Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-25
WANT BRIDGES
KEPT CLOSED.
Commuters Of North Jersey Petit
ton Senator kean and Bill
Has Been introduced.
tErom the NEWS Correspondent,

600 for the removal of the Perwig bar
in the bill. The report made by Ma
jor j. c. Sanford, of the U. S. Engi-
neer Corps, recommended that the
project was worthy of favorable con-
s%ideration.
1t is expected that the plan that
will be carried out will embrace a
channel 200 feet wide and seven feet
deep at mean low water. 1t is esti-
mated that when this work shall have
been completed that the traffic on the
river will be doubled. In 1904 the
commerce amounted to 1913 tons
valued at $4,927,450 and 234 pas
sengers were carried in that pjeriod.
The regular line of boats made $40
trips in the year.
Representative Wood has introduce
ed bills to increase the pensions of
Isaac F. Sutphen, of Pennington. and
James Ten Brock, of Somerville, to
$24 a month. He has received a pc
tition from the New Jersey Society,
Sons of the Revolution advocating
the preservation of the records of the
Continental Congress.
Want Drawbridges Closed.
At the request of $4,000 commut-
ers, who live in the northern part of
New Jersey, Senator Kean has intro
duced an amendment to the river and
harbor bill. If adopted the amend
ment will authorize the Secretary of
War to make such notifications of
the rules and regulations now govern
ing the opening of the drawbridges
spanning the Passaic and Hackensack
rivers, by establishing for a limited
time a closed morning and evening
period daily, for any one or more of
the drawbridges as may seen reason
able and in his judgment to afford
some measure of relief to railway pas
senger traffic. 1t will be of benefit
to the commuters who travel on the
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western, Erie and Susquehanna
railroads. AT times the opening of a
drawbridge delays a passenger train
SO that it misses it's regular boat in
Jersey City and the business men are
fifteen minutes later in reaching their
places of business. 1t is expected
that Senator Kean will be able to have
it incorporated in the bill at the prop
err time.
Cape May will have to raise $780,
900 additional to the amount that has
already been spent forFthe improve
mont IF Gold Cpripo Iplat hafo,.o tho
$311,000 will be available. Further
than that it is required that the lands
and rights of way for the shore ends
of the proposed ~jetties will have to
be acquired for the government, lands
for the lighthouses and lands for the
depots for the engineers supplies. In
other words, If Cape May wants the
project carried out 1t will have to ac-
cept the conditions under which the
appropriation will be made. Other
wise. it will get nothing.
Representative Gardner has been
advised that pensions have been
granted to Daniel Chambers, of Ell
dora, $40 a month from Dec. 90, 1906;
Edward B. Shaw, of Buena, $40 a
month from Nov. II, 1906; Henry X.
P%ancoast. of Vineland. SIP a month
at Dec. 10. 1906, and Thomas Har-
rop, $12 a month from Dec. II, 1906.
Representative Wiley has intro
duced a bill authorizing the Secretary
of tshe Treasury to pay Mrs. Lillian
Engola, of %Irvington, $4,000 for in
juries sustained while boarding the
boat to Ellis Island. 1t went to the
committee on claims.
Representative Howell has been adj
vised that a pension has been grant
ed to George Dunfree, of New Egypt,
at $40 a month from Dec. 10. 1906,
and to Joseph P. Clayton, of Toms
River, at $40 a month from Nov. 20,
1906.
Mary j. Apgar has been appointed
postmaster at Cokesbury, Hunterdon
county, in place of Stephen Apgar, de-
ceased; and Mary o. Johnson has
been appointed postmaster at Dare
town, Salem county, in place of l.. M.
Johnson, deceased.
The p~ostofice department has
authorized an additional carrier at
Morristown on Feb. 1.
Senator Dryden has received a COM
munication from Lewis G. Batson, of
Clinton, and William j. s. Broadway,
of Hancock's Bridge, in favor of the
Crumpacker fraud order bill.
The subcommittee of the house on
postoffices and post roads, has recon-
mended that the salaries of rural car
rs be increased from 1920 to $S4O
a year. The total expenditure made
necessary will be increased by about
$3,50O,0 900.
George Miller, of Andoyer, a
nephew of the late Isaac S. Jones,
who was found dead at his home on
D street, arrived in this city yester-
day and took hcarge of the remains
of his uncle.
The German ambassador and Bar
mess Won Sternburg gave a dinner
Tuesday night and among the guests
were the Russian Ambassador and
Baroness Rosen, and Miss Kean.
The New Jersey Appropriations.
The list of appropriations for ne"
jersey included in the river ana mar