The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-01-09
During the present week ]. HInlne


Real estate men In Gloucester coun-
ty are clamOring for small farms of
from 10 to 20 acres and say they have
purchasers for many.
Efforts are to be made In the new
public school which is being erected at
Maple Shade to provide hot lunches
for the children by the Home and
School League.
The old cranberry bog in South
Glassboro has been flooded and young
people have prospects Of fine skating
| on the site.
The annual meeting of the South
Jersey Farmers Exchange has been
announced for January Is at Woods
| town by Senator Collins B. Allen, sec
rotary of the Board of Directors
But one arrest was made by the
Gloucester City police on Christmas,
and Mayor Anderson let the man 60
with reprimand.
In response to an appeal for penny
! collection for the Clara Barton Memo
rial Fund the MillviIle public schools,
having an enrolment of 1900 pupils,
contributed S2S7S, the largest amount
reported in that part of the state
Many prominent realty dealers Of
Wildwood have requested the city
commissioners to increase the realty
license fee from s25 to 500 to keep
out the free lances."
Upon assurance being given of an
annual revenue Of S615 for at least five
, years the Public Service Electric Com
pany will be ordered by the Public
Utilities Commission to provide cleo
trio service for John B. Buckalew and
| 10 residents of North Plainfeld town
! ship, who are now without service
Application for the proposed service
was made Jointly by the property own
ers. The company offered to extend
Its plant upon receipt of a deposit of
S2,450 on the flve-year deposit agree
nent plan.
Speculation and high rents have
caused an increase in Newark real es-
tate and personal property valuation
to more than S500,OO0,O 900 this year as
compared with $450,0OO,OOO in 1918,
the city tax commission announced
| Increase in realty valuations amount.
ing to approximately $40,000,000 falls
| principally on dwellings representing
an advance of 10 per cent. on a single
| family house and as much as 80 per
| cent. on three-family residences. Per
sonal property taxes will amount to
nearly S40,000,000, offset somewhat by
decrease due to prohibition, peace
and last years influenza epidemic
A formal call was issued by Cover
| nor Runyon for statewide confer
ence in the assembly chamber at the
state house Wednesday, January Z, to
consider a comprehensive program of
Constructive Americanism for all and
| Americanization for the alien" Man.
| ufacturers, business and professional
men and merchants and representa-
tives of all civic and patriotic organi-
cations were invited as delegates.
| The boulevard commissioners of
Jersey City are in receipt of an appli-
| cation for a franchise to operate
| trackless trolley line on the Hudson
County boulevard ]. G. Rossman of
Plainfield is the moving spirit in the
project, but owing to the serious ILL.,
ness of the president of the commits
| sion, George T. BlakesIee. no official
action has been taken. The promoters
offer to pay the commission 5 per cent.
| of the gross receipts and to purchase
| electricity to operate the cars from the
| boulevard power plant at Laurel Hill.
The police of the township of North
Plainfield made raid on the home of
John MAR of Mountain avenue and
arrested MAR and Is others on
charge of gambling. They were ar
raigned before Recorder Francis Bodin
| of Watching, who fined Mair $40 and
the others 50. The North Plainfield
borough police assisted in the raid
A granite monument in honor of
John Wallace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Da-
vid Wallace of Fairton, was unveiled
with appropriate ceremonies at Mt
Pleasant Cemetery, Millville. Wal
lace, who was a member of Company
/ l, One Hundred and Forty eighth In
fantry, Thirty-seventh Division, lost
his life at the front in France. Henry
H. Fithian of Bridgeton, who fought
beside him when he fell, made the
chief address.
Governor RunyOn announced his sup
port of Major General Wood as a
presidential candidate, asserting his
election would benefit the country
immeasurably" with General Wood
as our leader next year I am confident
that the Republican party will win most
fmpressively," the governor stated.
He is intensely patriot, is possessed
of infinite courage both physical and
moral, has bravely preached his creed
the country over and demonstrated
clearly his great executive ability, tact
and craftsmanship"
Returning to New York after taking
his employers, DIR. and Mrs. Stenbridge
Smith of 362 Riverside drive, TO spend
Christmas day with friends in East
Orange, Benjamin Wright ran over a
man in Halstead street. East Orange,
who later died of fractured skull.
The victim was Fred Jaroleman of
81 South Clinton street, East Orange.
1t is said he stepped from the curb di-
rectly in front of the automobile.
Wright was held in $500 bail on
technical charge
Charles Steinroch, thirty-two years
old of 1915 Washington street, Hobo
ken, was killed instantly when an au-
tomobile in which he was riding skid
ded in Park avenue, Weehawken, and
after irmDinu aorosS tbo eidou-aIly