The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-02
STATE NOTES.

The stock of the Newark Electric Light and
Power Company is being purchased on account
Of some New York and Philadelphia capitalists
interested in traction companies. The purpose
is said to be to run the company in connection
with the electric railway system. The Thorn
son-Houston Company is said to be in the deal.
Corson's Inlet, famous for its sheepshead and
rock fishing, is gaining an enviable reputation
for duck shooting. Hundreds of ducks are being
bagged fifty in one forenoon's shooting. Thou
sands of ducks flock there every day because the
inland bays and t-horoughfares are still covered
with heavy ice. Uncle Jacob Peterson, the
draw bridge tender, who has seen over eighty
winters, says he never saw the like before. At
Sea Isle City gunners have had good luck in
shooting ducks from behind the huge ice wall
which lines the strand.
Petitions are being circulated and a majority
of the Borough Commissioners are making a de-
termined effort to have Asbury Park incorpo-
rated under the borough law of 1891. The new
charter would make no change in the existing
liquor regulations nor in any way embarrasS the
temperance element. The boundaries OF the
borough, as proposed, ace Deal Lake on the
north, Wesley Lake on the South, the ocean on
the east and the railroad on the west The au-
thorities believe that the resort has outgrown its
original special charter, which was granted
when the town was in its infancy. The powers
conferred by The original law are very meagre,
and the town has been beaten Ia court very fire.
quently because the ordinan ce under which the
prosecutions were brought We're defective.
The crew of Life Saving Station No. 4, at Cali
lee, on Saturday found a man bathing in the
surf. AS he acted strangely, they took HIM in
custody. He proved to be August Wybaum,
who recently escaped from the state insane
Asylum.
The Presbyterians of Asbury Park will build
new church editice in the spring Co cost about
SIS, 900. 1t will be built of stone, in the Gothic
style of architecture. The main audience room
will have a seating capacity of $50, and the Sun
day school room will comfortably seat $50. The
church will be built on q tract of land $50 feet
square, owned by the society. Thirteen years
ago Founder James A. B adley presented a lot
to the church. The lot was sod for st, 1000, and
the proceeds were adde | to the building fund.
The Asbury Park and Belmar Street Railway
Company, which was Incorporated several days
ago, to operate an electric railroad between the
above named PLACES, is meeting with more OPP
position than was anticipated. The company
wants to lay its track on the macadam road,
which was built two years ago at a cost Of
$40, 0G0. One-half Of the property owners along
the proposed route signed the petit IN, l1nciul4
ing the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association,
and the company applied to the Township Com
nittee for a franchise. But an opposition to the
road was stirred up, which has caused the au-
tborities to delay taking any action at the pres
ent time. The opponents claim that, as the ma
cadam road is the only artery south to Spring
Lake, Sea Grit and Belmar, and as Il Is fully
patro nized by wealthy Summer cottagers as a
driveway, it would BE- be a deathhlow for Asoury
Park to grant the company's application.
A collection for the benefit Of fore gn mis-
sions was taken VI in the First Presbyterian
Church at Orange recently, and Edward VIII
lams, one of the deacons. placed a hundred
dollar bill on the plate. After he services the
donor helped the Others count the money. To
his surprise his bill was not 10 the collect ion.
An advertisement for the lost bill appears IN a
local paper.
near Paterson, have found nearly $1,000 Ia goId
and silver coins in their barn during the past
month. None OF the money was OF later date
than 1927. The money apparently dropped
from the ~rafters, hut q careful search failed to
reveal any hidden store.
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