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PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS.
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VOL. II NO. 243 PBRTH AMB0Y' N" J- THURSDAY. MAY 14 1903 S ECO N D EDIT ION
INCREASE FOR PERTH
AM BOY CITY HOSPITAL .
Local Institution will Get $2,700 Instead of $2,000 from the County
this Year? Annual Budget Made up Shows Increase. .Appropria
tion for Bridges? Stone Roads to be Built.
Special to the Evening News.
New Brunswick, May 14? The Board
of Freeholders yesterday afternoon
determined upon the ^budget for the
year ending next May and fixed the
total amount at 1269,129.57 which is
119,111.43 more than the total amonnt
last year. Some of the appropriations
for bridge^ have been increased and
others cut down. A special appropria
tion of J18.000 is pat in for the Perth
Amboy bri,dge and the amonnt for the
salaries of the county and board officers
increased Si, 500. The interest on the
bonded debt was increased $7,500 and
that for the maintenance of lunatics
cnt down $7,000. The Perth Amboy
City Hospital gets an increase from
$2,000 to $2,700. ?
In addition to the adoption of the
budget the Board decided to construct
9)? miles of stone road in the county.
Of this lj? miles is from Perth Am
boy bridge to Stephen* avenue; 1J^
miles, South Amboy-Keyport road ;
and 1 }4 miles from Hall's corner to
Steamboat landing on Oheeseqnake
creek. The others are in the other
end of the county.
The budget as adopted follows:
For court aslaries, fees and
expenses $80 000
For jail expenses and board of
prisoners
For maintenance of lunatics
For salaries and expenses of
members of Board and
their officers
For salaries of bridge tenders.
For expenses of County School
Supei intendent andCounty
examiners
For fees of coroners and burials
For election expenses
H'or stationery
For advertising, publishing
and printing
For incidental expenses. ....
For bonded debt falling due
For interest on bonded debt.
For discounts on temporary
loans
7 000
23 000
15 500
2 000
fiOO
800
8 500
1 000
1 000
1 500
6 300
11 293
2 000
For Court House, county build
ings and grounds 5
For Bridge repairs, construc
tion and expenses : ?
Woodbridge Greek 1
Gheeseqnake Creek
Albany street bridge 1
South River draw
Landing bridge
Woodbridge township 2
South Amboy borough. .
New Brunswick 1
Monroe township, includ- ?
ing Jamesburg borongh. . . 1
Dnnellen borongh.
Piscataway township 2
Oranbury township
Raritan township includ
ing Metuchen borough . . . 1
Madison township 2
Perth Amboy city 1
Savreville township
South Brunswick township 1
North Brunswick township
East Brunswick township
including South River and ?
Helmetta borough . . J 100
Emergency fund debt, Am
boy bridge 18 000
" Mon
roe, and Madison line
bridge 3 500
" Cran
bury bridge 800
" " " Conn
ty buildings sidewalk 1 000
Repairing, preparing and
graveling county roads. . . 28 000
To pay notes given to pay
for macadamizing county
roads 10 000
For indexing records in county
offices 2 500
For lebinding records in
county offices 100
For soldiers' and sailors' bur
ials and headstones 800
For' donation to John Wells
Memorial hospital 3 500
For donation to Perth Amboy
hospital 2 700
For board of children in Or
phan Asylums 2 000
For Crab Beach bridge in
Woodbridge . 4 000
For Milltown bridge 3 500
Total for the year 1217 408
State Sohool tax |51 721 57
Grand total of budget
with school tax J269 129 57
LOCAL ITEMS.
Collector of Customs Robert CarBon
has gone on a trip to California to be
none a month.
Lund & Christiansen have signed a
contract for the erection of a two
story dwelling at 18 Gordon street.
Mrs. R. W. Brown, of High street,
is slowly recovering from a serious
attack of tonsilitis.
Miss Annie Ryan, of Buckingham
nvenne, has a position in Edward
Soil's Smith street dry goods store.
Harry, Brown, of Market street, was
a New York visitor yesterday.
James Carr, formerly head sampler
nt the Rari tan Copper Works, now has
a position with LuDoux, of John
sreet, New York.
Joseph Fox of Fords, has entered
the employ of C. M. Peterson & Oo.
Mr. aud Mrs. Y. P. Therkelson, of
Rector street, left this morning for a
trip to Washington, D. C. They will
be gone abont two weeks.
Miss Elizabeth Ryan, of Bucking
ham avenue, will resign her position
in Coons & Co's. store on State street,
Saturday night and will shortly leave
for the Adirondack mountains.
Lobsters! Lobsters!!
Lobsters!!!
Worrell's, 46 Strut.
August Leuibcke has returned to his
home in Jersey City, after a week's
visit in town.
Albert Yountr has resigned his posi
tion at the Raritan Copper Works as
blacksmith, to accept a like place at
the DeLamar Copper Works of Car
teret.
E. A. Edwards will shortly move
into the Benton home on High street.
FJohn Whitworth is moving tod-iy
from South Arnboy to Market street,
this city.
K. OF P. IN RAHWAY.
Tomorrow night members of Algon
quin Lodge K. of P. of this city, will
go to Woodbridge where a new Rail
way lodge will be instituted. The
new organization is composed of
twenty-two charter members. It was
organized by Enolid lodee, of Wood
bridge, assisted by District Depnty C.
W. Barnekov. The new lodge will be
known as "Reliance."
No Meal Complete without a
Glass of Good beer
put. up in a thoroughly cli an *d bottle.
Von can li.ive it.
Wuerzberger .... per box $1.40
as good as imported
Pale Extra ... . " " 1.20
Export Pelsner 1.00
Ttiexe brands cannot I e duplicated lot
any such price, beside you get. a r b ite ol
20 cts. per case of eraply bottles.
Tlie Hygiene Steam Beer bottling Works,
Tel. lhS-B. S54 New Brunswick Av.
AiiAAuntfk of Merchants, Manufacturers, Corporations
Accounts an1 Individuals Solicited . ? ?
INTEREST PAID ON ) 2 p< r cent, on $ 500 or over
DAILY BALANCES \ 3 per cent, on $1,000 or over
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rant at Low Rates
LI BERAL POLICY
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
no SMITH STUEBT, PKRTH AM BOY, N. J.
Capital | Profits | Deposits .$1,000,000
HAMILTON fc.'KBAN. Prmidbmt HaBKY ( ONaRP Pari"
THIS TEAM IS
HERE TO STAY.
One Shift has been Made, Hoff
ner Going to Third and Gray
to Left Field.
STRONG COMBINATION.
0
The permanent team that the fans
have been anxious to see placed here
has now been established and begin
ning with next Saturday when the
Marions play the KnicKerbocker A.
C. there will be no farther changes
necessary in the make-np. In order
to accomplish this only one shift waa
made in last week's team, Hoffner
going to third, and Grey returning to
play left field. This will leave the
team as follows: Connelly, catcher;
Rochelle, p; Galvin, 1st b; Moore
head, 2d b; Kiernan, ss; Hoffner, 3d
b; Grey, If; Lyons, cf; Kelly, rf.
Five of them, Galvin, Connelly,
Lyons, Kelly and Hoffner, now reside
iu this city, which is a good local
showing.
According to "Fete" Lamar, of the
Eqnitables, it is the best team that
ever wore the Marion uniforms and
"Pete" says th? locals will run away
from Orange when the teams clash.
On Decoration Day afternoon the
Marions will tackle the famous Cres
cents, of Philadelphia, who will have
Denny in the box. Fox, Lord and all
the other stars. The Crescents beat
the locals three oat of four last year
and all the games were exciting oon-,
tests.
MAY SETTLE
THE STRIKE.
Special Meeting of. Mason Boss
es and Lathers is
Called.
MAY COMPROMISE.
There is to be a special meeting of
the mason bosses and the members of
Lathers Union No. 173 ip Dana Hall,
Smith street. The lathers went on
strike a week ago for $2.25 per thous
and laths, which the bosses refnsed
to pay. The men were offered f 2. 00
which they refused to accept. The
union says it is now willing to meet
the bosses half way.
As many of the mason bosses are
said to be paying what the lathers ask
and they are all working with several
weeks more anead of them, the boss
es, who at first refused to pay the de
mands, are now willing to talk with
| the man. At the meeting it is most
likely that all the trouble will be
settled.
Din't Take a Chance
When you can a get a sure thing.
A sure thing needs no booming.
This you will find in Building Lots
at the Junotion Perth Amboy. This
property is not owned by any trust
company, and is being sold by small
monthly payments without interest.
On the property every Sunday
afternoon.
M. G. Ashley, Woodbridge, N. J.
2710-5-14-3t
WOULD EXPERIMENT WITH CRUDE OIL
AS MEANS OF SOLVING DUST PROBLEM
IN ALL THE STREETS OF THE CITY.
The following contribution by C.
W. Barnekov is of unusual interest to
eveiy citizen of Perth Ainboy at this
time :
If there is one question that conies
up annually with so little practical
solution, it is, how can we get rid of
onr dusty streets? Some little relief
is had when the sprinkler gets to
work. Even that is not always per
manent, and only benefits the business
sections and then for a short time
after being sprinkled it is simply
mnd. Nothing is done to relieve the
side streets.
It is nice to have paved streets and
I have always been in favor of them
and am glad efforts to better onr
streets by mviug them^are now being
made, but it is hard to tell how long
it will be before our entire city is
paved. It may take years. While we
wait, the mud is tracked in from the
side streets onto the better paved
ones, and still we have dirty streets.
Perth Amboy is not the only city
that has had this trouble. But. differ
ent from our city, others have over
come the diffloultv by using orude oil
on their streets and roads. I have
been watching this matter for the past
two years. In California the use of
oil on the streets and roads has passed
the experimental stage. Its success
is attested by the thousands of miles
of roads and streets in the state that
are either' oiled or for whose treat
ment ulans are being made. Nearly
every municipality in Califoruia is
engaged in improving its residential
streets with oil. Oil has been used
on the macadam roads of Qolden Gate
Park in San Francisco, with satis
factory results. Only four or five
days after the application was the
odor offensive and the people do not
complain for it only required one
sprinkling a year. These driveways
have sustained an enormous amonnt
of travel, being among the most popu
lar ones in the park. The people find
no objeotion to the smell, for only
immediately following application is
it at all disagreeable. What you hear
most is: "Extend i lie oil roads."
There is no dust in summer.' No
mnd in winter. It is said that after
driving over it for several hours there
is no trace of dust or speck of oil on
buggy or clothing of driver, that it
becomes like an asphalt road, for
asphaltum is a large component part
of crade oil. *
Prom the "National Oil Reporter"
I Rather a few facts as follows: The
cost of treatment of a mile of road
for three years, at the present price
of oil in California will not exceed
|300, of which one half will~be ex
pended the first vear. Tne best re
sults have been obtained where two
applications were made the first year,
one the second, and one the third.
After that it is only necessary to keep
the road in repair. Of coarse, on our
streets it will be necessary first to
have the mud rolled down good with
a big heavy roller before patting 011
the oil. At a recent convention of
Oalifornia mnnicipal officers, the cit>
engineer of Fresno, where streets and
roads are being oiled extensively,
gave an estimate of the cost of oil
averaged 75 cents a barrel, 125 barrels
being required for the first applica
tion, and 50 -to "75 for the second,
making a total cost of about $200 a
mile. The cost of water sprinkling a
mile in Fresno, where the summer is
long and dry, had been $700 anually.
In view of tiiese facts that oil is
being used successfully by oth^er
cities on their streets, I think it
would be well for our city council to
look up the matter to r-ee if our cirj
streets can be improved by being treat
ed with oil. It would not be neces
sary to go into it too deeply at first.
One block of street could be treatei
to see how it worked. It might bf
feasible to get the business men to
gether to contribute to a fund suffic
ient to pay for enough oil to treat two
or three blocks of the business portion
of the city. I do not think his con
tribution will amount to as much at
his yearly loss now is, from having
goods spoiled by this constant dust.
Our oity has now grown to such a size
that better and more thorough methods
should be adopted to not only provide
good streets, but to maintain and keei
them clean, which will be a difficult
thing unless something is done abon'
the dust and mud. It's inst as essen
tial that the side streets be bette?
looked after than in the past.
I would like to see an experiment
made with oil and will contribute m
share towards a fund for the purpose
if the merchants will do the same.
Respecfully,
O. W. BARNEKOV.
PAVING HIGH STREET
WAS RECOMMENDED.
Enthusiastic Meeting of Chamber of Commerce was Held in Council
Chamber Last Night at Which Board of Aldermen was Present
General Discussion Took Place.
The report of the Municipal Com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
made at the joint meeting of that
body with the Board of Aldermen in
the City Hall last night, precipitated
an interesting discussion for the im
provement of the streets of our city.
The report was received and the
recommendations adopted at the be
ginning of the meeting, but after
wards was reopened for discussion.
The report recommended that the
streets now under consideration by
the aldermen be paved with the addi
tion of High ptreet from Washington
street to the river, using asphalt. The
report said further :
"The cost of paving a street varies
with the nature of the soil. The
approximate cost of paving per square
yard to be for stone block, $2.60 to
$3.25; asphaltum, $2. 00 to $2. 26 ; brick,
$2.00 to $2.25; macadam, >$1-45 to $1.60
and curbstone 40 to 60 cents per lineal
foot."
Rev. J. Tj. Lancaster was among the
first to speak when the opportunity
offered. He objected to the paving
of Water street, not because he was
against all the improvements possible,
but because Water street'had not been
properlv graded, neither was it pro
perly sewered.
James Growney also came in with
an objection to the paving of Wash
ington street, claiming that the in
oome from properties there did not
warrant the investment.
Mr. Lancaster said that unless the
law under which they proposed to
make the improvements, changed the
method of making the assessments
and the manner of collecting them by
making it easier, it would be a long
while before the public would ask for
any improvements. Judge Lyon
quoted the law upon the subject. It
provided for the assessment to be fix
ed by a commission appointed by the
conrt and the length of time for the
issuing of the bonds was ten years,
but that interest on all assessments
was at 7 per cent.
Postmaster G. H. Tice asked City
Attorney Hommann why such a high
rate of interest was cnarged by the
jity when a lower one would do just
as well. Mr. Hommann said he be
lieved that snch a law was passed to
make it an inducement for the people
to pay up promptly even if they had
to borrow the money to do it.
In relation to the improvement of
High street, Mr. E. M. Kelly stated
that it would cost $10 per running
foot on either side to pave it with
asphalt. Taking it into consideration
that the street was 80 feet wide he
did not consider it very high.
J. P. Holm spoke of his experience
in western cities. They had gotten
into the same position as Perth Am
bov and after considerable agitation
finally decided to foot the bill and to
day they are the leading cities of the
west.
Former Sheriff Convery was called
upon. He thanked the mayor for his
recent action in ordering the main
thoroughfares cleared of the many
obstacles and he said the people would
thank him again if he would have the
streets cleaned and kept in repair aa
well. He also condemned the "bloat
ed corporations" for the way they
have been allowed to dig up the streets
without returning them to the same
condition.
Joseph Strieker said he was very
much interested in Smith street and
asked that a sewer be laid through
tie entire thoroughfare before any
other improvement is made.
E. W. Barnes and others asked why
streets like Smith and State streets
could not be repaved at the general
expense of the city. The laws of
New York, it was said, provided that
where the people had once been
assessed for an improvement it was
customary for the city at large to
stand all additional expense for im
provements. The property owners of
Smith and State streets, he said,
would never stand for another assosii"
ment.
Before adjourning Mr. Farrington
brought up the snbject of having the
dock of the Staten Island ferry changed
from Smith to Fayette street at the
Expiration of their lease. A resolu
tion to have the matter looked into
was referred to the Committee on
transportation.
DISCUSSED CHURCH WELFARE -
Ladies Aid Society of Grace English Liith
Congregation Met Last Night.
The Ladies Aid Society off Grace
English ohuroh met last nighjf at the
home of Mrs. J. W. Monroe. A de
lightful time was spent by the ladies
in presenting and oatlining plans for
the welfare of the new church, re:
cently organized by the Rev. E. J.
Keulinsr. There were present sixteen
ladies, fourteen of whom were mem
bers and two were visitors. Three
new members were elected, increasing
the membership to nineteen.
MONEY FOR HOSPITAL
Judge Adrian Lyon, treasurer of the
Perth Ambov City Hospital, received
a check for $161. 10 from the G. Pardee
Benevolent Association last night, be
ing the amount cleared for the hospi
tal at the ball given in Wilder Hall,
April 17, by the C. Pardee boys.
Special Attention.
Attention is called to the unusual
offer Salz & Steiner are making today.
SALE OF CAKES, pies and delioaoies
froic 3 to 5 o'clock Saturday after
noon. St. Peter's Sunday School
room. Benefit Parish house.
2781-5-14-3
Extraordinary Offer!
We will give ABSOLUTELY FREE
a hands me ONE BOOK
Premium (tl,e choice ?t *
display now on exhibition)"'" the person having the most Red Star Stamps
in their stamp book by SATURDAY, MAY the 16th.
Bring your book t.o our store betweeu 7 and 10 o'clock on Saturday evening,
when we shall count the ftt unpn. and the person having the most stamps in
their book (no matter what the amount may be) will receive for it a handsome
FULL BOOK PREMIUM, Absolutely Free.
Dry Goods and Furnishing Store,
Cor. Smith Street and
Madison Avenue.
For Sprclal Values, see our usual space on Page 8.
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