Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-05-09
The Launch of the M, s. Dollar,

York Ship Building Company was success
fully launched in the presence of five hun
bred guests and the army Of employees Of
the works ON Saturday afternoon last.
The ship is one of the eight which
this company is under contract to construct
for the Robert Dollar Company, of San
Francisco. She is 300 feet over all, with
40 feet mould beam and DC feet mould
depth, and is 5, 400 tons displacement. Her
gross tonnage is 2, 700, and indicated horse
power will be /, 800. This, and the other
ships to be built, will be used on the
Pacific, between San Francisco and Hawaii.
In honor of the event work was sus-
pended at the works and the employees
given full holiday. The guests began to
arrive soon after noon and when the APP
pointed hour arrived an animated scene
was presented about the ship. The great
iron hull lowered high in air, more like a
great permanent building than ship, and
one could but pay tribute to the nicely OF
calculation and scientific accuracy reached
in constructing ships of one of the heaviest
metals.
The Dollar seemed only waiting to be
liberated from her fastenings to seek her
element, and when the last stay fell and
the sustaining planks were cut, slowly and
majestically she moved down the ways
As she moved Miss Marie Morse, daughter
of Henry G. Morse, President of the Com
pany, performed the christening ceremony
with bottle Of champagne.
The ship entered the water at no greater
speed than when half down the ways
There was nothing of the initial plunge, but
rather an easy glide into the water, on
which she rode as light and gracefully as a
swan, while cannon doomed and the spec
tators cheered.
The DEMOCRAT congratulates President
Morse and his company on the success OF
this first test of the facilities of their
works and the accuracy of their construc-
ton.
The Philadelphia Record pays this COM
pliment to this company:
cover across the Delaware river yester-
day ), 400 ton steamship was launched by
the New York Ship Building Company.
Less than two years ago the site covered by
the great plant of this concern was waste
land and reed grown marsh. As an achieve
ment in rapid construction the creation of
this new ship building plant is almost
without parallel in American industrial
records
Mr.. Newton's Annual Shad Dinner.
As guests of Mahlon w. Newton, a large
party of Philadelphians, with a sufficient
number of Jerseymen for seasoning, dined
on planked shad and fxins at Newton
Hotel, this city, Tuesday afternoon, from
4 to o'clock. The Philadelphians came
down in special trolley car at $50 and
returned at 6. 1t was merry party, and
between courses there were speeches and
solos and choruses sung. Mr.. Newton was
presented with unique cigar case by one
the guests. Mine Host Rachor did himself
proud in preparing and serving the feast
and received many compliments from the
gastronomic critics present. Following is
list of the guests registered:-B. Eiseman,
A. M. Funk, w. j. Cunningham, J. F.
Leake, I'll. W. Lawrence, H. Reeves, E. M.
Ryan, J. F. Shannon, j. G. Len, B.
Walther, G. A. Irelan, j. L. Field, A.
Scherhardt G. G. Rust, G. n. Farr, W. I'll.
Cleveland, R. G. Miller, Chas. H. Bryan,
r. d. Gardner, F. NJ. Kramer, Aug. Flick,
S. A. Leith, Chas. Gallagher, Conrad
Schworer, II. T. johnson, J. K. Brown, G.
K Breinhard, Geo. Strang, A. E. Norris,
J. ii. Britton, VIM. Acker, Jr., c. Ward,
D. B. Proman, J. W. Hutchins, G. F.
Duffy, E. J. Petroff, J. S. Seman, Jos.
Grier, VIM. Griffin, Chas. E. Health M. W.
Newton, J. H. Baker, A. Insinger, all of
Philadelphia; F. +. Patterson, of Camden;
w. P. Bryan, of Vincentown; F. B. Ridg
way, of Mullica Hill; j. D. Carpenter, w.
H. Livermore, r. S. Clymer, B. W. Cloud,
John Rachor, Jr., of Woodbury..
Pump Contract Void.
The pump question, which has aroused
so much controversy the past week, will
come up anew in Council and the whole
ground gone over again, and all because the
water works law had not been complied
with in several important particulars.
Section five provides, among other things,
that proposals shall be advertised for two
weeks; ten copies thereof shall be posted
in public places, and contract shall be
awarded to the lowest bidder. In the last
award none of the above requirements were
complied with.
Section six of the water law requires
teThat all contracts shall be in writing, and
of each contract two copies shall be taken,
and each copy shall be read before the said
body; and if approved by majority of the
whole body, such approval shall be endorsed
upon each Of said copies by the president of
the said body and be by him signed as such
president.
When the contract was given to Mayor
Laid for his approval he discovered but
one copy and this was not endorsed as re-
quired, hence he withheld his approval
Later it was ascertained that important
provisions of section five had been omitted,
hence the movement to test the legality of
the award, started by several citizens, was
abandoned.
The whole question of pumps will be re-
newed at future meetings of Council.
Prohibition State Convention.
The Prohibition State Convention was
held in Trenton last Tuesday, 100 delegates
being present. Joel w. Brown, of
Jersey City, was nominated. Rev. Conrad
Blahm, of Hoboken, was chairman; Rev.
James Parker, Newark vice chairman;
Walter E. Vail, of Moorestown, Secretary;
and Ross Slack, of this city, assistant secre-
tary. Prayer was offered by Rev. Arthur
Spooner, of Camden. Chairman Bluhm
made a ringing address, and his mention of
John G. Wooley, the last candidate for
President, aroused the greatest enthusiasm,
The State Committee recognized and
elected George w. Haven, of Camden, as
Chairman. 81. 500 was raised for the cam
paign funds, which now gives the party
total fund of $4, 500 Mr.. Brown, the
nominee, is about so years of age, and has
been an active worker in the party for the
past twenty years. He is a man of con-
siderable wealth, and is the owner of the
Brown dry dock and shipyard, at Jersey
City.
Must Stop Selling Drugs.
A crusade is to be made against all con-
Germs other than drug stores by the South
Jersey Pharmaceutical Association, to COM
pei them to stop Immediately the sale of
all medicines, including Jamaica ginger.
The Association will be backed up by the
State Board of Pharmacy, there being law
by which the Association can prosecute all
such offenders.
There has been several cases where
storekeepers in Bridgeton, it is alleged,
have nearly caused the death of persons
by giving them the wrong medicine, and
only recently one death occurred from
laudanum, which was sold in mistake for
Jamaica ginger.
Thirty Per Cent. Deficient.
The report Of the medical inspectors of
the public schools, presented to the board