Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-15
OERSEYMEN
/ IN WASHINGTON
Former Resident Of Ocean
County Found Out Canada
SmuguIers of Fur.

eFrom the VIEWS Correspondent. }


From the NEWS Correspondent
Washington, Dec. 16:-Colonel H.
ID. Van SAINT, formerly of Ocean
county, who has been the United
States consul at Kingston, Ontario,
I for several years, was advised re-
Gently that quantity of valuable
! furs had been smuggled from Cana
! da and seized and confiscated In New
York city. The papers Of Kingston
give Colonel Van SAINT great credit
for aiding In the detection of the
smugglers, who are said to have
been wealthy residents of New York.
After detectives from New York
were unable to get any satisfactory
clue the matter was taken up by
Colonel Van SAINT and after time
the Jerseyman found the right clue,
which resulted in the finding OF the
1 furs and their confscation by the
| government officials.
Valuable service was given by
Miss Miller, a clerk in the consul's
office, and she will receive reward
of nearly four hundred dollars, Col
onel Van SAINT, however, cannot re-
ceive any reward for his work as 1t
Is against the consular regulations
Since he has been at Kingston Col
onel Van SAINT has saved the United
! States thousands of dollars.
Recent changes in post Offices In
New Jersey include the establish
ment of new office at Emerson, in
Bergen county. and Wildwood Crest
in Cape May. Offices discontinued
are Burleigh in Cape May county,
and the mail goes to White hereaf-
ter; Chapel Hill in Monmouth coun-
ty, and the mail goes to Leonardo;
Cornish, In Warren county, rural
delivery from Belvidere; and Sidney.
Hunterdon county, rural delivery
from Pittstown.
Representative Howell has been
advised that pensions have been
granted as follows: G. H. Brown,
Long Branch, .$12; j. H. Lupton,
Long Branch, $15; Joseph Okerson,
Dayton, SIS; Mrs Elizabeth v. For
man, Freehold, $12; Charles Denton.
New Brunswick, $12; ]. s. johnson.
Asbury Park, $15; Eugene Lewis.
Asbury Park, SIS.
In the report Of the Chief of Engi-
neers, giving the recommendations
for river and harbor work for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1911. IT.
is estimated that the sum of Sc. 600
can be profltably expended In addi-
tion to the balance unexpended last
June. AS this amount was s6.42O.-
36 1t is evident that the War De-
partment officials are calculating
that $4,000 can be spent profitabIv
during the next eighteen months on
this waterway.
Between the years 1879 and 1892
the sum of $4,000 was spent on
thls stream. Since June, 1902, there
has been spent S48.750, all Of which
mas been obtained through the eff
Iorts or Representative Howell. In
ISOS the tonnage of the creek was
loS,l2O valued at $791,700. The
waterway has good channel. eight
reet N depth and fifty feet in width.
anorqlng means for considerable
For the completion OF the project
to deepen the harbor of Keyport har-
Dor It is estimated that the sum of
$3.50 IS REQUIRED. The project COW
ers q channel eight feet In depth 10
the steamboat dock at Keyport
Since 1883 the amount expended on
this waterway amounted to S74.180,-
" The commerce OF Keyport har-
pOt III 10Vc amounted to 139s724
tons. valued at s8,146,s00. II is
also stated that the effect of improy-
Ing the stream has been greatly re-
duced freight rates to Keyport.
residents OF Washington who IN
past years have had no dificultv in
obtaining invitations to the recon |
tions at the White House. are much |
concerned over the report that there |
VIII be pruning down of the list Of
those to pc invited this winter ana
those who do receive the covstad t
pasteboards may indeed count them
selves as fortunate. Last wintar
and for that matter many pravioms
seasons, there would be more than
two thousand persons in attendsnca
at the receptions. This winter q i
expected, this number will be re-
duced materially.
1t is also understood that II 10 tha
purpose Of Mrs. Taft to have ,sse res
freshments served at the usnsI III
ceptions. BY reducing the nnmber
Of guests present by at least twenty
five per cent, 1t is felt that refresh
ments can easily be served. sinca
there will not be such crush as
has characterized some of the recen-
tiOns while Thaodoro Taneaxe1+ ..