The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-08-27
LETTER FROM NEWARK.


MIR. EDITOR In prominent auction
house on Market street in this city, the
following suggestive reading upon largo
hanging card attracts those that enter:
The Lord helps every man that helps
himself, but the Lord help any man
caught helping himself here"
The recent census shows that Newark
is once more the metropolis of New Jer-
scy, having over one hundred and eighty
thousand in population. This does not
include Roseville, or the two Oranges, or
the towns on the cast side Of the Passaic
River, which number muDy thousands
more. At one time Jersey City was TAX
ing the lead in population as the largest
city in the state, but this city has recently
made such vast leap ia extending its
manufactures of various kinds, that it
may be stated as fact that it will con-
tinue to be the largest city in the state for
years TO come. 1t is well called 'sthe
city Of tall chlmneys." The Passaic
River being nayigatable for large vessels,
large amount of shipping is done here.
Building and improvements may be seen
In every direction. The frat electric
street railway for this city, to run through
to the Oranges, is near completion, and
much speculation in real estate along the
line is the result.
In the early part of the Summer, the
ice question worried many householdera,
as the ice companies or their combination,
seemed to have control of the supply.
70 cents per hundred was demanded, with
prospect OF further advance, and of
course the price had TO be paid. Last
month large vessel, loaded with ice
from Maine, arrived in the Passaic, and
retailed ice 10 all for 60 cents per 100
pounds. Later, another arrived aud the
price was lowered to 40 cents per 100
pounds, and now the new Kruger Hy-
GENE Ice Manufacturing Company have
fully commenced operations and are sup
plying arlificially frozen ice in large lots at
$40 per ton, or 80 cents per 100 pounds
to all. 1t is stated that the company is
getting about 81 1000 day out of the
plant, and that Il will nearly pay for itself
this season, II the warm weather continues.
Newark and vicinity have railroad at
fractions. Last week on the Delaware and
Lackawana II. r., in East Newark, while
an excursion train was passing through,
one OF the excursionists standing upon the
car platform was knocked off, and two or
three cars passed over him. A large
crowd was soon collected by the report
that man was killed. The attraction
was great Portions Of the body were
collected together and taken away by an
undertaken and the crowd dispersed. The
next day, within sight of the same road,
another man was killed at crossing by
train. The crowd was attracted, as usual,
to see the body gathered up. The same
evening. on the Pennsylvania road. a train
came in to the Centre Street Station with
man stone dead on the cow catcher OF
the engine. The engineer could not tell
where he struck the man. Such cases are
quite common here; yet people will still
violate the rules of the X. II. companies
In standing upon cars and platforms, and
10 walking upon railroads.
Voss' crack band, of Newark, has been
giving weekly evening open air concerts
in Military Park on Broad street. People
by the thousands visit the park to listen
to their splendid music. Friday evening
last concert was being given and vast
throng of people were present. The
clouds overhead began to gather and a
threatening storm was imminent. People
began 10 disperse, and the band seeing
the people leaving, struck up the air
Swat till the clouds roll by" (Which was
not on the programme) 1t pleased the
people wonderfully. Such merriment and
taking part in singing with the band Is
not often heard or witnessed here. But
the storm came all the same; the band
had hardly got through with the strains Of
the music, when the heaviest rain storm
of the season set In, the park was emptied
OF people as II by magic, and the band it.
self, had not time to swat until the
clouds rolled by" for they mixed pro-
miscuously with the crowd 10 vacating
the park. Thus ended the last open air
concert in Military Park. "