Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-14
CITIES OF The
STATE GROW.
Reports Received at Washington
Other New Jersey Mat
tiers of Interest.
(From the NEWS Correspondent.)

Grom the NEWS Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. H.
In the statement of the gross receipts
for fifty principal cities, Newark
shows receipts of $60,S42.49 for
1906 and $55,634.20 for November
1904. an increase of $5,20S.29; and
Jersey City shows receipts for No
vember, 1905. of $2S,071.1S; and
for November, 1904, of $25,663.5O,
an increase of ~$2,4O7.6S
II has been announced by the post
office department that the following
fourth class post Offices in New Jer-
sey will be advanced to presidential
class on January 1, 1906; Chrome,
$1,1O0; Fort Lee, $1,000; Lawrence
vile, $1,000; and Mahwah, $1,000.
improvements for Trenton.
Representative Wood, of Trenton,
intends to see what he can do this
year for both Princeton and Trenton.
He has introduced the same old bill
for $4,000 for the battle monument
at Princeton, which has passed the
senate several times. and always fail
ed in, the house. When he has intro
duced a bill making an appropriation
of 100000 TO enlarge the post Of
flee at Trenton, a much needed i'm
proyement as the United States
courts are terribly crowded at pres
ent. Mr.. Wood has also introduced
a bill to increase the pension of An
ME NJ. Camp, of Trenton, to $12 a
month. a bill to increase the pension
of Lydia A. Jones, of Trenton, to $25
a month; and a bill to increase the
pension of Daniel Dilts, of Trenton,
to $50 a month.
Wants a Pension.
Senator Dryden and Representa-
tive Gardner have received a letter
from Gen. r. H. Brientnall, adjutant
general of New Jersey, asking for a
bill to pension Ruth F. Bennett, wild
ow of Samuel B. Neale, of California,
and then later the widow of Thomas
Bennett of Co. D, 10th New Jersey.
Mrs. Bennett lives at Dividing Creek,
Cumberland county. Under the gen
eral law a pension cannot be granted
to her as she married both soldiers
since the war. Both Senator Dryden
and Representative Gardner will in
troduce a bill to grant her a pension.
Colleagues of Senator Dryden in
tire senate are much gratified with the
excellent manner in which he gave
his testimony before the Armstrong
committee in New York.
The senator has a communication
from Decatur M. Sawyer, of Mont
clair, in favor of the preservation of
Niagara Falls. He also has a petit
ton from railway engineers at Lake
hurst, Ocean county, protesting
against the Esch-Townsend bill. This
petition was received by Senator
Kean and Representative Howell.
Money Spent Hereabouts.
Since the work of improving riv-
ers and harbors was taken up in the
early Seventies there has been
spent in northern New Jersey the
sum of $2,639,220.97, as follows:
Passaic river, $47S,327.O9; Staten
Island sound and Arthur Kill, $685.
212.53; Woodbridge Creek, $1S,-
49S.57; Raritan Bay, $487, 10000;
Keyport Harbor, $55,475.00; Mata-
wan creek, 4 7,804.39; Raritan riv-
err, $6S9,015.5S; South River, $685.
600; Elizabeth river, $45,160;
Shoal Harbor and Compton creek,
$4,000; ~Cheesequake creek, $40,-
600; Shrewsbury river, $320,227.-
81; M%anasquan river, $4,000.
The senate has confirmed the APP
pointment of Francis j. DAILY, of
New Brunswick, as assistant paymas-
ter in the navy; and Robert K. Van
Marter, of New Jersey, as assistant
surgeon. Both were appointed dur
ing the recess of congress.
Damages for Bicycle.
Representative Howell has receiv-
ed a letter from Samuel Jewell, of
Sandy Hook, stating that a bicycle
belonging to him was practically de-
stroyed last April by the bursting of
a Il Pinch mortar. The chief of or
dinance has no funds to pay the $25,
he claims the bicycle is worth, and a
special act of congress will be neces-
sagy to reimburse him. AS bills of
this sort are handled by the commit
ICY VII Oldllllo NIL. JOWCll may Wdit a.
long time for his money.
Representative Howell has intro
duced a bill to increase the pension
of Barzillar P. Irons, of Toms River,
Ocean county, to $24 a month. He
has been advised that a pension of
SO a month has been granted to Mrs.
A%nastatia Long. of Allentown, from
March 20, 1905.
Frank Barto, of Camden, has been
named again as clerk of the commit
tee on pensions of which Mr.. Louden-
slayer is chairman, and j. G. Shreve,
of Atlantic City, as clerk of the COM
mittee on labor, of which Represen-
tative Gardner is chairman.
William J. Browning, chief clerk
of the house, is n of the busiest of
men at present. He has the %superin-
tendence of refurnishing the various
committee rooms, and there is an
immense amount of detail requiring
| his attention. Mr.. Browning is one