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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1892
Page
3
A scattered roundup of town events, meetings, and notices from North Plainfield and Rahway including church gatherings, library fund-raising, social announcements, a polo match recap, a Valentine gift scene, and a presidential party remark. Names, places, dates, and small-town details anchor this mosaic of community life.
Citizens in Plainfield form a committee to study sewerage and waste disposal, with Mayor sitting ex-officio. A second committee will determine rights to discharge into the Raritan River or other outlets. The chair adjourned the meeting amid broad support for careful, early action.
Henry I Rag as in Music Hall presented The Heart of America last evening offering a vivid travel lecture. The audience followed vivid scenes of adobe cities mighty gorges and tunnels cut through solid rock with descriptions that made the journey feel real. The speaker and accompanying exhibits drew applause and left lasting impressions of travel as education and uplift. The second item notes a joint committee meeting on extending Peace street into North Plainfield with Ayres and Barkalow leading and a map prepared for review. The annual Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies offering will be taken at Crescent Avenue Church next Sunday morning.
A bill introduced by Assemblyman Beckman in the New Jersey legislature would authorize common councils in third class cities, including Plainfield, to lay out open or widen streets after notice to landowners and a formal assessment of damages. It outlines appointment of commissioners, notice requirements, appeal procedures to circuit court, final binding orders, and city funds for any shortfall.
The text outlines duties of the city clerk to record and certify land sales and assignments, procedures for redemptions, and filing of certificates. It details actions for laying out streets, appointing and swearing in commissioners, and reinitiating proceedings if earlier actions were invalid. Provisions cover removal and replacement of commissioners, handling of informality or illegality, and timelines for writs of certiorari related to assessments. The act is declared public and takes effect immediately.
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