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. PERTH iVMBOY EVENING NEWS.
VOL II NO 208 * PERTH AMBOY, N. J.. FRIDAY, APRIL 3 1903 SECOND EDITION
FINANCIAL REPORT
OF THE ALDERMEN.
Report Of The Finance Committee Of The Board Of Aldermen
Shows That Bonds Have Been Paid Off And Provision Made
For Meeting Others? Report Now Being Printed.
^Qphe most important of all reports in
the statement of the financial condi
tion of onr oity ending Maroh 1 this
year, is that of the finance committee.
It is now being printed. Their report
this year as compared with 1902 is
much better and shows the affairs of
the oity financially to be in better
shape than it has ever been before.
The finance committee oall attention
to this fact.
The water department shows np
still better than last vear. It has
spent more money for improvements
and at the same time pnt $5,000 in the
sinking fnnd the same as last year.
. Bonds amounting to 9443,700 have
been paid during the year, $14,000 of
which were not dne nntil January
1904. Only $36,000 of snoh bonds were
paid off last year.
The cash on hand, bonds held by the
citv together with taxes and assess
ments dne, amount to within $15,000
j<Jf the $307,000 which the department
is well able to take care of, owing to
the fact that $65,000 was realized in
water rents while the running ex
penses together with interests on
bonds amounted to only $87,000. The
net profit of $18,000 was disposed of
as follows: $8,000 extension of street
water mains, $8,000 for temporary
bonds to build river mains and $5,000
plaoed in the sinking fund, increasing
that account to $13,000.
Last year a site for the proposed
reservoir was purchased. Should the
water department ooutinue in this
prosperous condition they will be able
to pay off their bonded debt in seven
teen years before they come due. In
order to provide for any depreciation
in the Water ' plant $16,000 has been
charged off in the valuation, thus de
creasing the surplus, notwithstanding
the fact that the assets of the oity
have increased about $36,000 over the
liabilities during t&e past year.
The finance oommittee also states
that the icty has no floating debt of
any kind. The money needed to run
| the general aocount formerly borrow
ed in anticipation of taxes by issuing
bonds, is now borrowed from the sink
ing fund, thus saving the city a large
amount of interest.
This year the sohool question has
been the bone of contention, while
last year they were not mentioned
The report that $87,000 of 4 per oent
sohool bonds were sold at a premium
of $665 and, Owing to the large in
creased demands of the Board of
Sohool Estimates necessary to support
the schools and which the Council
was obliged to meet, all other appro
priations were necessarily out in order
to keep within the limits allowed by
law.
The finance committee, however,
feel confident that tlie new Board of
Assessors will so equalize and to some
extent inorease the valuations that
next year the sitaation will be much
improved.
ADJOURNED UNTIL TO-DAY.
Case Of Michael Zucker Be Heard By Re
corder Picker8glll.
The case of Miohael Zucker, which
was to have oome up for a hearing be
fore Justice Pickersgill 2 o'olock yes
terday afternoon, was adjourned until
4 o'olock this afternoon. It is alleged
! in the oomplaint made by Detective
Peltier that Zuoker peddled liquor
without a license in Keasbey. Nathan
Robinson, another Keasbey saloon
keeper, is also charged with a like
offence and in addition to that it is
I alleged that he sold stuff on Sunday.
His case was also set for a hearine at
4 o'olock this afternoon.
For real estate see page 2.
ERRAND BOY wanted. Apply Re
publican Office.
THROWN FROM WAGON;
SLIGHTLY INJURED. I
John Drift Met With Accident This
Morning By Breaking Of
King Bolt.
John Drift, a driver in the employ
of A. B. JesBen, a Smith street butch
er, was thrown out of his wagon and
badly shaken ap this morning. Drift
was turning the corner of Hobart
street from Smith street when the
king bolt of the waeon broke, throw
ing him heavily to the ground. The
horse became frightened and ran
away. The animal was caught, how
ever, after it had gone nbont a block.
2 Drift went to a dootor's where it
was found that he had received no in
jury beyond a slight bruise on his
right leg.
ALUMNI DISCUSS
COMING EVENTS.
Held Regular Meeting Last Night
Will Have Edward Howard Griggs
Here To Lecture.
The regular meeting of the Perth
Amboy High Sohool Alumni Associa
tion was held last night. All the
members were requested to take some
tickets and try to dispose of them for
the coming entertainment, which is
to be given for the benefit of the
Alumni. Tickets will also be for sale
at Sexton's drug store, Smith street.
Other matters of routine business was
transacted. The Alumni are to give
two events, one on May 8. when Ed
ward Howard Griggs is to give a
leoture. Mr. Qriggs is well known
throughout the country as a lecturer
and author. He is very popular in
this section and the public are to be
be given a great treat through the
efforts of the Alumni.
May 14 will be the second event at
which Miss Clara Farrington will
appear together with other talent of
the highest class. Both of these will
be given in the High School audi
torium.
BRAGA'S THIRD PLAY.
Will Give Another Entertainment In Braga
Hall April 16.
The third play to be given by the
Braga Singing Society will be held in
Braga Hall on April 16. The play
will be "Tordenveir" by the author
Hostrup.
It is a five act melodrama with
eight tableaux. The promises to be
one of the greatest successes of Braga'B
season. They have spared no pains
to make it all that is said about it
and it is well known that when Braga
starts to do a thing she nsually does
it right. '
BOUGHT BARBER SHOP.
C. M. Myers Takes Henry Pape's Busi
ness?Well Known Here.
'
O. M. Myers has purchased Henry
Pape's barber shop and on Monday
next he will take oliarge of the plaoe.
This is one} of J, the oldest and best
known shops in town, Mr. Myers
having been employed in the plaoe
sinoe the death'of Mr. Pape's father
about a year ago. Mr. Pape haB sold
out to take abetter position in another
line of bnsinesB. The many friends
of Mr. Myers wish him suooess in his
undertaking.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
PERTH AMBOY.N, J. ,
HAMILTON k\ KKAN, Prwihint HABBT OONABO, Cashib*.
Capital
Profits
"Stockholders Liability
and Deposits
$1,003, 407.41
Pays interest on Check: Accounts
81,000 and over at 3% S500 and over at 2%|
Sol lets Accounts Large and small
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COUNTY TO
PAY COST.
Woodbridge Creek Bridge To Be
Repaired By The Free
holders.
MAY CETllONEY BACK.
Work Will Be Done And The Cost Will Be
Provided For In The Annual County
Budget-Matter Will Not Be Settled
However For Sometime Yet? Bridge In
Bad Shape.
The Freeholders have decided to oat
the Woodbridae creek bridge in repair
at their <?wn expense. At least Free
holder Glenn, who is chairman of the
committee having charge of the work,
told a reporter that mnch this morn
ing. At the next meeting of the
Freeholders the yearly appropriations
will be made and the cost of the re
pairing will be provided for.
There has been a great deal of
tronble over the creek bridge since it
was constructed. It is claimed the
fault was with the original specifica
tions. The Freeholders, it is said,
wanted the contractor to pat in the
iron supports when the bridge was
constructed, while the contractor
claimed that snch supports were not
to be plaoed nntil the trolley company
crossed the bridge. The matter hungr
fire and the bridge was completed.
Now it is in very bad shape. It is
s lid to be caving in r 1 ing the
bulkhead and is otherwise dangerous.
The Freeholders took the matter np
some time ago and the contractor was
instructed to make the necessary re
pairs. A reasonable time has now
passed and the contractor has made
no move toward doins the work. It
was said hy a Freeholder at the time
the request was made, that it was
doubtful if the contractor could be
made to do anything.
At the last meeting of the Freehold
ers, in reporting for his committee,
Mr. Glenn said that nothing had been
done toward making che repairs, but
that his committee had other plans
which would accomplish the desired
result. If it is possible the money
will be taken out of the funds for the
contractor.
EMMA B. GETTING READY.
Being Overhauled Ready For Summer Sea
son At Asbury Park .
The schooner yacht Emma B., which
is well known to all who visit Asbury
Park every summer, is being thor
oughly overhauled and put in trim
for her summer service. Her winter
quarters are at Brown's shipyard at
Tottenville.
The Emma B. is one of the fastest
schooner yaohts in these waters and
to some people Asbury Park would
lose half its interest if they could not
watoh the passengers come through
the surf from the yacht every after
noon.
Yesterday the sails were up and
everything is being made trim on
board.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Will Institute New Lodge On April 15 In
This City.
State Organizer Garvin has secured
the use of .'a room in Odd Fellows Hall
for April 15th, when he will institute
the new lodge of Woodmen of the
World whioli he has been organizing
here for the past month. He now has
nearly fifty names which includes
many of Perth Amboy's most promin
ent business men. This is considered
an excellent start for a new lodge,
especially in a city where there are so
many seoret and beneficial organiza
tions as there are here.
ALREADY
Clever but Harmful imita
tions of our dentrifice are
appearing on the market.
Bear in Mind that the Best
and only original is
KROGH'S
Antiseptic
Tooth Powder
SITUATION
UNCHANGED.
Men Who Went On Strike April
First Are Still
Out.
MASON HELPERS MEET.
Refuse To State Result Of Their Meeting
But Give The Impression That The
Answer Of The Bosses Is Unsatisfac
tory?Trouble May Yet Be The Re
sult.
The labor situation in this vicinity
does not show much improvement to
day. The men who went oat on April
1st still refuse to return, claiming
they will win in the end.
At the Obtrander Fire-brick Com
pany. at Keasbey, the laborers who
went out for more money, are still
firm and the place is shot down. It
is said when the laborers at that plaoe
went out ther left between $10,000
and $15,000 worth of material in the
kilns which is now probably rained.
When an effort was made to confirm
this report by a member of the firm
no one conld be seen who had author
ity to speak.
A short time ago the Ostrander
laborers were getting $1.85 for ten
hoars work, they made a request for
more money and their wages were in
creased to $1.45 per day. Now again
they have made another demand, this
time for $1.50 a day for nine hoars.
At the Edgar plant the laborers who
struck for a raise from $1 35 per day
t ) $1. 50, were standing abont in groaps
this morning talking among them
selves, not knowing whether to stay
oat or go back to work.
The laborers on the new Raritan
river bridge who had some trouble
about the hours they were to work,
have had things arranged satisfactor
ily and are back at work again.
The machinists at the C. Pardee
Works, who struck for a nine hour
day and not for a raise in wages, have
not returned to work as yet.
It is reported that the employes of
the tank room at the Copper Works
struck at noon today for higher wages.
As told in the News, a oommittee
waited upon J. C. McCoy several days
ago and made their request. At that
time Mr. McCoy said he would con
sider the matter.
The employes at the S. S. White
Dental Works recently requested that
they be put on 54 hours a week, stop
ping on Saturday at 11 o'clock. The
firm have granted the desires of the
men with the exception of the one
hour on Saturday. The agreement is
that they work until noon on that
day.
At a meeting of the Mason Helpers
Union 10,159, held in Union Hall,
Smith street, last night, the report
from the boss masons was read. What
the report was none of the anion men
will tell, bat that it was very unsat
isfactory there is no doubt, for al
though the men refuse to disonss the
matter it can easily be seen that they
are mnch dissatisfied. The helpers
want 25 cents an hour for eight and a
half hours a day. Trouble may yet'
result.
NONE BUT READERS
ARE IN CONTEST.
Employees Of The Evening News
Are Not Allowed To Collect
Coupons
iii entering the sewing machine
contest which is being conducted by
the Evening News, it should be under
stood by all that neither any of the
employes of this paper nor any of the
carriers will be allowed to compete.
A strict account is being kept of every
pacer that comes off the press and
none but those who buy the paper
will be in the race.
Every day there is more interest
manifested. The women especially
are taking an active part. The coupon
is to be found in the advertisement
giving the details of the contest on
page 7 of today's issue. The one
sending in the most, gets the machine.
The men who have made the largest
fortunes'in business are those who
have been the most extensive adver
tisers.
FRANCHISE MAY
BE CONSIDERED.
Board Of Aldermen Man Take Some
Action On Telephone Compan
ies' Applications.
It is possible that the Board of
Aldermen will take some action on
the several applications for telephone
franchises in this oity at their meet
ing next Monday night. While no
thing definite is given out, it is said
that some are in favor of competition
in the business and it may be that one
or the other franchises will be granted.
The Hndson & Middlesex Telephone
and Telegraph Company is making
every preparation to institute a service
no matter what action is taken by the
city conncil. It was stated this morn
ing by one in authority that it was
the intention of his comt?ny to make
every preparation so that no time will
be lost should the council again re
fuse to grant them a franchise. Forty
subscribers have alrea Ij been secured,
telephones for which are expeoted to
arrive today. In a few days more it
is expected that this pumber will be
enlarged to one hundred subscribers.
Last year the old board refused to
grant this company a franchise but
their present application reads so that
its conditions are practically the same
as the New York and New Jersey
Telephone Company which now has
the monopoly here. In case the alder
men refuse to grant the franchise, the
Hudson & Middlesex Company will
enter the city over a private right of
way, part of which has already been
secured.
LABORERHAD
FOOT MASHED.
Was Struck By Train On Lehigh
Vaiiey Railroad And Lay Be
side The Track.
Emar Caramata, of 2 S took ton street,
a laborer in the upper yard of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, in some
mysterious way was struck by a train
at midnight last night and had his
left foot crushed. No one missed him
until this morning when he fell ex
huasted in front of the checkers
shanty which is a half mile distant
from the scene of the accident.
Where he was hurt is known as the
saud cut, and it was here that he lay
for a time helpless. Finally he mad
aged to hobble on one foot and one
heel to the shanty.
Dr. Tyrrell was auicklv notified and
upon seeing that an operation was
necessary, lie sent the unfortunate
man to the hospital and notified Dr.
Wilson. The foot may be saved.
HELP WAS NFA"?BY.
Dr. Henry's Rig Ran Over a Man While
Doctor Was Going To Hospital.
Dr. Henry, in answering a hnrry
call just before noon todav, ran over
? man who afterwards proved to be
Frank Drake, a mason of 327 State
street. The man was badly shaken np
and had his right thumb dislocated so
that the doctor helped him in the
wagon and he drove to the hospital,
where the doctor was bound, and the
hand was dressed.
In explaining the cause of the acci
dent Dr. Henry said he was about to
pass another wagon which was in the
middle of the road and he had hardly
done so when the man appeared,
directly in front of the horse. The
man himself admitted he had been ill
and he did not see the doctor coming.
At Mr. Drake's home it was learn
ed that he had gone to bed suffering
considerably from the shaking up he
had gotten in the collision with the
rig. Dr. Henry feels very sorry that
the accident occurred, but he says it
could not be avoided under the cir
cnmstanoes.
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HAD JOLLY
GOOD TIME.
Pressers And Finishers Union
Entertained Friends At
a Smoker.
GOOD ENTERTAINERS.
Sscial Gathering Held In Braga Hall Last
Night At Which Many 6uests Were
Present? Pipes And Cigars Were Plenti
ful ? The Committee Saw To It That No
Light Went Out.
Th? members of Pressers and Finish
ers Union Local No. 77 gave a smoker
and grand entertainment last night in
Braga Hall, to their fellow workmen.
Emil Frey was the master of cere
monies and before the entertainment
commenced he had the following to
say:
"Fellow workmen, when the Press
ers anion decided to stive smoker
it was to be for members of that o^M
conization only, bat at the last ^
moment we decided to invite all onr
fellow workmen who we hope will
enjoy themselves tonight at oar ex
pense. "
After his speech Mr. Frey intro
duced Mr.* Sheenan, of the Actors,
Protective Association, of New York,
who rendered several'songs and kept
the crowd merry for some time with
his jokes. After Mr. Sheenan, Mr.
Mechan, also of the Aotors, Protective
Association, sang the latest and popu
lar song "Back to the Woods." He
also recited a piece of poetry, after
whioh all present with the aid of Mr.
Mechan, sang the choras of "My Old
Kentucky Home."
/Several piano selections were rend
ated by Andrew Nelson, and to say
tlKthe crowd was well pleased was
otirNM^U-^itfM^^K^ting it, for
thev applauded MrNffl^huiu and
again. Daring the entire enT%k
ment corn-cob pipes, tobacoo and
cigars were plentiful. There was
always a member of the committee on
hand to see that none* of the lights
went out. At 10 o'cloca a grand
supper was served and daring the
supper hour Emil Frey rendered a
number of pieces on his phonograph
to the great delight of all.
After supper mors smoking and a
general all(around good time was en
joyed until the early hoars of this
morning when the crowd departed for
their homes, voting many thanks to
their entertainers.
The committee of arrangements
cannot be given too muoh credit for
they certainly worked hard to make
the smoker the grand success that it
was. Those on the oommittee were:
Henry Adams, chairman; Patrick
Rock, George Leven, William Zigen
fus, Nels Christiansen, William Sand
beck, William Abbot, and Hans
Clausen.
BOYS TO BE ARRESTED.
Warrants Drawn For Some Who Assault
Pupi Is At No. 2 School.
Warrants were drawn by Recorder
Pickersgill this morning for the arrest
of several of the boys, who, as told in
Wednesday's News, had banded them
selves together to kill the Jews. All
these boys attend public School No. 3
and by cansing their arrest for making
an alleged assanlt upon a Jewish boy
on Tuesday, it is proposed to set an
example by dealing severely with
them. Their paronts will be notified
to have their children in court at 8
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The case of Andrew Qonko, who
was arrested yesterday afternoon on a
charge of petty larceny, was adjourn
ed until 6 o'clock tonight.
If you are looking for real estate
investment read the column on page 2.
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rabbits made from pure and sweet
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street. 4-3-2t
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