The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-06-08
BOROUGH OF STOCKTON.


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terest III lheWeltare Of the company Dress
ed in their uniforms while on their brief visit
here on Sunday evening, they presented a tine
appearance We trust they viii be disposed
10 visit us AGAIN n some future time and ON a
day IN the week when We can oner them a
substantial entertainments
Hon. David Lawshe is nursing Il
broken thumb, the result of run
away accident some time ago.
On Saturday afternoon, Miss Me
Maniman, accompanied by Edith Dilts,
Edith Robertson. Artie and Raymond
Reading, We're enjoying cycle trip to
Eamhertville, aud when crossing the
AleXsauken bridge they were startled
bya large stone. which narrowly missed
striking Miss Edith Dilts. apparently
falling from the top of the bridge. On
an investigation of the matter, two
small boys We're found over head in
the bridge. They had humble. of
stones and sticks stored in the top of
the bridge and were amusing them
selves by throwing them nj passing
wagons and bicycles No action has
yet been taken in the matter. but
| these boys and their parents are given
fair warming that if any thing of the
kind occurs again, they will be prose
cuted to the full extent of the law
Alcxsaukeu bridge is source of
dread to all who are compelled touse it
at night and should he replaced by u
modern IRON structure
An article IN n rountr NAN snnuer of
recent date does an injustice to those
citizens of our borough. who advoea-
ted the passage of the act OF incorpora
ton. II states thai the People,
ticket was framed by those or
posed 10 the incorporation and the
fact that the Peoples ticket was snc-
eessful. would indicate that majority
of the people did not want ncorpora
ton. rs Was claimed nj the time the
bill was IN the hands of the legisla
| ture
The facts in the ease are these. At the
time the petition in fuvor of incorpora-
ton wascircuMted, there were Is, legal
voters iii the proposed borough, 81 of
whom signed the petition and in add
ton to tins, there were quiten number
oflegal VOTERS who declared Themselves
III favor OF incorporation, but who for
REASONS would not take aides in the
matter, Among the balance of the
voters there were = Italians aud per
sons who were receiving aid from the
township who We're not asked To sign.
On the Peoples ticket were names
of men who signed the petition in
favor of the act of Incorporation. and
Mayor elect Moore, during his caudid
aey, declared that hc had always been
favorable 10 the Incorporation Of the
borough.
The defeat Of the Citizen 81 ticketWas
not due to the fact that IL majority of the
people did not want incorporation,
hui was due Ia the incl that some cit.
zens of Stockton Ind personal drudge
t. satisfy and were willing to spend
money to that end
The reasons for incorporation are
good ones, and when the House com
mittec on borough heard them and
also those against, they by unani-
nous vote decided 10 report the bill
favornbly.
In Delaware township there are tive
election districts md the North elect
ION district regularly elects two Of the
members of the township committee
consequently the South election dis
trct is nj the mercy Of the North dis
| trict
In the borough of Stockton it IL cs-
| timatcd tlat there are rntcahlcs to the
amount of $3.50, 900 Now Delaware
township costs it's people for township
| purpose Ice on each 800 of prop
erty, and ON this basls the people of
| Stockton were assessed $500, besides
paying poll and dog taxes, which to
gether with hotel license of
$3.50, will give nearly $1,000 as the
net revenue for borough pur-
| poses alone, and this is II much largcr
sum than Delaware township ever
! spent Oh Stockton in any one year,
let alone doing il yearly, The people
of Stockton hive been paying taxes
and have not been receiving II Just re.
turn in eXpenditurcsf for improvements
This fact alone il sufficient 10 Justify
the people of Stockton IN their with
drawn from Delaware township.
Some years ngo, under the old
school district law, Stockton prncti
cally had local control of the school
matters and at the time Of the passage
Of the free text book law aud the tow II
ship school district law, three teachers
We're employed and graded school
maintained that was a credit To the
village and had the reputation of being
one of the best village schools IN the
county, aud up TO the time of tho
township school Inv, no question OF
politics had eyer entered into our
schools matters but when the passage
Of that act removed the chool to til,
township control men for poIticA
reasons voted down the school appropria
tons at least three consecutive times aut
they were only finally passed whcn ne
duocd 70 an amount entirely too small fo
the purpose To-day but two teachers art
employed by the township school anthOri
ties, aud under the present arrangement
in the primary department we have q
morning session for American ehidref
and an afternoon session for Italar
children.
The laws Of New Jersey are mandatory
and say that the American flag shall
foat from every school ground but in
spite of that law no American flag floats
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