Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-05-07
ITOTTENVILLE
NEWS ITEMS.

The Y. P. S. @. E. of the Baptist
Church. will hold their business meet
ing on Friday evening at the home of
Rev. Mr.. Dyer, on Main street.
Mr.. J. Fletcher Weir, of Dover, N.
j., is in town on business.
Mrs. F. Reichard, of Bangor, Pa,
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A.
Cortright, of Amboy avenue.
Miss Hessie Pendexter, who has
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Orner-
berg, of Brooklyn, returned home to-
day.
While attending the wedding ami
vel sary of Mr.. and Mrs. Colliger on
Fisher avenue, Tuesday evening, Miss
Hilda Peterson, of 213 Broadway, lost
her gold watch. The watch, which
was a gold closed one, with the
initials, H. E. P. on the back, was
attached to silver fob, which Miss
Peterson had attached to her shirt
waist. A reward is offered for it's
recovery and return to Miss Peterson.
Abe johnson, of Amboy avenue, is
erecting new home on Amboy ave-
nue.. Henry Guyon, will do the
plumbing.
Labor troubles in Tottenville have
been averted by the employers who
were asked for either an increase of
wages or short hours. They have
granted the demands of the employees.
All the locomotive firemen working
for the Staten Island Rapid Transit
asked for raise of wages to the
amount of So. 80 per day. They have
been notified that the Railroad Com
pany has granted their demand. They
formerly had 50. 10 day.
At the Acker machine shop, where
gasoline engines for pleasure crafts
are made, the demands of the men for
nine hours day and half holiday
Saturday, were granted.
The machinists at the Murry Iron
Works on Amboy road, about thirty
in number, who have been working
ten hours day, were told that here
after they would get nine hours a
day and half holiday Saturday at
the same pay they had heretofore been
receiving, would constitute a day s
work.
The stationery engineers at the
i Atlantic Terra Gotta Works and the
1 Copper Works will work only eight
hours and have half holiday Satur-
days hereafter. M
Eugene Curry, of Main street, has
purchased 1870 foot cat boat.
Mrs. George Totten. of Centre
street, who is at the Smith Infirmary
at Stapleton, is doing nicely.
Henry Simonsen has opened hotel
in the store on Amboy avenue former
ly occupied by Mr.. Palmer.
Fred Baxter is building new house
on Hopping avenue.
1.-The Island House, owned by James
J. Healy, of Main street, is being
painted.
Geo. Kemp has bought the news
route on the Staten Island trains from
John Kali.
William SNYDER has resigned his
position at the S. s. White Dental
Works at Princess Bay to accepts a
position with Brooklyn firm.
Edward O'Brien has given up the
bakery business and is now employed
in Newark.
i James Kelly, of Center street. Perth
Amboy, spent few hours in Pleasant
Plains yesterday.
i William Johnson, of Keyport. form
erly of Perth Amboy, spent yesterday
with TottenVille friends.
Hans Hansen, of Woodbridge road,
Perth Amboy, was in Tottenville yes
terday.
The Sprague house on William street
is undergoing repairs.
w. Derickson, of Tottenville, has
purchased the milk business and route
of P. Tillinghast, of Princes Bay.
William Joline has the contract for
doing the carpenter work on Hubbard
r. Yetman's house at Broadway and
William street.
Edward Gross, of Elliott avenue,
may now be seen driving the grocery
delivery wagon for the Red Front
Grocery house.