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“The Palisades are the Balcony of the World”
William A. Mackey, Coytesvllle
PALI SAD IAN
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“Finds tongues in tress, books, in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything."
—As You Like It.
VOL. XX. No. 30
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1927—EIGHT PAGES
PRICE FOUR CENTS
MEMORIAL PARK IMPROVEMENT TO
BE UNDERTAKEN IN CLIFFSIDE PARK
SOMETIME DURING COMING MONTH
Ordinance Providing For Grading And Otherwise Im
proving Triangular Property Introduced On Monday
Night—Several Will Donate Services And Contrac
4 . - tors Will Give Cost Figure.
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At the tneeting of the Mayor and
Council of Cliffside Park on Monday
evening last thfe ordinance providing
for the improvement of Memorial
Park at the intersection of Gorge road
and Palisade avenue was introduced
and passed on its first reading. A
public hearing on the ordinance will
be held, on August 8 at which time it
will in all probability be passed and
bids will be received at the meeting
on August 22. The full taxt of the
ordinance appears elsewhere in this
issue.
It was the hope of the Exchange
club of Cliffside Park that as many
persons as possible would donate their
services in connection with the Mem
orial Park improvement. If this is
done the work will run far under the
$10,000 appropriated. The Palisadian
is publishing the necessary legal no
tices without charge to the borough
and the engineers McClave and Mc
Clave, several weeks ago through Mr.
Thomas Fox agreed to do their part
of the work without profit. Several
local contractors are members of the
Exchange club and it is expected they
will give a cost figure when submitt
ing bids.
The ordinance provides for grading
and otherwise improving the triangu
lar plot and for the construction of
concrete curbs and sidewalks around
it.
A letter was received from Motor
Vehicle Commissioner Dill stating
that he would not approve the general
parking ordinance that was intro
i , -duced at .the last meeting of the-May
or and Council. Because of this the
ordinance was scraped.
A permit for a refreshment stand
at 221 Palisade avenue was refused to
Thomas Hyett until such a time as
proper sanitary conveniences are in
cluded. in the plans.
An application for a permit to build
a motor car salesroom on Palisade
dvenue from the Cliff Motor Corp. was
referred to the Building Committee.
Mri. L. Kerby, Palisade
Resident, Died On July 16
Mrs. Lillian Kerby, 47 years old,1 of
122 Anderson avenue, Palisade, died
suddenly in the Mount Sinai hospital,
New York city on Saturday, July 16.
Although Mrs. Kerby had been in
the hospital for several weeks she was
expected to recover and her untimely
death was a great shock to her many
friends. r
Just a few months ago Mrs. Kerby’s
brother Charles Cunz, well known
Fort Lee druggist, passed away sud
denly and was buried from the home
of his sister in Palisade.
Mrs. Kerby was the widow of the
late Alfred Kerby who died about
eight years ago. She is survived by
one son, Peter 12 years old, a daugh
ter, Ethel, 8 years old, also two sis
ters, Mrs. Henry Schilling, of Long
Island and Mrs. Harry C. Beltzung, of
Brookline, Mass.
The funeral services were held at
her late home on Monday, July 18, the
Reverend B. C. Weinleader, of Fort
Lee, officiating. Internment took place
in Fairview cemetery on the Tuesday
following.
Work On Hudson River
Bridge Progressing Rapidly
The Hudson River bridge site is a
popular place these evenings and hun
dreds of natives and tourists visit the
spot nightly to see what progress is
being made.
The contractors have started to
clear the land on top of the cliff and
the excavation work for the 60 foot
cut will soon start. Most of the under
brush and loose rocks have been clear
ed away and a plank fence about 7
feet high is being completed. The
fence faces1 on Hudson terrace and
runs along about 500 feet.
The work on the cofferdams at the
foot of the eliffs is progressing rapid
ly and four large dredges are being
operated daily in the river.
Mr. Herbert Everett is out of town
on an extended business trip.
Western Union Branch
For Crantwood
A very welcome announcement
comes from the Western Union
Telegraph Company to the ef
fect that they have completed
arrangements with F. J. Leuly
to establish a branch office of
the company in his real estate
office at 609 Anderson avenue,
Grantwood.
All telegrams and cables for
Cliffside Park, Palisade, Fair
view and Edgewater will be dis
tributed through this office. All
telegrams and cables destined
for any point in the world may
be filed there.
The hours of service have not
yet been announced.
Teterboro Landing
Field For Test Flight
Of C. Chamberlin
Will Hop Off New Runway On
Leviathan Monday—May Rev
olutionize Ocean Travel—
Governor Moore Strong, For
Air Ports.
The aiiport at Teterboro will be
used by Clarence Chamberlin in his
first test flight^from the U. S, S. Le
viathan on Monday next.
The U. S. Lines, of which David A.
Burke is general manager, have had
a runway constructed on the big ship
over the main bridge 100 feet above
the water line. This will accommo
date three or four planes.
On the outward bound trip Clarence
Chamberlin will take oft from the new
runway and bring mail back to the
Teterboro field. He is expected to
leave the ship when it gets off Nan
tucket Island.
This is in the nature of an experi
ment and if successful will no doubt
revolutionize trans-Atlantic mail and
passenger service. The U.' S. Lines
are ready and willing to equip all of
their big passenger steamers with air
plane runways and it is planned to
cut about two and one half days off
of the trans-Atlantic trip by offering
to land as many passengers as desire
by plane. The first trials from tire
ship to the mainland of America and
the landing fields of Europe will be
for the transportation of mail only
and if the experiment proves practi
cal a passenger service will be insti
tuted. * ,
Other aeronautic news of the week
of especial interest’ to residents of
New Jersey is Governor Moore’s
declaration that Federal aid or no
Federal aid, New Jersey will have air
ports.
A number of large bodies including
organized commercial- flying compan
ies, the Port of New York Authority,
New York Merchant’s Association,
etc., are investigating the possibili
ties of the Jersey meadows as a land
ing field and a number had expressed
a preference for the meadows in the
vicinity of Secaucus.
East Island in Jamaica Bay is also
favored because it affords facilities
for sea planes as well as land mach
ines. '
Regardless of what these bodies or
the nation'll government does, Gover
nor Moore assures all that New Jer
sey will have airports second to none
in the world. .
“Among the many important activi
ties which have been fostered by the
Bergen county association, none will be
of greater value in the development
of Bergen County, than the establish
ment of a great airport at Teterboro.”
George II. Beckmann, president of
the Bergen County association, mad£
this statement at his office in Palisade
this past week.
"The development of commercial av
iation,” continued Mr. Beckmann, “in
this country, now that it has received
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Highway Extension
Job Discussed By
Fort Lee Officials
Will Attempt To Make Agree
able Settlements With Object
ors—Road To Be Six Feet
Above Property Level At
Some Points.
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Discussion of the problems arising
in connection with the Palisade avenue
exte'ntion consumed much of the time
of the Fort Lee Mayor and Council at
an adjourned session held last Friday
evening. The meeting did not start
until after nine o’clock and lasted un
til 1:45 o’clock Saturday morning.
Several property owners along thd
route of the new stretch of roadway
protested the taking of what they
thought was 10 feet of property more
than they had contracted to give. A
representative of the contractor, John
J. McGarry, stated that the presence
of stakes ten feet off the property
lines probably gave the people the im
pression more land than agreed was
to be taken. He explained that these
stakes were used as guides only and
that they were- offset 10 feet.
Attention of the Council was then
called to the fact that the roadbed will
be 6 feet higher than the property
level and that the 10 feet will be
necessary as a shoulder. This places
their homes at disadvantage because
of the drainage problem. Most of the
officials aggreed that this was no
doubt a damage in the case of some
homes but that it was the desire of
the state and county to be fair in the
matter and that proper compensation
would be made.
The lac'; of proper drainage facil
ities during the ’ construction of the
road was then hrought up as several
of the cellars were flooded dvfring the
heavy storm on Sunday, July 17. This
matter v-as referred to the engineer to
see what temporary relief could be
afforded.
The property owners who had given
the land for the road without
charge had agreed to do so if the cost
of the sewer, service connections, side
walk, curb, etc. were not assessed a
gainst them. They wanted something
more concrete than the verbal promise
of the commissioners which was con
curred in by the Mayor , and Council.
Because of this a resolution was pass
ed naming each property owner hav
ing such an agreement in which the
Council officially recognized the agree
ment made. This seemed to be satis
factory.
John McGarry, the contractor, was
present in person, and stated that he
had met with certain hinderances on
the job. He asked that all matters con
cering the right of way be adjusted
immediately r,o the work could procede
undisturbed. He told of one party who
warned the workmen to keep off the
grass or he might have to get his gun.
The officials informed Mr. McGarry
that these matters would be taken
care of at once.
A resolution was passed asking for
the sum of $15,000 from the county to
meet certain obligations incurred in
acquiring the right of way.
A resolution was introduced to pay
the various awards made by the com
missioners but Councilmen Cook and
Wood voted no. Councilman Cook stat
ed that he voted no because the up
wards made to two of the property
owners of $100. each were not fair
and he did not believe such an insig
nificant amount should be tendered
them. He said that pretty fat sums
had been paid in other cases and re
called that $37,000’ was paid for a
portion of the Schlosser property and
the old hotel. Mayor White became a
little impatient over Mr. Cook’s atti
tude and pleaded with him not to hold
qp the improvement. Cook insisted
that the resolution should be changed
and different awards substituted for
those to which he objected. It was ex
plained that negotiations were being
made for a settlement with the parties
in question on a more equitable basis
so he changed his vote to yes as did
Councilman Wood.
Leonard Merkel Appointed
. As Regftlar Patrolman
At the meeting of the Mayor and
Council, of Fort Lee, on Friday night
of last-week Leonard Merkel, of Fort
Lee was appointed by the Mayor as a
regular purtolman at the suggestion
of Councilman Hoebcl.
Local Miss Chosen
For Geo; White Show
Miss V. Porter, Chaperoned
By Her Mother, Now Playing
In “Scandals" At Chicago
A local Miss,
Vivian Porter,
the beautiful and
accomplished six
teen year old
daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. \\ alter
Porter, Oncresl
terrace, Cliflfside
Mis* Vivian Porter
Park, was chosen recently by George
White for a very prominent part in
the ballet of George White’s Scandals
which is now playing in Chicago. Mrs.
Porter and Miss Vivian are at present
in Chicago.
The young lady has been studying
dancing for the past five years at the
dancing school of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, -New York city, un
der the direction of the famous danc
ing master, Alexis Kosloff. Her first
public performance of note was with
the ballet in a Midsummer Night’s
Dream that was produced a short time
ago at Forrest Hills for the benefit of
the Actors’ Fund.
A short time ago she was chosen
from several thousand to appear in
Ziegfeld Follies. She chanced to meet
George White while visiting a friend
who has a part in one of Mr. White’s
shows, “Manhattan Mary’’, and he
offered her a better position than
Ziegfeld had offered and gave her a
choice of either the “Scandals” or
"Manhattan Mary”. She chose the
the former and a week or so ago she
and her mother left for Chicago where
Miss Porter is noiy appearing nightly.
Mrs. Porter will remain with her for
an indefinate period but Miss Porter
does not expect to return east until
the first part of 1928.
Her friends extend their congrad
ulations. i 1
Chamberlin’s First Dinner
In U. S. Enjoyed At Celia’s
Few people in this section know
that the first American dinner enjoyed
by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chamberlin
on their return from Europe was at
Celia’s Park hotel in Fort Lee where
a wonderful repast was prepared for
them by the chef of this famous hotel.
Police Chief Siccardi and Sherman
Beatty were their hosts. Peter Celia,
who was a member of the welcome
home committee, was waiting at
Teterboro for the airman and his v/ife
to arrive and was surprised to learn
that his brother, Richard, had met the
couple before he did despite his com
mittee membership. The dinner pre
ceded Chamberlin’s arrival at Teter
boro.
Ft* Lee Recorder Moore
Hears Number Of Cas.es
Judge James Moore heard various
complaints in the Fort Lee police
court last week.
Scana Gluxenkamp appealed a
gainst her husband, George Gluxen
kamp, charging desertion and non
support.
Gluxenkamp’s comeback was that
his wife abuses him and is jealous of
him, and had slapped him in the face
on one occasion in public. It developed
in the course of the testimony that
Gluxenkamp had returned to his wife
on the same day that she made her
complaint and that they had been liv
ing together since and that he had
paid the bills. He said that' he was
willing to do the right thing, and the
judge adjourned the case for thirty
days, to give them a chance to try it
out for the sake of‘their four-year-old
Child.
Benjamin Fagan, charged with
reckless driving when he upset Frank
Taliafero and his wheelbarrow on Le
moine avenue two weeks ago, was giv
en a suspended sentence.
Taliaferp who spoke through his son
as his interpreter claimed to have
been injured, but said he was able to
keep on working since the accident.
The son testified that Fagan tried to
run away after the accident and that
he ran after the car and jumped on
the mudguar4 and made him stop.
Felix Schneider was found guilty of
reckless driving and got a suspended
sentence on charges of reckless driv
ing made by Eugene Bixler, following
a collision on Lemoine avenue, in
which Bixler’s daughter was badly cut
|on the face.
Over $13,000,000
In New Buildings
Since Year 1920
Figure For First Half Of 1927
Almost As Much As Total For
1926—Councilman Meyer
Has Had Hands Full—Council
Faced Zoning Problem.
The files of Building Inspector Rob
ert Cadien, Sr., of Cliffside Park, fur
nish some very interesting data in
connection with building developments
in this borough for the past seven and
one half years.
The following figures show the val
uation of new buildings constructed
annually since 1920 when the building
boom began:
1920
1921
1922
$• 747, Ml 5,00
1,270,000.00
1,63:1,808 00
1923
1924
1925
1920
1st half 1927
2.010.009.00
2 020,474.00
2.287.225.00
1.885.350.00
1.494.870.00
TOTAL $13,211,151.00
When Mr. Cadien first moved to
Cliffside Park in 1901, just 20 years
ago, the population was less than 1,
000 and the number of homes was
under the 300 mark. The west Grant
wood section was nothing more than
swamp and other sections of the bor
ough, were just woodland. The
office of Building Inspector was creat
ed in 1916. Mr. Cadien received his
appointment then and has held the
position ever since. In 1916 the popu
lation was less than 2,000 and today
it is conservatively estimated to be
not under 11,000.
. The year of 1925 was the banner
year so far but the report for the
first half of 1927 indicates that this
current year may yet beat, the pre
vious high mark of $2,237,225. The
construction of apartment houses,
which of course cost far more than
single and two-family homes, is help
ing to swell the total beyond all expec
tations.
Although land values have increas
ed steadily the building of homes con
tinues at a rapid rate in all sections
of the borough. People are attracted
to Cliffside Park because of its nat
ural beauty, convenient location, good
transportation facilities and progres
sive spirit. There is no red tape and
political inefficiency to contend with
and as long as the prospective home;
builder complies with the laws, he has
no difficulty in obtaining a building
permit and he gets the full co-opera
tion of the officials. They are inter
ested in seeing the community grow
and advance. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars worth of improvements have
been undertaken to keep pace with
the building activity and Cliffside
Park has gained an enviable reputa
tion as one of the most progressive
as well as the most attractive residen
tial boroughs in eastern Bergen coun
ty.
Councilman Frank Meyer, chairman
of the Building committee, is himself
an enthusiastic worker in behalf of
every form of progress that will re
act for the benefit of the Borough at
large and has worked hard and un
complainingly, personally investigat
ing many minor details and lending
home builders every form of helpful
co-operation. Mr. Meyer has not lost
sight of the fact that every home has
some general effect upon the charact
er of the neighborhood in which it is
constructed and he has been partic
ularly careful, in safeguarding the
rights of established residents by an
enforcement of the local laws effect
ing building.
Mayor Marini and his Council have j
been faced with some very trying pro- j
blems in connection with the zoning
law and have succeeded in meeting
them in a common sense fashion. Per
mits have been secured by builders in
defiance of the zoning law through
court orders but in every instance the
officials have made an effort to up
hold the restrictions and have consid
ered each case bn its merits. Where
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Children Of Davidson Sent
To Home in Hackensack
Richard Dayidson, of Cliffside Park,
who disappeared from home on May
13 failed to return. Mrs. David
son has been forced to temporarily
place the two children, William, six
years old, and Charles, five years old,
in the Children’s home at Hackensack.
PETITION FOR STORM WATER SEWER
PRESENTED TO COUNCIL PAVES WAY
FOR RELIEF OF W. GRANT’D. SECTION
Referred To Engineers And Attorney To Make Report On
August 8—Councilman Meyer Says Only 8 Per Cent
Of Drainage Area Is In Cliffside Park—Mr. Abel
Was Present.
Policemen Fined
At Secret Trial
Wall And Prate Lo*e 28 Uays
Pay And Must Do Patrol
Duty For Six Month*
Patrolmen Edward Wall and John
Frate, suspended from the Fort Lee
police for a period of .seventeen days
because of the escape of an alleged
pickpocket from the local lock-up,
were fined twenty-eight days pay and
assigned to six months of patrol duty
as a punishment when tried before the
Mayor and Council on Friday evening,
July 15.
It was first announced that a public
trial would be held before the Mayor
and Council on Wednesday evening,
July 27. The plans were changed ar
bitrary and no notice was given the
public. No effort was made by the
officials to give the result of the trial
to the public press. The first informa
tion concerning it was published in the
Fort Lee Sentinel last week and that
information was secured by them
through Mr. Corker’s (the manager)
connection as borough clerk.
Exchange Club’s “Sunshine
Special” On Tuesday Next
The Exchange club completed its
plans for the “Sunshine Special” at
their regular luncheon-meeting held at
Celia’s Park hotel in Fort Lee on
Tuesday last. The caravan of autos
will assemble in front of the Leeger
store on Lawton avenue and the trol
ley between nine and ten o’clock on
next Tuesday tnoming. They will pre
cede to the Christian Orphans’ home
and the St. Joseph’s home then retrace
the trail through Cliffside Park and
up to Bear Mountain, the scene of the
outing.
Chairman Leeger has insisted that
all cars and trucks be decorated and
be provided with Exchange club signs.
The memory of last year’s outing is
still fresh in the minds of those who
attended it and the club members as
well as.the 150 or more children are
looking forward to the event this year.
Gus Hansch, as chairman of the
refreshment committee, has arranged
for a feast "fit for a king” and as Gus
is a bounteous provider there will be
plenty of "eats”.
Mr. Leeger reported on Tuesday
that 31 private cars w’ill be available
and several trucks. The club voted to
hire a de lux bus to be absolutely sure
transportation will be provided for all.
In case of rain the outing will be
held the next day.
Child Injured By Auto
On Anderson Ave. Palisade
On July 24 Bella Jeose, age 15, of
13th street, Palisades Park, was hit
and injured by an auto driven by
Madeline Gentile, of 11th street. Pali
sade Park. She was rushed to the
Englewood hospital where an examin
ation disclosed that she was suffering
from minor bruises, shock and a frac
ture of one wrist. The driver is being
held on a charge of reckless driving
and assault by automobile.
Cops And Firemen Catch
Over 150 Pounds Of Fish
On Wednesday last a party of
twelve consisting chiefly of Clilfside
Park policemen and firemen went on
a deep sea fishing trip and returned
to Cliffside Park with over 150 pounds
of fish.
The members of the party included
police Sergeants Thomas King and
Patty Kelly, Recorder Nick Schweitz
er, police cuptain John McEvoy,
patrolman Charles Eisberg, post
master Henry Eisberg, Julius Maylath
F. Corrado, Peter Peterson, John
Brown, a Mr. Smith and some one
else Sergeant King couldn’t remeber.
Library Report
Miss Nancy Bowman, librarian at
gchool No. 3, Clilfside, reports that
during the twelve-month period last
year the library loaned 36,567 books.
The Cliffside Park Mayor and
Council at their meeting on Monday
evening received a petition from the
taxpayers in the Jassamine way sec
tion of West Grantwood asking that
immediate action be taken to remedy 1
the storm water conditions by the con
struction of an adequate storm water
sewer. The petition was received and
referred to the engineers and the ,
attorney to check up. They were ord
ered to report at the next meeting of
the Council which will be held on Mon
day evening, August 8.
Mayor Marini stated that there was
no politics in connection with the West
Grantwood situation and that the
Council was only too glad to have the
petition as a basis for action also that
the problem would be studied out on
a basis of proper sanitation.
Mr. Elliott Abel, president of the
newly formed West Grantwood Tax
payers’ association, was present and
asked that if the petition was being
handled in accordance with the usual
procedure. He was told yes. He said
that the present pumping station was
unable to care for the tremendous a
mount of storm water that drains into
the area during a heavy rainfall and
also said that the three catch basins
in the vicinity of Jassamine way over
loaded the sewer and made conditions
worse. Mayor Marini told Mr. Abel
that the Council would act as soon as
possible but reminded him of the fact
that during several of these recent
heavy rainfalls that the section in
which he lived was not the only part
of the metropolitan district that ex
perieneed minature floods and water
backing up into the cellars.
Councilman Olsen suggested that it
would be good policy to have the san
itary sewer repaired at the same time
the new storm water drain was placed
in the street as many of the joints are
broken. All agreed that this would be
wise and the engineer stated that the
estimate included that work. The en
gineer said too, in answer to a ques
tion, that the present plan calls for
a 36 inch storm water drain in Jassa
mine way running as far south as
Lawton avenue which he claims will
relieve the conditions in the entire
area. Mr. Abel seemed to think that
the sewer should run as far south as
Columbia avenue to be adequate.
Councilman Meyer said that the
sewer had to have an outlet and the
neighboring boroughs of fort Lee and
Ridgefield were as much affected as
Cliffside Park yet they have refused
to co-operate in the project on the
grounds that they cannot finance it.
Several appeals for co-operation have
fallen on deaf ears, Mr. Meyer ex
plained. lie had figures allowing that
of the entire drainage area 68% of
the property is in Fort Lee and only
8'/r in Cliffside Park. The other 24%
is in Ridgefield. He asked if it was
not possible for the borough to fores
the other two boroughs through the
State Board of Health to share a part
of the cost. Attorney Agnew said he
didn’t think this could be done and
explained the State Board’s attitude
when the matter was before them sev
eral years ago.
Councilman Woodcock then suggest
ed that Cliffside Park go ahead with
her part of it and do all that can be
done then if any trouble arises it will
not be the fault of the borough.
A complete report will be brought
in by the engineers and the attorney
at the next meeting of the Council on
Monday, August 8.
Old Resident Dies
Mrs. Helen A. Bryer, 61 years old,
of Center street, Fort Lee, passed a
way at her home on Thursday, July
14. She was one of the pioneer resi
dents of the borough and is survived
by four sons, Walter, Herbert, Roy
and Arthur, and two daughters, Mrs.
Grace Richter and Mrs. Hattie Beyer.
Funeral services were held on Sun
day, July 18, at her home with Rev.
Kelder officiating and interment was
in Fairview cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wesp, of Lin
coln avenue, recently entertained at
their home, Mrs. George Ellenberg, of
Hackensack.