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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
HUDSON BRIDGE OR TUNNEL
A FINANCIAL PROBLEM ONLY
Ex-senator Johnson Shows How Cost to Five Counties Wouo
Be Less Than Outlay for Their Individual Court Houses

was $1,6tO, 101, 41O, leaving the remain
ing sixteen counties assessed at $796 :
1929.
"The ratables of the five northeast
ern counties are as follows: Bergen,
s140, 729, 673; Essex, 1905. 47s, boz; Hud-
son. 1921. 94s, 1870; Passaic, SIG, 1873, 742;
Union, $15s. 7e1, 1858; total. $1,6fo, 1O1, 410.
Jerseys Share sS.5O0,OOO.
1.-THE estimated cost of constructing
a traffic tunnel consisting of two tubes
from Jersey City to lower Manhattan
Island is $1100O,000, of which New Jer-
sey's share would be one-half, or
SIS, SOC, 900; that sum apportioned among
these five counties would not amount
to the cost Of the average court,
house.
1.-THE bridge problem is more serious
because more expensive. A careful
estimate of the cost of a bridge locat-
ed at about Fifty-seventh street, in
New York city, to the opposite New
Jersey Shore is $4,000, 900, of which
New Jerseys share would be one-half.
or $21, 900, 900. This amount appor-
toned among the five counties on the
basis of assessed valuations is as fol-
lows. Hudson. $4,000, 900: Essex,
1850. 600; Passaic, $1,000. 900: Bergen,
81, $50 900; Union, 100000, and 1t is
the problem of financing this sum that
the people of these counties, in my
opinion, should be permitted to con-
slider and decide
"The Brooklyn bridge was started in
1870, and in the year 1879 the assessed
value of the real and personal prop
erty of the then City of Brooklyn was
1907, 952,3S2. not much more than the
present assessed value of the county
of Passaie; and at that time. when
the City of Brooklyn obligated itself
to pay two thirds of the cost of the
bridge, the building of the bridge was
more of an experiment and more OF
an engineering problem than the pro-
posed Hudson river bridge would be
today
"The New Jersey Commission at
this time can do nothing but investi-
gate and report; this it has very thor
oughly done, and should the proposed
bill become law, New Jersey Will
then have the legal authority TO start,
and can then deal with the authorities
of New York or Pennsylvania, and the
projects will then assume more tangi-
BILE shape, and each of the States will
be in a position to find out what the
other will do
whether the cost of q bridge or
tunnel should be paid for or financed
on the basis of assessed valuation or
of benefits received is also a question
to be considered The proposed law
provides for payment on the basis of
assessed valuation. 1t may be
changed, but this matter can be dis
cussed when the bill is up for consid-
Grafton.
1.-THE bill is not obligatory and un-
Ger it either tunnel or bridge or both
could be built across either the Hud-
son or Delaware rivers"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Especial to the Newark start

iSptcldi 10 INT NGNANfA Sthhfl
TRENTON, Jan. Eek Senator
James A. C. johnson, of Bergen coun-
~, counsel to the New Jersey Inter-
state Bridge and Tunnel Commission,
today made the following statement
in explanation of the proposed bill
for tunneling or bridging either the
Hudson OF Delaware river. In his
outline of the plan In detail, from the
financial viewpoint, Mr. Johnson
proves that 1t would not be stu
pendous or impossible enterprise,
and advises that the counties which
would benefit by the improvements
bear the expenses. The statement
follows:
1.-THE proposed bill prepared for the
New Jersey Interstate Bridge and
Tunnel Commission, and which
hope will be shortly introduced in the
Legislature, will, | believe consider
ably advance the project of either
bridging or tunneling the Hudson
and Delaware rivers for vehicular
traffic. 1t must not be thought that
the bill as proposed, should 1t become
a law, will as q fact start either OF
the projects. 1t will only enlarge the
powers of the counties and allow
manner provided in the proposed law,
should the authorities deem 1t FEAST
BILE and proper.
1.-THE question of either bridging or
tunneling the Hudson river is not an
engineering problem, but a financial
one. AS to the tunnels, the engineers
retained by the commission have al
ready constructed six under the Hud-
son river and are absolutely familiar
with the problems presented. The
Delaware river not being as wide
presents a less troublesome and less
expensive problem. The proposed
bridge across the Hudson, enormous
as it is, Is feasible, and its cost can
be very accurately estimated.
Problem for the Counties.
81 believe that if the structures are
to be built 1t Is q problem for the
counties, as counties. and not for the
State, and from the estimated cost
of the proposed structures, the flnan-
cial problems are neither StupendouS
nor impossible and are worthy Of Sc
sious consideration.
"Only a very small percentage of
the citizens of the State are familiar
with the distribution of the taxable
property of the State, and few realize
that two-thirds of all the taxable
wealth of the State is located in the
five northeastern counties of Hudson,
Essex, Passaic, Bergen and Union,
the counties which would be princi-
pally benefited by the proposed
bridge and tubes across the Hudson.
The total assessed valuations of the
entire State for the year 1913 was
81, 400, 260, 693, and of this amount the
assessed value of these five counties
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Between
Ourselves

Is the standard of domestic
efficiency and PROFICIENCY
greater among business women
than those who stay at home?
Does your business girl make a
better wife and mother than the
girl who has never come. in con-
tact with the commercial side OF
things?
In the current issue OF the
there Is a frank and very inter
esting article on this. subject.
We quote one paragraph of it:
There are some things
the business women can
teach the home women. The
virtues learned in an office
can often be applied ITO to the the
stance, and Organization.
Many a home could be run
more satisfactorily and with
more leisure for those who
run it II an intelligent dt.
vision of labor were planned
among the inmates, on the
principle that obtains in
business Offices"
A business training is a SPLEEN
did thing for any girl, and the
young woman who does not
HAVE TO WORK is actually to
be pitied. This is not said in
disparagement of the home girl,
either. She, too, has much with
which to redeem herself. She Is
dom esticated, of course, and she
probably understands the RUDI-
MENTS of home science better
than her business sister, but a
mercantile life teaches one
things which can never be
learned outside of store, office
or workshop.
A business training is just as
essential to girl as II Is to a
boy.
Is YOUR daughter receiving a
business training?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Five Special Values in
Window Shades

25c Window Shades, 19c-Made of good strong
water opaque, in white green and ecru; mounted on
good rollers full size; reg price 25c special at .19c
35c Window Shades, 25c-Strong, wel-made
Holland shades, in ecru, green and white; mounted
on good strong rollers complete with fixtures full
s,ze. reou,ar 35c shades ...2 Csc
45c Window Shades, 35c--Made of splendid
quality Albert Holland in white, green and ecru;
full size; complete with fixtures; strong spring roll
ers regular 45c each; special. Doc
SEC Window Shades, 49c-Lonsdale linen Hoi-
land shades of extra good quality; mounted on
strong spring rollers; white, green and ecru; full
size; regular price soc each; special 49c
69c Window Shades 59c-Fine quality Vene-
tian striped Holland, in white and ecru very pretty
stripe effect mounted on reliable rollers full size;
regular 6ec shades special. .,.o9c
FOURTH FLOOR. WASHINGTON STREET
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
IA K. Gold
- s.- -
Lorgnettes
Reduced

Lorgnettes-Fourteen karat
solid gold Marie Antoinette
Lorgnettes at the very special
prices quoted below:
Regular $3.50 Lorgnettes, sale
price ..........,.... 1880
Regular S24.75 Lorgnettes, sale
price 1900
Regular $3.50 Lorgnettes, sale
price .................15.OO
Pearl Opera Glasses-Lemaire,
Colmont and Marchand Glasses;
special at. 400 to 1000
1sT FLOOR, WASHINGTON ST
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Unreserved Closing Out Of Millinery
Trimmed and Untrimmed

inducements are too tempting to pass up
Bamberger trimmed millinery, bringing in season
SIS to ST So cut to 81 for quick out-go. We think
this hint to the frugay wise sufficient Fashion
able shapes of velvet and velour, black and some
few colors radically repriced for clearance
Cro,,, BLACK velvet and colored velour shapes
regularly retailing Sl.98 to 1898; cut
down TO .zoc
Cro,,n o-Black and coored velvet shapes; regularly
""P retailing 1893 to S3eS; cut down to-, soc
Cxo,n 9-Hatters' plush and black velvet shapes
""P types suited TO ostrich trimming; regularly
retailing S2.9s and 1898; cut down to 100
Cro,rn Good Assortment OF dress shapes, black
"O"P and colored veIvets; regularly retailing at
S2e8 to $500; cut down to. ......,.. 1.9S
THIRD FLOOR HAI.sgY STREET.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Waists at 2.29==Made to Sell for 500 & 1913

fingers boues grenane
models in this prize collection
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Princeton Undergraduates
Begin War Against "Horsing'

PRINCETON. Jan. 26.-The under
graduates of Princeton. through the
| Daily Princetonian. are waging a
campaign to abolish ''horsing.' which
consists at Princeton of padding
barking like a tree" and not being
allowed In the Nassau Inn. President
! Hibben Is opposed to 1t.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Eaton Crane & Pike Co. S
lOC to Csc Writing Tablets
Down to &C Each

This lot of writing tablets is the entire sample line
displayed by Eaton Crane Pike Co. in their New York
showrooms The writing paper consists of note letter and
commercial size tablets including such weknown grades
The Foreign Mail, Kara Linen Onion Skin Cranes
Linen Lawn Rame Linen, Highland Linen, Parchment
Bond and dozens of other kinds of high-grade tablets
Regular lOc to Csc values each. ...............6 &c
No Mail or Phone Orders Filled
FLOOR, HALsEY STREET
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26

Clearance sale of
mems and b oys
clothing continues.
Prices reduced to
the minimum.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
TwoSpeCialsin Domestic Rugs
1850 Administer Rugs on Sale at 1880
1000 Tapestry Brussels Rugs at 1850

Tapestry Brussels Rugs-These it. tapestry Brussels
rugs purchased price each
Both scanned seamless the collection Every
and perfect Worth $40; specially priced at 1850
1-Axmnse Rugs-Hgh-grade
Designs suitable for living and dnngoom Twelve patterns the
No mail phone orders filled this special Regular SIT so administer
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26

Many desirable
dinner sets and
crystals are reduced
for i'm m e dat e
clearance.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Oriental Rugs Are Radically Underpriced

master purchase of typical Bamberger greatness
makes possible for you to purchase Oriental rugs at
prices entirely out of consistency with the market value
and beauty of the rugs themselves. The Bamberger rug
department has wellearned reputation for selling ORR
entail rugs LOWER PRICES than any other in the
Metropolitan District and in this event have surpassed
all previous valuegving efforts. Masterpieces from the
far observation-disclosures Moussouls, Carabaughs, Kur
dsans and other in colorngs that fairly throb
with e placed before you prices that make
Oriental rugs possibility in modest homes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
Full Size Bed Sheets SOC

Here's chance to secure supply of full size
bed sheets at an exceptionally low figure. Well
made of good quality sheeting free from dressing.
Size 76x90 inch sheets, well worth CSC each; spe-
c;al ar SOC
sd Bleached Sheeting, 12Kc-Heavy quality
sheetng without dressing. Suitable for pillow
cases and by scanning in the centre makes full size
sheets Special yard NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. bye
81 BIeached Sheeting, 23c-This sheeting is of
full bed size width and good heavy quality, closely
woven. Worth &c per yard; special at. 49,. .23c
12Hc Pillow Cases, 1Ohc-These 45x36-inch
pillow cases are made of fine, linen finish muslin,
soft and free from dressing. Regular 2Hc quail
ity; each ...................... ........ .1OHc
FIRST FLOOR. WASHINGTON STREET
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-26
FLoMERs IN nAxoNNr

BAYONNE, Jan. GA rose bush
in full bloom and crab apple tree
WIN puos on 1t were seen in the
avenue. yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
HIGH PRAISE GIVEN NEW BANK LAW BY MONEY AUTHORITY John A. Gardin, Expert in Foreign Exchange, Much
 Pleased With Law BANKS MUST HELP
 TO MAKE IT SUCCESS Words Coming From Greatest Ma tional Bank in America Are Re-
 garded as of Special
 Significance
BY HOLLAND

New York. June -tspecial)-Of the three managers of the foreign exchange departments of large banking institutions in the United States who have gained very high reputation for ability-Max May, John A. Gardin and Fred l.. Kent two have spoken in words of high com mendation of the new national banking system. These two are MT. May, under whose direction something over S2,000,oOo- 600 of foreign exchange were handled Tn a single year, and John A. Gardin, who has handled an aggregate of many mil lions of foreign exchange annually for some 10 or P years MT. Kent has not yet spoken for publication, but he is re- ported to hold the same view respecting the advantages of the national banking system which have been publicly an nounced as their views by MT. May and Mir Gardin.
 At the meeting of the American export trade convention which was held at Wash ington in the last week of May, MT. Gardin spoke with something like en- thusiasm of the new banking system. As he is the vice president of the largest of American banks, an institution which has been occa asionally identified in the public mind with what has been called the money power. this statement of Mir. Gardin to the delegates who took part in the convention at Washington is all the more significant.
 Tho president of this institution, Frank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
EMPLOY ADDITIONAL
 FIELD SECRETARIES
Growth of Sunday School Work in Alabama Makes It Necessary to
 Employ Two Others

Montgoaery June 4.-s(Special lowing to the growth of Sunday school work in Alabama. which has resulted in Alabama being the strongest Sunday school state in the south the Alabama Sunday School as sociation has employed two additional state field secretaries, Miss Freda Bose of Mobile and Miss Minnie Allgood of Dadeville
 Miss Bose has had large experience in the teacher training work. and in the "teen-age' work in Mobile, especially Tn the city Sunday schools. Miss Allgood has had an equally extensive experience in organization and in teacher training work, especially among the country Sun day schools. Miss Bose begins work at once and Mics Allgood will begin Septem- Der l. The services of these workers will be furnished free of charge to the county and district Sunday school associations o. Alabama by the state association, all expenses being met by the state associa- ton.
 The convention key word for 1914-l5 of the Alabama Sunday School association Is helping every Sunday school" and the purpose of employing additional field sec retaries is to enable the association to give definite, practical help and instruc- tions In modern Sunday school methods to larger number of Sunday schools in Alabama than ever before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

depends upon the directors who will be responsible for the management of the federal reserve banks Their responsibiIi
 ties will be similar in many respects to those of the directors of each national bank, but they will have some additional duties and responsibilities.
 If there is anything in the history of the national banks since the passage of the old national banking law that is well established, it is the fact that not a single national bank whose directors were faith ful to their duties and responsibilities has met with misfortune. In every case and the cases are not many--where bank ruptcy of a national bank has occurred consequent upon unlawful action of it's officers, this has been due to the neglect by the directors of their responsibilities or their duties It is expected that one of the best of the influences which are exerted by the new national banking sys- tenn will be the holding up of directors of national banks constantly to the full performance of their duties. It has been said recently by one in high authority, that if it be borne in mind that on the whole our national banking system under the old law was very successful notwith- standing its defective machinery, then, if the boards of directors of the several federal reserve banks are made LID of rynen who come within the category of di- Trectors wEo direct and are selected from candidates of ability and capacity, the success of every federal reserve bank will be assured. If the success of every federal reserve bank is assured, then the success of every national bank in the United States will be fairly well assured The chief value of the commendatory remarks which were made by Vice Presi- dent Gardn to the American manufac- turers who are largely engaged in export ing our manufactured commodities is the assurance given by highly qualified of- f1cer of the greatest of national banks that the new national banking system should give every possible encoura ge. ment to American business and commer- cial interests, that is, so far as the rela- tion of these interests and their depend
 ence upon these banks for their reason
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
REPUBLICANS HOLD
 PRIMARY JUNE p
Candidates Announce for Various Off, fices in Cullman--Henry Heidel-
 berg Recovers in California


 Cullman. Juno 4.--(Special)-r ce-
 menting of bonds between the regular re- publicans of Culman county and the
 progressives. who are greatly in the ma jority, has resulted in formidable and
 happy family. The two charmen Fred
 Buchanan of the regulars and George Stiefelmeyer of the progressives. united
 in call for a republican primary to take
 place June 22, and the following candi-
 dates have announced:
 For sheriff. George I. Johnson of Bre- men, Gabe Oaks of Route 9 culman. and Chris Scheuing of Cullman: for represen- tative from Cullman county, NJ. F. Parker, J. R. Huey and Oscar Metz of this city. G. w. Tingle has announced for county chairman. The republican party once had easy sailing in this county before a slice of Blount was added In what Is known as the "cut-off' Cullman has now two re- publican officers, tax assessor and coll | lector.
 | Mrs I. B. Brown, who was called to l Los Angeles to attend her father Henry
 Heidelberg, who was not expected to sur vive a necessary operation six weeks ago. 1 returned to Culman today, leaving her father well. Mrs. Brown Is the wife of Judge Joel R. Brown. nominee for the court of appeals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05

of them told me today that we ought to go right on to Mexico City because he had lost 30 mules.
 As l came in from supper I looked out to sea and sa wthe smoke curling from the tunnels of the U. s S. Jouett as she was making her way toward Galveston, and thought of how fine 1t would be to be aboard en route to Birmingham, but then l thought of the record one might make for faithful service and l brushed away the mist from my eyes. gritted my teeth and walked into the office to tackle the work ahead of me.
 The eight-hour law is no good for those of us who came down from the states, but the so-ealled Americans who are here in the office can take advantage of 1t. but two of them do not. They link
 in and stay with it just like we do.
 Fine Fellows on Ships
 Of all the fine fellows in the world there are none to exceed the mall order lies on the ships. They sign us for the mail without murmur, pile 1t up on deck and check it and in every way com port themselves as fellow Americans.
 The officers of the navy are fine men, and we are planning a trip to Panama be- fore we go back home
 There is one lieutenant of the navy here, Cohen, by name. that I would make admiral if I had the chance. He brings over the heavy shipments that come from New York in lots of 1000 bags or more. There Is a lot more to write of the postoffice. but time calls elsewhere. If MT. Aldrich could see the fine office here he would nevermore be content with the one he has, and if he had J. s. Cuttino who works the army mail, and F. Grant who helps me out, he would never let them go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
POOLE WRITES ON HOW MAIL IN VERA CRUZ IS HANDLED No Vessel Can Depart With out Carrying Mail to
 U. s. Ports MEXICAN SYSTEM
 MUCH LIKE OURS Birmingham Man Says Postmaster Aldrich Would Envy the Fine
 Postoffice Building in
 Vera Cruz
py LEANDER POOLE

Vera Cruz, Mex, May s5.-tSpecial Cor respondence )-Inasmuch as everybody has to do business with the postofflce, l have concluded to make one letter cover this feature in the belief that it will prove interesting.
 To begin with, H. M. Robinson Is postal agent in charge who has to do with all executive matters and who never seems happy unless he works IA hours per day. Then l come in as assistant with charge of all outgoing and incoming mails by ships also the letter carriers and dis tributing clerks. Is in number.
 Then comes V. Hubert, in charge of the fiscal department: R. Harlan of the stamp and money order department, A. F. Clem- ent, chief clerk of the registry depart ment; Francis. in charge of distributing the Mexican mail, and McCollum and Mccoy on the American.
 In the bultos postaes tparcel post we have a MT Moore of New York, with Mir Funia, recently arrived to help out.
 We all sleep in the postoffice on the third floor, and are equipped with the reg ulation army cot with mosquito bars. and some of us who put on airs have featber pillows. We turn in with the army, and when the bugle sounds in the morning we turn out. We only have one sheet and pillow case eaclf so when wash day comes around we have to do without those things for week. At 6:30 l get Up and go down below to get out all the drop letters, and at a. m the carriers come in to work up the nights accumulation and get ready for delivery which begins at ' a. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-05
FIVE GRADUATE FROM
 THE DEMOPOLIS HIGH

Demopolis, June tSpecial)-Th clos ing exercises of the Demopolis High school began Sunday morning, when the Rev. W. M. Curtis, pastor of the Meth odist church of Uniontown. preached the sermon to the five graduates at the Meth odist church. MT. Curtis chose as his text the words, Choose this day whom ye will serve" The value of choice and duty was the theme of the discourse, which was heard by congregation which taxed the capacity of the large auditorium
 A large number of patrons of the schools attended the senior class day exercises at the High school rooms Tues day morning. Some of the numbers on the programme were: Essay, Inter national Peace" Viola Compton: class poem. Lehman Mayer; piano solo, Anna Bealle McCants; prophecy, Tessie Long; essay, 'Woman's Advancement in Amer lea, Francis Coachman; class history, Viola Compton; Last Will and Testa- ment," Frances Coachman.