The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-11-20
FROM THE FIRST WARD.

spring election held here, whereas all
other precincts in the county held
both their spring and fall elections.
Now the election boards had double
the work in our city and receive but
single compensation. There is toe
much work connected with these
elections for the compensation the
board receives, and this wrong should
be righted Our city should pay the
board for this election the same com.
pensation rs they have heretofore
been paying, in accordance with the
work which they have to do. Under
now constitute a board; in former
years, two clerks were added Now
. all the work has to be done in each
ward by these four men. Each voters
name has to be written six times at
these fall elections in different books
and posters. This is only part of the
work which is attached to these boards
/ There are return sheets to be filed IN
for the county clerk, aud the secretary
! of state all this, together with house
to house canvass, making an immense
amount of work. The work is Just ms
great, and the boards should receive
the same compensation as i'll cities of
30, 000 inhabitants, but they don't.
Our city council should take hint
from the following article: The
city council of Woodbury., last Tues
day evening adopted resolutions urg
ing postmaster Jessup, of Woodbury.,
and congressman Laudenslager, To
use their efforts i'll securing free pos
tai delivery for their town. Lam
bertville is city aud the citizens
want free delivery, and should and
could have it if our eouncilmcn would
urge our congressman from the fourth
district to intercede in their behalf
have been pedd ing free advice fer
the past six years, politically. re-
! liglously, financially, morally and
socially, and l still have II large sup.
ply on hand. man can't take the
entire outfit of his advice brewing
himself because well, very little of it
| fits his individual case, SINCE il is
| hrewed for his neighhors Perhaps
this will be my last advice 10 my poll
teal friends and enemies 1t seems
now fully time for the latter to retire
and take their respective corners and
remain obscure the former. by the
consent of the people, To take front
seat and help to administer the laws
governing our city
That New Hope trolly line and the
Eambertville opera house, seem to he
running race In the former, the
route has been surveyed and in the
latter, several suggestions have been
made regarding its locality. Tak IL
cheap, but it takes money to build
trolly hDe or an opera house
With two new manufacturing in.
dustries negotiating for plant in the
Third Ward, it now looks M if our
little city will soon he the center of
new business activities. Our city has
not grown rs it shonld the nnst
| twenty years, but these industries
will, in our estimation, add something
which the citizens have failed to en-
courage but are really n necessity for
our town improvement
The business outlook for the be
ginning of winter looks very favorable
in our city. The rubber factories,
railroad shops, spoke manufactury,
and building trades are all running
full time The high price of all living
commodities is one Of the disadvan-
tages which the laboring man liz con
fronted with; nevertheless, the money
market and financial conditions are in
such shape as to warrant busy winter
in all manufacturing businesses.
The old barber shop opposite the
Hibernia engine house, has been va
Gated by Mr.. Lucas, the barber, and
it is now occupied rs social and
reading room by the young men of
the ward 1t is well fitted up with
new carpeting and chairs, stove and
other furniture. Mr.. Lucas now occu
pies the store part of Mr.. Bytheway's
residence, adjoining the gas house,
and has neat and convenient barber
shop, where he is pleased to greet his
many friends.
There was little excitement Mt the
First Ward school house last week.
The school board were attending TO
some necessary repairs and as FL
wood Metz, employed by the board,
was fastening mp some of the holes in
the fence adjoining other property, TO
keep chickens, dogs, &c, from in
truding upon the school grounds, II
dispute arose concerning the stoppage
of these domestic fowls and dogs. The
lady who owned them insisted upon
the free use of this yard, and 10 up
hold her rights assaulted Mr.. Metz
with stick Of wood and also opened
the ingress to the yard. The chair
man Of the school board, Mr.. Charles
Coats, referred the whole affair to the
city solicitor, l.. II. Sergeant, where,
up to this writing, the situation re
mains, while the woman is still in
possession and holding out for her so
called rights. Mr.. Metz was not
seriously hurt, although considerably
broken mp and sore from the effects Of
the assault.
To the Public.
Allow me to say few words in
praise of Chamberlain Cough Rem