New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27
PATERSON.
GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUBS ALLEGED
ECONOMY COSTS MONEY.
TROUBLE OVER orurnrah sroy KEW

TROUBLE OVER oGpHTHEafA sign NEW
LICENSE ORDINANCE PASSED
The continued Illness Of Judge Dixon has made
necessary the transfer Of the CITY Hal fu-H'tusc
ceri,orarl case another iis,'ce OF tae Ne~-jc--
sey Supreme Court Judge Msg.e. who now has
the papers and heard argument at Elizt6eih yes;er-
day When the contract FOR tn furniture o. he
new municipal building awarded 10 homo
firm. the Good Government cub objected because
the bid OF Western house was N.'O 1--we. lae
matter was taken into the courts on cer;orarL ana
the result was to pie up BIZ Of expenses nihen
larger than the amount sought 10 b. saved en- me
contract II IL hal not been sor the ds'i" ne
city could have moved into the new quarters ~
this time. and the city Hall Commissioners c9nd
have been discharged. As It r.. the city Is PAYNE
$40 a month fer Commissioners salaries ana ret
for the District Court and park Commission. wAo
are crowded out OF the OLD Ci;y Hal AMI the ger
erai verdict IS that the economical move OF ne
Goo Coos" didn't ia
The health authorities have been looking IN vain
for persons who repeatedly tore down green signs
announcing diphtherla from the from; Of Mlin-s'
tenemen,-house few days ago The trouble arose
from a disagreement OF doctors. woman in the
tenement house had ve-y throat. and her
family physician treated her for tonsilitis -he
grew worse one day. and her doctor not being
available at the moment. another was called n
who pronounced the diphtherla. The case was
reported 10 the heath authorities. and sanitary
inspector put up the green sign. But meanwhile
the family physician had arrived and insisted that
Il was not diphtheris. The green sign threw the
tenants into CONSERVATION especially two dress
making sisters who feared that their busress
would be ruined by the quarantine The verdict
OF the physician that the patient was not suffer-
ing from d.phtherla induced somebody 20 tear down
the sign and throw 1, into the street. the Heatn
Inspector was Indignant when he found what had
been done. He said that the law required the
premises to be p.acardoi until the diagnosis OF me
family doctor officially confirmed. The latter
called another physician. VINO agreed with him that
the woman's throat was not dlphtheritc An
e,ysls by the Assistant City Physician confirmed
this diagnosis and the Health Inspector ruled thh'
the green sign might come down. When he f2iH
that It was down already. for the second time am
living in the gutter. he wroth at least OH
ciay. and declared that the contemners OF SAM
tary majesty should suffer II caught
Paterson sills-workers express satisfaction with
the fact that one hundred weavers went on strike
lately at the Givernaud silk mills In Allentown,
Penn for a rate OF wages about the same as PAID IN
this city The competition OF the'cheaper labor IN
the Pennsylvania factories has long been felt IN
Paterson and several large movements Tor better
wages in the New-Jersey silk-making centre have
failed because the bosses could have the Work done
| in the Keystone State al lower figures.
The Paterson Womens Missionary Society held iis
| twenty-second annual meeting on Tuesday In the
| First Presbyterian Church lecture-room The So
ciety now controls the Womf ms Homo, on Straignt
ST. formerly conducted by the Womens Christian
Temperance Union. and this and the other work OF
the society reported as in very satisfactory
| condition.
Literary societies have been organized In the
| Paterson High School. and named after different
authors The seniors have a Holmes Society.
| the juniors Irving" and the first-year ciass'
| Lowell"
The women OF Paterson are working Tor mover
| ENTERPRISE II f. TO be a "Womens EDITION OF
three local newspapers in one cover. the proceeds
! from advertising and sales to go TO the paterson
| General Hospital
The Paterson Exchange for Woman's Work, since
| its opening last spring. has proved success.
Nearly 81 900 worth Of goods has been Sold ana ss'S
! paid AS commissions or profits
| non, ordinance makes all retail liquor licenses
| expire together on the first day OF May shnua'y'
| rh nurnose g 10 have the large fund, which Sip-
| norts the Police Department. come In ABOUT the
| has,n,py or the fiscal year. and thus save con-
siderable amount in interest on money borrowed
| from the banks in anticipation Tne ordinance "a'
| OF Alderman Maguire's deVising
| pa,eroon neonle have been interested In the first
appearance OF A. Hobart Smock as an opera s,HgrI,
because he IS the precentor o. me Cnutn OF ne
| ioadaarsr in this city. and well known mere. lie
IL a cousin OF ex-State Senator Carrot A. Hobart.
Mr. Shocks friends We're sorry 10 earn Ty ~, hss o
east in happier artistic tnan swor rs
by the book ana score OF rom yc po,nt oi view
star az Bethlehem Chapter, No. Il, o. r.: >, mas
hon formally constituted and has received It's char
Ter The new chapter is the third OF the order ~
! paterson. and is located in Haledon. suburo OF
this city.
The members OF the three local companies OF he
| 81 Regiment OF militia planning 20 have athletic
| meetings during the coming winter IN the big drill
sned OF the armcry. Cyciometers sno" mat
| sight times around the interior makes A mile. and
bicvcle races will be he'd The rifles and equipments
Of inc high school cadets have been removed TO the
| new armory and the schooboys. who by law are
| an auxIlIary OF the state service. now drilling
there on Thursday evenings under the supervision
| of National Guard off cers.