New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-15
dorc Sickley. Miss Phoebe Mu,iorn So
Josephine Hagel: treasurer. MISS Ann"
ELIZABETH.
vopx,,rv AND TRADESPEOPLE HAPPY
OVER THE INCREASE IN BUSINESS

rntr SHOPS STARTING UP-BENEFlIS OF 'H'<
,rv r,upo,ps- NOTES or LOCAL INTEREST
,-A han, f., Industrial circles In this city. noticed
~ o,ks ago I'm The Tribune, still continues i"-
N rrsy Gamer Extraction Works. when nave
hoo, closed since last year. are again sthrt"s "p'
and II IS said full force Of employees VIII w In"
ON The company has several large oiu''S VI, mn"
Tho Pail & Wood Engine Works during the las.
week received a big order which " Is sa''' WIZ
keep the works busy for two years
The Bowker Fertilizing Works are to be eh'a'sr1
10 double their present capacity to meet the largely
incr. osal demand for the products. n ne" pone'
OF 800 horsepower is also to be placed in the pant
A. the Singer Sewing Machine Works nearly 80"
machines are now being shipped weekly. All the oI
hands many OF whom had been idie ior SIX non'''
or more have been taken back. and new additions
% ,ho y,rkino force are being made daily. over
200 opcratves are now employed. where year ago
the number was reduced 10 less than hal TINS nsue'
The introduction Of electric strectcars IN i.i'za-
beth has wr3ugn, w0nh' f, HING slow take
n-easy sort of town has become "A H'e' DiS'""s
place with a metropolitan aspect: ,.
The storekeepers report a marked lnlprot 'n"ii
In business since the advent OF rapid transit. anu
rejoice over the new era that has dawned on the
t:x-consrcssman Kean has franchise f9r hIlli,
Ing an electric railway from the central hilfV {
station up Morrs-ave. to the city lire. IL - p.-
lcved Mr. Kean will try to unite the East jersey
hranch by means OF Broad-st. the road to pass
,rirr The western arch, which spans the fennsyl-
van,a Railroad ut this point and furnishes com,
munica ton between Norris and Broad SIS 9houu
he get this privilege from the city Council electric
cars could be run from the water front at Eliza
bcthport up Jcrscy-st. and out Morris-aVe. 70 'hc
ciiy line. "A distance OF nearly -FOUR mllrS arr, II
wIud be only n question OF time when the trolley
would be extended through Morris-aVe; % moi
sPrnsned ana summit towmsap5 >an All o. T preg
cni people living In Springfield or Union have no
way OF reaching Elizabeth. the county seat. except
by driving there. Summit people nave me alt"tra-
Newark and from there max" their way to the
PENNSYLVANIA or Central stations In Newark 10 GET
A train FOR Elizabeth, when rOurdabout journey
consumes nearly half day This INCONVENIENCE
Will be ak done away with when the trolley u eA-
tended from Elizabeth 10 summit
The schOo' enumeration has been nniSh"I
and shows q Increase over .asf year.
on Wednesday the construction OF n pound
was begun and II is now ready for the reception OF
unmuzzled or unlicensed CANNES. which. II not
death with gas. President T. /. Edwards of the
society FOR the Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals
will supervise this job. There Is much Indignation
over the location OF the dog pound. which l. AZ the
rear Of the C.ty Hall. and In a nice residential
neigh bOThopI
,;rounI for thc new public school At Elizabeth
port was broken on Tuealay. com missioner hurtz.
chairman OF the I,u.lling Committee. turned the
first sod. and the other three Commissioners pres
ont together with Architect Provost. Ia" Rev. Or.
turned a sod Tho spade usrI for me ceremony
Will be decorated and suitably inscribed ana huns;
no in N" school as souvenir The new
building viii cost between 5000 snd sC'DN
Two hundred children ~ -. II lry's church gave
"A delightful entertainment consisting Of fine
choruscs intrcaf" marches. fairy dancing. and
fabelus on Wc,ln"s lay afternoon and evening IN
the Drake opera House.