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11 NEWS.
PERTH AMBOY, N. J.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1903 SECOND EDITION
HIGH TIDE FOLLOWS THE
STORM AND DOES DAMACE.
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Water Rose Several Feet Above the Steamboat Dock-Ferryboat
Warren Had Hard Time Making Landings-Buildings Along the
Waterfront Flooded and in Danger of Floating Away—
' Wind is High but is Doing Very Little Damage.
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r Because of the high tide along the
water front this morning, many
of the business places alongFront street
were forced to close, and in the
few places that the men did work they
were compelled to stand ankle deep in
water.
It was high tide at 11 o’clock, but
everyone along ihe water front knew
that there would be something doiiig
before that time and there certainly
was. At 9.30 the tide was so high
that the water was ankle deep on the
steamboat dock, and it rose very fast
after that until 11 O’clock.
j.he ferry boat Warren had great
difficulty in getting in her slip on this
side, and when she did it was found
that the gang plank could not be
raised high enough and it was neces
It sarv to build a temporary bridge of
planks for the passengers to walK
over.
The little shop of George Hols
k worth, whicn is on the extreme end
of the steamboat dock, was badly bat
tered and had to be fastened with
lines to keep it from floating awav.
The ground at Schantz & Eckert’s
was flooded and the men worked
under great difficulties. The office of
Jacob Hanson and the oyster house of
Captain Abe Wogloni weie full of
water. The Raritan Yacht Club house
stood the seas better than many other
places for it is pretty high and strong
ly built. It was thought by jnaay
that the oyster house df Captain Lid
dle and the VanPelt club house would
be washed away. They were slightly
damaged. Many of the bouses on the
east side of Front street had water in
the cellars over a foot deep.
The people to suffer most were the
owners of boats. All of the big
tugs soon sought shelter at the docks
where they tied up because of the
rough weather. The big tugs Enter
prise, Bee and Transit tried to get
out once, but they were soon glad to
get back.
The old hulks at the Central rail
- road bridge, got a good shaking up
and it is doubtful if they will stand
the next storm. The sand on the
bridge is nearly all washed away and
tonight it will most likely be all
gone. This will leave the bridge in a
very weak condition and even now
the trains are compelled to run very
slowly, for fear of an accident.
/ Parts of the old wrecks at the Greg
/ ory grave yard broke away. At the
/ new Raritan river bridge and at the
■ Cheeseborough Vaseline works, the
W men" were compelled to quit work, bc
i ciuse the ground is so low at both
these plaoes that the water was too
^^Udeep to work in. The Raritan Copper
P SEXTON’S PUZZLE.
This picture repr sents the name of an
old popular song. Can you guess itf
The winner of yesterdays prize Is Walter
Barnes.
The answer to yeaterdaj s uzzlets Old Folks
at Home,
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^ GRAND rtt ZL uFFEK«
^ The prize for to-day will be
I BOTTLE FROST CREAM
FOR CHAPPED HANDS.
works dock, which is situated so as
to get the full benefit of every storm
that oomes along, was pretty well
battered np and will have to be re
paired. The tracks for the use of the
small locomotive on the dock and in
the yard were put out of gauge.
The other factories along the line,
Pardee, Pen field, Standard Fire Proof
ing, have all suffered to some extent.
A report comes from Staten Island
Uhat great damage is being done along
shore at that plaoe, Rossvilie and
PrincrsB Bay shores being principally
under water.
At 11 o’clock the wind increased
and the little steamer Trenton, which
was bound for New York, was com
pelled to put in at Spier’s dock until
the blow was over. A tow, bound for
South Amboy, when the tide was at
its worst, was compelled to tie up at
Brown’s shipyard, Tottenville.
The work of unloading brick from
the schooner at Hall’s dock for the
new North Amboy sewer, was stopped
at 10.80, because the dock is covered
with water. It was not safe to take a
horse and wagon ont on it.
All of the emploves of the Lehigh
Valley freight wharves were given a
day off for the water came up on the
dock at such a rate that it was unsafe
and the office was threatened. The
clerks in the office were compelled to
keep the mop and broom going all
morning and even this did not stop
the water from coming in on the floor.
The oyster sloop Gordon, wliioh
was discharging « oargo of oysters for
Booth & Co., at the foot of Smith
street, had a hard time to keep from
floating on the steamboat dock.
Horehound cough candy, our own
manufacture. Quarter pound 5c.
Sexton’s Drug Store, 70 & 72 Smith
st. f 10-10-2t
TO BE MARRIED WEDNESDAY.
The marriage of Miss Saraii Rice,
of Fords, to Fritz Olsen, of 59 Watson
avenue, will take place next Wednes
day in the Danish M. E. church. The
ceremony will be performed by Rev.
A. Hanson at 6 o’clock. Alter the
ceremony a reception will be given in
Braga Hall.
Exclusive models in Hats, Toques,
and Turbans. Now on exhibition at
“The Palace, ” 399 State st., (Ricci
Building). adv.
I WILDER MUSIC HALL
[ PERTH AMBOY, N. J.
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TO PAVE sTHE
OTHER BLOCK.
A petition is now being circnlated
to have the block in Rector street be
tween Smith and Market streets, im
proved. This petition will be present
ad to the Board of Aldermen probably
it their next regular meeting.
The petition now being circnlated
rsks the aldermen to make ont the
line for the sidewalk and improve the
street, cnt down all dead trees in the
block and finally pave the block. The
petition is in the hands of Samnel
Sarretson and he announces that he
bas every reason to believe a majority
3f the property owners along the blook
will sign it. He said this morning
that he ha« been told by property
owners along the block that they
wanted to see the sidewalk fixed and
put in repair before they signed for
paving. It is thought that if the
ildermen will do this work the pro
perty owners will consent to having
the whole street paved.
At the last meeting of the aldermen
i petition was reoeived asking for the
paving of the thoroughfare from
Market to Lewis streets. It is evident
shat this work will be done next
ipring. It is believed that the pro
perty owners between Marset and
Smith streets will not want to see the
improvement stop there.
Latest creations in millinery at
‘The Palace.” 399 State st., (Ricci
Bnilding.) adv
COURT STANDARD TO
GIVE ANNUAL BALL.
The members of Conrt Standard,
Wo. Ill, Foresters of America, are
banning for their second grand annual
jail, which is to take place in Wilder
Hall, Tuesday ' night, November 3.
L'he members of Court Standard are
well known for their hospitality and
i big crowd can be expected.
The following committee has been
appointed to make all of the arrange
ments: T. J. Griffen, chairman; W.
r. Major, j. H. Anderson, J. A.
Beatty, J. G. Gerns, Wm. Kavanagh,
I. J. Clark, J. L. Waters, Matt Bren
nan, T. B. Layden, Russell Dingier |
ind William Owens. John L. Waters !
will be floor manager and his assist-1
mts yill be Russell Dingier and
George Cowan.
Pianos. Cash or time at the old
stand. Peeler Olsen, 86 Smitn st.
5526-9-19-2t-e. w-tf i
WILL RESUME
WORK SHORTLY.
Affairs of the Peith Amboy Ship
building and Engineering Com
pany Straightened out.
MAY START NOV. I.
The mechanics who were laid off at
the shipyard of the Perth Amboy
Engineering and Shipbailding com
pany on Friday, August 7th, when
the concern went into the hands of a
reoeiver, are Boon to start work again.
It is said there is bright prospects
of the company resuming business
about the first of November.
The Perth .Amboy Engineering and
Shipbuilding company, as told in the
News, closed down because the United
States government did not advance
the money to continue work on gov
ernment contracts. A receiver, Will
iam P. Voorhees, of New Brunswick,
was appointed, and since that time he
has been getting things, in order. The
company has plenty of work to do
and when they do resume they will
keep going full force. The steamship
Young America, which is one of the
boats now partly finished, will receive
attention first, it is understood.
CAN NOUN
TWO WEEKS.
The old cannon which the G.( A. R.
is to have placed in Citv Hall pqrk, is
expected here in about two weeks. It
is now at Governor’s Island, the head
quarters of the War Department of
the East. The cannon was brought
there from a southern battle field and
the local G. A. R. is hunting up its
history so as to have that with it.
The cannon weighs about 8,500
pounds. It is known as a five inch
rifle. The exact location of the old
piece has not yet been decided upon.
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Sewing machines for sale by Pe<ier
Olsen, 86 Smith st.
3526a-9-19-2t-e.w. tf
LASSOED THE GIRLS
AT CICAR FACTORY.
James Wescott, of 55 Smith street,
the young man who was arrested on
Wednesday night by Policeman Will
iam McDermott, charged with annoy
ing girls at the cigar factory, was
arraigned before Recorder Pickersgill
this morning and a charge was made
against him by Miss Christina Smith,
who said the prisoner had thrown a
rope around her neck and tri»d to
drag her over the ground.
During the hearing it was found
that the girl had managed to get the
rope from around her neck before any
serious damage was done. The re
corder asked the girl and two witness
es if the boy had ever bothered them
before. After hearing the testimony
the recorder decided that one side was
as much to blame as the other and
dismissed the case.
Captain James Parker was in court
and spoke in behalf of Wescott, say^
ing that the girls at the cigar factory
were a regular nuisance at any hour.
At this Manager Plotz jumped up and
asked the recorder to hold the boy
and he would make another charge
against him, but the recorder snid the
case had h.oen dismissed and told
Plotz to make a new complaint, this
Plotz refused to do.
F.J. LARKIN, 357 STATE Street,
will do plumbing, steam, hot water
and hot air heating on monthly pay
ments.
RESTAURANT
Everything home-made and we know how
to cook and do first-class catering, we do
not sell meal tickets but we h»v’ the finest
tebie bo rd in the city, at $5 a week.
WORRELL’S 46 Smith Street
Tel. Call 200 L. 2
P. N YGREEN,
Successor to L. Albert & Co.
...Photographic Studio...
Everything in Portrait, Landscape
and Interior Photography.
P. O. Building:. Perth Amboy, If. J
S. J. MASON,
Civil Engineer.
102 Smith Street.
RESULT OF
THE STORM.
Bridge at Raritan Lake Carried
Away and Much Damage
is Reported.
LOSS Wl E HEAVY.
Now that the rain has stopped and
the weather has cleared np people are
beginning to count the loss occasioned
by yesterd^-’s storm.
Last night the dam at the Raritan
lake broke and the lake rose so high
that the dirt embankment was wash
ed away and the bridge followed.
The lake is very low.
Early this morning the contractor,
who is building the new Perth Amboy
Trust companys’ building, had a gang
of men at work pumping the water
out of the cellar, which was more
than half full, because the sewers at
Hobart street had become cloggod up
early yesterday morning. The brick
wall, which fell down shortly before
noon yesterday, is almost a total loss.
The bricks and dirt will all have to
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can resume work again and this will
take some time. The bricks them
selves will have to be cleaned before
they can be used.
Street Commissioner Matt Weirnp
had a Bang of men at work clearing
up the cross walks and repairing the
sewers where it is possibly. The
water in many cellars all over town
is being pumped and bailed out.
The big flood of water at the Lehigh
Valley bridges has all disappeared.
The break in the water main lias been
repaired. vThe trolley company found
that the tracks withstood the Btorm
all right. The employes at the Perth
Amboy Terra Cotta works had a great
time when they tried to get out of
the works last night, for they found
the lower part of Buckingham avenue
was a little river and 11 -was necessary
for many of them to get rafts or wade*
up to their knees in the water. A
gang of men were at work this morn
ing and the water had all gone down
the sewer by noon. The weather
seems all right now but the latest in
dications received were, to be pre
pared for a hurricane.
The Staten Island Rapid Transit
railroad had a gang of men at work
trying to make repairs. They hope to
be able to run trains some time today.
The water became, so high in the
yard of the Perth Amboy Terra cotta
works yesterday that the fire in three
of the large kilns was put out. The
sewer in the yard of Charles Wood,
Madison avenue, became clogged, up
with sticks and dirt and fully two
and a half feet of water was in the
yard today.
RAN BONE IN FINCER
CAUSE SWOLLEN ARM.
The cook of the big iron steamer
Mennen, Captain Howell Williams,
from Trinidad, now unloading crude
asphalt at the Barber Asphalt plant,
is laid up with a very painful and
much swollen right arm. A few days
after the steamer had sailed from
Trinidad, the cook, while cleaning
fish, ran a bone in his first finger.
He paid no attention to it until the
whole hand became swollen. He call
ed one of the officer’s attention to it.
The officer did all he could for the
fellow, but the arm continued to swell
and yesterday, upon the arrival of the
steamer he was taken to Dr. Ramsay’s
office for treatment. Blood poisoning
is feared, but if this does not set in,
the fellow will recover.
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! KEYPORT P. 0.
WAS ROBBED.
Burglars Force Open the Back
Door and Make a Rich
Haul.
LOSS MAY BE $500.
Special to Evening News
Keyport, Oct. 10:—The post office
at this place was robl last night.
The loss has not as yt>., been fully
determined, but it is thought it will
amount to about $500. Entrance was
gained by forcing the back door. A
horse and wagon, belonging to Force
& Wyckoff, was stolen during the
night and it is supposed the robbers
made their escape in this way.
The robbery was not discovered
until the postmaster arrived to open
the office tnis morning. He found
everything upside down. The robbers
had evidently used a heavy crowbar
to pry open the back door as the lock
had been forced and there were marks
showing where the bar had been used.
The postmaster always leaves the
doors of tAe safe unlocked so there
was no difficulty in getting at the
contents. In the money drawer, how
ever, there was about $200 in cash,
this was taken. All the papers of any
value were stolen and the robbers
even tampered with the mail to see if
any letters contained money. The
loss in stamps is not fully known al
though all that could be found by the
thieves were taken away
The robbery occurred about 2 o’clock
this morning. This is known because
William Bryne, who lives ove.r the
post office, heard a noise down stairs
about that time. He started to get
his gun to investigate, but his wife X
persuaded him not to. It is now evi- 'N
dent that the noise he heard was the l
robbers below. Wnon the* ll"fcfjhe
robbery spread aboct'^ftown IsSJL
morning, it created no'little excite- '
ment and many people visited the
scene.
POLICE COURT NEWS.
Lonis Kovac was arrested yesterday
for stealing ties from the Lehigh
Valley railroad. Officer McDermott
made the arrest. Kovac was fined $3.
John Skimerhorn was arrested last
night by Patrolman Long for being
drunk and disorderly. He was fined
$5 and paid it.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Ellen Emery died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. E. Schroder, on
Smith street, at an early hour this
morning. Mrs. Emery wns a widow
and was ill for about a week. She
will be buried in Jersey City, Mon
day.
Its the Wav to let things
“v go—that 8 why so
of the World
It’s much the wiser way to take Our
White Pine Cough Balsam, quickly and
cure the cough or cold at the start. Large
bottle 25c.
PARISEN'S Perscription Pharmacy.
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The forecast received at tne local Signs
Station is for northeast storm. Wiad on
northeast. Rain from Hatteras to south
New England coast.
HIGH TIDE.
, OCT A.M. P.M. OCT. A.M. P.M[.
6 7 13 7.97 9 9.11 9.96
7 7.49 8.05 10 9.56 10.11
8 8 31 8.44 11 10.44 11.01
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