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PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS.
VOL. II NO. p2 PERTH AMBOY, N. J„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. 1903 SECOND EDITION
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SEPLf IS EXPECTED
WITfllN SHORT TIME.
Ifolders held a Long Session Yesterday Afternoon and Decided
mupon Various Matters—Committee to make Typewritten An
• swer—Amboy Bridge Matter.
V Special to the Evening News.
T Now Brunswick, Aug, fi:—The Perth
jymbo.v bridge and the matter of
answering the presentment of the
grand jury in which the board was
declared to be censurable, were the
chief matters of attention before the
Board of Freeholders at their after
noon session here yesterday. The
hoard remained in session till almost
five o’clock and after they adjourned
the committee appointed to prepare
an answer to the grand jury present
ment, wont into session to arrange
their plan of procedure. It is expect
ed that they will make a report very
shortly.
The last thing before the board was
the appointment by Director Fountain
of this committee. He named four
Democrats and one Republican. The
lone Republican member is Freeholder
Jens K. Jensen, of Perth Amboy. The
other members are Freeholders Man
ning, of New Market, Allgair, of
Sayreville, DeHart, of North Bruns
wick, and Barnwell, of this city.
Freeholder Manning is the chairman
U1 blltf UUIiiJLUl bbt3U. A11UJ Will 1BBUU a
^UMwritten statement covering the
floB[ in detail and upon their reply
||||jj|Mtapend to some extend what
HHBHvill bo taken by Justice Fort
appointment of a commission
stieate tlie affairs of the board.
^^^Lrding the Amboy bridge,
HRs McCann, the engineer, made
SwHraggestions involving more ex
BHHtures on the bridge. Freeholder
|||iHrt opposed this because of the
QHalretidy authorized to aid tlie
B^B original amount.
McCann said that, more than
Hf the super structure was done
' ’Bhe centre piers are nearly finish
expected that tlie steel work,
H^Bie draw would be in position in
R six weeks. Tlie concrete is be
ftitoifs Puzzle
picture represents tlie name of a
Can you guess it The solution to
|B^Riay’s puzzle was "Lucille.”
HfB winner of vis'erday’s prize was
Hlf. Bodle, of K:s Hector street, Perth
I til PHI OFFER
Be prize for to-day will be a
r of Hemstitch^)
' Writing Piper.
[lon’t forget to bring in' yourisolution
once, as the first oorrect ouej received
mr store gets tlie prize.
CONDITIONS: /
sh answer innat be enclosed in a sealed envelop addressed to
e Department, Sexton’s Drug Store. Name mud address of
n handing in solution must be written plainly on slip of pa
id enclosed in envelope. Do not write your iijnnie or address
itside of envelope. /
9 time received will be marked on outside of Imvelope by the
In charge of our puzzle department, and the /person handing
I first correct solution received will be award/ul the prize.
Le of winner will be announced in the New# on day follow -
Iblication of puzzle. /
I & GOLDMAN
out tlie stock of the
ON STORE,
Block, on State street.
FOR THE SALE.
CLOTHING, SHOES and FURNISHINGS
almost AT ANY PRICE. }Watch for it.
WiM*'?- h&kS*- V' - .
ing laid at the rate of 150 cubic yards
a day.
The engineer made the suggestion
that the board have a sidewalk laid
on the bridge and icebreakers placed
at all the bends in the bridge instead
of at' the main channel as provided in
the original contract. The matter of
expending more money for the bridge
was opposed by Freeholder DeHart.
He said it had been first said that the
bridge would not cost more than
$150,000 and already $18,000 additional
had been authorized expended “for
hard to tell what.” He thought
it better to let one winter pass with
out ice-breakers than spend more
money at this time. This ended the
bridge discussion.
The board decided to re-advertise
for bids for the several county roads
recently irregularly advertised for as
stated in yesterday’s News. On
motion of Freeholder Oox it was de
cided to investigate the matter of
county banks not paying interest on
county money. The Finance Com
mittee’s report showed a balance
August 3 of $69,673.85.
Freeholder Jensen reported the re
ceiving of bids for the county bridge
< i * _n_4.1_-i 4.
LU Uo UUUDll UUbOU V TOl ovavivv
in Perth Amboy, and the contract was
awarded to Andrew K. Jensen for
$1,095, his being the lowest.
Application was made for a fran
chise over the Cheesequake creek
bridge by Lawyer Silzer for the Cen
tral New Jersey Traction Company.
He stated that the company had al
ready secured permission from the
war department to erect a bridge be
tween the present oounty and railroad
bridgo at this point bnt they wanted
to cross the county bridge. They
were willing to pay $3,000 to strength
en the bridge and $5 a month for a
bridgetender. In ten years they would
pay half the cost of a new bridge. He
asked for a hearing on August 26.
The board will meet at the bridge at
2 o’clock Monday afternoon to con
sider the matter. Application was
also made for the right of way over
the road to Laurence Harbor and a
hearing will be given on this on
August 26.
Lawyer Frederick Weigel asked for
a franchise for the American Tele
phone Company to lay its lines over
the Amboy bridge. On motion of
Freeholder Glenn this matter was re
fjrredtothe bridge committee with
power.
WASHINGTON HOSE MEETING.
The members of Washington Hose
Company are requested to attend a
special meeting which will be held at
8 o’clock tonight in the hose com
pany’s house on Water street for the
purpose of arranging to attend the
funeral of Edward Tyrrell. Mr.
Tyrrell was a member of Washington
Hose Company for a good many years
until a short time ago.
BATHER WANTS DAMAGES.
The suit of S. L. Oleson, against C.
W. Boynton for alleged injuries
sustained while in bathing at Boynton
Beach, is on in the District Court to
day. The case oocupied all the morn
ing and testimony was still being
t iken at press time.
Real estate! Real estate! Read
he bargains in special column on
page 2.
RARITAN LAUNDRY,
44- Fayette Street.
HULSIZER & LYDIARD, Props.
First-Class Work Guaranteed.
CARNIVAL
IS FAIRLY.
STARTED.
Raritan Yacht Club Members
Approve the Action of Trustees
at Meeting Last Night.
WILL meTTtonicht.
Committee Selected to Manage the Affair
will Get Together to Talk Over the
Carnival and Appoint Sub-Committees
—Funds Already Started and Collect
ions will begin at Once.
The members of the Raritan Yacht
Club approved the aetion of their
trustees at their regular meeting last
night when the question of a carnival
was brought, up. Commodore Evans
appointed Conrad Hall, William
Crowell, and Nathaniel Pierce a com
mittee to represent tne cud on tne
joint committee which will have
entire charge of the fete. It is proba
ble that Mayor O. K. Seaman, Will
iam Staoey and S. B. Morgan will
represent the citizens together with
vacht clnb members just named.
They have full power to select sub
committees, elect officers and complete
arrangements and manage the whole
affair. They will hold a meeting to
night and get the movement started.
The first thing this committee will
do after electing officers and appoint
ing its sub-committees, will be to
solicit funds for the carnival. In this
they look to the citizens, business
men and all residents of the com
munity. It is the wish of those in
charge that financial aid be given
quickly and liberally. While no
definite date has yet been fixed, it
will probably be held early in Septem
ber and it is realized that there is no
time to be lost.
The yacht club members also
approved the action of the trustees in
donating $25 for the carnvial. I his,
together with the $24.90 whicli was
left over from last year’s fete, makes
a good start. To this sum the Even
ing Nows will add $10, bringing the
total, at present, up to $09.90. With
this in the funds the collectors will
soon sally forth and it is expected* the
merchants will respond liberally.
SLACK WORK ON ,
THE DOCKS NOW.
Repairs Being Made to B. Dock and
Men only Work Three Days
a Week.
It is only a few weeks ago that
everything on the Lehigh Valley docks
was rushed. There were boats to be
filled and gotten away and so much
work to be done that it was almost
impossible for an emnloye to get even
a half day on Sunday. Now this has
suddenly stopped. The orders are
that as B dock is in need of repair the
men will work only three days a
week. A gang is at work making ex
tensive repairs on this dock.
CLAM BAKE AT SEA BREEZE.
A first class Rhode Island clam bake
will be given at Sea Breeze on Sunday
August 16th. The bake will be readv
by 1 o’clock. A number of Perth
Amboy people will be present.
R« NEW DRINK Rn
Ul) 0BAN6E RICKEY Ull
Cooling and Refreshing—Everyone
Likes It.
Parisen’s Prescription Pharmacy.
* I of Merchants, Manufacturers, Corporations
ACCOUIllS and Individuals Solicited —
INTEREST PAID ON [ 2 per cent, on $ 500 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
110 SMITh/sTREET, PERTH AMBOY, N. J.
Capital | Profits | Deposits .$1,000,000
FUUMNR'I ^ BABBY|OOPA%£> ;o*M«
THE CUBAN
X CIANT8
PLAY HERE.
Will Play the Marions on Smith
Street Grounds Week from
Saturday.
MAKING OTHER DATES.
Cuban X Giants is the Famous Negro Team
—Orange will be here Tuesday While
on Saturday is the All-Cuban Game -
Three big Attraction—Marions May go
to New Brunswick.
Another strong team has been added
to the schedule of the Marions, tne
Cuban X-Giants being booked to
appear here on Saturday of next week,
following Orange. This is news that
will delight the fans as the famous
negro team has not appeared here
since 1901.
Efforts were made to lirintr them
here last season, but they were booked
solid. This morning a telogram was
received from Mr. Lamar stating that
a cancelation left him with Angast 15
open and the date was at once closed
with the Marions.
The Cuban X-Giants, besides being
the highest priced travelling attrac
tion, are also the champion colored
players. They are famous coachers,
fast fielders and slashing hitterB.
Among those who form the team whose
names are familiar the country over
are Clarence Williams, “Pop” Grant,
Hill, the third baseman and McClellan,
the pitcher. They are now playing
at Atlantic City where yesterday they
defeated the strong team of that place
2 to 0. The addition of the Cuban
X-Giants to the schedule, pits the
Marions against three of the strongest
teams hereabout. Saturday the All
Cabans will be here, the Orange fol
lows on Tuesday and after them on
Saturday the Cuban X-Giants.
Another game is also in the process
of negotiation, New Brunswick being
anxious to have the Marions play at
the County seat next Thursday. The
locals are willing and if Nexv Bruns
wick puts up the price there will be
a game.
The Marions have decided that on
next Tuesday, season tickets will not
be good for admission. This was
forced on the management, it is
claimed, because the expenses at the
recent Orange game far exceded the
receipts and also because this game
was added to the schedule and not
regularly placed thereon.
FUNERALS
Edward Tyrrell to be Buried Tomorrow—
Louis Griffen Today.
The funeral of Louis Griffen, the
eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Timothy Griffen, of East avenue, who
was killed Tuesday night at the Cen
tral Kailroad crossing, was held at 2
o’clock tins afternoon. The little
fellow was well liked by his many
friends and the many floral offerings
that were sent showed the high
esteem in which they held him. In
terment was made in St. Mary’s
cemetery.
The time of fnneral of Edward
Tyrrell has been changed to tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o’clock at the house
and 3.30 o’clock at the Presbyterian
church. Interment will be in Alpine
cemetery.
Shrewsbury Soft Shell Crabs
AND Summer Virginia Oysters
Fat as Butter.
WORRELL'S, -:- 46 Smith St.
PRICE OF
MEAT TO
BE RAISED.
Butchers Declare that Beef has
Gone up one Cent a Pound
and they May Soon Follow.
REASON IS UNKNOWN.
Wholesalers Ask More aid There is Noth
ing to do but Pay it—Unusual for
Prices to be Raised At This Time—
Less Meat Being Bought this Year
Fish Plentiful and Eggs Cheap.
The wholesale beef dealers all over
the country have raised the price of
beef one cent a pound. So far the
local dealers have not raised the price
to their customers, but they expect to
do so very shortly.
A prominent butcher of this city,
in conversation with a News reporter
this morning, said :
“Yes, the price of beef has been
raised by the wholesalers to the butch
ers. Why it has been done, no one
seems to know for this is the time of
year when the price generally goes
down instead of up. We have not
raised the prices vet, but I am afraid
we will have to do so very shortly. ”
In speaking of the amount of beef
that people are using this year the
butcher said:
“I have been in the business a
number of years and I find that this
summer the people are buving a great
deal less meat than ever before. The
cause of this is that fish is so plenti
ful and cheap, while eggs are not
high.”
TOO MANY
FIGURES.
Alderman Held Special Meeting
but did not Award Contracts
for Fire Apparatus.
BIDS FOR HOUSES.
A special meeting of the Board of
Aldermen was neio last mgni. xne
purpose, as annonnced, was to con
sider the bids for fire apparatus and
award the contract. 'This, however,
was found to be too mucli of a task.
There are so many figures on different
kinds of apparatus that the aldermen
could not finish and the matter was
not taken up in ooen meeting at all.
The executive session lasted for more
than an hour.
The contract for lurnishing valves
for the water main was awarded to
the Rensselaer Manufacturing Com
pany, being the lowest bidder.
The bids for erecting the two fire
houses will be opened at the next
regular meeting of the board. The
date to meet the tax assessors was
changed to August 18. The board
will meet again tomorrow night to
open bids for the $80,000 water bonds.
A number of firemen were present
last night, but they were disappointed.
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TRAMPS TO
WEAR BALL
AND CHAIN.
Freeholders Take Action on the
Matter and Hoboes will have
to Crack Stone.
TO RID THE COUNTY.
Tramps will Likely Steer Clear ef Mid
dlesex County Since the Recent Action
of the Board of Freeholdere—Will Nave
Ball and Chain Attached to Their Leg
While Working.
(Special to the Evening News.)
New Brunswick, Ang. 6:—Tramps
will steer clear of Middlesex County
in futme when they hear of the action
taken by the Board of Freeholdere
here yesterday afternoon. A resolu
tion was introduced by Freeholder
DeHart, providing for the numhun
by the board of enough h»m and
chains to supply the demand ao
every man committed to the jail aa a
vagabond or tramp can be put to work d
cracking stone under the law of 1W ’
and 1908. The county jail committee
will purchase the necessary equipment
speedily bo that the county can be rid
of tramps as quickly as possible.
DANISH M. E. PICNIC
AT BOYNTON BEACH.
Sunday School Scholars Enjoy tho
Outing—Had Special Trol
ley Cart^
The members of the Danish
dist Sunday school are spendinj^MH
day at Boynton Beach. They left^
early this morning on special trolley
cars furnished for them by the Bari
tan Traction Company. At 1 o’clock,
lunch, which every family had brought
with them, was eaten and it waa
greatly enjoyed, for all were hungry.
They will return home this evening.
MEETING POSTPONED.
Because not enough of the members
of Shipbuilders & Caulkers Union put
in an appearance for the meetfng
which was to have been held in tlih
rooms in the Adelaide building, it'j
was decided to postpone the meeting ''
nnfil fi nVlnnlr f.nn icrlit A a t-nlrl in
the News yesterday, this is to take
action on the secretary being missing
with $75 of the anion’s funds.
pT NY G REEN,
Successor to L. Albert £ Co.
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The forecast received at the local Sl|aal
Station is for fair and warmer tomorrow.
Variable winds. 4.
HIGH TIDE.
Aug. p. m. Aug I*, or p.m.
4 5.84 7 I 7-19 7.85
6.0# 8 1 7.48 7.56
6.49 9 #| 8.16 8.27