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11 NEWS. PERTH AMBOY, N. J.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1903 SECOND EDITION HIGH TIDE FOLLOWS THE STORM AND DOES DAMACE. ' —-- -W 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. - - -- r 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, y I' • l t ^ 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. ! 11 ^.J 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. — 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 _1__ v«vw»v\» w ” wj uic uiasuxiB ! 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. — ' ' --- -- i Stay With Us Eleven Years and Own Your Home Interest on $1,000 borrowed from an iidividul at 5 per cent, for eleven \ oars. $550 Principal to be repaid at end of eleven years. 1.000 -$1,550 0C Total amount paid the Citizens Build in# and Loan Ass n on $1,000 bor rowed cn weekly payments of $2/0 eacn. $1,430 00 _ $120 oo; JOIN UH ANYTIME. Don’t have to Wait for a Series to Open. LOANS MADE PROMPTLY. CITIZENS BUILDING & LOAN AO, 104 High Street. Office always open. ! 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. — ' V ^ VT I v. 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 ——-J