Milford chronicle., 1916-03-31
MILTON NEWS.

tits said $500 merchant vessels have beer
: lost during the present European War
six hundred of these by Germany alone
\ These, together with those that have
been relegated by natural decay. have seri
ously crippled the commerce Of the world
No wonder trade is tied up; no wonder 4
E British Order In Council prohibits the i'm.
portation ofluxuries into the United King
! dom. They want their shipping and the
shipping of others for the transportation
T of war materials, or, material of bona Jfde
use for the support of natural existence.
I The shipyards of the land appear to be
full of contracts for the building of yes
sells and If such be the fact now. these
contracts must increase, as the war nears
its end ; and by that time there may be
many more vessels destroyed, as these
have been mp to the present. What is
the matter with Milton that It cannot get
some of these contracts1 Is il the want
of energy9 or the want of some one TO
take the iniative9 We think il is the lat
ter. Time was when there were FIVE OF
six vessels on the stocks at one time,
about and along Milton dock, and farther
down the river and these vessels were
rated at 800 tons and less. We still have
the river, and those who aught to know,
say there is plenty of white oak yet, of
the original growth, such as Delaware,
and particularly Sussex County, have
been famous for. We still have the origi
nal building sites, we still have part of
the former workmen, and we have now
what we did not have when Milton was
at the zenith of its ship building career,
/ viz, railroad transportation. What we
need is some one-two, or three, or more
men-to go ahead. Capital can be had
from city men who want vessel property. /
Milton wants the business, and is in a
position to do a better part by investors |
in vessel property than almost any other |
place. Now why will not some one who |
may think he has a score OF years of life |
ahead of him yet, take mp this matter /
and 90 ahead with it make some money |
for himself and build some good vessels |
to benefit the commerce of the world ? |
Milton people have dealt long enough |
with trivial things and made nothing out |
of them, now here is her chance. There |
never will be better time for the revivi- /,
cation of ship-building in Milton than !
now, and the immediate future the busi- !
ness is solid one, employs many men, |
and once again established at this point, |
it might continue for many years; ne |
elected now the chance for rehabilitation /
may never occur again.
Rev. W. T Valiant, a former pastor of i
the Milton NJ. 4. Church, has been ap- |
pointed by the New Jersey Con Greece
pastor of Kaighn's Avenue NJ, +. Church |
Camden, N. ].
1t is gratifying to learn that our noon
mail will be continued between Milton
and Ellendale. T. T. Baker, whose con-
tract expired on the 23rd inst has made
another contract with the Post Office De-
partmeut and will continue on the route
until April 10th, when a star route will
be begun.
Town Council has reappointed David
Dickerson Supervisor Of Streets and Town
Bailif for another year at a salary of S2S5.
Another announcement states that the
Zion Y P. B. will hold a Frances Willard
memorial service at Zion NJ. *. Church
on Thursday evening the 30th inst. This
is the second memorial service advertised
to take place at Zion Church lately. Poor
woman, her admirers won't let her rest
in peace
A review service was held at the NJ
P. Sunday School on Sunday. An inter
esting program was rendered prepared ]
expressly for the occasion. Parents, chill I
children and all who attended were in ]
terested and edited {
Atthe last session Of the Parent Teacher {
Association Mrs. George A. Goodwin, I
Mrs. W. T. Mears and Mrs. Ralph Potter /
wer eappointed a committee to visit the
schools. /
w. T. Starkey and wife attended the t
funeral of the formers sister a. Baltimore j
On last Friday. +
An accident occurred on last Friday a
week ago in which Miss Ethel Donovan, \
the teacher at Williams School. came d
near losing her eyesight BY being hit in &
hat organ by a stone thrown by playfsl Z
BOY. The member is improving a
Rev. n. NJ. Brown preached his last a
sermon before Conferedce at his church 2
II South Milton last Sunday The con i
gregation of the A. NJ. +. Church in c
North Milton, Rev. Robert Wright pas d
or, attended the service of Rev. Brown -
IN this occa sion.
The Fisher-Shipp Concert Company
ave the last of the High School Library
in School Hall on Wed T.
lesday evening the Goth inst.
Captain Ralph Potter was home with
lis family few days last week.
True to their custom the ospreys have pI
made their appearance since the sun has bs
creased the line' and may now be seen In
u AAAN EF@hAnh A0NNAA Ahh we Liz AuAN ~
pving out the festive bass. OF
There appears to be more business nc Ia
witty at the railroad station than any of
,here else in town. Draper & Co. are II
their cannery Jones s. Lank d.
re building a store house for fertilizer,
lhich they propose to sell Thackery & Pl
White are preparing to build an Office, -
nd other things in the improvement line -
re being done. A great deal OF stone
me is being received by the farmers,
Tho are improving their land with it.
,verything is being shipped from the
tation in the lumber line that will COM
land price. Even slabs from saw mills
re being sawed into cord wood length
nd shipped to northern parts. Anything 0li
lst will bring money goes. We
Station Agent Turner is the happy
lther of bouncing boy. He made his
swa