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“ThePalisades are the Balcony of the World”
, ... William A. Maekay, Coytaevilla
PALI S ADIAN
VOL. XX. No. 24
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1927—TWELVE PAGES
PRICE FOUR CENTS
ACTIONS OF HILLSIDE BUS DRIVERS
SCORED BY INDIGNANT CITIZENS
RESIDING NEAR LOCAL TERMINAL
Parking Objected To By Business Men—Impossible To
Sleep Before Late At Night Residents Declare—
Officials To Put A Stop To Nuisance—New Route
Is Suggested.
Reports of the unruly behavior of
the Hillside bus drivers occupied a
good deal of the time of the Cliffsido
Park Council at the adjourned meet
ing Monday evening and with the co
operation of residents in the neighbor
hood of the bus terminal at Anderson
and Lafayette avenues, the local police
department and the Public Service
Transportation company, Mayor Mar
ini hopes to soon eliminate the nui
sance.
The matter was first introduced by
Councilman Michaelsen who told of
complaints about the behavior of the
drivers that had come to him. He ex
plained that busses varying in number
from three to a dozen were parked all
over Anderson avenue some of them
a number of feet from the, curb. He
suggested that a uniformed man be
stationed at the bus terminal to keep
order as the drivers would obey no one
unless they had police power.
Charlie Rollar, proprietor of the del
icatessen store on the southwest corn
er of Anderson and Lafayette avenues,
told of the constant annoyance of the
busses being parked indefinitely in
front of his store, of the cursing of
the bus drivers and the general nui
sance created. He said that he had
lost tenants for his garage because
they were unable to drive in and out
at will due to the busses and that a
family to whom he rented a floor were
about to move because of the unceas
ing noise.
Councilman Woodcock said that the
company should not have, more than
three busses up at the terminal point
at any one time in accoi-dance with
their agreement With the borough. He
suggested that a uniformed man be
placed at the terminal and that he be
paid by the bus company. Later in
the meeting Mr. Woodcock suggested
that the attorney write a letter to the
Public Service and threaten to revoke
the bus permits if the nuisance is not
abated.
A. H. Lueders, Realtor and owner
of a block of stores adjacent to the bus
terminal, also told of the parking nui
sance and suggested that the busses
be permitted to pass Lafayette avenue
and make their terminal down further.
< He said that the intersection of Laf
ayette and Anderson avenues was a
very dangerous spot due to congested
traffic and recalled that several per
sons had been injured there including
the little son of Councilman Herbert
E. Olsen.
Councilman Meyer suggested that it
might be a fair proposition • to have
the block between Lafayette and :
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W. Grantwood Sewer
Is Discussed Again
Mayor Marini Suggests Special
Session With Property Owners
To Decide On Relief Plan
On Tuesday night the Mayor and
Council, of Cliffside Park, received a
letter from Arthur R. Smith, of Jass
amino way, again calling the Council’s
attention to the conditions existing in
the neighborhood in connection with
the present sewer system.
Mr. Smith intimated that the prop
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Another “Lindy”
Story
A. C. Arcier, chief engineer at
the Atlantic Aircraft corpora
tion in Teterboro, added to the
long list of Lindy stories recent
ly in a talk before the Hacken
sack Kiwanis club.
Mr. Ai-cicr said that “Lindy”
had asked a friend of his to clip
out the stories and save them
for him IF the papers wrote
anything about his flight.
Mr. Arcier added that all his
friend had to do was to buy the
papers, tear off the back page
and save the rest. 1
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Local People See
Lindy At Close Range
Miss Manning Injured By Auto
—Mrs. Berkey Attends Re
ception—Mrs. Lindbergh
Calls On Dr. Beans
Several notes of local interest ip
connection with the Lindbergh recep
tion in New York are:
Miss Edith Manning, 26, of 1085
Anderson avenue, Palisade, suffered
slight injuries when struck by an auto
when attempting to cross Fifth ave
nue. Other New Jersey people were
also hurt.
Among the local people who were
guests at the Chamber of Commerce
dinner at Hotel Astor , on Tuesday
were: Herbert L. Post, Cliffside Park
Tax Collector, and Seymour N. Sears,
prominent Grantwood citizen.
Mrs. Charles P. Berkey, of Palisade
met Col. Lindbergh at a reception held
in his honor at the Hotel Roosevelt by
the alumni of the University of Wis
consin last evening.
Doctor Hal T. Beans, of Palisade,
had the pleasure of a personal call
from Mrs. Lindbergh at Columbia Un
iversity. Doctor Beans had Mrs. Lind
bergh as a tsudent in one of his sum
mer classes several years ago.
Mrs, James A. Marcus, who is visit
ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Charles Lane, in Palisade, had the
good fortune on Tuesday last to see
Col. Lindbergh at close range from the
[•ear of a street car. The auto in
which Col. Lindbergh and party were
riding was halted for several minutes
mly a few feet from the trolley.
Bridge Engineers
Suggest Alternate
Bids On Cabling
Will Get Prices On Both Eye
Bar And Wire Type—Cable
Work Must Be Completed By
1929—To Open Bridge In
1932.
The Port of New York Authority
lave in their possession a report
'rom the bridge engineers, recommend
ng that alternate bids be received on
;hc necessary cabling. This is the
irst step toward the securing of bids
m the main bridge structure.
If the report is adopted it will en
iblc interested firms to bid on the
;tcel work independent of the cabling
ind also give another bid including
loth. The alternate bids will be for
eye-bar and wire cabling.
The report recommends that the
irm awarded the contract be required
:o complete the cable work by the end
>f 1929. This will make possible the
construction of the floor for the four
anes of vehicular traffic ^n 1929. The
present plans provide for the opening
>f the bridge in 1932.
Additional Showings Of
Local Film Next Week At
Lawton Avenue School
Additional showings of the historical
notion picture of Cliffsidc Park, re
cently filmed by the Parish Film
Chronicle company, will take place at
.he Grantwood school, Lawton avenue,
•text Monday and Tuesday, June 20
tpd 2-. Matinees at 4 p. m., and even
ing performances at 8:15 p. m.
Enthusiastic audiences have viewed
this unique film'this past week at the
jigh school and in school number 5,
Hudson Heights. All proclaim it very
fine and well worth seeing. Admis
sion prices are: adults, 50 cents and
children, 25 cents.
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Last Tuesday, Miss Edna Persons j
and Mrs. E. F. Gardner, entertained
it tea in the afternoon, Mrs. Weber,
Mrs. Norcross and Miss Mattice. j
Bergen County’s Red-Blooded Republican Leader
Senator William B. Mackay
“Borgism” A Bugaboo And A Lie
Desiring to know at first, hand the
truth about the so-called “Borgism”
that is being prated by the self-styled
“Regular” Republicans of Bergen
county, (better called “Irregulars”)
the editor of the Palisadian called up
John Borg, editor and part owner of
the Bergen Evening Record, and asked
the following questions, as directly as
language could make them:
“Is it true that you are the self-ap
pointed leader of the Bergen County
Republicans?”
“There is not one word of truth in
the statement.”
“Are you and Charles Black acting
as leaders appointed by Senator Mac
kay?”
“There is no truth in that state
ment, either. I am in no official cap
acity whatever so far as running the
party is concerned. I am publishing
the Bergen Evening Record, and doing
all I can to further the interests of
Bergen County. I have helped Sena
tor Mackay in his Hudson Bridge mat
ters. Perhaps I have helped him a
great deal.”
“Would you mind stating in what
way?”
| “Well, I helped him through Gov
eronr Smith of New York, for one
'thing. Governor Smith is close to a
prominent New York daily newspaper
So am I. It was through this news
paper that I began to work upon Gov
ernor Smith. Governor Smith saw
the big importance of the bridge, and
threw all his influence with the New
York legislature to put the bill
through. Hence we are to have the
bridge. Is there any harm in saying
I helped Senator Mackay? He de
serves all the honors for building the
bridge. I certainly give him full cre
dit for his great achievement.”
Continuing, Mr. Borg said:
“As nearly as I can understand my
self I am not playing any game of
personal selfishness in being in politics
aside from the interest I have in Ber
gen county. We are having a great
influx of population and millions of
wealth in the county, and I am inter
ested in its development second to no
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Palisade Should Support Mackay
(Editorial)
The influences that are at
work to upset the leadership of
Senator William B. Mackay are
of such an unsavory nature that
all Palisadians especially are
urged to give no heed to the re
ports that the Senator has done
a single act that should lose him
their confidence. He has never
failed to do all in his power for
every just cause.
Senator Mackay came to the
rescue of Palisade at a time
when the turning of Bluff road
into a public highway was look
ed upon as a hopeless case. In
fact, the fight against this en
„ croachment had been practically
abandoned. The Governor of the
State favored Palisade and her
desire to preserve Bluff road as
a roadway and not make it into
a highway. The State Highway
Commission had committed itself
to the Bluff road route and every I
other influence that could be ap
proached had failed to convince
the Highway Commissioners
that it was just to force the
building of Route No. 10 around
Bluff rqad instead of through it.
No appeal made the slightest im
pression.
Then what happend?
Senator Mackay was appealed
to as a last resort. He said he
' doubted his ability to do any
thing to save Bluff road in view
of all the circumstances. He
> admitted this was about the
hardest job he ever tackled. The
surveys had all been made, prop
erty along Bluff road had been
condemned, and much of it paid
for by the State. It was a wall
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HARRY HARPER
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Young athlete and business man who
seeks the Republican nominati n for
Sheriff. He is running on the Mackay
Perkins ticket.
Over 300 Attend
Big Mackay Meeting
Enthusiastic Followers Of Ber
gen’s Legitimate Leader En
dorse His Candidates
Senator William K. Mackay and sev
eral of his candidates addressed a
gathering- of over three hundred in the
Fort Lee theatre last evening, a mark
ed contrast to the four people who
were present for the Chandless meet
ing on Tuesday evening.
Arthur Kerwien, a former Mayor
and Councilman of the Borough, was
elected chairman of the meeting and
introduced Senator Mackay as the first
speaker.
In a speech of fifteen minutes’ dura
tion the Senator outlined the issues of
the present campaign very clearly and
branded the charge that John Borg
was the “power behind the throne” in
Bergen, as a lie.
Hitting at Mayor Thomson and his
effort to discredit Senator Mackay’s
work in connection with the Hudson
river bridge he said,
“Mayor Thomson is quoted as say
ing, ‘Mackay wasn’t responsible for
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COUNCILMAN COOK, FT. LEE, PROPOSES
SALARIES FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL,
ASSESSMENT DISCUSSION CONTINUED
Will Turn Dead Brook Assessment Back To Commission
ers For Revision—Interstate Park Labor Rates Dis
cussed—Citizen Inquires Into Bus Permits Granted—
Improvement Ordinances Introduced.
Chandless Men Get
Cool Reception Here
Only Few People At Fort Lee
Meeting—Not Permitted To
Speak In Edgewater
The Chandless anti-Borg candidates
were somewhat disappointed on last
Monday evening when they arrived at
the Fort Lee theatre on Main street
in Fort Lee and found less than a
half dozen people waiting to hear their
side of the story.
They did not address those
present and all of the speakers
including Mayor Thomson, of Engle
wood, hastened to Edgewater and
made their appearance at a sparsely
attended meeting of the Edgewater
Republican club.
The club was assembled waiting for
Assembly candidate Charles Black and
others on the Mackay-Perkins ticket.
The Chandless men wanted to speak
but were forbidden to do so by John
J. McGarry, local contractor and
prominent Republican.
Mr. McGarry contended that the
club was not desirous of hearing the
Chandless adherents as they had al
ready gone on record as being in favor
of the Mackay ticket. This #as~i%
sented by the Chandless men but they
were unable to change the decision.
Later in the evening Charles Black
arrived and spoke at length on the is
sues of the campaign.
Flag Day Exercises
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Local Elks Present Impressive
Program—J. Preston Pays
Tribute To Flag And Lindy
Impressive Flag Day ceremonies
were held at the Cliffside Park Elks’
clubhouse on Tuesday evening and
many consider the everrt the best yet
staged by this local organization.
A procession of the lodge officers
was the opening number on the pro
gram, followed by a prayer by William
Grassman. Exalted Ruelr, Ahrend
Nagel retold the history of the flag
and a very eloquent tribute to “old
glory” was well done by past exalted
ruler Joseph Preston who introduced
a very fine tribute to Col. Lindbergh
as well.
A feature of the evening was the
presentation of flags by the Boy
Scouts following which taps were
sounded by bugler Ernest Stein. “Ad
dress to the Flag,” a recitation was
given by Vincent Peluso and immed
iately following the entire assemblage
pledged their allegance.
The altar service was conducted by
the Exalted Ruler and other officers.
Mrs. Frank Goley sang several patri
otic selections accompanied on the pi
ano by Miss Madeline Bottinelli.
Trio numbers by Justus Hattemer,
violin; Frederick Dyer, Jr., cello, and
Robert O. Becker, piano; a military
toe dance by Miss Adeline Boyan;
selections by the Palisades String En
semble, under the direction of Miss
Wilhelmine Ballade, and the singing
of the national anthem by the assem
blage, to the accompaniment of Sei
ferth’s orchesrta, completed the pro
gram.
The Flag Day committee was com-1
posed of William Metzler, chairman;
Arthur Abrams, Charles Knapp, Er
win Goemann, Joseph W. Marini, An
ton Bohm, Percy Pierrez. The club
house was elaborately decorated with
American flags.
Mf. and Mrs. Frank Merritt and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawly, of Lin
coln avenue, spent Wednesday and
Thursday at Atlantic city.
Councilman Harry Cook, of Coytes
ville, sponsored a resolution at Wed
nesday night’s meeting of the Fort Lee
Mayor and Council to have the prop
osition of paying a salary to the May
or and Councilmen put on the ballot
at the general election next Novem
ber. The Cook proposal if voted on
favorably by the people who give each
Councilman a salary of $500 and tha
Mayor a salary i>f $750.
A long discussion ensued over the
Dead Brook sewer assessment and it
was finally voted to refer the assess
ment back to the commissioners for
reconsideration.
| Councilman Cook declared himself
in favor of appointing three new com
jmissioners stating there was little use
of referring it back to the same men
in view of past experience. He spoke
of the Palisade avenue assessment
which had been referred back to them
a number of times only to be returned
I without change. Councilman Hoebel
said that new commissioners would
mean a new bill for the work and that
the present commissioners had already
been paid over $1,000 for the job
which is now apparently unsatisfac
tory. The Council as a whole will
meet with the commissioners. The
collector, upon the suggestion of Coun
cilman Cook, was instructed to receive
no more assessment money on this par
ticular assessment until the adjust
ments are completed. • . ;
A letter was read from an Inter
state Park official stating that the rea
son outside labor was employed in the
Park was that there was a scarcity of v
local labor and that New Jersey la
bor was paid higher rates outside than
the Park scale permits. Councilman
Cook said he felt the Park officials
should employ New York and New
Jersey men at wages equal to those re
ceived in the surrounding territory.
Mayor White suggested that some of
the Councilmen interest themselves in
the situation and find out more about
it before further action to encourage
the employment of. local people is
taken.
Jacob Bach, West Fort Lee citizen,
inquired into the action of the Council
in granting permission to the Public
Service Corporation to run busses
through the borough and make certain
changes in the trolley service. It was
explained to him that the borough of
ficials were very careful to see that
the interests of the taxpayers were
guarded and that their action would
not only result in increased transpor
tation facilities but better service as
well.
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Several Injured At
Spectacular Blaze
Conflagation Follows Explosion
At Ridgefield Film Company’s
Plant—Local Men Respond
i lie i lie uvjiai Luit'iu.'i Ui \^imautc!
Park, Fort Lee and Fail-view aided in
extinguishing a very serious fire that
completely demolished the Plasteroid
Film Company’s plant on Broad ave
nue in Ridgefield and injured several
persons on Wednesday morning.
The conflagation for a time threat
ened the entire town of Ridgefield as
blazing film shot skyward following a
terrific explosion. Six neighboring
buildings were also damaged and the
total loss is estimated to be in excess
of $150,000.
A quarter square mile of area of
the little town was bombarded by the
metal containers for the films. The
flaming streamers of celluloid wrapped
about the trees burning them bare of
leaves and bark. Tin cans were piled
high in the streets and on the lawns
in the neighborhood by the force of
the blast.
Thirteen fire companies from Fort
Lee, Ridgefield Park, Palisades Park,
West New Yprk, Leonia, Edgewater,
North Berg«», Cliffside Park and
Fairview, responded to the alarm.
August Bosche, of Lincoln place,
Hawthorne, one of the five employees
who fled for their lives, was badly
burned about the face and arms.
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