Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-02-06

advanced that 1t Is expected tndl lhe
foot path leading from the boat
for pedestrians only VIII De
open within Il few days. when the
WORK is finally completed there Will
be seen many changes at the ferry
terminal. The alterations were start
cd following the accident at the ferry
L few months ago when a woman
was killed and several others had
narrow escapes when Knocked over
board into the water when an auto
mobile ran wild on the boat. Mayor
William c. Wilson brought the mat
ter TO the attention of Vice President
Voorhees, of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit with the result that the
changes for the safety of passengers
were started.
General Chairman d.. A.. Donnelly,
of rittston, Pa, Peter Harus, Oh
IIazelton, Pa, Frank Dougherty, Oh
Delano, Pa, and Daniel Quinn, OF
Jersey City, all connected with the
order of Railroad Trainmen were
the guests of honor at a banquet
rendered by the Perth Amboy Lodge,
No. 1854, at Western improvement
hall last night. There were about
sixty trainman present to enjoy the
| ili'ht - eAtt ~
under the direction of Mrs. liver Lar
.ru caterer. The banquet was si", Il
i'll honor OF tho coed work of Mr.,
DonIe!ly and his colleagues at ne
recent conference held at Wash .1g-
ten. George Murray. president ri
the local trainmen, acted as toast
MAGE. ca .rles II. dorsey, train
1&.icr, and NJ. j.. > Iara, yardmss-
ter, also made remarks. James Muir
r'y render "a several vocal S7lnc-
ions and Fed o'Dr,ti.'s o%rc3cstia
was there to furnish the music. The
committee in charge of the arrange
ments included James Gerity, chair
man; +. L. Burke. c. +. Skov, Man
Baumgarten and George Pastrick.
According to reports among rail-
road mel, the Central Railroad of
New Jersey is understood to be PLAN
ming to build a line from Lakehurst
to Trenton Via New Egypt, Allentown
and Yatdvilie. 1t is said that such a
line would De of great benefit to the
Central raili DAD and would make a
shorG cut across the state from the
shore to Trenton. 1t is also report
ed tina q rough survey has been
made over the proposed route and
that the citizens Of the towns of New
Egypt and Lakek9rst are doing all
they 4 t have the Central act fav-
orally on tho construction of such a
railroad.
Sandquist the long distance run
ner of the iCcal y. M. G. A. track
team, finished second in the 1000
yard run in the state Y. NJ. &. A. in
doc: championship track meet at
Newark, Saturday hight. lie was the
only local athlete to place. Goodwin.
of Peterson, who performed in this
city a week ago, defeated Sandquist.
Inc six rec moving picture peter
Points the Way" was shown in the
Y. N. C. A. Saturday night to an au-
dieEce that more than filled the
large auditorium and balcony to
capacity. The film is one of the
greatest Atlt ricanizotion ~photoplays
eve written and was enjoyed by
hundreds Of new citizens and those
desiring citizenship papers. The per-
Torrance was conducted under the
direction Of the industrial depart.
ment. James A. L.arcombe, secretary,
John n. Wester has been awarded
the contract for the general con.
structiOn work on a new schoo
building in Colts Neck. Atlanti,
Township, Monmouth county. The
school will cost in the neighborhood
of $4,000. Work has been started
by Mr.. Wester on the roof of the
new Keansburg school which should
be completed in six weeks.
The Board of Excise Commission
ers meet tomorrow night in the city
clerks office, city hall, to consider
applications for billiard licenses and
renewals. A. report from the inves-
tigating committee is likely at this
time.
The State Board of Health film
keeping Fit" will be shown at the
Y. NJ. c. A. tomorrow night for the
benefit of members of the boys de-
rartment.
A grand concert was given by Duel
Kerekjarto, void famous violin vir-
tuoso in the high school auditorium,
Saturday night. The concert was
well attended and the offerings of
the violinist We're we'll received.
Another section of the Y. NJ. C. A.
boys Current Events Club will meet
tomorrow night in the office of Sec
rotary Family w. Scott.
The Y. M. G. A. Boys Wireless
| Club will meet at SIS o'clock to-
night for the purpose of receiving
instruction in the construction and
operation of wireless and wireless
telephone outfits. Henry and How
ard loft are the instructors and will
commence the construction of a
wireless telephone outfit tonight.
There r fifteen boys in this elias.
which started last week as one OF
the Hobby Clubs" organized at the
Y" under the State Fourfold Drive.
A meeting of the sign painting club
of the Y. NJ. C. A. boys department
is being held this afternoon. start
'ng at AIS o'clock. John MacWil-
liam is in charge of this Hobby
Club"
The mems dinners and forums
which were a feature at the Y. NJ.
C. A. last year will be resumed to-
night in the "Y" banquet hall. DIR.
Frank Smith, who was scheduled to
speak has informed General Secre-
tary w. II. War; that he will be I'M
able to attend. Rev. l.. V. Bushman.
of Woodbridge, has been secured to
take his place. Dinner will be served
promptly at 6:30 and the forum will
be over by s o'clock. Tickets are
available at the Y. NJ. c. a.
The regular semi-monthly meeting
of the Board of Aldermen will be
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