The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-10-25


PRESIDENT ARTHUR AT PRINCETON
President Arthur, accompanied by his
son, Chester Allan Arthur, Jr left his
house in Lexington avenue, on Tuesday
morning of last week. shortly before ten
o'clock, aud drove to Jersey City, where
he took the eleven o'clock train for
Princeton. When he reached the station
he found President McCosh in waiting
They drove to DR.. McCoshs house,
where, after dinner, he made brief adj.
dress to several hundred students. lie
expressed his thanks for the cordial man
ner in which he had been received, and
said that as proof of his high estimation
of the College of New Jersey and of his
confidence in the faculty and students he
intended to leave with them that which
he priced more than anything else--his
son.
The Presidents son, formerly of the
class of "a at Columbia. will enter the
class of 50 at Princeton. The object of
President Arthuf's visit was to examine
personally the institution. After making
the address he visited the gymnasium
museum, library and other buildings, and
expressed himself as greatly pleased with
what he had seen. He left Princeton on
the five o'clock train, the large crowd
that had assembled cheering, him re-
peatedly.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has established cab system to carry pas
sengsrs from the Broad street station to
any part of the city. These cabs are
something new in Philadelphia, and re-
semble those used for 4 like purpose in
London. The following rates have been
adopted
THE rates for tho hausoms by the trip
for one or two persons arc For mile
and half or less, % cents, and every AL
ditional mile or fraction thereof. Is cents.
When hired by the hour the rate for I'll @
first hour or fraction thereof is 65 cents
for each additional hour, IS cents, and for
each additional quarter hour or less, 90
cents. The charges for the four-wheel
cabs by the trip for one or four persons
are For one mile and half or less, 50
cents, and for each additional mile or
fraction thereof, 20 cents. The charges
by the hour for the 'ionr- wheelers' are
the same as for hansoms. Ten squares
north OF south of Market street and twelve
squares east or west OF Broad street are
reckoped as Il mile.
A CORNER IN RUBBER. rubber,
the highest grade that comes to this
market, was selling in New York on
Wednesday at Sl.20 a pound cash and
S1.25 on four months credit. This is the
highest figure that rubber has ever reach
cd in that city, and is nearly double the
price of two years ago. The market has
been cornered by spectators, who have
1t in their power to fix any price they
please. A meeting of rubber manufact-
urers was held in New York on Wednes-
day to devise some means of fighting the
corner. Seventy manufacturers were
present, some of them having come from
distant parts of the country. They repre-
scented $40, 000,00 capital and were the
employers of from $4,000 TO $4,000 mon.
Among the firms represented were the
Boston, Phoenix, National, American,
New York, Dodge 4 Sinclair, Globe,
Woonsocket, Summit, Whitehead Bros,
Home, Hamilton, Star, Eddy l. Co. and
L. Candee Il Co. The meeting lasted
more than four hours and at times the
discussion became very heated. A COM
mittee of five was appointed to report on
the ACCESSIBILITY of closing all the rubber
mills 10 the United States, and of organ
fzlng company 70 Duy up All tne fuoDer
at Para and distribute it among the man
ufacturers The members OF this COM
mittee were A. Spadore, OF the Gutta
Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Com
pany Joseph Bannigan, of Woousocket |;
E. 5. Converse, of the Boston Rubber
Betting Company B. F. Goodrich, of
Akron, Ohio, and representative of
Eddy & Co., of Boston,