Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-07

Hall is the alligator farm. While
visiting the alligator farm purchas-
ed two a~lligators, one for my niece.
this one Is some six years old and
the night that / left I went down TO
the lodge to bid them goodbye. 1
| found my niece with the alligator
in her lap feeding II beef, this ALI
gator Is nineteen inches long. the
| other one Is twenty-six inches long
and has seen seven summers. 1
brought this to New York in a
sleeper intending to present It to the
| director OF Central Park, but my
daughter insisted that she wanted
| him and took IL down to Perth and
| had It domiciled ina box some four
feet long, in which she had sand
! and water and Is learning 1t to DC
a beef eater.
In the opposite direction to the
| alligator farm the road leads TO the
| Jungle. On this line is the famous
| oyster bed on which very nne oys-
t.srs grow.
The alligator farm is a very in
teresting point to visit. They have
a~lligators there from three months
| old to 500 years old. Then there is
a line from Gulfport. Springfield,
| Groms. Hidenpost. ttea rooms)
| Masonic Home. The city hall - on
the corner of Central avenue and
Ferty-first street. All municipal
. fices are in this building. The
register room is adjoining the Cham
Der of Commerce and all visitors are
requested to leave their names, for
the convenience of friends who MAJ
wish to locate them. There Is a
register book for each state. In the
City Hall all licenses Q be obtain
ed. except marriage licenses. Tor
these you have to go to h county
seat at Clearwater, some thirty miles
from st. Petersburg. On the corner
Of First avenue and Fourth street
is the postof1ce. This is n Of the
most attractive. buildings in the
south as well as the most unique.
You transact all your business with
Uncle Sam In the open, even the
lock boxes are accessible from the
outside. and number 2.400 boxes.
There are no steps to climb, no
crowd in the rushing hours. The
attendants at the window on apply
ing will hand you your letters from
home.
The Carnegie Library 10 in Resou-
voir Park on Mira Lake, Fifth
street. In this building you will find
some 10000 volumes, and all visi-
tors are welcome. Here you find a
comfort station. Two others are
located in the City Hall and one at
THE William Park Banstand Build
ing, and one at the Urequa Station,
where six cars can be handled at
one time and is considered the best
equipped station in Florida.
When 1t comes to city schools, h
high schools, the grammar. and h
primary are maintained by a county
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visitors. In addition to these there
are a number of business schools.
AS to banks there are the First
National Bank, the Central Bank.
the American Bank and Trust Com
pany and the Ninth Street and Trust
Company Bank.
As for newspapers, the city of st.
Petersburg has but two dailies. the
Times and the Independence. The
Independence is an evening paper,
and each day that the sun doesn't
shine this company issues the papers
free of charge to all. Then there
is the Tourist News, a magazine and
the Pinelass Post, a weekly, this is
ah organized labor organ.
We will next take the theatres, OF
which there are six, and in them all
you will find the popular movies.
In noting the restaurants. cafes
and tea rooms, we find the Mixes,
the Central Cafe. the Poinsetta, the
Palace Tea Room, the Rosary and
Mrs. j. G. Garette. As for cafeterias
they are very popular and can be
found all over the city.
Here they have an ice plant of q
daily capacity of 1872 tons of excel
lent ice, and is considered the most
modern plant in Florida. There are
three boat lines. OF which the Will
son line Of Philadelphia has three
steamers running between st. Peters
burg and Tampa. Each one makes
two round trips daily. and are often
chartered for moonlight excursions.
AS for places of amusement l md
that there are eleven located in diff
ferent parts Of the city. In count
ing social clubs I find there are nine
in number. AS for state societies,
the visitor may consult the bulletin
board at the register office at the
City Hall. They daily announce the
Canadian, the Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Maine, Michigan, New England, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio. Pennsylva-
mia, Presidents Union, Southland and
Wisconsin. Here are the points OF
interest within walking distance: the
Shell Mound, Mirror Lake. Round
Lake, Municipal Pier, Fountain OF
Youth. Rosary, Park Drias. h aqua
rum, Alligators on the North Mole,
and Braff Pier.
The Municipal Pier Is on a long
point extending out into h pay
some distance on which is located a
number Of resorts. The most noted
is the swimming pool which Is 100
feet long and so feet wide. This Is
we'll patronized, and in connection
with It are bath rooms, with hot
cold water. these baths are OF salt
water and very invigorating.
As for auto trips. all points within
the city can be reached over the
Augusta block ~pavements. and by
consulting any of the bus or taxi
drivers located on Central ana
Fourth streets, one a learn the
fares to any of these resorts! Prive-
lass PIT, Maxine Pit, Lake Maggiore'
Southport, Largo, Belleair. Wall
spring. Tarpon Spring. Clearwater.
Passaouill, st. Petersburg Beach.
Beyond the swimming pool is a
wooden pier extending q half mile
out into the bay. At the end OF
which the line OF steamers run TO
Tampa. Tampa IN q coast town ana
connects with Keywest and Havana
Cuba, by a line Of steamers. there
are some twenty others in Florida.
AS for secret and fraternal lodges
there are some t~wenty-four.
Among other matters is the state
analysis of the water. Results as
given are one part per million, ana
two grains per gallon, without color
t,,rniditv odor- a1kanity, carbOnite,