The Penn's Grove record., 1912-09-20
WOMEN WORKERS IN FIELDS.
How Tract Known as Great Meadows
!s Made to Bear Country Produce.


How Tract Known as Great Meadows
Is Made to Bear Country Produce.
Great quantities of vegetables, such
as lettuce, celery and onions, come
from Warren county. The Great
Meadows, only a short distance from
HackettstoWn, is the garden spot
where thousands of punches, heads
and bushels of these products are
raised for the tables of the neighbor-
ing county and city folk. This year is
a profitable one to the growers, and
the statement Is made authoritatively
that this years crops are the largest
ever harvested from this great tract.
1t is now the harvest season, and car
loads are being shipped weekly over
the Lehigh and Hudson Railroad,
which passes along the Great Meadow
tract. The development of this great
acreage for trucking purposes began
less than a score of years ago. For
centuries it was uncultivated and sold
for almost nothing. Each year more
of the huge tract is drained and
begged" and plowed and put under
cultivation. The tillers of this terri
tory are Poles, and as they settle on a
tract shacks are erected for homes.
Here they raise large families, all of
whom join in the trucking work dur
ing the season. They are adopts, and
only a dry or very wet season pre-
vents prolific crops. The long rows of
celery and onions in growing present
a fine appearance and attract many
visitors. The women and girls are
often attired in masculine costume
and assist in the wedding, and hun
dreds may be seen upon their knees
along the rows working with a torrid
sun pouring upon them. Most of the
truckers bear unpronounceable names
as they appear in English translation.
They are particularly DESTROYS of CIV
ing their children an English educa-
ton, and they learn readily in the To-
cal public schools. Then they go
home and teach father and mother to
speak in English.
Army Engineer Inspects River.
Another step toward the realization
of development of this city as an in
land port was taken when an official
inspection of shipping and water front
conditions was made by Lieutenant
Colonel Joseph E Kuhn, United
States Army Engineer Corps, in
charge of the Philadelphia district.
Colonel Kuhn was met at Clinton
street by Mayor Donnelly, whose
guest he was while in the city. In
the party besides the colonel and the
mayor were commission Fell, City
Engineer Swan and Newton A. K.
Bugbee, president of the Chamber of
Commerce. Upon the arrival of
Colonel Kuhn he was taken to the
Battle Monument and from the top
of the shaft obtained a birds eye view
of the city, paying particular attention
to the water front and the manufac-
turing districts. Mayor Donnelly
pointed out the points of interest and
explained in detail the proposed belt
line railroad to connect the water
front with the factories. From the
Battle Monument the colonel was
taken to the river front and there
made a detailed inspection of the wa
ter front property from Fair street to
the Riverview cemetery. He also
went aboard Mayor Donnelly's yacht,
Bandit II, and inspected at close
range the river improvement work
which has been done and which is to
be done. Mayor Donnelly, Commits
sioner Fell and Mr.. Bugbee gave Col
onel Kuhn a mass of data dealing
with shipping here, embracing the an
nual value of manufactured products,
hands employed in the factories, the
present shipping facilities and the
tonnage of shipping per annum.
Mayor Donnelly entertained the party
at luncheon.