The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1902-08-06
FROM THE FIRST WARD.


the county and city of st. Louis, and
seem highly pleased with their situa-
ton. They have already given your
correspondent an invitation to come
out to the worlds fair when it opens.
The Lambertyille Rubber Co. start
ed up August list. after a few week $
shut down. The prospects are fairly
good and no doubt this busy mill will
continue to remain our city's leading
industry. These July stops are ne
cessity in large factories as the wear
and tear upon.the machinery through
the year needs looking after, and a
thorough overhauling is needed to
guarantee the production of good
work.
City Clerk James II. Reynolds has
the laws passed by the late legislature
for distribution, and any one wishing
a copy will be Accommodated by calling
upon that gentleman.
1t was wise act in Council when it
decided to sewer Franklin street, as
the recent heavy rains have done con-
siderable damage to property on South
Main street. This sewerage of Frank
lin street may be the beginning of a
general system of sewering the whole
city. The sanitary condition of our
city could be vastly improved by
general sewerage, and while the en-
pert is looking over the above named
street, it would be good idea to have
him look over several other streets
with the same view of future improve
ments, as sooner or later these inn
provements must come. 1t was also a
wise suggestion to sell the stone break
err, as this seems to be white elephant
on our hands and should by all means
be disposed of. The city should also
own the electric plant.
The Lambertville Rubber Co. has
made big improvements to their dam
and increased their water supply also
have put an extension upon the smoke
stacks of their boilers. The latter is
to increase the draft, which was n ne
cessity on account of using soft coal.
South Main street has had thor
ough oyerhauling the past week. The
cutters have been cleaned and the
street beautified and cleared up. The
past heavy rains did considerable dam
age to the street, caused by the surplus
of water from the hill.
Bryan Marley has erected new
wire fence upon his property facing
Main street, but owing to its being
moved out several feet, narrowing the
street considerably, we emit say it
makes much improvement upon his
property.
John Moonan has been resetting his
curbing in front of his property on
South Main street, and it now has the
proper appearance.
After a few weeks vacation your
correspondent is happy to announce
to the many readers of THE RECORD
that once more he will resume the
task of enlightening the general pub
lie on the happenings in the First
Ward, and as heretofore, all reports
will be strictly in accordance with
facts. But patrons who pay their sub
scriptions with huckleberries or smear
case, or wormy chestnuts, must not
expect to have their obituary notice
wind mp with an eff'usion of poetry
Prose il plenty good enough for q
country bacon subscriber, and we in
sist on reserying poetry for cash con.
stituents. Not that | wish to dserimi
nate against my readers, but poetry
must bring better rewards than prose
because it's harder on the nerves and
your correspondent has more license
to prevaricate and put the prose on
thicker without raising doubts in the
minds of the dead mans neighbors,
and the dignity of poetry must be
maintained. Furthermore, visitors
who enter our sanctum need not re-
move their hats, nor bow their knees
to us, nor put on leather specs to be-
hold us in all our manly beauty. And
again, we will not loan money to peo-
pie who fail to pay their subscriptions
promptly, nor as stated above, write
obituaries about people who didn't
vote for us when we ran for justice of
the peace. We are forgiying in our
nature, but we amt going to snuggle
up to dead man and say nice things
about him after he has gone too far
to reconsider his vote and support us
for overseer of the poor when the
political spasms break ont in our fam
lily again.