Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-27

night to discuss the building of a
railway for the handling of
boats owned by members of the
club.
. A general meeting of the East
Jersey Club has been called for to-
night at the club house in High
street to consider matters of general
interest to the club.
Ground was broken yesterday for
the erection of the two two-family
houses on the lot recently owned by
Mrs. Emma Compton in Rector
street opposite Woodruff place. The
houses are being erected by Douglas
Fraser, Jens P. Westergaard and
Hans H, Dinesen.
Tree surgeons from Rochester, N.
Y, have been at work for several
days past on the trees on w. Parker
Runyon's estate on the bluff.
A, Kosene is having the property
which he recently purchased from
Jens p. Westergaard at As Woodruff
place, painted and some alterations
made. Mr.. Kosene is now occupying
the house.
Hornet Encampment No. 60, Odd
Fellows, will confer the degree of
golden rule on several candidates at
it's meeting tonight at Odd Fellows
hall. Chief Patriarch James Cope
land is expected to welcome many
members to the meeting.
Middlesex Council No. LOO.
D..x mill r,,aat tonight
in regular session at Odd Fellows
hall.
There is a meeting of Halcyon
| Castle No. 81, knights of the Col
| den Eagle, scheduled for tonight.
Liberty Council, No. IA, Sons and
| Daughters of Liberty. will entertain
the state officers at their next meet
| ing Friday night, in J~acobsen's Han.
| An invitation has been 10
the councils in Tottenville and South
| Amboy to attend.
Eighteen past grands gathered at
| the last meeting of Lawrence Lodge
| No. So, Odd Fellows, on the occasion
of Past Grands Night. Past Grand
| Samuel G.. Garretson, the oldest liv-
ing member of the lodge, presided:
| District Deputy Grand Master Emil
Schuster, of Elizabeth, made an ad-
dress. Past Grand Joseph B.. Quick
who has been a mepber of the lodge
since 1899 and was noble grand IN
1902 was presented with a gold
handed fountain pen from the lodge
in recognition of his activities since
Joining the lodge. He is moving to
Nyack, N. Y, the first of October.
"
A new bridge has been installed
by the Staten Island Rapid Iransi,
at the ferry terminal at h foot Oh
Smith street. The new structure was
placed in position after the last trip
~ The ferryboat Perth Amboy from
Tottenville at 2:17 o'clock, sunday
morning, the same time that the
clocks were turned back after the
summer of daylight saving.
Garbage collection west of the
tracks of the Central Railroad D
New Jersey is anything but pleasing
to the residents in that section. L
is said that oftentimes the coliector'
fail to pick up garbage that mas peer
set out and that when stun Is arop
ned on the sidewalk or road iron
cans as they are being loaded on tn
wagons. the men go on, letting TN
stuff remain in the roadway.
Adolph M. Metzendorf, of 16'
High street, is again III
erection of a theatre On the vacah
lot. corner Madison avenue and mar
ket street. Mr.. Metzendort plannet
the erection of a theatre on this sit
" .x ,ra hpt tho high nClpeH
that prevailed at that time MADE l
impossible.
Forty-tWo automobiles lined tn
curbs Of Madison avenue in the on
block between Market street AM
Smith street Just before noon to-day
In this number there were -FOUR
teen different makes besides IN
Ford of which there were eleven
The Pictou, the little s~ixteen-foo
freak sloop that came to Perth Am
how from Nova Scotia. leaves tomor
row on it's way to Panama. Inc Doa
was painted today in Caledonia Far
where it was exhibited. The next stol
will be Trenton where the crew ex
poets to see the governor prloI =
their visit to Washington where the
Will call upoll
The large frame building recenti
moved from the southwest corner o
Market and High streets to a pom
farther west on Market street IS nov
being renovated into a two-tamii
apartment house. 1t Is owned by IN
First Baptist church. one OF IN
anartments will be occupied by tn
pastor.
All of the public schools of tn
CITY are closed today owing 10 IN
holding of primary elections, sever
al of the schools being used as poii
ing places.
The digging of the cellar for tn
new building of the Maple Reait!
Company, corner Madison aVenu'
and Smith street is progressing rap
lidIv. Considerable difficulty wa
Inexperienced in clearing the groun'
of the old concrete floor that wa
laid in the one story structur'
which formerly occupied the SITE
Assistant Prosecutor John Il
Toolan has been spending the pas
several days seeking an ASH receaVe
j.. fiat vanished from his desk. IN
; trav was found to be missing tn
morning after an attempt a pee,
made to break into the county jan
Alterations have been complete,
to the building corner or omltl
street and Madison avenue o"ne'
by Senator Thomas Brown NO
onlv was the building enlarged, bu
the offices and Railways were an re
decorated and put in first class cor