Palisadian., 1925-10-09


Chancellor James F. Fielder, in Jersey
City.
--Ridgefield has commenced the con-
struction of public parking space on
the site formerly occupied by the old
post office building. This will ma
terially relieve the traffic congestion
on Broad and Edgewater avenues,
both well travelled streets.
The New Jersey State Teachers AS
sociation will hold their annual meet
ing at Atlantic City on October 10, II
and IL, the dates being Saturday,
Sunday and holiday. Many Bergen
county instructors plan to attend the
same. Addresses will be delivered by
President John M. Thomas of Rutgers
College. William H. Allen of New
York, DR.. Marquette of Lyndhurst and
several other noted educators.
"A new company to deal in Bergen
county realty has been formed in
Jersey City and is known as Union
Bergen Developments, Inc. The au-
thorized capital is $4,000.
-Isadore Walpuff Bayonne poultry
merchant, was denied his final citizen
ship papers when he appeared for the
same before Judge Robert V. Kinkead
in the Jersey City Court House last
week, for the reason that he appeared
before the bar for the same without
collar or tie. you should have more
respect than to come into court in
that manner on the most important
day of your life," stated the court;
come back in six months, and in the
meanwhile learn how to wear a collar
and tie."
Six persons were slightly injured
Friday evening when a trolley car
on the Hudson River line ran into an
other one on the incline which leads
down from Queen Anne road, Teaneck
1t is stated that the operator of the
car which rammed the other one was
a former conductor who had been put
on the front end of "one-man" car
but two days previously. He was the
most seriously injured of the lot, being
taken to the Hackensack hospital for
treatment.
From statistics gathered at the
Office of the county clerk, it is learned
that more than 5000 dwellings will
have been erected in Bergen county
when 1926 draws to close.
The New York port authority opened
bids last week for borings in the bot
tom of the Hudson river to determine
the character of bed preparatory to the
making of detailed plans for the new
bridge. The Osborne Drilling Com
pany were low bidders, their figure
being $24,5oO.
The Bergen County Poultry Associa-
tion is planning show, to be held at
the Hackensack armory some time in
November.
Congressman Randolph Perkins, who
conducted the Congressional aircraft
inquiry some months ago, has been
invited to Washington by Dwight w.
Morrow to assist in the investigation
as to the cause of the Shenandoah
disaster.
Upon orders of Prosecutor Hart, con-
fiscated liquor which was found by
test to be genuine was distributed last
week to the county hospitals, detec-
tives from his staff having charge of
making the allotments.
An increase in the number of ty-
phoid cases in the state has been
reported by DR.. Henry B. Costill, di-
rector of the State Department of
Health, the September total of LA
being double that of September 1924.
Lack of sanitary supervision in many
lcfo fn two, 800 20 t..
spectors, and the habit Of drinking
from streams not known to be safe are
given as the cause for the increase.
Acting upon complaints made to the
prosecutors office, ten men, all but one
being residents of Little Ferry, have
been arrested by county detectives fol-
lowing disclosures made by a Little
Ferry young woman that she had been
shockingly and criminally abused on
Saturday night. The girl, Bernice
Caldecott, 18, of Beach street, declares
she was seized and thrown into an
automobile while leaving a dance hall,
and being driven to the outskirts of
the town where the alleged assault was
committed. The gang left her on her
doorstep, where she was found hy-
sterical by her mother. One of the
gang, with a prison record, made his
escape from the police court and is
being sought by the officers. The bal
ance were committed to the county
Jail without bail, to await the action
of the grand jury.
The Public Utilities Commission
have announced new rulings in con-
nection with the reporting of street
railway accidents, all becoming effec-
tive on October Is. All fatal accidents
must be reported at once to the state
board by telephone or telegraph, while
those of less serious nature are to
be reported by letter within twenty
four hours. The order is a result of
careful survey of the entire situa-
tion.
AT the joint meeting held last week
between the members of the New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania bridge commits
sions at Philadelphia, the New Jersey
members refused to vote awards of
further contracts on the Camden
Philadelphia bridge, on advice of At
torney General Katzenbach. The
Pennsylvania commission offered
resolution calling for the settlement
of the question by the United States
Supreme Court, procedure which was
considered insulting by the New Jer-
sey members. The completion of the
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