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'PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS.
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VOL. II NO/259 PERTH AMBOY, N. T.. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 1903.
SECOND EDITION
DUTY AND POWER OF
WATER COMMISSION.
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If the Ordinance Which has Passed its First Reading Becomes a
City Law the New Commissioners will Take Entire Charge of
Water Department and wil/l Meet Same as the Aldermen.
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The News yesterday told ol an or
dinance iutrodaoed at the meeting of
the Board of Aldermen Monday night,
which, if passed, will ultimately
create a Board of Water Commis
sioners.
The ordinance is mtrodnoed under
the law of 1876 whioh the city adopted
when it created the present water
system at the polls some time ago. It
is not the same law under whioh
Mayor Seaman in his annnal message,
asked the Board of Aldermen to give
him the power to appoint a water
commission. That law has sinoe been
repealed.
A board shall have all the powers
vested in the Board of Aldermen to
transaot only the business of the water
department, except that of issuing of
bonds for any improvements. This,
like the Board of Education, will
have to be brought before the Board
of Aldermen and if they see fit such
work oan be done. In appointing the
commission the Board of Aldermen,
may or may not, attach a salary and
if they do. it will.doubtless be small,
fiach member of the commission must
be sworn in by the Oity Clerk. As a
commission they will hold meetings
at stated times and like the Board of
Aldermen transaot suoh business as
oomes before them. They will also
have a superintendent to carry out
their instructions and a clerk and col
lector if they so desire.
In the matter of salary Comptroller
Voorhees, who explained the law, said
he has known of oities much larger
than Perth Amboy where a water
commission has served without pay.
W. 0. T. U. ENTERTAIN
' STATE PRESIDENT.
Will Hold a Social Friday Evening
at Home of Mrs- Murdock?
Ladies are Invited
The ladies of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union will hold a sooial
at the home of Mrs. William Mur
dook, 88 High street, Friday night.
It promises to be a delightful affair.
The ladies will have as their guests
the State President, Mrs. Bourne, and
the County President, Mrs. Garrison.
Ladies of thp oity are invited to be
present and meet these officials.
The W. C. T. TJ. is a growing or
ganization in this city. The member
ship now numbers forty. Their meet
ings are held regularly and are greatly
enjoyed by those who attend.
FOUND LADIES WATCH.
Constable Schantz found a -ladies'
gold watch on the dancing platform
at Sea Breeze last night. The nwnor
was soon found after the announce
ment was made and upon identifica
tion the watch was returned. Mr.
Schantz is manager of the danoing
pavilion.
COMMENCEMENT JUNE 19.
The commencement exercises of the
Perth Amboy High School graduates
will take place on Thursday and Fri
day of June 18 and 19. There will be
about twenty graduates in all. The
examinations will take place in a few
days.
Soft Shell Crabs
Boston Lobsters
Northport Oysters
Worrell's, 46 S?Kt.
SPECIAL MEETING OF
HEBREW MUTUAL AID.
Congregation Will Discuss the
Building Plans for New Synagogue
?Committee Met Last Night.
The Building Committee of the
First Hebrew Mutual Aid Society held
a meeting in their chnrch on Elm
street last night to talk over the ro
cent bids received from the local con
tractors and ascertain the feeling of
the congregation in the matter. It
was decided to call a special meeting
of the congregation for tomorrow
night at 7.80 o'clock.
SNEAK THIEF MAKES HAUL
Some time between 3 and 6 o'clock
yesterday afternoon a sneak thief en
tered the house of Mrs. Mason, of 532
State street, and stole a lot of jewelry
belonging to the fnmily. A ladies'
gold watoh and chain, two plain gold
rings, a gentleman's diamond rinsr
and a child's silver and gold bracelet
were included in the lot taken. Al
though the matter was reported to the
police as soon as the loss was discov
ered no cine that might lead to the
identity of the culprit has been
obtained.
Mrs. Mason is at a loss to account
how the person, who apparently help
ed themselves to everything in sight,
oould do such a thing. The value
placed upon the articles taken is about
$200. The police hold out little hope
of recovering the goods in such cases
for a sneak always leaves town as soon
as he does a job like this.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Samuel J. Mason, of this city, was,
last night, appointed borough engineer
by the South Am boy borough counoil.
Collector of the Port Robert Carson,
who has been spending his vacation
of a month on the Pacific coast from
San Francisco to Seattle Alaska, is
expected to arrive home tomorrow or
Friday. He reports an excellent trip.
Hans Sorenson. of 609 State street,
who has been ill in the Post Graduate
Hospital, New York City, has return
ed bome and is still very weak.
Miss Anna Gems was taken ill while
at work in the Cable Works this morn
ing and had to go home.
Edward Schoenberg has moved his
shop and residence from Fayette street
to 59 Jefferson street.
Miss Sophie Slobodion, of South
Carteret, spent yesterday in this city.
George Wood left yesterday for
Point Pleasant where he will spend
the summer.
John Berger has resigned his posi
tion as clerk at the American Smelt
ing and Refining Company plant to
accept the position as Receiving and
Shipping clerk at the Barber Asphalt
Company.
Mel Lanning, of Rector -street, has
resigned his position in New York.
John Skidmore, ot Market street,
has a position at the Raritan Copper
Works.
James Cassidy, of McClellan street,
has resisned his position at the Rari
tan Copper Works as weighmaster and
assistant yard foreman.
POLICE COURT NEWS.
Andrew Adamsic, of 54 Penn street,
was arrested by Officer Slmltz on a
charge of being drunk and disorderly
last night. Recorder Pickersgill dis
charged him this morning with a
reprimand.
m ? of Merchants, Manufacturers, Corporations
ACCOUMS and Individuals Solicited; ?
INTEREST PAID ON \ 2 per cent, on $ 5G0 or over
DAILY BALANCES \ 3 per cent, on $1,000 or over
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent at Low Rates
LIBERAL POLICY
' the first national bank
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DRIVING PILE
ON SOUTH SIDE.
Work on South Approach began
Yesterday Pile Driver taken
Across the River.
WORK MUST BE SLOW.
Driver is Able to Work Only During Hgh
Tide Owing to Shallow Water- Would
Sink in the Mud- Much Filling is Neces
sary on this Side Before Bridge will be
Useful.
The work of driving the piling for
the new Raritan liver bridge at the
South Ainboy end commenced at noon
yesterday. The pile driver started to
work on the Fouratt site.
Just how long it will take the com
pany to get all the piling down is
hard to say at the present time as the
pile driver will be able to work only
at high tide on the South Amboy side,
as the water, when the tide is out, is
so low the driver would sink in the
mad.
The company is rushing the work,
however, and everything is progress
ing smoothly. On this side of the
river the piling is all down and all is
ready for the planking and iron work.
When the bridge is finished by the
contractors it will be a long time be
fore it can be used to advantage on
account of tlm height from the ground.
There is a great deal of tilling in to
be done before the approach is com
pleted. The contractor hopes to have
this work done by the middle of Sep
tember and it is the general opinion
that the city must hurry to be ri ady
to make the bridge useful when it is
oomplated.
ARRESTED IN NEWARK
FOR SHOP LIFTING.
Lool Young Women Held for Grand
Jury in Essex County on Serious
Charge.
Mary Ebner, tweutv years old, and
Annie Picochie, fourteen years old, of
this city, were arrested in Newark 011
Mondav on a charge of shop-lifting.
The Newark News, yesterday, stated
that the women had been arrested in
a Market street department store and
when arraigned before Judge Lambert
yesterday morning they were held in
|H00 bail for the grand jury.
Chief Burke said this morning that
he knew the women and that they aie
sisters. ^They have never been arrest
ed here.
DREDGING BEGUIt.
Buffalo Company Commences Operations in
Raritan River? Take Nine Months.
The Lake Erie Dredging Company,
of Buffalo, which has tho government
contract for dredging out the Raritan
river and which has been fitting out a
number of their boats at Hall's dock
in this city, started to work with
their dredge in the upper Raritan yes
terday. The work,, which will cost
about 135,000, will take at tho lenst
nine months to finish. The company
has a dredge, a tng boat, and numei
ous scows at work.
GETS UNIVERSITY DEGREES.
Celesiino Dominguez, formerly a
student at the Perth Ambov High
School, and who left this city to enter
college at Washington, will graduate
as Mnster and Bachelor of Laws at
the National University of Washing
ton, D. C. , ou Friday evening.
Real Estate column page 2.
FIRST CARGO
HAY IMPORTED.
According to Custom House Of
ficials this is the First Ever
Entered Here.
SAID TO BE CHEAPER.
Lo.al Dealer Brings Hay from Canada
Declares that Hay in this Vicinity is so
Kiyh that Even With Cost of Shipping
and Duty, Foreign Hay is Cheaper?
Now on Canal Boat.
A cargo of hay, imported from Can
ada. arrived here this morning in a
canal boat consigned to Thomas Eggert
& Co. As far as is known at the
Custom House in this city, it is the
first cargo of hay that has ever been
imported into Perth Amboy and the
reasons for its importation is given
that even after paying all transporta
tino from St. John and the duty on it,
it is cheaper if not better than hay
grown in the United States.
The cargo, it is said, was originallv
shipped for Scotland, but it arrivi d
in New York instead and Mr. Eggert
has been fortunate enough to secure a
boat load of it.
Hay in this vicinity is unusually
high just now and every indication
points to a higher market -price owing
to the exceeding drought in this sec
tion of the country. It is stated un
less rain comes very soon the crops of
now hay in this State will be very
small. With a poor prospect for good
crops in the west owing to the recent
floods in that section combined with
' the exceeding drought in the east, it
is quite likely that hay, with other
things, will be taking some sudden
leaps in the inaraet very soon.
POLICE RECORD FOR _
THE MONTH OF MAY.
Sixty-Nine Persons Arrested and
Valuation -on Stolen Goods Recov
ered Peached $3,500.
The highest record for arrests was
reached last month by the local police.
Sixty nine persons fell under the bans
of the laW and in addition to that the
largest valuation on stolen goods re
covered, amounting to $3,500, was
reached.
In connection with the latter Chief
Burke said this morning that he is
still working hard to find the owners
of the articles which he has still un
claimed. He showed a letter from a
gentleman near Savbrook Point,
Conn., which partially named some
of the articles he has.
Oflicer Hntf went to New York to
day to testify against the Rien broth
ers whom the local police arrested a
few weeks ago for stealing a yacht,
the story of which was the means o'
furnishing the first cluo to the stolen
goods.
TO ORGANIZE LUTHER LEAGUE.
Luther Leagne will be organized to
night at 7.30 o'clock by Rev* F. C.
Krapf, ot Elizabeth, president of the
Luther League of New Jersey. The
meeting will be held at the home of
Rev. E. J. Keuling, pastor of Grace
English Luthoran church, No 1. Ball's
Block, Brighton avenue. All mem
bers and friends are welcome.
F.J. LARKIN, 357 STATE Street,
will do plumbing, steam, hot water
anrt hot air heating on monthly pay
ments.
J. MASO^,
CIVIL. ENGINEER
43 Smith Street.
Delicious Ice Cream I
f 30o Qaart. f l!>c Pint. |
Strawberry, Chocolate and Vanilla Flavors.
SEXTON S DRUG STORE
70-72 Smith Street.
NO QUORUM PRESENT.
Board of Health Fails to Hold Meeting for
Two Months
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Health was scheduled for
last night, bnt at the appointed hoar,
only one of the members pat in an
appearance and later the clerk arrived.
There being no qnoram, the meeting
went over nntil next month. Last
month there was no quorum present.
There was some little interest in the
meeting of the board this month for
it was generally understood the
Chamber of Commerce was to ask the
members to take up the dust problem.
LYRIC MANDOLIN CLUB
CONCERT IS TOMORROW.
A Pleasing Program Prepared in
Which Carol Club Will Assist?
Will be Excellent Music.
Tomorrow night the Lyric Mandolin
Club will Kive its first concert. It
will be held in Simpson M. E. church.
This club is one of the most delight
ful organizations in the city. While
it has appeared in public before, this
is its first oonoert under its own man
agement.
The club is composed of some of the
best musicians in the city and their
program will be unusually interesting.
They will be assisted bv the Carol
Club, the reputation of which is
already known. Both clubs wore or
ganized for the entertainment of the
members, but the public once hearing
them have made almost constant de
mands UDon them. The concert to
morrow night promises to be one of
the best given in this city.
SPECIAL MEETING
BOARD EDUCATION.
Held Last Night to Pass Second
Warrant for Contractor
Crouse.
A special meeting of the Board of
Education was held last night in the
High School. The second payment to
Contractor Oroase was ordered in the
shape of a warrant for $4,000 for the
erection of School No. 6. The board
also granted the use of the auditorium
for High School commencement exer
cises.
LOCAL CASES ON LIST.
Arooug the local oases to be argued
during the June term of the Supreme
Court, which opened yesterday, are:
Kolly & McAlinden vs R. R. Co.,
C. C. Honimann; George Holmes.
On appeal.
City of Perth Amboy vs Smith. C.
C. Hommann ; Joseph E. Strieker.
Certiorari. This is the test case to
decide the legality of the Exoise
Board.
Don't forget the concert of the
Lyric Mandolin Club in Simpson M.
E. Church. Thursday evening, June
4th at 8. 15. Admission 2octs.
6-3-2t ? adv.
The men who have made the largest
fortunes in business are those who
have been the mostj extensive adver
tisers
Safety in Our Label. ? Wlieu you see our
label on a bottle of medicine you know
tint j our prescription has been filled
witli absolutely the best and purest,
drugs. Your medicine iR just what your
doctor ordered aud you are safe if we do
your prescription work. Open day and
night.
Parisen's Prescription Pharmacy.
?500 REWARD
will be paid to the person or
persons furnishing information , re
sulting in the arrest and conviction
of the party or parties who fast
ened a copper wire with an old
shoe so as to short circuit the elec
tric light wires at Port Reading
which resulted in putting out the
commercial lights at Sewaren and
Woodbridge on Decoration Day
night at about 9.30.
Carteret Electric Light
and Power Go.
L. A. CHASE, Treasurer.
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RESOLUTION I
WAS PASSED.
Merchants' Association Held
Meeting Last Night and Dis
cussed the Matter,
TAKE DEFINITE ACTION.
At the Next Meeting of the AsaoclatiM the
Resolution will be Signed by all the
Members and Publication will Fcdtw?
Says the Opening of Stanp Store la up
to the City.
The members of the Merchants Asso
oiation held a meeting in Odd Fellows
Ilall, Smith street, last night for the
discussion of the stamp question. The
committee recently appointed to in
vestigate and find out abont the do
ings of the Red Star Trading Stamp
Company, whioh is now located In
Perth Amboy, made their reports, imd
the merchants at the meeting pawed
a resolntion condemning the stamps*
At the next meeting of the associa
tion next week every merchant is ex
pected to sign this resolntion and it
will then be published in the looal
papers.
When J. P. Holm, who speaks for
the association, was seen by a News
reporter this morning and asked whait
the Merchants Association would do
abont the Red Star Trading Stamp
Company when they opened a store
in this city, he replied that that part
of the work was np to the oity, not (o
the association.
EPWORTH LEAGUE HELD
A DELICHTFUUOCIAL
Met at Home of James E Noe Last
Night? Rev. 8- T. Jackson Goes 1
to Convention.
A delightful time waa bad at the
aooiable of the Epworth League of
Simpson M. E. oharoh last night. The
gathering was held at the home of
James E. Noe and waa largely
attended.
The evening waa passed in a merry
way. An entertainment was given
and songs and games were the pleasing
features.
A little business meeting was held
at whioh the pasto;, Rev. S. T. Jack
son, was elected delegate to the next
international Epworth League con
vention. This is to be held at Detroit,
July 16. Mr. Jaokson will carry with
him his credentials from the local
sooiety.
Wanted.
Iron workers wanted on plate and
ornamental iron work, also black
smith. Steady work. Call or write
Bayer & Scherbner's Iron Works, 806
East 123d Street, New York.
3920-6-2-81 adv
The Laborer's Protective Union
have removed from John Gerbas, Me
chanic street, to Dana Hall, Smith
street, where meetings will be held
every Monday night.
2866-5-27-6? adv.
HIGH TIDE.
June a.m. p.m. June a. m p.m.
2 12.47 1.36 5 840 4.39
3 1.52 2.43 6 5.01 5.30
4 2 58 3.44 7 5.54 6.17
WEATHER.
The forecast received at the looal Signal
Station is for fair and warmer.
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A. K. JENSEN
Successor to J. K. JENSEN,
MASONand CONTRACTOR
| 250 Washington St. Cer. Johnstone
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