The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-17
NEWS IN NOTES.
STATE NOTES.

A syndicate Of large capitalists have
organized and Incorporated as the
Union County Land Company for the
purpose of improving the handsome
summit property OF Ira Il. Doying.
Frank Bergen, of Elizabeth, is one Of
the organizers OF the company which
will probably be financially backed
by the Mutual Life Insurance Com
rany of New York. The Doying
properly comprises one of the finest
tracts OF Summit real estate, and for
years it has excited the envy OF the
many large capitalists who have de-
sired to operate Summit property.
\ Ex-Postinaster John l.. Conkling.
patterson. has joined hands with Ed
.Aard Il. Haincs In "a newspaper enter
wise. Mr.. Haines Is the man who
Minded the Paterson CAL. He is
~ about to establish the Paterson
VIZ NeDs an evening paper OF
hbtful politics. The capital stock
the corporation is SEQ, 600, and will
4 begin business with So, 200. Mrs. K.
u. Haines furnishes two thirds OF the
money.
The directors of the First National
Bank of Asbury Park will refuse TO
pay the borough and township assess
inents upon their capital stock on the
ground that they are taxed too much.
The capital stock is assessed at S17O,-
OO0. of which 800, 600 is par value and
SO. 900 surplus. The bank claims
this is more than double the burden
that other invested money has to
bear, and if the same amount of
money were invested In real estate 1t
would be assessed at $50. 900, with q
tax of SIS. so on a thousand. The di-
rectors cite instances where valuable
hotel property was assessed less than
one-fourth the sum that had been re-
fused for it.
The new bridge to be built across
Mullica river, uniting Burlington and
Atlantic counties, will be $50 feet long
\and made up of four spans of $50 feet
each.
p. X. Post, who owns the farm on
\ mich the battle of Princeton vas
fought, has erected a plain and sub
stantial stone to mark the exact spot
where General Mercer fell in that bat
tie.
The Plainield Gas and Electric
Light Company has been incorpor-
ated with a capital stock of $175, 600.
The President has sent 10 the SEN
ate the nomination of Alexander II.
II llllAh w OC SOifCCtOA VI OhotOAAAD AOA
the district OF Bridgeton.
The lives of at least a score of peo-
pie were saved on Sunday night by
The presence of mind of Rowland
Smith, night baggagemaster OF the
North avenue railway station. Plain
\ field. Forty or passengers were
y crossing the track to board a late
I train for New York just as a Wash
ington express came rushing toward
them. No whistle or other alarm was
sounded, and the people were unaware
OF their peril, but Mr.. Smith, at the
baggage car of the train from Somer-
Vile, saw the express approaching,
Nand, at the risk OF his own life, ran
hlong the track and with violent
thouting and in soine cases using ply
: ,tal force, drove the people beyond
Ssfe danger point just as the train
Vhizzed past. Five wome fainred
ElIen they saw what a frightful death
fBey had so narrowly escaped.
The Elizabeth Board of Trade
elected Lebbeus b. Miller, superin-
tendent of the Singer works, presi-
dent: Prof. j. Madison Watson, vice
president; c. Addison Swift, secretary;
Arthur V. Denman. treasurer. The
Board of Directors, as chosen, o II
sists of one member from each of the
eight wards in the city. The yearly
report showed the organization to be
in a fiourishing condition.
Il le largest number of communi-
cants ever taken into one church at
one time in the history of Plainfield
were received into the fellowship of
the Trinity Reformed Church on
Sunday, when ninety-four new mem
bers were admitted, eighty-six on con-
fession of faith and eight by letter
from other churches. At the same
time forty new members were re-
ceiyed into the Crescent Avenue Pres
byterian Church, twenty-five into
the First Baptist, and forty-six into
Hope Chapel, a Mission of the Cres-
cen Avenue Church.
David Gardner. father of ex-Coun-
Gilman William Z. Gardner and one
OF Plainfield's original settlers, was
stricken with paralysis while seated
at the breakfast table, on Sunday,
and is so perfectly helpless that he
cannot speak a word or move a
muscle. This is the third p~aralvtic
stroke he has suffered. He is more
than ninety years of age.
State Librarian Hamilton yesterday
began the removal of the 81. 900 vol
umesin the State Library to the spa
cious apartments set apart for his use
in the new portion OF the State CAPT
toI.