New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-01
UNION COUNTY.
ELIZABETH.
,rxxsytvANIA RAILROAD ALTERATIONS NEARla
COMPLETED REDIsTRIcTING PRO-

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COMPLETED REDIsTRlcTING FRO
posEp-NEws NOTES
II the Elizabeth City Councii rathes tne action
,,ksp nv the Board OF Education last Tuesday
night then F.lzabethport will have one OF the finest
schools in the state
rha hoard wants the Mayor and city Council 10
hord the city in the OF 5000 to pay for the
; orsc,ion of q big school in place OF old No l. The
,ew buIldng Is to accommodate lsD pupils, and
will be three stories high, built OF brick with terra
Gotta trimmings. and will be lS by W fset. IL VIII
have thirty classrooms. with an assembly room on
the TOD floor On each floor VIII be cloakrooms ana
ais rooms for principal and teachers htted up with
all modern improvements. The pan OF the school
Is arranged to give light to all the rooms from three
sdes The Board OF Education will Immediately
advertise for bids when II gets the sanction OF the
CITY Council 10 go ahead
Archbishop Corrigan last Sunday visited Eliza
bethport and inspected the new church "fach the
Pev Marten Gessner, pastor OF ST. Paricks Is
buding in tina. part OF the city. The Archbishop
was surprised at the size Of the edice' which when
comnIs.ed will, cost $4,000 and he said there
.su churches in his diocese which exceeded Il in
architectural beauty. 1t is built OF Maine granite
and the stained glass windows will cost SiSo The
cornerstone of the church was laid IN l"', and Il
will take nearly two years more. II is estimated.
70 conplete IT, Every part Of the work so far done
p.eed 1t will be free Of debt and ready to be con.
secrated
The last OF the arches which the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company has erected in Elizabeth under
its track elevation completed on Monday The
arch spans West Jersey-st., and that thoroughfare
is again open TO travel. The Pennsylvania Company
has only 10 raise the tracks north u Mary-st AMI
nri.b the south-st girder bridge to have all the
work in connection with its change o. grade CON-
pleted.
The Elizabeth Street Railway Company has COM
Melted the LAYING OF a spur which will enable The
terminus OF the line 10 be TWO blocks nearer the
PENNSYLVANIA and Central Railroad stations.
The Republicans at Elizabethport say that there
should be redistricng of that part Of the city They
want the boundary lines OF the Second and Third
wards changed TO the Central Railroad tracks IA
Broadway instead OF having Second-sL the dWiilns
line BY making this change the Third Ward now
Democratic, would be made Republican ana this
would give an additional Republican Councilman
and School Commissioner and give that party con-
troll OF the Board OF Education. The last redisrei-
ing was a shameful gerrymander on the part Of Inc
Democrats, who then controlled the CITY Coune"
and Legislature. M - ., IA.
and award the contract for doing the scaN ss
YORK Of for n se re nsH tf for the JOB there
being twenty proposals IN the ha''s VI "'' -"
There were many pleasurable affairs he'd in Elis-
abeth Thanksgiving eve the principal ones o T1s
he fanCy-dress
Judge Mccormick and several other promnen,
Catholic women for the poor OF st. Mary PARISH
the entertainment and masquerade ball OF me leu,
tonia Singing Society In queens Hall: the Dali o,
the Ladies' Aid Society Harmonic in Turn Han anu
the Bushtown Association ball at their clubhouse;
A pretty home wedding took place on Wednesday
afternoon in Union Township. the contracting par
ties being Randolph r. Garrison. well-knoNN D'sl-
man. OF this city, and Miss Millcent \ n n
ding The ceremony performed by the rev.
Or f. NJ McAllister. rector OF Trinity Chufcn IN
the presence Of many friends and was followed oy
a reception. Mr.. and Mrs. Garrison VIII I'VE ID
Elizabeth. go.
There was a special harvest service al Grace
Church Thanksgiving eve. Gifts for the poor aaa
for charitable institutions were received Al he PAT
ish house and distributed early THANKSGIVING pay,
The Rev DR. Sleeper. the rector. retired from the
position which he has held for five years as ireas.
urer OF the building fund. and successor "as
chosen.
The gifts % turkeys chickens etc. 70 the Genera.
and Alexean hospitals. the orphan Asylum w
Home for Aged Women. and the Day Nursery I'M,
year were unusually large. and the NEEDY poor "
the city also well looked after go.
Invitations out FOR the wedding OF FREDERICK
= Debo OF this city, and Miss :. Elizabeth DE ROY,
est. Of New Milford. The ceremony VIII take p'aC7
on Wednesday. December T.. -.
The women of the Fulton Street Methodist Epls'
copal Church will give "A three days far ana s'p,
per on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights q
week.