The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1924-01-16
new JERSEY
STATE BRIEFS

uuent tax collector and official search
er. Miss Jungkurt is well qualified to
fill this position as h had three
years experience with the West Jer'
sey Title Insurance Company.
The birth rate for Trenton during
1928 increased slightly beyond the ng'
Tres for 1922. According to status
tics made public the records show
s,1So births in 1928 and 3,104 during
the previous year.
At the annual meeting of the stone
Harbor borough council the CONTRACT
for the building Of the new water
works at a cost of 500, 900, freproor
construction, work to commence at
once and to be completed by August
1, was signed with the Philadelphla
Water Works Company OF Joseph
Sweigard & Co.
Two town recorders, each claiming
legal right to the office, engaged IN a
scuffie on the bench OF the hearny
police court at the opening of the ses-
sion and finally were separated by a
police lieutenant present with several
prisoners awaiting trial. h recor-
ders were taken before a police cap
tain. where each entered ounte
charges against the other. The RI
yals are Anthony ]. Casale, appointed
by the town council, and George u.
Winnie, original recorder, who main
tains he still has claim to the office.
The Trenton wal memorial COM
mittee appointed to decide upon a
plan for the deeds CT the city's sol
diers and sailors in the world wal ap-
proved the erection Of a municipal
auditorium as a permanent memorial.
The proposed structure would also
supply a place for soldiers to meet
and afford facilities for musical events
and other municipal undertakings.
The Stone Harbor railroad is being
operated on a profitable basis this
winter. This road is operated by a
board of directors of residents of the
borough and has 1913 resident stock
holders.
The Camden city treasury was en-
riched $170 as a result of a raid by
the police on a crap game at the home
Of Edgar Johnson, on Pine street. Po-
lice Judge Cleary assessed Johnson
$50 fine, and 70 witnesses paid $40
zach for rolling the bones"
The Gloucester Historical Society
decided to admit women members.
David ]. Doran was reelected presi-
dent. Other officers elected were:
Vice presidents, Charles Harrison,
Frank Snyder, Clarence Capewell;
recording secretary, Ralph Murphy;
financial secretary, w. w. Wesner;
treasurer, Edward j. O'Hara.
The annual report of Chief John A.
Corcoran shows the Gloucester City
fire department answered % alarms
during the year, but got in action only
Ave times. The years total loss was
b4S, 800.
Lighting plans for Trenton's pro
posed - ne entire
business district, by which the NUM-
Der OF lights will be doubled, have
been submitted to the Public Service
It was announced by Commissioner
George w. Page. 1t is unlikely, how
ever, that the installation will be com
pleted until next fall.
John Tierney of Orange, n time
baseball pitcher, was drowned in q
spray pond at the Thomas A. Edison
plant when a raft capsized. James
Murphy, a companion, narrowly es'
capped.
Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts, Of Glouces'
ter City, in charge of Scoutmaster
John A. Corcoran, will leave for Fries
Mill to camp until Sunday in a cabin
along the lake.
Charles F. Pancoast Post, American
Legion, Of Woodstown, has leased
quarters in the new Nixon Building,
which will be furnished by the Wo'
mans Auxiliary.
Within an hour after his arrest on
White Horse pike, charged with op-
Grating an automobile while under the
influence OF liquor, Wesley Mcdaniel,
thirty-fve years old, Of Stratford, was
on his way to the county jail to serve
sixty days, imposed by Justice of the
Peace Boardman of Elm. Mcdaniel
was arrested by State Trooper Kline,
who alleged the car was being driven
In zig-zag fashion. Mcdaniel denied
the charge.
Information was received at Allan
tic City that the State Public Utility
Commission had affirmed the action Of
the City Commission in granting
Franklin R. Greenfield a license to op-
crate a bus line between Atlantic City
and Sea Isle City. The city's action
was attacked by the Atlantic City and
Shore Railway Company and the West
Jersey and Seashore Railroad Com
pany on the ground hat during
part of the way the bus route was
parallel with the trolley and rail
road lines. The utilities commission
ruled that the bus lines could not &C
cept passengers between States ave-
nue.. its terminal at Atlantic City, and
Sea Isle City, save at specially desig-
mated points and must adopt a non
competitive schedule.
William H. Mudgett, eighty years
old, a Civil Wal veteran, died at his
home. Third and Cooper streets, Cam.
den, following an operation. He had
been for many years a salesman for
the William S. Scull Company and
was actively interested in fraternal
societies.
The feature of the Christmas exer-
cises In the Gloucester City Baptist
Church was the award of special
prizes to members for faithful atten-
danca Rnlnn I GaIsaler. former as.