The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-05
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE

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bility for 1899.
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.
A large meeting of the farmers of Burlington
county to investigate the causes which have led
to the present depression of farming interests,
decided that the cause OF depreciation in value s
OF farm lands was primarily an inflated cur
rency, together with the yearly importation of
immigrants.
Governor Leon Albeit, is a great
reader. He has always kept up with current
literature, and is well informed regarding the
tendency Of fiction in these latter days. He adj
mires Rider Haggari's works because they take
the re lder out of hts usual groove.
There are in New Jersey, according to the
statement recently issued by Secretary of State
Kelsey, twenty-eight savings banks and thirteen
other banking institutions. The total assets of
all the banks on january 1 was $SS, 776, ISL. 81;
liabilities, except surplus, $30,8 s60.46; surplus
over all liabilities, So, s8s, sso. So; number of open
accounts, 1897. This is an increase of about
S1.GO0, 600 over the previous year in the assets
and lab lities. The number of depositors has in
creased from 1o5, S95 to 1862, and the. amount
due depositors from S2a,07O, 1898 to $50, &c.,
529.e6
Freight float No. 1866, for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, was launched at Borden
town Saturday.
The Bogert Heights Land Company was or
ganized Friday, with General Bird w. Spencer
as president and Fl. H. Thompson, secretary.
The capital is $50, 900, and the object to develop
a tract of land in Bergen county, opposite Pas
sale.
Congressman Buchanan has introduced a bill
into Congress appropriating one hundred thou
sand dollars to erect a Government building in
Atlantic City.
The Keyport Weekly urges the necessity of or
ganizing a Board Il Of Trade, in order to advance
the manufacturing and other business interests
of the place.
Mrs. Amelia Scheutise. of New Brunswick,
has turned up as the missing heir of John A.
Fisher, the wealthy farmer, who died last week
at Olmsted. Mimi
The Washington Rubber Works has suspended,
throwing 100 operators, mostly female, out of
work. sheriff CLASSIFY has attached the stock
and fixtures for the benefit of the creditors.
Miss Mary E. Simonson celebrated the fourth
anniversary of her taking Office as East Orange
Postni stress, on Saturday, and in recognition of
the event the carriers and other employees of the
office presented her with a handsome portfolio
containing their counterfeit p-resentments on
paper.
Claus Spreckles has finally decided to build a
sugar refinery at Bound Brook. 1t was at first
intended to build at New Brunswick, but a repre-
sentative of the firm said on Friday that the
high rate of taxation was an objection TO locat-
ing there. Probably not less than five hundred
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