Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-04-25


The village OF Paulsboro- on-the-Delaware
has been all rlled up this week, and from
present indications there is no immediate
prospect that the waters will be allowed to
IF rero l ara trre tho town 10 ahont 70
expand and expand. and in a very brief
interval rival Camden in the extent and
diversity of its solid enterprises. Air
castles with red. white and blue fringe are
floating over the town. and the Paulsboro
peonle all wear a beaming countenance.
and most of them are already wearing their
new snrin0 SHIFTS
THOSE enterprises which made Paulsboro
famous a few wears aoo-Iincoln park and
Cernania Parly-are forootten in flaming
FORCES i;nolino GOLD swift moving trolley's
iadsn ,y;tlS a 5snny ,onn1ace and a creek
taar;,,r, ~, he hoson, sb;,,s ayin@ tha flaos
of every nation on earth, all heavily laden
with the output of Paulsboro's busy hives
Of industry and making their exchanges at
Paulsboro's famous financial institution.
Every person in this busy hive carries a
copy of the Paulsboro Press, printed in ten
languages and of the great throngthat crowds
the thoroughfares and wharver5 all are
centented and happy except Prof. Bennett,
principal of the Paulsboro schools. He
is under cloud. Air castles hover not
about his domicile, and all because of the
charge that he hasn't kept his pupils racing
along at the new Paulsboro pace.
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"hen our last issue Went TO press the
people Were under the spell OF tne hrs1
shocK OF news OF the purchase Oh Dig
0Iace oi laha ior the ereceion Oh d lhonseel
s1eei plant. III WASH the klno OF shocS
tllat Kills, Dut arouses, wakes up, anu
stars ioiKs moving. Inc liIso ruiloIs are re
confirmed by such events as the payment OF
money ana the recording Oh aeeus Which !t,
began Yesterday Inc thllg Is Ieai' lVS
lace' faels99 1p Is gong 10 J,, nave seeIi
pl'auo " I,N''i iiohiesVeau' nay 10 en1uSn
20 s''a.e o1iler thihgs' anu the iis' ''iins
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TROLLEY COMPANY.
Following close on the news of the loca-
ton of the great steel plant comes the
organization of the Paulsboro Traction
Company, a corporation that proposes to
construct a system of trolley roads between
Woodbury. and Swedesboro and Woodbury.
and Gibbstown and to the centre of the
cite OF the proposed steel plant.
The cersificate of incorporation was filed
in the Office of the Secretary OF State on
Monday last that instrument being accom-
panied by the $50, 900 deposit required by
law, and map route, etc The incorpora-
tors are Benjamin G. Paul and DIR. George
c. Laws, Of Paulsboro, and Henry
). Ialman- OF Woodbury.. The total
amount OF capital stock is 5000, divided
into 5000 shares of the par value OF $50 a
share. The company commences business
with $780, 00 The main office OF the COM
pany is at no South Broad street, Wood
bury, and the agent in charge is Joseph }.
Summerill, Esg.
The incorporators held meeting and
elected MeSsTs. Paul. Laws and Talman
directors, and they subsequently organized
by electing DIR. Laws President; B. g.
Paul, Secretary, and II. S. Talman, Treas
urer.
The proposed route comprises two sec
tiOns-a cross section, loop and a spur.
One of the sections commences in Swedes-
boro at Clark's Hotel and runs up the
Gloucester and Salem turnpike to the
southern end Of hroad street, Woodbury.,
where ii connects with the Camden, Glou-
cester and Woodbury. trolley road.
The other section commences at what is
known as the 'tDmocratn road in Gibbs
town and runs Though Paulsboro and up
the Crown Point road to the Woodbury.
Dam road, or Delaware street, and thence
along Delaware street to Broad street,
Woodbury., where it again intercepts the