The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-09
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Preparations for Hts scmt-Centennfal
-~Crarmped for Room.
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Special Il the Jersey CITY Ne1rs.
NEWARK. May 8, S95.-preparations
for the s-emi-centenniai celebration of the
founding OF the New Jersey Historical
Society. scheduled to take place at tre
Essex Lyceum on May 16. are being rap
idly pushed to completion. and the in
vitations sent out to the proposed guests
are meeting with ready acceptance. The
morning session will be devoted to the
business OF the society. and the pubic
exercises. consisting or a review OF the
socletyss work tor Inc past fifty years by
Secretary William Nelson. ana the pres
entations of the socletyis gold and SILVER
mccall TO ex-PreSidenL Benjamin Harfl-
son.. An address by Professor Woodson.
OF Princeton University. with other ex-
~ercises will make up the balance OIL the
programme. Invitations are being sent
to the members in good standing.
'sThe society is at present cramped for
room, said Recording Secretary Ernest
Last year a committee consisting of
Charles Bradley. Francis M. Tichenor.
William R. Weeks. William Nelson and
Carrot .. w. Vroom was appointed 10
manent home for the society. The pres
emit quarters are SO small that we have
no room for the display OF the historic
articles. while valuable and interesting
data, documents. relics and curlos are
slowed away in boxes and hidden III
hooks and crannies. MI. Bradleys COM
mIILCe~WdS authorized I DISK pCOPlC ~
owned stock in the Newark Library As.
ISOLATION to contribute their holdings of
such stock to the Historical Society. The
committee was also authorized to ac-
cept cash contributions and to purchase
the stock with the same, paying not more
than par.
.The committee has met with consid-
cradle success in it's work" Mr.. Coe
continued, Franklin Murphy and Cyrus
Peck. although not members of the spec
ial committee. rave contributed liberal
ly. Every person contributing stock OF
the wherewithal to purchase it, is made
a life member of the society. Oh, no.
we have not yet succeeded in securing a
majority of the stock.
This is purely a business transaction
between the two concerns. It might pc
called an enterprise on the part of the
Historical Society. # the city buys the
plant as it stands the society will re-
ceive cash in proportion to the amount
of stock it holds. On the other hand
should the city decide 10 go elsewhere
to purchase a library site the Library
| Association will have no further use for
the plant and will dispose of it to the
highest bidder, I presume. In either
case. no matter who purchases, the His
torica1 Society will receive. cash. for its
stock. The money obtained in this way
| will be devoted to the erection of a larger
and more commodious home for the So
cfety."
Flow about the report that the His
torical Society is Securing Library stock
| with the intention Of ousting the Library
| Trustees?' o. asked the reporter.
ridiculous" answered Mr. Coe,
members of the Historical Society, Is it
| likely that we would be trying to eject
ourselves? Our object is to secure a
place of our own where our collection
# historical matter can b E displayea to
lie. The people who have contributed
stock gave most cheerfully."