,211,547 $201,943,030
One outsanding case where acreage
has shrunk and lots increased is Tea
neck. In 1926 this borough showed
acreage of 2,145 and 15,800 lots and
in 1927 it shows acreage of only 1,
801 and the number of lots has in
creased to 21,979.
At one thirty o’clock Thursday
morning, the Fort Lee Mayor and
Council finished the longest session on
record by passing a resolution approp
riating $1,000 for a July Fourth cele
bration similar to the one held last
year.
The suggestion came from Council
man Harry. Elkan who recalled the
successful patriotic demonstration of
1926 and urged that the resolution be
passed in order to give the committee
sufficient time to prepare the details.
The Mayor and other Councilmen
spoke favorably on the proposal and
then the citizens present were asked
for an expression of opinion. Those
who spoke included Mr. VanBcmmel,
of Coytesville; Francis Troy, John Vo
gel, Charles Celia and Louis Ponsi, of
Fort Lee; Charles W. B. Lane, and
J. Otto Hunike, of Palisade. All ex
pressed themselves as being in favor
of the celebration and the $1,000 ap
propriation to meet the expenses of
the same.
The Mayor named the same commit
tee that served last year to act. Chas.
T. Logan, editor of the Palisadian and
for many years the sponsor of July
Fourth celebrations in the Palisade
section, is the general chairman of the
Mayor’s committee. Francis Troy,
William S. Corker, Charles W. Lane
and James Ross will serve on the Ex
ecutive committee as in 1926.
The meeting on Wednesday night
started with a discussion of the Dead
Brook sewer assessment. A score or
more of taxpayers from the Coytes
vttle section, assessment bills in band,
were present to register a protest re
garding the amounts charged them.
From the verbal evidence presented, it
appears that many of the assessment
charges are not made against the
proper parties and a number of in
stances indicate that assessments for
the same size property vary to an ex
tent that they seem unjust.
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Lawn Jrarty And Summer
Festival Of Helping Hand *
Society Saturday, June 11
Once each year the Helping Hand
society, an auxiliary to the Christian
Orphan Home, Palisade avenue, Fort
Lee, holds a Lawn Party and Summer
Festival for the benefit of the Home.
Every dollar raised, goes into the
Home to help support and maintain
the ninety children who are inmates.
The membership of the Helping
Hand society is made up of ladies re
siding in Fort Lee, Palisade, Coytes
villc, Grantwood, Wooclcliff, Cliffside,
Fairview, Palisades Park, i.eonia and
Englewood. Mrs. Ernest Sibley, of
Palisade, is president of the society.
This year’s Lawn Party will be held
on Saturday afternoon and evening
Juno 11, at the Home. A handsome
display of fancy and useful articles
will be shown at four booths; one con
ducted by the Helping Hand main soc
iety, and the others by the Woodcliff
branch, Englewood branch, and the
“Orphans’ Friends.”
There will be refreshment tables
serving summer drinks, candy, ice
cream and cake at popular prices. An
orchestra will furnish music during
the afternoon and evening, and be
ginning at .1:30 a real old-fashioned
country dinner will be served, consist
ing of pot roast of beef, new potatoes
with drawn butter, fresh peas, cole
slaw, jelly, rolls and butter, tea, cof
fee, milk, ice cream and cake. Dinner
tickets seventy-five cents; children fif
ty cents.
Why not come with your family to
this Lawn Party and have your Sat
urday night dinner on June 11 in the
cozy and comfortable dining hall at
the Home.
New Traffic Record
Ferry traffic on the Riverside and
Fort Lee ferry running from 12.1th
street, New York, to Edgewater, New
Jersey, broke all previous records for
Saturday, Sunday and Monday, May
28, 29 and 20, when 22,022 vehicles
were carried. Of these 10,081 were
carried on Saturday, 11, 702 on Sun
day, and 11,049 on Monday.
The six boats operated by the com
pany were in pructically continuous
service during each day of the period.