Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-14
STATE NEWS

TRENTON, March 14-Colonel
w. D.. Uhler. chairman of the exec
utive committee of the American
Association of the State Highway
officials, and state highway engineer
of Pennsylvania, has named Thomas
j. Wasser, state highway engineer,
Of this state, as a member OF the
| associations committee on trafhc
| control and safety. The other mem
| bers of the committee are High
way Engineer Bennett, of Connec-
| t:cut; Num- or Oregon, and Mackall
| of Maryland.
TRENTON, March 4-Slight de-
creases are noted in the monthly
crop report made public today by
the New Jersey State Department
OF Agriculture under the direction of
Alvah Agee, secretary. This is par
ticularly true in reference to grain.
The following is a comparative list
of grains produced during the
month of February: Corn, 919, A.
$4,000 bushels; 1922, ~5.664,000
bushels; wheat. 1919, $4,000 bush
els: 1922, $4,000 bushels; and oats,
1919, 1,264,0O0 bushels. The de-
partment reports that the February
production of eggs was 80 per cent
of normal, while the same month in
1922 of production of 80 per cent OF
a normal is recorded.
PLAINFIELD, March 14.-John
Motley. five, who had been living
with his grandparents at 41o West
Front street, was killed late yester-
day afternoon while coasting down
a hill in a little express wagon.
The boy received the wagon as a
Christmas gift and had been waiting
for the fine weather to try it out.
NEWARK, March 14.-That an
average of $4,000 persons make use
of it's building every month is shown
by figures which the Newark Young
Women's Christian Association has
Just compiled Of activities for the
past year. This number includes, it
is said, those who take part in the
gymnasium, the swimming pool. the
club activities, attended the cafete-
| ria, the classes, and the various
meetings which take place in the
building.
ASBURY PARK, March 14.-Ma-
yor C. f. f. Hetrick, of this city.
has sem invitations to mayors of
municipalities along the north Jer-
| sey coast to attend a luncheon at the
| Metropolitan Hotel, March 20, to dis
cuss ways and means of securing
better railroad transportation to and
from Philadelphia.
Railroad officials will be present.
Mayor Hetrick called attention TO the
great difference in running time be-
tween Philadelphia and Atlantic City
and Philadelphia and Asbury Park.
although the. difference does not eX-
coed ten miles.
CAPE MAY March 1.-THE com
| missioners of this city have received
word from Trenton that Governor
| Edwards has signed the New Jer-
sey-Delaware bill making it a law.
Citizens Of this town are wild with
delight. Preparations are being
| made for a celebration with a street
parade. in which all the shore re-
| sorts from Sandy Hook to Cape May
will be asked to join.
The new ferry will shorten the
| route to the Jersey coast resorts,
and the New York and New Eng
land resorts by many miles. The
work on the ferry will be commence
ed at once and steps will be taken
to procure the steamer to be placed
on the run in June.
The Pennsylvania and Reading
railroads were granted rights of way
over the Cape May Point boulevard
to the ferry landing at Cape MAY
Point last week and the roads will
build and operate jointly a road to
the ferry landing.
SALEM, March 14:-Plans to UNI
ravel the financial tangle in which
this city finds itself. as a result of
the discovery of misrepresentation of
$4,000 worth OF municipal bonds,
were announced today by city oun
Gil in session until after midnight
considering the matter.
Although no warrant was issued
City Solicitor Grier al empowered
to complete his investigation and
employ additional counsel to take
action against Alfred ID. Mitchell.
former city treasurer, who Is
charged with having converted the
bonds to his own use. Mitchell dis
appeared about a month ago. 1t is
not known what steps, II any. were
authorized by counsel for his APP
p~rehension.