Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-07-27

The NJ. E. Sabbath school is picnicking
at National Park to-day.
Harness maker Knissll has bought a
building lot on Curtis avenue, from l. +.
Knisell.
A week ago the Postal Department dis
continued the 80 Philadelphia m all. This
mail has been a permanent one since post
master Abbottis term, over twelve years,
and its discontinuance is a great incOnven-
fence to business interests here and patrons
of this office generally. Postmaster Dell
has made application to have it restored
Mr.. C. J. Davenport, of Hurffvills,
widely known as dealer 10 agricultural
implements and dairy supplies, advertises
an appliance which will interest farmers
generally and dairymen especially 1t will
be exhibited at both the Grange picnic at
AlcyOn Park on August 2, and the Farmers
Picnic at Washington Park on Aug. 10
The order of deptasophs will have two
suits to defend arising from death claims
where the decedent was a suicide. The
order has regulation that the heirs of no
suicide can collect from it, but the estates
of the late Dr. Campbell, of Elmer, and the
late Richard Layton, of Pennsgrove, will
demand the amount of the policies held by
the deceased, and failing to receive 1T will
bring suit.
Through F L. Wilkins Estate Agency
Capt. B. w CT nd has leased his bes utiful
residence on Delaware street, furnished, TO
Mr. George L Brown, of EdgeW oTth, Pa,
from August 2 to April LIST next Mr..
Brown is one OF the New York Ship Build
ing Company. Mr. and Mrs. Cloud will
spend considerable time in visiting health
and pleasure resorts, and board during the
Winter.
Chairman Leeds, of the combined
committees of Fire and Streets, has pur
chased the StoctOn FIRE horses, and they are
ensconced in the new fire house on Della
ware street. They are a beautiful team
light and dark gray sixteen hands high, and
possessed of large amount OF horse intel
ligence. They are thoroughly broken to
fire service, and are no doubt good general
workers. The next responsibility for
Chairmen Leeds and Batten will he to find
Job for them with as little Ere service az
is consistent with keeping the fire apparatus
always ready for use.
There is said to be an unpleasantness
in Friendship Fire Company over the
action of Council in employing person to
haye charge of and work the city team,
because the company was not consulted in
the selection. Without attempting to argue
the fine points If the controversy, we be-
lieve the real purpose for which this team
was purchased was to draw a street sprink-
Ter, carts, scraper and to perform general
city work independent of FIRE purposes
The half dozen fire calls We have in year
certainly do not warrant the permanent
ownership Of team by the city, hence
Council was justified in eleciiDg a driver
and care-taker of the team. The Con
stitutiOR's opinion is that Council was
too hasty in electiug tesmster be-
cause: Article III, Sec /. of Friend
ships bylaws says, ut shall be the duty of
the driver upon an alarm of FIRE. TO see
that the horse is hdraesscd 10 the hose
carriage and to proceed at once
to the, fire with all possible dispatch"
We fail to see wherein the provisions
quoted have anything to do with this team
Of horses. They are to be driven TO the
ladder truck, when the truck is needed,
and the hose carriage will probably be
manipulated as before. This team is a new
departure, and until formally turned over
to Friendship, are under the control Of
Council, and if the fire laddies are going to
scrap over them the thing for Council TO do
is to keep possession of them when not en-
gagged 10 actual fire service.