The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-08-10
FIRST WARD ITEMS.


FIRST WARD ITEMS.
AccIDENT.--Dickey Slack, son of Richard
Slack. Esq living on South Main street,
while wading in the Delaware day or two
ago, cut severe cash in one of his feet by
coming in contact with some unknown sub
stance under the water.
REAL ESTATE CHANeEs.--John Purtlc,
Esq, has recently purchased the house and
lot known as the Kelley property, on Cottage
Hill. Mr. Purtle's parents expect to move
and take possession the early part of next
month";
! FIRE ENGINES REPAIRs.-During the past
week the fire department committee has had
the Hibernia FIRE engine overhauled and re-
paired. 1t is now in service again.
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ENGINE TRIAu.--One evening last week
the Union steamer was out for trial at the
canal wharf, on Ferry street. The engine
worked splendidly. During the trial the
force of the stream from the engine acct
dentally knocked down terra Gotta chimney,
the fragments falling into the side yard of
M. John Jones' residence. Fortunately no
one was injured.
AReITY.--0wing to the scarcity of news
items, visit to the news shop was necessary
TO secure the following
a New Public CIock.--For some time past
the residents of Cottage Hill have been agi-
tating the question Of purchasing public or
town clock. 1t has been finally agreed to
purchase one, aud the location for the clock
tower has been selected. Owing to the
prominent location of Cottage Hill store
whore choice dry goods and groceries in album
dance eau be purchased, with intelligent and
manly clerks to wait upon you-it has been
decided to erect tie clock tower some forty
feet high, on that Building. The tower will be
fitted up with two faces or dial plates about
ten feet in diameter The hands or pointers
to designate the flight of time will whirl
around on axis that will be set III the centre
of these plates. One of the dial plates will
be set in the tower facing the full view from
the city; the other dial will be set to suit the
residents on Cottage Hill. The dials are to
be illuminated at night, sd that the measure
ment of the flight OF time can be seen far and
near. By the way, city father who Is a
resident in that locality, and who is said to be
chairman of the lamps and gas committee,
insists that the dial plate facing the city shall
be illuminated with the electric light that it
is said he is striving TO introduce into our
city, and the dial facing Cottage Hill, and
particularly the big stone mansion above,
shall be lighted with gas manufactured at our
city gas works This plan, it is presumed,
will have the effect Of pleasing the greater
number of our citizens who favor the intro
duction of the electric light in our city and
wiz .!so satisfy the residents of Cottage Hill,
who still favor the using of gas as an illumina-
tor When you shall SEQ the work progress
sing for this enterprise, note 1T down as q re-
ported fact
Grand IMPROVEMENTS on South Main Street.
Owing to the immense loads that
teams of horses are required to haul to and
fro from day to day, from the several manu-
factories ON this street, and owing to the mis-
cradle condition that this part of South Main
street will get in at times with almost impas-
sable mud, especially during the winter sea-
son, that thoroughfare from Swan Creek
bridge down to the arched bridge'at the Rub
Der Mill will be paved from curb to curb with
nicely selected Belgian blocks from the Goat
Hill quarries, near by. The street will also
be graded to perfection and at night it will be
brilliantly illuminated with an electric light
that our city council propose and are anxious
to introduce here. This light will be placed
on Goat Hill facing the full length of this
street. The light will receive its power from
an understood water wheel placed in the rapids
of Wells Falls at the foot of the hill. When
these improvements are completed South
Main street will be an attraction, for it will
be one of the grandest and finest for driving
of any street in our city. Innumerable bles-
sings will be showered upon the heads of our
city fathers when they order these imagi-
nary improvements to be completed.