Perth Amboy evening news. [volume], January 11, 1913, Last Edition, Image 1

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LEWIS INIXON PREDICTS A GREAT FUTURE FOR PERTH AMBOY
PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS.1 —
WEATHER: Rain to
night and probably
tomorrow. Clearing
and .cooler tomor
row night.
TWtLVK I'Al.tS,
TEN CENTS A WEEK.
PERTH AMBOY, N. J., SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1913.
TWO CENTS A COPY
25-FOOT CHANNEL IN
8TATEN ISLAND 800ND
ONLY THE BEGINNING
Famous Ship Builder Discusses Fu
ture of This Section With Enthusi
asm—Channel Down Bay Next.
LOOKS AHEAD FOR 15 YEARS
"Perth Amboy and every community along the whole
thirty mile stretch of Staten Island Sound should welcome a
twenty-five foot channel," said Lewis Nixon to an EVENING
NEWS reporter to-day. "Perth Amboy should be particularly
interested, and were there even a reasonable appreciation,
\\ un. ii 1 fear there is not, of what such a channel would mean to
thr> city, her citizens would all take off their coats and go to
woik in an effort to get the appropriation for the channel
through congress. The more I have studied and become ac
quainted with the transportation problems of the Staten Island
Sound district, the more I have become convinced that the
minute the twenty-five foot channel is assured, tremendous
growth and prosperity for Perth Amboy will inevitably follow.
Perth Amboy is not only a logical railroad ceuter, but it is also
a natural shipping and distributing point. It is perfectly cer
tain that within five years from the completion of the twenty
five foot channel, both sides of Staten Island Sound will be lined
with thriving manufacturing industries. Goods will be manu
factured, not alone for domestic delivery, but a large foreign
business will develop as well. These goods will, to a great ex
tent, be transported by water, and Perth Amboy will become
the shipping point.
Traffic always follows the lines of least resistance, and we
shall presently see the railroads converging at Perth Amboy
for that very reason. Even to-day, the congestion on the Jersey
shore at North river points is so great that a new outlet is de
manded, and as Perth Amboy is nearer to the western points of
shipment, and will also be a logical point of distribution for the
important industries bound to develop along the sound, there
will be a new railroad center.
"There need be no worry about a channel from Smith
street across Raritan Bay," continued Mr. Nixon. "That will
become inevitable from the moment that Congress makes the
first appropriation for a twenty-five foot channel through the
sound—a depth for the sound which I regard as sufficient foi
years to come, although a thirty and probably thirty-five foot
channel will be required across Raritan Bay, to the point where
it will reach deep water off Orchard Shoal Light.
The layman fails to appreciate the natural advantage that
the Kills will be, in developing this new commercial center. All
the minor steamship companies handle freight at a cost that is
beyond competition from any railroad, and the time of delivery
by this means of transportation is infinitely less. Such lines
will feed the great ocean steamships which will receive their
freights at Perth Amboy, and will be prompt and economical
factors in the general scheme.
"I can look ahead fifteen years and see a growth that the
citizens of Perth Amboy and vicinity have no idea of at
present."
"Do you think it feasible to bring ships for these waters
through Kill Von Kull, thence south through the Arthur Kill 7"
was asked Mr. Nixon. "Let no one worry about that," said he.
"I repeat that the minute the twenty-five foot project is under
way, the outlet across Raritan Bay will automatically follow."
W. H. POWELL
URGES DOCKS
William H. Powell, president of the Atlantic Terra Cotta
Company, when seen regarding waterway development in this
vicinity, said:
■'The city of Perth Amboy is to be congratulated in hav
ing a real representative at Washington in the person of our
present Congressman, Mr. T. J. Scully. Mr. Scully is an able
and progressive business man, thoroughly conversant with
needs of Perth Amboy and in strong sympathy with its de
velopment.
"To my mind there is little doubt that the proposed water
ways improvement would be of very material benefit to Perth
Amboy. Certainly by improving the already excellent ship
ping facilities it would make factory sites even more valuable
than they now are.
"It seems to me that a complete channel through the Kill
von Ivull and through Raritan Bay is more desirable than a
turning basin at the foot of Smith street. However, a turning
basin would be quite practical and of great advantage to the
city, and it is probable that the increased facilities will event
ually lead the government to complete the channel through the
bay and out to sea.
"The completion of the Panama canal will probably turn
a great deal of freight now shipped by rail between the two
coasts to shipments by water, and any port on either coast that
can accommodate ships will undoubtedly be busy.
'' The city of Perth Amboy should certainly provide muni
cipally owned docking facilities—even under present condi
tions. The factories alone will benefit by the change if the
proposed improvement of the waterways goes through, unless
the city takes the necessary steps, although the factories are so
intimately connected with the city that anything helping the
factories helps Perth Amboy. However, a convenient dock
v open to all kinds of trade is essential for the good of trade in i
ral and the city in particular."
\ I
GUTS FOREMAN
ON CHEEK AND
MAKESESCAPE
Stanley Hoffman of Cable
Works Scarred for Life by
Cowardly Assailant.
ON TRAIL OF FUGITIVE
Wan Lays in Dark Spot and
Slashes Boss About Face
With Knife.
The police are making a vigilant
search for the man who made a cow
ardly attack upon Stanley Hoffman,
a formeman at the Standard Under
ground Cable Works, last night. He
ripped the victim's check with a
knife and escaped under cover of
darkness. Patrolmen Dunham and
Gutowski made a futile attempt to
find the fugitive. They aided the
victim in securing medical attend
ance.
The attack was made about i>
o'clock, shortly after the men had
stopped work In the cable works.
Hoffman's assailant laid In wait in a
dark spot. As the foreman was pass
ing he Jumped out and with knife
in hand tore at Hoffman's cheeck.
The assailant then ran away. Hoff
man sustained a gash which will
probably caused his face to be scar
red for life. He complained to Pat
rolman Dunham.
tellssTory
OF CANNERIES
Women Packing Tomatoes
With Diseased Hands.
tpeclal by United 1'rrt* Wirt.
Washington, Jan. 11-—Mary Boyle
O'Rielly, whose disclosures of the
I conditions under which employes of
certain canning factories are forced
to work led to a legislative investi
gation and proposed action at Al
} bany, appeared today before the
House Rules committee in support of
the Allen resolution demanding a
congressional probe of matters.
Talking rapidly, Miss O'Rielly for
an hour held the committee with an
amazement at her revelations of
filth and disease in different canner
es. In a factory at Fairport, N. Y.,
Miss O'Rielly said, she found forty
"hildren of tender years at work,
twenty-eight of whom lias a virulent
skin disease. The camp where the
workers live had no provision foi
bathing or drinking. In a Marion,
N. Y., plant the witness asserted she
tomatoes with hands so affected with
skin disease that they were obliged
found bIx women at work packing
to keep them In bandages.
"But the cans are afterward steri
lized so I suppose they sterilize the
filth," she added.
SHINGLE ROOFS
NOT PERMITTED
Still Barred in Revised Build
ing Code-Aldermen Talk.
The building code will be made to
conform with those of a number of
other cities with respect to the use
of building blocks, according to a
decision of the Board of Aldermen
at Its committee meeting last night.
The request to change the code so
as to permit the use of shingles for
roofing within the city limits will not
be granted. They were deemed un
desirable because of fires.
The code at present does not speci
fy as to how fireproof blocks of clay
and cement shall be used. To insure
safe construction Building Inspector
McNamara has caused contractors'to
make walla of such materials thick
er than is required when brick is
used. Builders have objected.
Codes of a number of cities of
about the size of Perth Amboy were
viewed by the aldermen last night.
ROB POST OFFICE AT
LITTLE SILVER 3D TIME
Spec.nl to t\4 EVENING NEWS.
Red BanK, Jan. 11.—Early yester
day morning Little Silver post office
was robbed for the third time within
three months, when yeggmen used
nitro-glycerine to tear off the new
time lock and wrecked part of the
building. They got $200 in cash.
The last robbery of that office took
place a month and a half ago, when
$150 were taken.
Learn to write at Trainer 'a.
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1913
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES
Issued at the
PERTH AMBOY GARAGE CO.,
MADISON AVENUE
George F. Baker Leavinsr Capitol
With His Son After Testifying
rrnFYiHa BrWftt pujo committee
nfrwia w witntwma »Mot*iioi
Washington, Jan. 11—New York's
most active "money baron," George
F. Baker, chairman of the board of
j directors o the Kirn. National bank,
partner of J. P. Morgan and trustee
J in banking and railroad companies
| of huge resources, was the star wit
ness before the money trust com
mittee. Baker is known as the "ac
tive Morgan" of Wall street, lie la
said to be Morgan s personification
of financial domination, filling the
shoes of the magnate since the lat
ter's partial retirement from active
business. Many called him "Wall
street's biggest man." The above
was taken as Mr. Oaker and his son
were leaving the capitol.
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• OUR CITY IS GOOD.
• Our city is a good city be- *
• cause of its citizens. *
• No city is better than its cit- *
• liens. •
• No citizen Is better than his •
• city. •
• But lots of citizens are bet- •
• ter citizens than other men In *
• terms of their loyalty and patrl- *
• otism to the community to •
• which they owe all that they are •
• and all that they can ever ex- •
• pect to be. •
• A good citizen la the best •
• thin* in any city. •
• The best city is that city *
• which hHB the greatest number •
• of good citizens. *
• A good citizen scrupulously *
• endeavors to discharge all of his *
• obligations to the community. •
LUCKY 13 STILL
IS WITH WILSON
President-Elect on His Way
to Chicago for Speech.
8vf.rtal Iv United Prt*»
On Board Wilson's Special Car.
near Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 11.—
President-Elect Wilson's lucky thir
teen was again with him as he sned
across Ohio and Indiana on a Penn
sylvania fast train bound for Chic
ago, where be was scheduled to do
liver a speech at the Commercial
Club banquet tonight. When noses
were counted at the breakfast table
it was discovered there were thir
teen In the party.
"It Is curious how preslstently
that number occurs in my life and al
ways in an agreeable connection,"
said Governor Wilson. The Presi
dent-Elect then recalled that he
started on the Chicago trip on Fri
day and noted he would return to
Trenton on Monday the 13. _
That Governor Wilson had' left the
burden of politics behind was shown
■by his humorous Indulgence in story
telling and small talks with his trav
eling companions. He Jokingly chld
Jed one member for carrying silk hat
I box containing a dress suit, and
when asked if he had brought along
a "tile" he explained that he never
wore a silk hat except when It was
unavoidable and he disliked them in
tensely for personal use.
When Governor Wilson noted the
presence of typewriters on his car he
said, "I must have my old machine
fixed up: I've neglected that too long
for I frequently have occasion to use
It." Governor Wilson is a typist
as well as an expert stenographer,
and for many years did much of his
literary work on an old fashion ma
chine. It Intimated that lie might
write his first message to congress in
that way. "I'm not especially rapid,"
he said, "but I get over the ground
about twice as fast as writing long
hand." The governor criticized th<
modern typewriter because the key
board was Invented by a left handed
man. He said the letters one want
to use the most were on the left Bide
oI the keyboard.
JUDGE LYON 18
! AGAINST PLAN
I Change of Name Would Not
Improve Movement.
i Even though Frank A. Munsey's
Idea of joining the Republican and
Progressives of the country in a par
ty called the Liberal party, has been
ratified by former Governor E. C.
Stokes, of New Jersey, the local Pro
gressives are not bo much In har
jiuony with the plan.
Judge Adrian Lyon in speaking of
'the movement today to an EVENING
NEWS representative, denounced the
proposed propaganda as a move that
would prove Ineffective in acconi
I plishlng the principles of the Pro
igressive party. He is of the opin
! ion that a change of name for a par
ty that would still embo,: ■ thai from
which the Progressives deliberately
separated, would be in no way ac
complishing the principles of the
Bull Moose adherents. Judge Lyon,
speaking for himself said: "1 am not
I in sympathy with the movement at
all. I am not in sympathy with
IMunsey's plan or any other plan
!looking to a compromise between the
Progressive and Republican parties.
It seems so hard for people to get
Into their minds trie fact that the
Progressive party is a separate party,
and as distinct from the Republican
party as it is from the Democratic
party."
Judge Lyon bellves it is more log
ical that the Progressives form a
coalition with the Democratic party
, than with the Republican.
Through an error eggs were quoted
, at 25c a dozen in the adv. of the At
lantic & Pacific Tea Co., yesterday.
This should read: Kggs, Wildmore, in
'sealed cartons, 32e a doz. 111-lt*
Learn Shorthand at Trainer's.
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I Fire Alarm Test
I New fire alarm box No. 55
on Parker Street near Pulaski
Ave., will be tested at 2 P. M.
Monday, Jan. 13. Box No. 93
at Lawrence & Francis Sts. will
be tested at 3 P. M. same day
F. C. COMINGS
Chief of the Fire Department
——
Don't Throw Away Your
Old Fealhers
Bring thi-m to o». We wil' dye,
clean and willow thorn eqnal to new
Satisfaction guaranteed.
The French Millinery
gzam. A*'BOY. 308 State St
SMT'
ENTHUSIASM IN
MOVEMENT FOR
NEW TRADE BD.
NAME SUPT. OF
CITY HOSPITAL
Miss Wary R. Herrmann of
New York Is Selected by
the Managers.
WILL START JANUARY 31
Recently at Bellevue Hospi
tal --Comss Here With Best
of Recommendations.
Commencing on January 21 Miss
Mary R. Herrmann, of New York
City, will serve as superintendent of
the City Hospital. She lias been se
lected by the Board of Managers of
the institution to serve permanently
in that position, replacing Miss
Bessie Blair, who Is now serving
temporarily. The latter will most
likely remain at the institution. She
will probably assist Miss Herrmann
In supervising the work at the hos
pital.
The appointment of Miss Herr
mann as superintendent was brought
about by the recent ousting of Miss
Alice S. Wood. She had served as
head of the Institution and together
with her assistant. Miss Sarah E.
Engvall, and the night superintend
ent, Miss Nell McAteer, severed con
nections with the institution when
informed that her services were no
longer desired. The charge against
■Miss Wood and Miss Engvall was in
fraction of a rule to leave the insti
tution without notifying a manager.
Miss McAteer was discharged for
talking over the telephone with Dr.
Edward Hanson. Managers charged
they used the hospital wire tor half
an hour.
Miss Herrmann comes highly
recommended, according to the man
agers who engaged her. In announc
ing her appointment today, they
stated: "Her references are of 11
Very high order from each place
where she has been stationed and in
clude one from the superintendent of
Hahnemann Hospital, New York
City. The committee has every con
fidence in tho selection of Miss Herr
mann and feel sure of the continued
success of the institution."
Miss Herrmann is a graduate of
the Elizabeth General Hospital and
a post graduate of tho Women's Hos
pital of New York City. She acted
as assistant superintendent of Mid
dletown Hospital, Middletown, Conn.,
for a year and was then called to the
Elizabeth General Hospital again,
where she served for three years as
director of nurses and in full charge
of the training school, since which
time Bhe has been in the admitting
office of Bellevue Hospital, New
York City.
Demand for Tickets for "Get
Together" Dinner Has Ex
ceeded Expectations.
CAN'T ACCOMMODATE ALL
May Hold Overflow Banquet
Elsewhera--Real Interest
Is Being Aroused.
BUSINESS WEN ACTIVt
Platform Prepared at Meet
ing Last Night-Now on
Sound Working Basis.
An approved working basis for th*
Board of Trade was outlined in de
tail last night at a meeting of tha
officers of the board and the citizens'
committee. They met in the cam
paign headquarters at 178 Smith
street and threshed out a proposi
tion to start Board of Trade work
right. A long platform, containing
some of the many new things to be
undertaken was adopted. it will
probably be fully completed and pub
lished next Tuesday.
The board will undertake to carry
out ideas and suggestions to make
the city a bigger, brighter and bel
ter one to live In. Its advantages
over most cities in the country are
numerous, it is claimed. The facts
that it has a large area to sproad
over westward and northward, that
It has water on three sides and Is bo .
favorably situated at the mouth of
the Karitan river and at the head ot
Raritan Bay, give it au unusually
good future, according to the Board
of Trade.
Demand for seats at the get-to
Packer House, commencing at G.30
o'clock Monday niglit, exceeds the
dining room capacity. So numerous
are the applications that there is talk
of holding an overflow dinner at
some other place in order to accom
modate all who apply. The commit
tee is delighted with the euthu.-dam
'veing shown by the Imsinep meu lti
the movement.
INVEST1GATEG0NTRACTS _
FOR ALL PRIVATE WIRES
.Ipeelal *>v United rrcst trfr#.
Washington, Jan. 11:—Investiga
tion of the private wire contracts ol
the WeHtern Union, Postal Telegraph,
and American Telephone and Tele
graph companies were ordered today
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. Use of wires l>y others than
contracted parties Is alleged, and is
a violation of the law.
Learn Shorthand at Trainer's.
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LATEST
ROBBER THREW PEPPER
Special bu Unite Pr'sj Wire.
Camden, Jan. 11:—Helen H. Jeffries, Cashier of the Richard W.
Jeffries Company, steel lock manufacturers, was returning from the bank
to the factory today with $500 in cash when a man threw a handful of red
pepper iu her face and eyes and snatched the money parcel. He was caught
after a chase of three blocks. He gave his name as Alfred W. Cooley, son
of a councilman. He was committed to jail without hail. The girl's eyes
were frightfully injured and she may lose her sight.
ELBERT HUBBARD
Special bv United Press Wire.
Buffalo, Jan. 11:—Upon his plea of guilty and his further declaration
that hereafter he will not put naughty Jokes in his publication, Judge Hazel,
in the United States district court today, fined Elbert Hubbard $100. Fra
Elbertus, of the Roycroft Inn, was indicted yesterday afternoon on the
charge of circulating through the mails a publication containing "certaia
printB of an obscene, filthy and Indecent character."
CASTRO LOSES APPEAL
Special by United f'rexs
New York, Jan. 11:—Cipriano Castro, former president of Vene/.uel i,
will not he allowed to tread the white way, pending decisions of the immi
gration authorities regarding his admission to tlie country. Judge Jloldt, of
the federal circuit court, refused to admit him to bail and the general must
abide on Ellis Island.
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