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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-08-21
ERECTING KILNS
AT BRICK PLANT

The erection of the first of the
eight kilns for the New Hope Brick
Company, at their plant near Huff
nagle station, is we'll under way.
1t is expected that the kiln will be
ready for use this fall, so that part
of the brick needed for the remain
der may be made on the ground.
Concrete foundations for the
grinding and mixing building are
we'll under way, and the walls will
be Of tile, for which contract has
been given to John w. Smiths Sons,
of Stockton.
There has been vast amount of
grading required for the plant, and
this has been largely completed.
Ties for the railroad siding are on
the ground, mad the siding from the
North East Pennsylvania Railroad
has been fully graded.
The steel work for the buildings
is expected shortly, and it is ex-
peeted that the entire plant, with
a capacity of $4,000 per day, will be
ready for operation early next year.
This output would require from fifty
to sixty men to operate the plant,
and it is expected that ultimately
this will be enlarged to point that
it will require several hundred men.
The local brick plants-the Amer
lean Clay Products Company already
being in operation-will be able to
operate all the year, regardless of
weather, as the drying and burning
are done independent of weather
conditions.
The New Hope Brick Company is
fortunate in having large deposit
of red shale that requires practically
no stripping, thus saving both time
and money in operation. 1t has
for centuries, so that any possible
future shortage of material is not
worrying the officials of the COM
pany. Their chief worry just now is
about the time it takes to construct
a plant complete. They would ra-
ther be busy filing orders, a goodly
number of which are already in
prospect.
The company mas display at the
Pennington Fairs this week, where
the advantages Of using brick for
building are being extolled.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-08-21

OF AMERICA To
HOLD TAG DAY SATURDAY

The Volunteers of America will
conduct Heart Tag Day" in Lam
bertville and New Hope next Sat
urday. A local committee has been
organized by representative of
that organization, and is composed
of Rev. Michael Evans, Miss Mary
Brown, Miss Myra Holcombe, Mrs.
Fred Cummings, Mrs. William Como
yer and Mrs. Charles Dilts. Head
quarters will be at the Lambertville
House where Miss Flora Bullock will
be in charge.
Children will distribute the tags.
and prizes will be given those col
Letting the most money. These prizes
were contributed by local people.
and will be awarded in the follow
ing order; Cochran Drug Store,
Brownie Camera; Cryers Hardware
pair roller skates; G. f. Solliday
fountain pen; c. +. Smith, box of
candy; Harry L. VanHorn, toilet
case; Albert l.. Gilman, silver pencil.
Those not winning prizes, but collect
ing as much as three dollars will
each receive ticket to the movies.
The object of the drive is to pro-
vide funds for the work the Vol
unteers of America do among pris-
oners and their families. Eleven
homes are maintained by them thru
the country where men discharged
or paroled from prison may secure
homes until they find employment.
1t is said the organization Is thirty
years old, and was begun by General
and Mrs. Booth.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-08-21
Registration On august
Is and 29 For Lambert
ilIe Schools

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will
be held for beginning pupils in the
local schools on August % and 20
Superintendent Herring announces
that the office will be open from
. to 3 on these days. All pupils from
surrounding district wishing to en-
ter High School may be registered
on these dates.
Examinations will be held at the
Third Ward School on August rs, 26,
q and % for the benefit of pupils
who have failed in subject and wish
to pass them.
The following instructors will
compose the High School faculty for
the coming school year: Samuel f..
Burr, principal; Miss Beatrice Pc
trie, mathematics; Miss Mary Costel-
10 and Mrs. Samuel Burr, CONNER
cial; Miss Margaret Collins, Latin
and French; Mountford Illick, his
tory and civics; Charles Hillegass,
general science and commercial ma
thematics; Vinton Rawson, chemistry
and biology; Harry 0kean, physics
and algebra; Robert Hoppock and
William Guest, English; Harold
Roettger, physical director; yelling
Hankinson, manual training.
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LAMBERTVILLE-NEW HOPE BRIDGE
REPAIRS TO BE STARTED AT ONCE

The Pennsylvania-New Jersey
Free Bridge Commission at meet
ing in Philadelphia last Friday
awarded contract for repairs to the
Lambertville-New Hope Bridge to
the Brann & Stuart Co., of Philadel-
phia. That the overhauling of the
bridge is to be extensive may be
understood by the fact that the con-
tract amounts to 100000.
1t had been planned to start work
on the bridge early in the summer.
But the appeal of the trolley COM
pany, whose tracks cross the bridge,
that the Public Service Commission
permit them to abandon the line,
held up the bridge repairs. The
repairs provide for special steel work
supporting the tracks, and Louis
Focht, engineer for the Commission,
wished to avoid this extra expense
if the tracks are to be removed.
However, the continued delay on
the part of the Public Service Com
mission to render a decision, made
it imperative that repairs be started
before the condition of the flooring
became unsafe. Accordingly Engineer
Focht had alternate plans prepared,
one set providing for repairs with
the trolley tracks remaining, and
the other without them.
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BUS TRAFFIC
NEEDS A BOOST

The people between Doylestown and
Bristol have been worried lately by
rumors that the autobus line oper-
ating between the two places. might
be discontinued through lack of
traffic. The trolley line over this
route was discontinued last winter
after operating twenty-five years,
As a possible evidence of this, the
bus lines have issued new schedule
which curtals the service consider
ably.
The same bus line runs into New
Hope and Lambertville, from Doyles-
town and from Hatboro, and travel
appears to be light this summer.
The service afforded seems entirely
satisfactory, but the busses are be-
ing run on daylight saving time,
while the steam trains are operating
on standard time, SO that former
train connections are now often
missed. The connections between
the Lambertville-Doyle line
and the Doylcstown- Bristol line, at
Buckingham are not good, so that
any possible likelihood of through
county business is slight
The busses are performing great
service in many sections, and, if
properly developed, will prove profit
able both to the public and the own
ers in Bucks County A little more
care in providing connections, more
publicity for the enterprise itself,
and timetable that is on recog-
nized time will do much to bring
this about. The Lambertville-Tren
ton BUSES and trolley cars are both
supposed to be operating on daylight
saving time, but inasmuch as they
run every hour it makes no differ
ence until the last trips at night.
Every few days somebody asks
this office to figure out connections
with trains at some Bucks County
point, to which it is desired to use
the busses, all of which might be OBJ
waited by using standard time, the
same as the railroads.
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REBUILDING OF STOCKTON BRIDGE
WILL BE FORCED BY TRAFFIC

ger point. There is now demand
for an additional State highway be-
ween New York and Philadelphia.
This will be partly taken care of by
the law passed at the last session
OF the Jersey Legislature provid-
ing for the "North and South High
way" which will connect up the Del
aware Bridge between New Hope
and Lambertville.
But there doesn't seem any hone
of the building of this highway at an
early date. And already the New
Hope-Lambertville Bridge is carry
ing heavy traffic. Another decade
will make it imperative that another
interstate highway be opened across
the Delaware. Stockton is the logi-
cal point for the crossing of this
highway.
From Stockton the highway could
travel an almost straight line thru
Sergeantsville and Sand Brook to
Pennington over the old road. Thence
thru Three Bridges to SomervilIe
and New York. Trace this on your
map, and you will agree that it Of
fers the most direct route possible
from New York to Philadelphia.
This would not only take care of
the rapidly increasing interstate
traffic, but it would open up valu-
able farming lands thru Hunterdon
County, Motor development has been
even more rapid than the highest
expectations. Even now the improved
roads of the country are fifty years
behind the automotive industry.
Highways must be planned years in
advance to take care of the increase.
A free bridge at Stockton is not
only needed now, but it will be i'm
peratively demanded with a few
years. The next bridge above, uum-
berville,Raven Rock) is three miles
away, and thus does not provide
direct route. And it is Of ANTIGUA
ted design, being mostly of wood,
and cannot carry heavy traffic.
1t has been rumored that a possi-
BILE solution for Immediately supply
ing bridge at Stockton would be
to secure a contractor who would
be willing to build a structure and
wait for his money until the Com
mission should buy it. But bridge
built under such conditions would
hardly be of the best materials and
Workmanship, and thus doubtful of
acceptance to the commission.
Louis Focht, engineer for the Com
mission, has estimated that struc-
ture to answer the demands of traf-
fc for the next 25 or 80 years
would cost $175,000 or more. 1t
would have to provide footbridge,
as traffic makes it dangerous for
pedestrians To walk in the roadway.
This would necessitate enlarging the
old piers in order to provide a wild
er structure to accommodate a foot
walk.
In the meantime an important ar
terry of future traffic is cut off. And
for the present the residents of
Stockton and surrounding country
are seriously handicapped in having
to travel out of their way to cross
the river. AT this time it is impos-
sible to tell when new bridge will
be built.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-08-21
CALF CLUB SHOW
ON AUGUST II

Hundreds of Lambertville and
New Hope people who attended the
Pleasant Valley Calf Club Fair last
year will be interested to know that
the fourth annual show and fair
date has been set by the members
for Wednesday, August 81. During
the year the membership Of the
junior dairy extension club has
grown until il now totals thirty,
and will possibly even be larger by
the time Of the fair.
Believing that cash awards would
help TO stimulate the interest of the
members in fitting and showing, and
thereby bring up the quality of
the exhibit, the club voted over fif-
ty. dollars in prizes and ribbons to
be awarded. In addition fine silver
cup is to be presented by Charles
II. Cook TO the member having his
animal in the best shape. The Judge
of the dairy exhibit will be Paul
b. Bennetch, Of Trenton. Some
Mount Airy Calf Club members have
also been invited TO exhibit at this
fair. The dairy calf club show will
begin at 2 p. NJ. daylight time.
In addition to the calf club events
Of the afternoon, there will be other
exhibits and activities on the grounds
which will be of interest to men,
women and children, and from five
to eight o'clock chicken supper
will be served by the mothers OF
the calf club members and THEN
friends. The days events will end
with music by full orchestra and
dancing in the evening.
The club is planning to make a
special effort to accommodate the Wis
itors to the fair this year in better
shape than ever before, and equip
ment is being purchased which will
make this possible, so that the sup
per will be served promptly and
the guests will be handled as eff
GENTLY as possible.
Many local people are interested
in the Pleasant Valley Calf Club and
are invited to attend the fair this
year.
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Field Day For Hoi-
stein Breeders

The annual Field Day of the Bucks
County Holstein Association will
be held at Circle View Farm, C. j..
Roller, Owner, Solebury, Saturday,
August 23rd. Features of the pro-
gram will be an inspection of the
Circle View Farm herd, Junior
and Senior Judging Contest, calf
club demonstration and several ad-
dresses by leading dairymen.
Circle View Farm can boast of
having in their herd COW which
lead in milk production in all the
Cow Testing Associations in the
State for three months last year
Furthermore, the COW which placed
first over all breeds in the Doyles-
town Fair last year is also in this
herd.
There will be fifty dollars offered
in prizes in two Judging contests.
One contest for the adults and an
other for the juniors. These con
tests will be started at ten o'clock
in the morning and will be in charge
of E. B. Fits of State College.
AS is generally customary at all
field days each person is requested
TO bring picnic lunch.
In the afternoon Walter Gross,
member of the Plumsteadville Calf
club, will put on a calf club demon
stration in which he will show his
original animal and her twin heifers.
He will tell about his experiences in
calf club work.
The speakers will be d. K Sloan,
County Agent of Bradford County,
who is widely known in Holstein
circles and Allen Crissey, feldman
for the Holstein Association for
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Della
ware.
The program will be concluded
with baseball game between the
Holstein and the Guernsey Breeders.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1924-08-21
MRS. ANNA BELL ROSE

The funeral of Mrs. Anna Belle Rose,
wife of Charles Rose, was held at
her late home, 81 CoryeIl street,
last Thursday. Rev. f. +. Purcell,
pastor Of Centenary M. f.. Church,
officiated, and interment was in
Riverview Cemetery under the di-
rection of Horner. The bearers
were William Bowman, Charles f.
Holcombe, Elwood Metz, Harry Dan
iels, Thatcher Heath and Watson F.
Dudbridge.
There were many beautiful floral
offerings, including pillow from hus-
band; sprays from Judson Rose,
James B. Moore, DR. Il. W. Closson,
Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. Barber,
from brothers and sisters, from Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Reynolds, Centen-
airy M. r. Church; large standing
wreath with base, from friends and
neighbors; slumber robe from child
rem; sprays from little Billie Bull
ton; Mr.. and Mrs. William Button;
from nephew and niece; from Mr..
and Mrs. Preston Carver; and from
Mr.. and Mrs. Holcombe Moore and
family.
Mrs. Rose, who was in her d7th
year, died the previous Sunday after
a long illness. Besides her husband,
she is survived by two sons, Russell
and Kenneth, and daughter, Hazel.
-Four brothers and two sisters also
survive: Edward Moore, Lumberville;
Harry and Robert Moore, Baptist
town; James Moore, Newark; Mrs.
Albert Anderson, Frenchtown, and
Mrs. Joseph Wood, Lumberville.
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Proceedings OF Com
misSi0nerS' Meeting

Lambertville- At the weekly meet
ing of the Board of Commissioners
last Tuesday evening, the following
business was transacted:
Commissioner Hayhurst was auth
orized to have three signs erected
on the south side of Church street
to read, "No Parking Within This
Space" This to prevent congestion
that would interfere with the opera
ton of the fire engine from the
house of Union Co. No. 1.
Letter received from the manu-
facturers of the fire hose recently
reported in bad condition, and this
was referred to the Board of Fire
Engineers. The manufacturers agree
to make repairs under guarantee,
but the city will have to go to the
expense of shipping il to and from
the factory.
Commissioner Hayhurst reported
the completion of repairs to macad-
amized streets. "Ugite G." was used
on streets from Church to Button
wood, inclusive. Elm and Clinton
streets were repaired with materials
already on hand.
George street was recommended
for grading before repairs are made,
and the streets east of Main street
were reported to be in such bad
condition that it was impossible to
patch them.
He recommended that the streets
should now be thoroughly swept
and cleaned, and that all macadam-
lied streets should be resurfaced as
soon as practicable. A letter from
the State Highway Department was
received, advising the best methods
Of repairing the asphalt paving where
the Water Co. has had to tear it up.
This was referred to the Water Co.
Permission was granted the Volun-
teers of America to hold tag day
here on August 30th.
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EVENTS IN AND ABOUT THE
CITY or LANBERTIILLE


Mr.. and Mrs. Harold X. Dilley, of
Jefferson street, have sold their
home, and will move into the house
lately occupied by former principal
Of the high school, Lewis Snyder,
on George street.
Mary Rittenhouse, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Rittenhouse,
of Coryell street, was visitor part
of this week with Mrs. G. j. Roller,
at her home in Solebury, Pa.
Barbara Hayhurst, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Hayhurst, of
Trenton, is visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. Walter f. Hayhurst, on North
Union street, The grandfather, who
is one of Lambertville's city COM
missioners, is enjoying vacation
trip to Canada.
Mrs. Harry Slack, of Coryell ST.,
was a Monday visitor with her mo-
Their, Mrs. Minnie Carkhuff, in Tren-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Stockton
returned last Saturday to their home
on Coryell street after spending a
season at Narrowsburg, N. Y.
Master Paul Slack has returned to
his home on George street after do
ing" the Pennington Fair the early
part of the week. His first plans
included the whole program, but the
lure of Lambertville brought him
home the second day. He says that
next year will be time enough to
stay for the whole week.
Henry E. Greengrass, the we'll
known Union street merchant, was
a Sunday visitor in Philadelphia.
e. E. Hawk reports the follow
ing real estate sales during the
past week: for Edw. Spring, of Ne
wark, small farm in West Amwell
Township to Frank Mullins, Lam
bertville; for Ida 7. Pancoast, of
Hopewell meadow land in West
Amwell to r. r. Titus, Dilts Corner;
for Walter V. Coleman, of Philadel-
phia, three lots on School Hill to
L. B. Stout, of Trenton.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. R. Kneass, of
the Lambertville House, have re-
turned from visit with relatives
at Westfeld, N. J.
Continued on fourth pagel
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Charles ID. McCracken, of JEFF
ferson street, was called to New
York iCty last Friday by the death
Of an old friend in Masonic circles.
DIR. and Mrs. Frank w. Larson, of
80 Jefferson street, were visited by
Mrs. Marion McPhce, of Trenton, the
latter part of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Petrie and
Mrs. J. G. Petrie and son, Fred,
have returned from a vacation in
Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. il. 5elb and
children, Of 1875 North Union street,
are motoring thru New York State
and Connecticut on vacation trip.
Miss Geraldine Smith, Of % Jeifer-
son street, who was teaching in
Pennsylvania last year, will be en-
ploycd in the First National Bank
Of Trenton after September 18th.
Miss Lillian G. Reading, of Cam
den, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Van Malta, Of q Jefferson street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel b. Whiteley,
Of North Main street, are spending
two weeks vacation in Ocean
Grove. They are staying at the
Seaside Hotel.
Mrs. Lillian Cook, of Philadelphia,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. VIM. H..
Beatty, Of Is North Union street,
Mr.. Beatty is in st. Francis Hospit-
al being treated for stomach trouble.
lie has been operated upon, and is
doing as well as could be expected.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Hol-
combe Of Roebling, were Sunday
guests with the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs o. c. Holcombe, Of
80 North Union street.
Mrs. Thomas A. Ryan and little
daughter, Alma, of ] York street,
are mentioning at Ocean Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. John IL. Minor, Of
78 York street, have as their guests
Misses Vivian and Norma Minor and
their brother. Glen Minor, of Phla-
delphia.
Samuel S. Clark, of So York street,
is visiting his son, Samuel s. Clark,
ir., of Ardmore, Pa.
Leon Sutterley, of North Franklin
street, has sold his home, and he
and his family have taken up their
residence in Trenton.
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SHORT MEETING FOR
FREEHOLDERS

The Board of Freeholders met in
regular session at Pennington, Aug
ust ID. Present; Dilts, Haynes and
Robinson. Minutes of the last meet
ing were read and approved.
On motion unanimously carried
bond of SiPafoos e. Poore given by
The National Surety Co. was APP
proved.
County Treas rer was authorized
TO renew notes due today in the
amount Of s16,5l9.20 to be payable
at the Hunterdon County National
Bank August 2Sth.
Current bills totalling S13,62798
were ordered paid.
r. J. Dineen, Clerk
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AT meeting of the Pennsylvania.
New Jersey Free Bridge Commission
IN Philadelphia last Friday an offer
was received from Howard johnson,
president of the old Centre Bridge
Co., offering the bridge holdings to
the Commission for S11,500. 1t will
be recalled that this bridge, n wood
en- structure, was burned in July
1928 when Tightening struck it. The
finances of the Bridge Company will
not permit its rebuilding.
The offer made to the Free Bridge
Commission included the real estate.
buildings, piers and the canal bridge
ON the Pennsylvania side. This was
made with the idea of the Commits
sion erecting new bridge on the old
site. But this cannot be done, ow-
ing to the fact that the law Great
ing the Commission specifically set
forth that the authority of the Com
mission covered only the acquisition
and freeing of bridges over which
traffic is maintained and for which
tolls are being charged. A decision
of the Attorney General confirmed
this.
As there is no bridge, there is
no traffic, and as there is no traf-
fic, of course there are no tolls be-
ing collected. The commission is
not authorized to build new bridges
except where an old bridge already
in possession of the Commission be-
comes unsafe for traffic, or is des-
troyed, To cover the Stockton stu
alton there must be special act
and appropriation authorizing the
Commission to acquire the site and
to build new bridge.
But the Stockton Centre Bridge
crossing occupies a strategic point
in the future development of inter-
state traffic. Few know it, but the
original York Road crossed the Del
aware at Stockton, going thru Cen
tire Hill and connection with the
present York Road at Lahaska. From
Larison's Corner, above Ringoes, N.
j. the York Road passed thru Head
quarters to Readings Ferry, which
is now Stockton.
In Revolutionary days the Contin-
entail Army on its march north
travelled the York Road. At Lahas-
lSa the army divided. one part pro-
eeeding over the road that crossed
the Delaware at Readings Ferry,
and the other part crossing at Cor
yelPs Ferry. Camp was made above
Stockton in Delaware Township, thus
giving the name of Headquarters to
the community now known by that
name.
Then early in the zoos the official
route of the Yori Road was made
permanently over Coryell's Ferry at
Lambertville and New Hope. And
for many years interstate traffic
between New York and Philadelphia
was maintained over this route. With
the growth and Importance Of Tren-
ton, traffic developed a route thru
that city between New York and
Philadelphia, aud that is now known
as the Lincoln Highway
But already that highway is con-
gested night and day. Motor trans
portation has crowded it to the dan