The Penn's Grove record., 1913-07-18
EVlCTS FARMERS MARKET.

Ancient Custom Abolished Suddenly
Through Enforcement of Ordinance.
For the first Saturday in several
generations Main street, between Mar
ket and Broadway, Paterson, "a
clear of farmers wagons, a change of
conditions that was almost startling.
This was due to the action of Police
Chief Bimson, who gave instructions
to all his men to see that a recently
adopted ordinance of the Board of
Public Works was enforced. No street
where the wagons should go is speci-
fed in the ordinance and many of the
evicted farmers went into side streets
such as Ellison and Van Houten
streets.
No arrests were made in connection
with the new order of things. While
many of the farmers objected they
obeyed the law and left locations in
Main street upon being told of the
orders from police headquarters. In
some cases the ordinance had to be
read to the farmers.
There is talk that the farmers will
combine to take the matter into the
civil courts and sue the city, as they
have found their business hampered.
Several large commission houses in
the city with places on Bank street,
found their business interfered with,
although in the ordinance this street
is among those prohibited to the far
mers' market. The Saturday farmers
market in Paterson is one of the
oldest customs in the city. The farm
ers come from the surrounding coun-
try Friday night or before dawn on
Saturday and hold the curbs for Gus
toners until their goods are all dis
posed of. Merchants have objected.
Inspectors Task PeriIous.
Every Wednesday in Trenton, every
other Monday in Newark and on other
days elsewhere in the State the auto
mobile inspectors of Job H. Lippin-
colt, State Motor Vehicle Commits
sioner, are testing the ability of men
to run cars. The law has always re-
quired this, but heretofore only a per-
functory questioning has been the
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seeing so much incompetent driving of
automobiles and determined to stop
it. So the new regulations.
When a person wants a license new
the man who can give it is from Mis-
souri,. The applicant must show him
in writing and by actual demonstra-
ton. Sometimes he stands on the cor
ner back of a lamp post and tells him
to demonstrate around the corner.
Several times it has been show to be
safe for the inspector to be a corner
loafer."
Relic of MILDLY Morgan.
The untenanted building which was
at one time a station on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad at Robinvale, neal Me
tuchen, is a reminder of the late Miss
Morgan-"Middy" Morgan as she was
known among her intimate acquaint-
ances thirty years ago, when she was
a familiar figure on the New York di-
vision. Miss Morgan was authority, in
fact one of the best in the country, on
live stock, and it was her custom to
visit the stock yards in the vicinity of
New York city daily, about which she
wrote articles for the New York city
papers. When on these daily trips she
was usually attired in a gown of rough
material, and frequently she wore
heavy boots like a nan She was a
quaint character, but a woman eXcep-
tionally well informed and well edu-
Gated. 1t was through her efforts that
the station at Robinvale was estab-
lished, and some time after her death
the stop was taken off the schedules.
Since then the building which was
formerly used as a station has been a
residence, but of late it has not been
occupied, and is going to ruin.
Backes Acting Chancellor.
1t is now Chancellor John H. Backes
the highest judicial officer of New Jer-
sey. Chancellor Edwin Robert Walker
sailed on the Minnesota for Europe
and he officially designated Vice Chan
cellor Backes to be the acting Chan
cellor until September. The Chancel-
lor will tour the British Isles.