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FIFTY-TBIKD YEAR. NO. 4 CAPE MAY CITY, N. J.. SATURDAY. JANUARY 2%, 1908. THREE CENTS A COPY tne oroer ror wmen in the suprea* . J

I - » i ■■nun i i HI 1^— ■ Ml < GOVERNOR STOKES, GOVERNOR ELECT FORT AND MEMBERS Of THE NEW JERSEY SENATE. DUICIMVD *4 WYEs to, uviuuiur ui.l.tf « ■ win - ^ (

' TELL W0R1M0PR WANTS' PORK CHOPS 2 LB. POR 25C. Extra crackers, 4 lbs for 25 cent. ' Prunes, 4 lbs for 25 cents. Oorn, 8 cans for 25 cents. , , Baking: Powder in 6 ounce tumblers, i 4 cents. Pepper sauce, 5 cents pt. t Apple butter, 28 cents a pail. ] r ~ Oranges, 20. 25 and 80 cents a dozen.3. • Extra fine peas, 10 cents can. Soup peas, 5 cents can. Strictly fresh eggs fr jm a Cold Spring ( poultry farm, 28 cents dozen. , J. WOODRUFF ELDREDGE, , West Cape May. ( LOST — On Saturday evening between < Oape May and 0»pe May Court ( * House, one of the numbers on my run- , about. It was No. 85226 on a leather pad. A suitable reward if left at i28 f Decatur street, Oape May. H. S. i ■ — ' -^Rutherford. it ] FOR RENT— Small bouses at $10 per ; i moucn. Apply to Dr. S...F. Ware, 1 Oape May. 12-14 tf j a p WANTED— Farms and country ' bouses wanted this section; at{ per . I cent, after sold- HAtiK, 418 E. ?»th I . Street, New York 1-18 17t j HOUSES FOR RfcNF "**; 10 rooms, city, water, gas, one quar- ; ! ter acre of land; $13 per month. I ; ..-Y j" 8 rooms, city, water and gas ; $11 per j 1 * * month. ! 2 ten room houses, electric lights, gas, bath, fire places, stationary 1 ranges. $15 and $16 respectively. ; t GILBERT O. HUGHES, j , W 214 Ocean street. ! For Sale- A Bargain ; 1 >'*< • A bargain on easy terms, 14 room I ' cottage very nicely furnished on Stock- , c ton avenue. Must be sold at once, I c owner going abroad? Address Sol. if --NeeaiesrCapeMafCity^ l-lg"4t The New Paint Store - " John Little has opened up the busi- ' ' n ess of selling paints at the corner of \ J ackson and Washington streets and it > is just the place to buy fresh paints. ( / 3-23- tf j ( For Sal» or to Rent | A cosy little eight room cottage for i ] sale or to rent. Near the ocean. Apply at 105 Perry street. tf ' - -i I Notice. , Notice irfifereby given that the part 1 nership between William Roland and , Bud Lorett, in the business of electrical contracting, is dissolved and the business at 105 Jackson street, formerly carried on by M. D. Learning, is ■ now being conducted by Bud Lovett. ; All orders will be promptly attended to and estimates will be given at * lowest prices. .1-18 2t BUD. LOYETT. j Real Estate Bargains ^ Three cottages for s«le or exchange, h two in Cap- May City and one in West W Cape May. Also building lots, and a ■ good truck or poultry farm. Bell f phone 57D. i ' GEORGE H. REEVES, < Broadway and Yorke avenue, 1 West Cape May. , 08 T80 WART TO BUT m . * Do you want to buy? Do you want to sell? Do you want to rent? _ . Do yon want to borrow? Do you want to insure? consult * . SOL. NEEDL1ES. Agent for Glens Falls Insurance Company and others. 508 Washington street. fl-16 ly ~y LOST — On Monday, January 20th, seven o'clock train *t heading a a- - toon, a gray pocket book with chain, containing ear ticket to Philadelphia, ■""■p-, pink cheek, key, etc. Re- „ ^ ^ rnoneJ'. 'f returned to • .if k Len«ert- Mi* Charlotte Rutherford, 128 Decatur street.

» '• THE DREDGE < MACKENZIE LEAVES TO RESUME WORK IS JULY ! Mr. Shields is Interviewed and { Explains Matters The dredge MacKenzie, owned by i the Furst Clark Dredging Company, of j Baltimore, Md , will leave Cape May ! temporarily for two purposes. One is make some needed repairs and the j other is for the purpose of doing a I 1 small job in the vicinity of Washing- ) ' ton. Some apprehension was felt by I some of our people on account of their i interest in the Cape May Stal < Estate Company's extensive improve- I ments and Mr. Peter Shields was seen > I by the editor of this paper and asked | about the matter and the above was the ' explanation made. In addition to this, I i Mr. Shields stated that the Govern- 1 j ment has given the Cape May Real I I Compan y two years in which 1 : to do the dredging required and that it < j also given- the contractors two ' i in which to build the jetties. ' j balance of th-v dredging work 1 which i- required to be done would not ' ' tak 1 over 8 or 10 months at the most ■ ] so that the dredge can easily be spared < for the present j ' | Mr. Shield* also .informed us that ' ' the Board of Directors has decided to \ ' .open the Hotel Cape May on April 11, [ I one week before Easter and after it is I < 1 opened, that it will reAain open the ' entire year. A force of decorators of • ; the Chapman Decorating Company, of j r Philadelphia, is now at work and this ' work will be continued until the hotel f will be made one of the most beautiful 1 not only architecturally but alsorin its | decorations, to be found in this ! country. ; y Mr. Shields has just returned from t ; and he said that he found 8 ! the feeling in a financial way much 8 than it had been. He explained ^ that when it is taken into consideration • that it takes $1,000,000 t day in wages E to pay all the workmen employed in 8 the Pittsburg district, it can be readily f understood, from the experience that c the local people had in a small community like Cape May, what a burden the . Pi'tsburg banks bad on their shoulders - to take care of thi- in* the stringency. He has also had conferences with , number of financial men and they are all of the opinion that in the next 60 ( days, things will ease up financially. j ( IS IT AN OIL HEATER? 1 Is it an Oil Heater you want. If so j j we have it They are the best and I : safest on the market today. This is t something we do not take any chances j on, and have the best on the market. f There is no money in buying a cheap , ] Oil Heater and having an explosion or t fire. We have only the makes that we t guarantee. Charles A Swain- 306 and . 807 Jackson Street ^ "The man from Arizoni." "The c Wooing of Jane." Y. M. A. enter- J tainment, Auditorum. January 30th. PROGRESSIVE DINNER. < The ladies of the Presbyterian church ' will give a progressive dinner in the basement of the church Tuesday, Feb. 4th. You will enjoy attending. 2t , CH TOUR POSTERS , At the Star and Wave office which has , : . the best facilities, largest quantity of | type, and will give you best results.

codncilmeN IN SESSION SPECIAL MEETIN6 SEPT. 2»th Csll Made to Consider Sewer improvements and extension. I A special meeting of counoil was held I Monday evening to hear any objections j which might^be filed or otherwise made the proposed sewer improvements and extensio.. on Stockton avenue and Other streets of that vicinity,. Norwn made a resolution prevailed authorizing the city engineer to pre- | pare plans and specifications for the j work so that bids may bfc advertised for. A communication from the clerk of j the school board announcinx the appointment of L C. Ogden and WilPorter as members of the Board of Estimate, representing the Board of for the arrangement of j school appropriation 8, was received and Messrs. Elwell and Moore, of Council Committee on Education were appointed on the Board to represent council. A notice to "governing I from the County Board of! ! was read an i ordered filed. | following resolution prevailed : Whereas, the City of Cape May is ' ' desirous of securing a greater water supply and. Whereas, the Fire and Water Com- ' mittee have consulted with Mr. Cor- ! i Hub C. .Vermeule, a consulting engineer, as to the obtaining of a greater water supply, therefore, be it. Resolved, that the City Council of ! the City of Cape May employ the ser- [ vices of said Cornelius C. VerneuleYor the purpose of .^preparing plans and specifications and superintending the : in conjunction with the Fire and Committee and City Engineer.1 in the obtaining of a greater supply of j good water for the City of Cape May, [ and that his tota! compensation be at the sum of twelve hundred dollar*. The following communication was receive I : the President »nd Members of the City Council of Cape May : Gentlemen : — The Golf Terrace Land : Company, the owners of the field more generally known as the- Gas House | Field, northeast side of Lafayette I street, this city, are desirous of changing the lines of Queen street so that they will run at right ang es to Lastreet and^jrise^changing Jeff. rson street to a locationN,o be designated by Stillwell TownMnd, Civil i so that the lets fa ing on i this street can be more readily placed, and desire the cooperation of the City Council in making these changes. I of the s'eets has 'already ^been I dedicatd to the city and the other one j been placed upon record by the filing of a .map. It would be "necessary under these | circumstances^for the city to reconveyij their interest to the Golf Terrace Land j Company and the Golf Terrace Land •Company to convey to the City of! Cape May the streets as surveyed by | Stillwell H. Townsend. the engineer. [Trusting you will giv.' this matter, I I your consideration. I fim. Yours Truly, SAMUEL F. ELDEDRGE.

Attorney for Golf Terrace Land Co. i A map was received from the Oape ^ May Real Estate Company and ac- ( cepted on which were designated the streets dedicated to the'Oity in PlanlA i of the New Cape May improvement. ( On motion the Committee on Streets I was authorized to confer witn the City J 1 Solicitor for the preparation of a sidf - j \ walk ordinance. Councilman Joseph ' « Hand, suggested the acquirement of a ! 1 sma l piece of land on Stockton ave- j ' nue in order to "give that street the' j sam e width as New Jersey avenue, ( with which it connects. | , ' On motion adjourned. j |

. CAPE MAY CITY ! ' ; RECORDER INJURED : i | i i IN PHILADELPHIA TROLLEY; " j 1 i Struck by Advancing Car He is [i Much Braised and Injured. i City Recorder John W. Thompson, i f of this c ty, narrowly escaped death in ! I f , Philadelphia Friday evening. While ' i seated in a Market street car, a Fourih ] f street car crashed into it at the very ; point at which he was seated. .He was ( t tossed t<> the ceiling and fell to the j - floor sustaining numerous bruises and , f ! being cut by the flying glass Physi- 1 ; . cians have not yet deteimined whether j i ; he is suffering from internal injuries -or 1 s 1 not. He was in much pain after the 1 - accident, and was hastened home for : treatment. His knee and shoulder were j ' --•particularly injured and 'briuaedf ' the [ ! - colliding car striking him on the j - shoulder and in his fall to the floor he ! r struck his knee. It was a very narrow escape He was seated over the trucks r and these hindered the Fourth street - car from penetrating further into the j r car in which he was seated than it uid, ! 1 otherwise he could not nave escaped i ! fatal injuries ' I MOSQUITO CLUB RECEPTION The members of the Mosquito Club ! [ were pleasantly entertained on Friday i evening, I7tb inat., at the home of . I ' Clar nee Taylor, 531 Elmira street. ! | The organization of fife and drum i corps was discussed and agreed upon to be ready for the Easter parade. Those i present were : Clarence Bishop, William Crane, Charles learning, Fred I Holland. George Seeds, Harry Learn - ; ing, Corb t Learning, Willie Taylor, ; Clarenc Taylor, Robert O'Conner, i Owen Crane, Willie Barnett, Downs Crowell, Donald Ewing, Charles . Ewing, Sidney Bush, Charles Woodruff, Willie Camp, Lee Lemon, ^Willie ! Shaw, Frank Nelson. Ernest Farrow, . [ George Small. THE STORK BRINGS TRIPLETS. Three girl babies were bestowed upon Matthew Edmunds, colored, on i I Wednesday night, the first instance of ' i I triplets in this city or vicinity for 1 : ' many years. FESTIVAL : The pupils of the Cold Spring public r • school will hold a festival in the Cold i Spring school house, familiarly known j as the "Box Trap, "^January 31, 1908. [ j There will be on sale ice cream, cake. j I confectionery, and fruit. The "Fish . [ Pond" will be an interesting feature. r j All come. Public sale posters given prompt and ] special attention at the Star and Wave office.

GOVERNOR FORT'S : INAUGURALf: EBLL OF WEI8HTY SU68ESTI0NS ; Tie Inlaid Waterways- Praposi- i t»i Receives Seae Atteatiea - - j | • Governor Fort has been duly inau- j , gurated and we publish his inaugura' [ I address, in full in this issue. He makes ' ; many suggestions which will be re- -| garded, universally, as meritorious, i and others which may not be bo fav- ; orabiy received. We place' the whole , before our readers for their carefhl < reading and consideration. Gentlemen of the Senate and General i Assembly: i Called by the people of my native 1 state to assume the high office of chief ' executive, I ^sve In your presence the oath of office and now enter upon the performance of the duties with a profound sense of their respon- , slblllty. I My predecessor has presented to you ! In his message, submitted the past week, a full review of our state finances i and has epitomized existing conditions : the departments and Institutions of i state. I I shall therefore only discuss Id as | brief and businesslike a way as I can a few of the questions which, to my ! mind, were settled by the people In last election and bring to you some suggestions that commend themselves to me as worthy of legislative action. All parties In the last election declared for the enactment of an efficient civil service act. The enlightened public sentiment of our time demands that removals from public positions shall not occur for political reasons. The j fcpaUn system Is both obsolete and d>-- ' moralizing and should be ended. Any fair bill Intended to attain this result | bi^tkte, county and municipality will >tteet with my approval. Public Utilities. A public utilities bill should be en- | acted that will meet all the demands of the most advanced thought upon ! governmental regulation of public [ t»ity corporations. feijfcb a bill cannot harm such corpo- ! rations, but will, in my view, strength- ! •n them and their securities In public confidence. Just and fair regulation can only be objected to by those misconceiving the rights of the state. The state grants j all corporate powers to Its railways j and other public utility corporations j and may not only modify, but repeal. all charters and charter privileges It j ' confers. It may therefore impose conI HiHiim npnn jhclT _flperallan At Its , T pleasure. [ Of course, in the doing of these ! | things it should act wisely and with { conservatism, protecting all vested ! rights of property and the Interests of the Innocent holders of the securities i of existing quasi public corporations. I j Regulation, therefore, upon a wise ' j basis of the operation of these public j utilities companies. Including the fix- ' Ing of rates and public charges upod ! | complaint and subject to court review, i should be Intrusted to a proper board j as well as the right to regulate the| output of stock and the bonded issue* of such corporations. If this were done. It would Inure to . the benefit of the people and the com j panles. for It would fix the value of such securities and act as a guarantee 1 against their depreciation. Under such i a law the holders of existing securities would find tbem protected, and new securities offered would have the ' confidence of the people because of The guarantee of the state that tltey were only Issued for extensions or better- • ments and upon some basis of the ensij of such extensions or betterments. | There should be but one eon; uiiyy slon In tbe state for the regulation />( ; railroads ami all public utility coini^t- \ \ nles. and in ease a new act Is pnvse<l , I on this subject it should embrace nil \ the powers conferred upon the! l«.,ird ! of railroad commissioners under the-. | act approved May 15, 1907. - The act j \ of 1907 is good as far as It goes, but; | its powers are not sufficiently broad oi j j drastic to compel a compliance with] i Its orders or to reach many matters i over which it should have plenary con ] trol. The present method of enforcing i orders provided by tbe act of 1907, which requires proceedings In a court of equity by "a bill for specific performance." Is so absurd as to be almost ludicrous. Any order of tbe commission should become operative unless court review be commenced by the company affected within &.deflnlte number of daya, and In default of proceedings for review or compliance wltb the order a penalty should be Imposed by the commission, the mere filing of

court should cause It to operate aa a Judgment against tbe property of ttoa 3 defaulting company, with tbe enlace* ment of this Judgment by en exeeuttea 'out of tbe supreme court, as in the ■' case of any other Judgment. With this sort of a public utilttte* blllf wltb a board of four commhnU* era, at a reasonable compensation, vto should be required to devote all their >8%U time to tbe duties of the office and three of whom should always be nee- N es8«ry to Snake any order, good results j would be accomplished for the people. Department of Corporations. A department of corporations sboold be established, with a single commie- . sioner at its head. All tbe duties now cast upon the secretary of state in thttl M . respect should devolve upon this coaa- MM 1 mlsstoner, and he should be given enlarged powers. 'No certificate of Incorporation should be filed until It has hie ]1 approval as to form and aa to its com- .11 pllance with the laws of our state, and " 1 no stock should be to be to- ] sued by any company organized under 1 our laws except upon his certificate that It was Issued In compliance with , the law. - He should have absolute control over the authority to Issue stock for "property purchased," and cash stock should not be Issued until ha gives s certificate founded upon proofs of the payment of tbe requisite amount of cash into the treasury of the company. As to property purchased stock, ha should be required to approve the action of the directors In authorising such stock, and only so much of that class of stock should be allowed to be Issued as the commissioner, upon the proofs before him, should permit. .18 No mortgage to secure negotiable bonds should be allowed to be rlaced upon the property of any corporation until his certificate of consent thereto shall be first obtained and the amount of the bonds to be Issued stated to a such certificate. The bonds never should exceed the actual value of tbe property mortgaged. He should be given vlsatorial powers as to any corporation organized under the laws of this state, with the right at* all timee to Inspect the books, papers or mlnutee of any confpany and to take coplea thereof. He should be allowed, with the approval of the attorney general and the governor, to take legal proceedings In the name of the state for the protection of the rights of a corporation or its stockholders. I The time has come for the strict supervision of these great corporations ! and the limitation of their stock and ; bond Issues under some proper public 9 j official. It will make for conservatism ! and strengthen the companies doing a | legitimate business and eliminate, let us hope, those wjiicb are merely spec- - ulatlve in character and organized simply to catch the unsuspecting or cred- ! ulous Investor. • , Department of Motor Vehicles. At the present time the motor vehl- , cle laws are administered In connec- , tion with the office of the secretary of The use of these machines is becoming so general, tbe number of tbem Is . so great (the licenses exceeding ^,9901 T"iind the revenue under a changed IF , cense system would be so large that, j this should be a department by Itself. I The enforcement of the automobile t laws Is demanded by the traveling pub,1 lie. A very large percentage of the I automobile drivers are careful, bul , there are some who are not. ! I if the present automobile law la toe ! I stringent, it should be amended. A , i speed of twenty miles an hour In many ; places Is not excessive— In fact. It may I be said to be quite moderate without J misstating the truth— while in otbet j ' places a speed of twelve miles an hout | is more rapid than these machines j should be permitted to go. But what- . | ever the law may be. It should be en- , i There should be sufficient officials Is , the department of motor vehicles t« see that It Ie enforced, and the penalty j for tbe violation of the law should b* ' . The returns from this department oc the basis of an increased license fe< . j would give it as large a rev enue as la , i derived from any other department oi j the state, and I should not be surprised Xlf the revenue within a year on a resI sonable horsepower license fee WOUH exceed $300.1100 The expense of /cots - | j ducting this department prooably I would reach 5 per cent of the entire j revenue received, and Its efficiency . under a commissioner could be made i very much greater than at present. , ] New Jersey has the finest roads ot . i any state in the Union and. In proporHon to her territory, more than any s] other state. We must do everything to Increase the number of miles ot , these admirable^ public highways and to maintain them after they are con i atructed, and this department, proper ly managed, will be a most efficient aid In securing the revenue by which the state road commissioner can main tain these roads In good repair, r Department of Public Reports. e The state publishes a mass of official - reports at a large expense each rear , i i The cost of these publications would 1 be cut down many thousand dollars, f per .year If tlie^- were Intelligent); ed ]