Gloucester County Democrat., 1901-08-22

! Mr.. Best, OF the Sewer Committee. pre-
sented the bond and contract of f. p.
Henry for the construction of the sewer
reservoir, which were read and ordered
executed by the proper city officers.
The matter of repairing the bridges oyel
the gutter on West Centre street was re-
ferred TO the Solicitor for an opinion as to
the entire status of that street.
Mr.. Carpenter was granted the privilege
of erecting Il bill board on the curb line in
front of his office.
The Street Committee was authorized to
procure estimates of cost of extending the
stone roads on German and Delaware streets,
from the edge of the county road to the
cobble line. Carried
Police salaries for August $3.50, were
ordered paid.
| The Mayor was instructed to qualify l..
G. Sparks as special officer, OH request OF
the North Woodbury. Athletic Association.
The date of the beginning of the electric
light contract was changed from May tc
July /, on recommendation of Mr.. Batten.
The matter of a conference with the
trolley company and the city, to arrive al
an understanding as to the terms of the
trolley franchise ordinance, was referred to
the Mayor to meet the representatives oi
the trolley company
The Sewer Committee was authorized to
lay 700 feet of 3-ineh water main from
Col. Green's farm to the sewerage reservoir
WANT INDUCEMENTS.
DR.. Reading presented the following COM
munication:
BATH SILK MANUFACTURING Co,
BATH, Pa, Aug. 13, 1901.
! MIR. ERNEST REDFIELD,
City Treasurer, Woodbury., n. J.
Dear Sir: We have been offered build
| ing site in your city of Woodbury. to erect
ii silk mill, and it is in connection with
offer l write you. We manufacture dress
and tie silks of the best grade, but we are
desirous of changing our location to a more
| favorable one, and the writer being for
mer resident of Camden, N. j., and also
acquainted in Woodbury., would ask if you
as Treasurer of the city can offer
us any further inducements to locate
there We have been offered an acre OF
land along one of the railroads, and we
would need building, 3-story, 50/x200>,
to start operation, and when fully equipped
and in running order would employ 300
male and female help. a building of this
character would cost about SIS, 600, includ-
| ing necessary running machinerya and engine,
and in addition to this would be the neces-
sary machinery to manufacture silk goods
such as we now manufacture A plant
such as / have mentioned, in addition to
what we now have, would require between
| $40, 900 and S25, 900 capital to fully equip.
We are an established company and all
connected with the concern are practical
silk men. Our officers are Mr.. Charles J.
Davis, No. 20 Green ST., n. Y. Mr. Alex.
Cruickshank, Bethlehem, Pa. Mr.. VIM. G.
Gordon, Manager, formerly with John D..
Cutter, Bethlehem, Pa, and r. & II.
Simon, Easton, Pa.); Mr.. II. deVeer,
Government Appraiser, Wool Exchange
Building, n. Y, and the writer, Mr.. j.
Harry Shinn, well known in Camden and
Philadelphia, ask you to look up the stand
ing the above gentlemen for reference.
Now what we ask is, can and will the
city of Woodbury. raise $50, 600 or $40, 900
on bond at per cent. to establish a first
class industry of the character l have given
you details of. We have been offered
similar inducements by towns not 50
favorably located as Woodbury..
The writer will be in Camden the last
week in this month, ana wouid he pleased
to meet you and give you fuller idea
Of our project to help make your town a
frst-class business centre.
Hoping to hear from you at an early
date, / remain
Yours respectfully,
]. HARRY SHINN, Sec'y.
DR.. Reading moved that as an induce
ment for this company be located here the
city agree not to increase assessment on the
land donated the company for the next ten
years. Carried
Adj. for four weeks.
Obituary.
WALTER NJ. TATEM, son of the late
Benjamin C. Tatem, of this city, died at
Asbury Park last Friday, of hasty con-
sumption, aged 21 years. Walter was a
member of the First Baptist church and
was young man of high character. The
funeral was on Monday last from the resi-
dence of James Hutchinson, the interment
being in Green cemetery. A delegation Of
the Legion of the Red Cross, of which he
was member, attended in body.
SARAH E., widow of the late James
Moore, Esq, who several years ago was a
leading lawyer of this county, died at her
residence on Curtis avenue last Tuesday.
She is survived by two daughters of this
city, and one son, VIM. Moore, Esq, of
Pasadena, Cal.
Trolley Accident.
AT seven o'clock Wednesday evening a
North-bound trolley car from Washington
Park, heavily loaded with passengers,
collided with the train from Grenloch on
the Reading road at Broadway and King