Smith. S. Clementine Bound Brook - Hamilton Street...
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At the initial meeting of the Bound Brook Bicentennial Committee on January 29, ·197 4, many ideas for the celebration of our nation's birth were put forth. Among the suggestions was a proposal for an historical booklet on Bound Brook. Church records, historical documents and early issues of the Bound Brook Chronicle have provided the authors with much valuable information. It should be stressed, however, that the booklet's writers-Helene Kuhn, Jane Spangler and David Steele-do not pretend to be professional historians. Thus, this booklet is not intended to be a complete history, but rather, an out- line, and we urge the reader to utilize the vast resources of Bound Brook's Public Library for more complete information on the Borough's history. Many of the events of the I 700's and 1800's are covered in the publica- tion with a lesser emphasis on the 1900's. We have left the 20th Century for the tercentenary committee to reflect upon. This booklet is dedicated to Dr. Emerson F. Hird, physician and long- time Bound Brook resident, whose persistent efforts helped to preserve the Council Oak Tree, and to our young people through whose efforts our national and local heritage will continue to be preserved. JEAN FINLAYSON Chairman Bicentennial Committee May, 1976 Bound Brook, N. J. Cover painting done by Clementine S. Smith. and pictures courtesy of the Bound Brook Memorial Library.
Transcript of Smith. S. Clementine Bound Brook - Hamilton Street...
At
the
init
ial
mee
tin
g o
f th
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
Bic
ente
nn
ial
Co
mm
itte
e o
n J
an
ua
ry
29
, ·1
97
4,
ma
ny
id
eas
for
the
cele
bra
tio
n o
f o
ur
na
tio
n's
bir
th w
ere
pu
t fo
rth
. A
mo
ng
th
e su
gg
esti
on
s w
as
a
pro
po
sal
for
an
h
isto
rica
l b
oo
kle
t o
n B
ou
nd
B
roo
k. Ch
urc
h
reco
rds,
h
isto
rica
l d
ocu
men
ts
an
d
earl
y
issu
es
of
the
Bo
un
d
Bro
ok
C
hro
nic
le
ha
ve
pro
vid
ed t
he
au
tho
rs w
ith
mu
ch v
alu
ab
le i
nfo
rma
tio
n.
It s
ho
uld
be
stre
ssed
, h
ow
ever
, th
at
the
bo
ok
let'
s w
rite
rs-
Hel
ene
Ku
hn
, Ja
ne
Sp
an
gle
r a
nd
D
av
id
Ste
ele-
do
n
ot
pre
ten
d
to
be
pro
fess
ion
al
his
tori
an
s.
Th
us,
th
is b
oo
kle
t is
no
t in
ten
ded
to
be
a c
om
ple
te h
isto
ry,
bu
t ra
ther
, a
n o
ut
lin
e, a
nd
we
urg
e th
e re
ad
er t
o u
tili
ze t
he
va
st r
eso
urc
es o
f B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
's
Pu
bli
c L
ibra
ry f
or
mo
re c
om
ple
te i
nfo
rma
tio
n o
n t
he
Bo
rou
gh
's h
isto
ry.
Ma
ny
of
the
even
ts o
f th
e I
70
0's
an
d 1
80
0's
are
co
ver
ed i
n t
he
pu
bli
ca
tio
n w
ith
a l
esse
r em
ph
asi
s o
n t
he
190
0's
. W
e h
av
e le
ft t
he
20
th C
entu
ry f
or
the
terc
ente
na
ry c
om
mit
tee
to r
eflec
t u
po
n.
Th
is b
oo
kle
t is
ded
ica
ted
to
Dr.
E
mer
son
F.
Hir
d,
ph
ysi
cia
n a
nd
lo
ng
ti
me
Bo
un
d B
roo
k r
esid
ent,
w
ho
se
per
sist
ent
effo
rts
hel
ped
to
pre
serv
e th
e
Co
un
cil
Oa
k T
ree,
an
d t
o o
ur
yo
un
g p
eop
le t
hro
ug
h w
ho
se e
ffo
rts
ou
r n
ati
on
al
an
d l
oca
l h
erit
ag
e w
ill
con
tin
ue
to b
e p
rese
rved
.
JE
AN
F
INL
AY
SO
N
Ch
air
ma
n B
icen
ten
nia
l C
om
mit
tee
Ma
y,
197
6
Bo
un
d B
roo
k,
N.
J.
Co
ve
r p
ain
tin
g d
on
e b
y C
lem
en
tin
e S
. S
mit
h.
an
d p
ictu
res
co
urt
esy
of
the
Bo
un
d B
roo
k M
em
ori
al
Lib
rary
.
TH
E
CO
UN
CIL
O
AK
Un
der
th
e C
ou
nci
l O
ak o
n M
aple
Ave
nu
e is
wh
ere
it a
ll b
egan
. O
f co
urs
e, i
t w
asn
't M
aple
Ave
nu
e th
en,
it
was
n't
even
a
stre
et,
it w
as j
ust
lan
d:
Lin
d
ow
ned
by
the
Len
ni
Len
ape
trib
e.
Her
e th
e In
dia
ns
con
du
cted
cer
emo
nia
ls,
rite
s of
all
typ
es a
nd
co
un
cil
mee
tin
gs;
in s
ho
rt,
her
e th
ey s
olv
ed a
ll t
hei
r p
rob
le
ms.
Th
ey w
ere
pea
ce-l
ovi
ng
Ind
ian
s. I
n fa
ct,
they
wer
e sp
urn
ed b
y t
he
area
's
oth
er r
ed m
en b
ecau
se o
f th
eir
lack
of
war
rin
g ze
al.
Th
e m
en s
pen
t th
eir
day
s h
unt
ing
and
in
gen
eral
en
tert
ain
ing
them
selv
es,
wh
ile
thei
r sq
uaw
s st
ayed
at
ho
m.:
wo
rkin
g in
th
e fi
eld
s,
was
hin
g,
bri
ngi
ng
up
th
e ch
ild
ren
an
d k
eep
ing
thei
r h
usb
and
s h
app
y.
Th
eir
wig
wam
s an
d t
eep
ees
wer
e se
t u
p i
n w
hat
we
curr
entl
y ca
ll "
Ind
ian
V
illa
ge"
or
Met
ape.
Ap
par
entl
y th
e In
dia
ns
live
d h
ere
on
ly d
uri
ng
the
win
try
w
eath
er a
nd
wh
en i
t gr
ew w
arm
er t
hey
hea
ded
fo
r th
e sh
ore
fo
r fi
shin
g an
d
life
in t
he
sun
.
On
May
4,
16
81
, a
n u
nu
sual
cer
emo
ny
to
ok
pla
ce.
Gat
her
ed u
nd
er t
he
Co
un
cil
Oak
wer
e ei
ght
wh
ite
men
an
d t
wo
In
dia
ns.
It
was
a p
eace
ful
gath
er
ing,
wh
ich
is
goo
d t
o n
ote
, fo
r al
l su
ch t
ran
sact
ion
s in
th
e C
olo
nie
s w
ere
no
t m
ade
in f
rien
dly
fas
hio
n.
Th
e w
hit
e m
en w
ere
bu
yers
, b
uye
rs o
f la
nd
-la
nd
k
no
wn
as
Rac
aho
va-W
alab
y (or
, th
e ro
un
d p
lain
by
th
e cr
oo
ked
val
ley)
. T
his
la
nd
ext
end
ed f
rom
th
e m
ou
th of
th
e st
ream
alo
ng
the
Rar
itan
on
th
e n
ort
h
sid
e to
a b
roo
k c
alle
d R
awci
ghw
cro
s (n
ow
kn
ow
n a
s M
idd
leb
roo
k).
It w
ent
no
rth
war
d t
o S
ton
y H
ill
then
in
an
eas
terl
y d
irec
tio
n t
o M
etap
e (t
he
Len
ni
Len
apes
' h
om
e) a
t th
e m
ou
th o
f th
e C
edar
Bro
ok
wh
ere
it b
ecam
e o
ne
wit
h
Gre
en B
roo
k a
nd
th
en m
ean
der
ed s
ou
ther
ly a
lon
g th
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
(k
no
wn
to
th
e In
dia
ns
as S
acu
nk
).
Incl
ud
ed i
n th
is a
rea
is w
hat
is
no
w k
no
wn
as
the
Bo
rou
gh o
f B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
.
Th
e
two
In
dia
ns,
K
on
ack
ama
and
Q
uer
om
ak,
wer
e th
ere
as
the
real
es
tate
age
nts
. T
he
bu
yers
, P
rop
riet
ors
as
they
wer
e k
no
wn
, w
ere
New
Jer
sey
Go
vern
or
Ph
ilip
Car
tare
t, J
oh
n
Pal
mer
of
Sta
ten
Isl
and
, G
abri
elle
Min
vill
e,
Th
om
as
Co
dri
ngt
on
, Jo
hn
W
hit
e,
.Joh
n
Del
avil
le,
Ric
har
d
Hal
l an
d
Joh
n
Ro
yce.
Co
mm
un
icat
ion
mu
st h
ave
bee
n d
ifficu
lt,
bec
ause
th
e In
dia
ns
spo
ke
no
En
glis
h,
and
th
e b
uye
rs w
ere
pro
bab
ly n
ot
too
co
nve
rsan
t w
ith
th
e In
dia
n
ton
gue,
bu
t, p
resu
mab
ly,
us
ing
a f
orm
of
sign
lan
guag
e th
e p
arti
cip
ants
man
ag
ed t
o ag
ree
up
on
a p
rice
-I 0
0 p
ou
nd
s o
f va
rio
us
goo
ds.
Lik
e o
ther
rca
I es
tate
tra
nsa
ctio
ns
of t
he
tim
e, i
t w
as a
p
rett
y go
od
dea
l fo
r th
e w
hit
e m
en
wh
en o
ne
con
sid
ers
the
acre
ag
e in
volv
ed:
Mes
srs.
Ro
yce
and
Co
dri
ngt
on
wer
e al
lott
ed 8
77
acr
es e
ach
an
d t
he
rem
ain
ing
Pro
pri
eto
rs e
ach
go
t 1
,17
0 a
cres
.
Mr.
Co
dri
ngt
on
mu
st h
ave
like
d i
t h
ere
bec
ause
he
bu
ilt
him
self
a h
om
e in
th
e ar
ea,
the
on
ly o
ne
of t
he
Pro
pri
eto
rs t
o d
o s
o.
On
Sep
tem
ber
25
, 16
85,
he
rece
ived
his
lan
d
wh
ich
was
in
th
e ar
ea k
no
wn
as
Rac
awah
ana
and
h
is
ho
use
was
bu
ilt
on
th
e w
est
sid
e of
th
is p
arce
l. U
sin
g cu
rren
t ge
ogr
aph
ical
re
fere
nce
, it
s lo
cati
on
wo
uld
Ill
· b
etw
een
th
e M
idd
leb
roo
k a
nd
Mid
dle
bro
ok
and
Vo
ssel
ler
Ave
nu
es w
her
e th
1..· h
ou
se "
Th
e E
verg
reen
s" n
ow
sta
nd
s.
Th
om
as C
od
rin
gto
n w
as a
mem
ber
of
Go
vern
or
Bar
clay
's c
ou
nci
l, b
ein
g
2
app
oin
ted
in
16
84
, an
d h
e w
as r
eap
po
inte
d b
y L
ord
Nei
ll C
amp
bel
l in
16
86
an
d b
y G
ove
rno
r Je
rem
iah
Bo
ss i
n 1
69
8.
In 1
70
0 h
e so
ld h
is h
ou
se t
o A
aro
n L
azai
der
, a
reti
red
mer
chan
t fr
om
N
ew Y
ork
. M
r. L
azai
der
had
alr
ead
y b
uil
t a
ho
me
in B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
ju
st w
est
of
wh
ere
the
Leh
igh
Val
ley
Dep
ot
no
w s
tan
ds,
in
16
98
. H
is fi
rst
ho
use
, in
th
e u
nfo
rtu
nat
e ve
rnac
ula
r o
f th
e d
ay,
was
p
op
ula
rly
kn
ow
n a
s th
e "J
ew
Ho
use
," a
nd
To
bia
s V
an N
ord
en o
pen
ed a
sto
re t
her
e in
17
38
. F
oll
ow
ing
Mr.
L
azai
der
's d
eath
in
17
44
his
gra
nd
son
in
her
ited
th
e C
od
rin
gto
n H
ou
se.
He,
in
tu
rn,
sold
it
to M
ich
ael
Van
Tu
le,
then
Ale
xan
der
C
amp
bel
l p
urc
has
ed i
t,
afte
r w
hic
h D
r. S
amu
el S
wan
an
d
Geo
rge
La
Mo
nte
, su
cces
sive
ly,
bec
ame
ow
ner
s.
Mr.
Laz
aid
er's
firs
t h
ou
se,
the
"Jew
Ho
use
," w
as i
nh
erit
ed b
y h
is d
augh
te
r, t
he
wif
e o
f Jo
hn
Mye
rs.
She
live
d t
her
e u
nti
l h
er d
eath
in
17
62
an
d h
er
dau
ghte
r th
en r
ecei
ved
th
e h
om
e.
Du
rin
g th
e R
evo
luti
on
ary
War
th
e h
ou
se w
as u
sed
as
hea
dq
uar
ters
by
Lo
rd
Co
rnw
alli
s,
and
A
aro
n
Laz
aid
er's
gr
and
dau
ghte
r,
a w
ido
w,
bec
ame
frie
nd
ly w
ith
on
e o
f h
is o
ffice
rs.
A m
arri
age
ensu
ed a
nd
sh
e le
ft t
he
cou
ntr
y,
nev
er t
o r
etu
rn.
Th
e es
tate
w
as
con
fisc
ated
in
17
85
, so
ld
to
To
bia
s V
an
No
rden
, th
en E
lias
Cam
pb
ell,
an
d fi
nal
ly t
o J
erem
iah
Fis
her
, by
wh
om
it
was
ev
entu
ally
to
rn d
ow
n.
Joh
n C
amp
bel
l, s
on
of
Lo
rd C
amp
bel
l, c
ame
to B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
in
16
84
an
d b
uil
t a
resi
den
ce o
n t
he
no
rth
ban
k o
f th
e ri
ver,
dir
ectl
y o
pp
osi
te w
her
e th
e ra
ilro
ad d
epo
t n
ow
sta
nd
s.
Th
ese
wer
e th
e o
nly
ho
use
s in
Bo
un
d B
roo
k u
p to
17
00
bu
t se
ttle
rs b
egan
to
tri
ckle
in
an
d s
low
ly,
very
slo
wly
, th
e p
op
ula
tio
n g
rew
.
A
GR
OW
ING
V
ILL
AG
E
Joh
n R
oyc
e, w
ho
had
bee
n a
llo
tted
87
7 a
cres
fro
m t
he
ori
gin
al p
urc
has
e fr
om
th
e I
nd
ian
s, n
ever
cam
e to
Bo
un
d B
roo
k o
r to
th
e ar
ea a
nd
he
even
tual
ly s
old
n
earl
y a
ll h
is l
and
to
Geo
rge
Cu
ssar
t, J
aco
b D
e G
roo
t an
d S
amu
el T
ho
mp
son
.
Mr.
T
ho
mp
son
bu
ilt
his
ho
me
in
17
00
eas
t o
f w
hat
is
no
w V
oss
elle
r A
ven
ue
at
the
jun
ctu
re o
f M
ain
Str
eet
and
Vo
ssel
ler
aven
ues
on
a 4
38
-acr
e tr
act
of
lan
d.
Th
rou
gh t
he
year
s it
had
sev
eral
o
wn
ers,
in
clu
din
g T
ho
mas
C
law
son
, W
illi
am W
ort
man
, D
r. C
lark
son
Fre
eman
an
d T
un
is V
an E
ick
. It
w
as
ult
imat
ely
sold
to
th
e tr
ust
ees
of
the
Pre
sbyt
eria
n C
hu
rch
an
d b
ecam
e th
e ch
urc
h p
arso
nag
e in
17
83
.
Mr.
De
Gro
ot
pu
rch
ased
58
5 a
cres
fro
m J
oh
n R
oyc
e, b
ut
all
in a
ll h
is
esta
te w
as o
ver
1,0
00
acr
es w
ith
its
eas
tern
bo
un
dar
y fa
llin
g o
n w
hat
is
no
w
Mo
un
tain
Ave
nu
e. I
t w
as M
r. D
e G
roo
t w
ho
op
ened
th
e F
reli
ngh
uys
en H
ou
se
on
Mai
n S
tree
t in
17
00
.
To
bia
s V
an N
ord
en c
on
tin
ued
to
op
erat
e h
is s
tore
in
th
e "J
ew H
ou
se"
un
til
17
44
wh
en h
e b
uil
t h
is o
wn
pla
ce.
Th
is u
niq
ue
stru
ctu
re w
as a
lo
ng
and
lo
w o
ne-
and
-on
e h
alf
sto
ry b
uil
din
g w
ith
a g
amb
rel
roo
f. I
n t
he
two
fro
nt
roo
ms
the
mer
chan
t h
ad h
is g
ener
al s
tore
an
d i
n t
he
rear
th
ere
was
a b
aker
y.
Mr.
Van
No
rden
so
ld s
hip
bre
ad,
wh
ich
was
sen
t to
th
e W
est
Ind
ies
afte
r
3
TH
E O
RIG
INA
L La
fay
ett
e
Ele
me
nta
ry S
cho
ol
wh
ich
wa
s b
uil
t in
18
83
.
bei
ng
carr
ied
to
N
ew B
run
swic
k
by
wa
gon
fro
m B
ou
nd
B
roo
k.
Pet
er
Van
N
ord
en,
his
gra
nd
son
, w
as
the
firs
t p
erso
n i
n t
he
are
a t
o
bu
ild
a t
wo
-sto
ry
ho
use
an
d t
o h
is f
rien
ds
and
nei
ghb
ors
it
was
kn
ow
n a
s "
Van
No
rden
's f
oll
y."
A
s th
e to
wn
gre
w t
her
e d
evel
op
ed a
nat
ura
l n
eed
fo
r in
stit
uti
on
al b
uil
d
ings
an
d i
n 1
74
2 a
bu
ild
ing
ori
gin
ally
ere
cted
as
a m
eeti
ng
pla
ce f
or
reli
gio
us
pu
rpo
ses
was
use
d a
s th
e fi
rst
sch
oo
lho
use
. It
was
a l
on
g, o
ne-
sto
ry b
uil
din
g a
nd
Jo
hn
Wa
cker
bec
am
e th
e fir
st s
cho
olm
ast
er,
or
tuto
r. H
e w
as s
ucc
eed
ed
by
Wil
lia
m H
edd
en i
n
176
8
an
d th
en P
eter
Wa
lsh
. T
he
firs
t sc
ho
ol'
s en
roll
m
ent
is n
ot
kn
ow
n b
ut
do
ub
tles
s a
ll t
he
pu
pil
s w
ere
bo
ys
bec
ause
gir
ls d
id n
ot
atte
nd
cla
sses
in
th
ose
da
ys.
Th
ey w
ere
tau
ght,
in
th
e h
om
e, h
ow
to
co
ok
, se
w
an
d k
eep
ho
use
an
d t
hey
mar
ried
ver
y y
ou
ng
.
Bo
un
d B
roo
k h
ad i
ts t
av
erns
as d
id e
ver
y o
ther
New
Jer
sey
set
tlem
ent.
In
fac
t, a
lo
cal
ord
inan
ce w
as p
ass
ed r
equ
irin
g a
nd
co
ntr
oll
ing
the
esta
bli
sh
men
t o
f su
ch b
usi
nes
ses.
T
hey
w
ere
use
d a
s p
lace
s fo
r m
eeti
ngs
, en
tert
ain
m
ent,
an
d l
od
gin
g fo
r tr
avel
ers
wh
o w
ere
pas
sin
g th
rou
gh.
Bo
un
d B
roo
k's
firs
t o
ffic
ial
ho
tel
was
Th
e F
ish
er H
ote
l.
TR
AN
SP
OR
T A
T IO
N
Bef
ore
go
ing
furt
her
wit
h h
ou
ses
an
d s
uch
, h
ow
ever
, it
mig
ht
be
wis
e to
sto
p
an
d b
uil
d t
he
life
blo
od
of
an
y f
led
glin
g co
mm
un
ity
-ro
ads.
O
ne
of
the
firs
t m
ajo
r ar
teri
es s
erv
ing
Bo
un
d B
roo
k w
as
the
Gre
at
Rar
ita
n R
oad
-w
hic
h c
on
nec
ted
Pis
cata
way
wit
h B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
an
d t
rav
eled
alo
ng
the
no
rth
bra
nch
of
the
Rar
itan
Riv
er a
lmo
st t
o S
om
erv
ille
. T
her
e is
no
offi
cial
re
cord
of
the
op
enin
g o
f th
is r
oad
, b
ut
app
aren
tly
on
e re
aso
n f
or
its
con
stru
e-
4
tio
n w
as
a tr
esp
ass
ing
inci
den
t ra
ther
th
an a
"m
aste
r p
lan
" o
f co
mm
erce
. Jo
hn
C
amp
bel
l (o
ne
of
the
earl
y s
ettl
ers)
was
esc
ort
ing
som
e o
f L
ord
Nei
ll C
am
p
bel
l's
serv
ants
to
a
mee
tin
g i
n W
oo
db
rid
ge.
Sin
ce
ther
e w
as
no
ro
ad
, th
ey
ma
de
thei
r w
ay o
ver
pro
per
ty t
ha
t b
elo
nge
d t
o a
no
ther
of
the
area
's e
arl
y r
esi
den
ts,
Joh
n W
hit
e. A
s th
ey a
pp
roa
ched
a g
ate,
Mr.
Wh
ite
sto
pp
ed t
hem
an
d
an
gril
y t
old
th
em t
hey
wer
e tr
esp
ass
ing.
Th
e la
nd
ow
ner
to
ok
his
gri
eva
nce
to
G
ov
ern
or
Lau
ry,
bu
t w
hen
Mr.
C
am
pb
ell
an
d
his
co
mp
anio
ns
wer
e su
m
mo
ned
by
th
e G
ov
ern
or
they
ex
pla
ined
th
at
ther
e w
as n
o a
lter
nat
ive
bu
t to
cr
oss
Mr.
Wh
ite'
s la
nd
. T
he
Go
ver
no
r, p
ersu
aded
by
his
co
nst
itu
ten
ts'
lob
by
in
g, t
hu
s d
ecid
ed t
hat
th
e G
rea
t R
ari
tan
Ro
ad s
ho
uld
be
bu
ilt.
An
oth
er
ma
jor
art
ery
, O
ld
Yo
rk
Ro
ad,
was
co
mp
lete
d
in
17
64
. It
s co
urs
e w
as t
hro
ugh
Mt.
Air
y,
Rin
goes
, R
ead
vil
le,
Th
ree
Bri
dge
s, C
ente
rvil
le,
Rar
itan
, B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
, N
ew M
ark
et a
nd
Pla
infi
eld
.
At
tha
t ti
me,
of
cou
rse,
ro
ad
s w
ere
rou
gh a
nd
win
din
g a
nd
th
ey c
ross
ed
stre
am
s th
rou
gh w
hic
h h
ors
es h
ad
to
wa
de
or
swim
. T
her
e w
ere
few
bri
dg
es
thro
ug
ho
ut
the
colo
nie
s, f
erri
es b
ein
g u
sed
to
a g
rea
t ex
ten
t. B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
's
sett
lers
fel
t it
wo
uld
be
to t
hei
r a
dv
an
tage
to
ha
ve
a b
rid
ge b
uil
t a
cro
ss t
he
Bo
un
d B
roo
k t
o f
acil
itat
e tr
an
spo
rta
tio
n t
o N
ew B
run
swic
k.
Dis
cuss
ion
of
the
erec
tio
n o
f a
bri
dg
e la
sted
fo
r y
ears
, n
o d
ou
bt
mu
ch o
f it
tak
ing
pla
ce a
t o
ne
of
the
tav
ern
s, a
nd
fin
all
y i
n 1
72
7
the
Sta
te A
ssem
bly
pa
ssed
a l
aw
to
bu
ild
su
ch a
str
uct
ure
. T
he
exp
ense
, h
ow
ever
, w
as t
o b
e b
orn
e b
y t
ho
se w
ho
sp
on
so
red
th
e id
ea a
nd
so
th
ree
mo
re y
ears
pa
ssed
wit
ho
ut
con
stru
ctio
n e
ven
beg
in
nin
g. I
n 1
73
0 a
new
la
w,
amen
din
g th
e fi
rst,
ord
ered
th
e co
un
ties
of
Mid
dle
se
x a
nd
So
mer
set
to s
har
e th
e ex
pen
se o
f b
uil
din
g th
e b
rid
ge a
nd
th
e w
ork
b
ega
n w
ith
th
e m
on
ey c
om
ing
fro
m t
he
no
w f
amil
iar
met
ho
d
of
a lo
tter
y.
Up
on
co
mp
leti
on
it
wa
s k
no
wn
as
the
Sto
ne
Bri
dg
e an
d p
arts
of
it c
an
be
seen
to
da
y w
hen
cro
ssin
g th
e Q
uee
ns
Bri
dge
in
to B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
.
TH
E
RE
VO
LU
TIO
N
Th
e fi
rst
stir
rin
g o
f tr
ou
ble
s b
etw
een
th
e C
olo
nie
s an
d G
rea
t B
rita
in a
pp
are
ntl
y
did
no
t h
av
e an
im
med
iate
im
pa
ct o
n t
he
sett
lem
ent
of
Bo
un
d B
roo
k b
ecau
se
ma
ny
sm
all
co
mm
un
itie
s re
mai
ned
so
mew
hat
div
orc
ed f
rom
th
e K
ing'
s p
res
sure
s. T
axes
an
d n
av
iga
tio
n e
mb
argo
es d
id n
ot
hit
Bo
un
d B
roo
ker
s a
s ac
ute
ly
as
in s
om
e o
ther
co
lon
ies,
bu
t th
ey d
id f
eel
the
afte
rmat
h.
Mo
st o
f th
e p
eop
le i
n t
he
com
mu
nit
y
wer
e fa
rmer
s an
d
the
vil
lage
o
f B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
was
sti
ll a
sm
all
pla
ce:
at t
he
da
wn
of
the
rev
olu
tio
n i
n 1
77
5
ther
e w
ere
ap
pro
xim
ate
ly 3
5 h
ou
ses
in t
he
area
, a
bla
cksm
ith
sh
op
, tw
o h
ote
ls,
sev
era
l ta
ver
ns,
a g
ener
al
sto
re a
nd
a c
hu
rch
.
It w
asn
't l
on
g a
fter
th
e st
art
of
the
con
flic
t, h
ow
ever
, th
at B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
p
lay
ed,
an
d p
ayed
, it
s p
art
in t
he
war
.
In J
uly
of
17
76
H
end
rick
Fis
her
, w
ho
w
as P
resi
den
t o
f th
e P
rov
inci
al
Co
ngr
ess
of
New
Jer
sey
, ar
ou
sed
lo
cal
pa
trio
tism
wh
en h
e st
oo
d i
n f
ron
t o
f th
e F
reli
ngh
uy
sen
H
ou
se
an
d
rea
d
to
the
citi
zen
s th
e D
ecla
rati
on
w
hic
h
dec
lare
d i
nd
epen
den
ce f
rom
En
glan
d.
Acc
ord
ing
to o
ne
rep
ort
of
the
da
y,
th
wid
ely
ch
eeri
ng
gro
up
, u
po
n c
on
clu
sio
n o
f th
e re
ad
ing,
mo
un
ted
th
e G
ov
erno
r o
n t
hei
r sh
ou
lder
s a
nd
par
aded
him
th
rou
gh t
he
stre
ets
wh
ile·
the
bel
l h
an
gin
5
in t
he
bel
fry
of
the
Pre
sby
teri
an C
hu
rch
was
ru
ng.
Can
no
n w
ere
fire
d,
con
ti
nu
es t
he
rep
ort
, to
asts
wer
e d
run
k,
and
a g
ener
al air
of
hap
pin
ess
and
ex
cite
m
ent
pre
vail
ed.
Sh
ort
ly t
her
eaft
er,
par
t o
f th
e C
on
tin
enta
l ar
my
mo
ved
to
Mid
dle
bro
ok
an
d e
stab
lish
ed c
amp
. T
his
, o
f co
urs
e, r
eall
y m
ade
the
loca
l se
ttle
rs r
eali
ze
that
a c
on
flic
t w
hic
h h
ad a
dir
ect
effec
t o
n t
hem
had
beg
un
. T
he
firs
t en
cam
p
men
t w
as a
bri
ef o
ne
bu
t it
was
lo
ng
eno
ugh
fo
r G
ener
al W
ash
ingt
on
to
rea
lize
th
at t
his
are
a w
as a
per
fect
lo
cati
on
fro
m
wh
ich
to
kee
p a
n e
ye o
n B
riti
sh
acti
viti
es.
Th
us,
fo
r th
e w
inte
r o
f 17
77
-78
th
e ar
my
ret
urn
ed t
o t
he
Bo
un
d
Bro
ok
are
a.
Ou
t o
f n
eces
sity
th
e G
ener
al e
stab
lish
ed h
is h
ead
qu
arte
rs a
go
od
dis
tan
ce
away
fro
m h
is a
rmy
's c
amp
gro
un
ds.
Th
ere
sim
ply
was
n't
a h
ou
se i
n t
his
lo
cale
la
rge
eno
ugh
to
acc
om
mo
dat
e W
ash
ingt
on
an
d h
is s
taff
so
he
even
tual
ly m
ove
d
into
th
e W
alla
ce H
ou
se,
wh
ich
was
en
larg
ed f
or
his
use
, in
So
mer
vill
e.
Th
e C
on
tin
enta
l A
rmy
was
biv
ou
ack
ed a
ll o
ver
th
is p
art
of
the
cou
ntr
y.
Gen
eral
Sch
uy
ler
was
sta
tio
ned
at
the
Van
Ho
rne
Ho
use
; G
ener
al N
ath
anie
l G
reen
e a
t th
e V
an V
egh
ton
h
ou
se i
n M
anvi
lle;
Bar
on
Vo
n S
teu
ben
at
th
e S
taat
s H
ou
se i
n S
ou
th B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
; an
d G
ener
al B
enja
min
Lin
coln
in
th
e W
illi
ams
Ho
use
at
the
east
en
d o
f B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
. L
ife
in B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
, o
f co
urs
e, w
as c
han
ged
co
nsi
der
ably
by
th
e p
rox
im
ity
of
bo
th a
rmie
s. A
nu
mb
er o
f ci
tize
ns
wo
rked
fo
r th
e C
on
tin
enta
l ar
my
an
d
a sl
augh
terh
ou
se
was
set
u
p
in
wh
at
is
no
w t
he
cen
ter
of
Bo
un
d B
roo
k's
b
usi
nes
s d
istr
ict.
(A
s w
e sh
all
see,
it
was
pro
bab
ly t
his
sla
ugh
terh
ou
se t
hat
w
ou
ld b
e th
e ca
use
of
mu
ch c
on
fusi
on
so
me
120
yea
rs l
ater
.)
Th
e q
uar
ter
mas
ter'
s st
ore
s o
f p
rovi
sio
ns
wer
e k
ept
in t
he
vill
age
and
man
ned
by
lo
cal
resi
den
ts.
Tim
es w
ere
har
d f
or
the
citi
zen
s, f
or
the
sold
iers
did
no
t h
esit
ate
to
stea
l wh
at
they
wan
ted
, a
nd
th
ere
wer
e co
nst
ant
fora
ys b
y B
riti
sh s
old
iers
fro
m
thei
r n
earb
y c
amp
. O
ne
area
th
at m
ust
hav
e th
rive
d w
as t
he
tave
rn b
usi
nes
s. E
ven
Gen
eral
W
ash
ingt
on
pat
ron
ized
th
e M
idd
leb
roo
k H
ote
l, w
her
e M
aso
nic
mee
tin
gs w
ere
hel
d,
tho
ugh
he
was
alw
ays
surr
ou
nd
ed
by
h
is
bo
dy
guar
ds
bec
ause
o
f th
e n
earn
ess
of
the
Red
coat
s.
On
e o
f th
e st
ori
es t
hat
is
told
ab
ou
t lo
cal
resi
den
ts a
nd
th
e B
riti
sh c
on
ce
rns
Jaco
b
de
Gro
ot,
an
ar
den
t p
atri
ot
and
o
ne
wh
om
th
e B
riti
sh
wer
e p
arti
cula
rly
an
xio
us
to c
aptu
re.
Th
e K
ing'
s fo
rces
mad
e se
vera
l at
tem
pts
to
gr
ab M
r. d
e G
roo
t an
d e
ven
tual
ly t
hey
tri
ed t
o s
urp
rise
him
at
his
ho
me.
His
w
ife,
ho
wev
er,
saw
th
e k
idn
app
ers
com
ing
and
th
rew
her
hu
sban
d i
nto
a l
arge
o
ven
in
wh
ich
sh
e w
as a
bo
ut
to b
ake
a ca
ke.
Th
ou
gh t
hey
sea
rch
ed t
he
ho
use
fr
om
co
rner
to
co
rner
, th
e B
riti
sh t
roo
ps
did
n't
th
ink
to
ch
eck
th
e b
akin
g ch
amb
er a
nd
Mr.
de
Gro
ot
esca
ped
. H
isto
ry d
oes
no
t d
escr
ibe
his
co
nd
itio
n
afte
r b
ein
g in
an
ove
n a
lrea
dy
hea
ted
fo
r b
akin
g.
BA
TT
LE
O
F
BO
UN
D
BR
OO
K
Gen
eral
Lin
coln
ha
d b
uil
t a
blo
ck h
ou
se
at
the
"Bat
tery
" (o
pp
osi
te
wh
ere
Bo
lmer
's g
arag
e n
ow
sta
nd
s) i
n f
ron
t o
f w
hic
h c
ann
on
wer
e p
lace
d t
o g
uar
d
the
rive
r an
d r
oad
fro
m i
nva
der
s fr
om
New
Bru
nsw
ick
. O
n A
pri
l 13
, 17
77
, a
Su
nd
ay,
Gen
eral
Lin
coln
was
ru
del
y a
wak
ened
by
the
sou
nd
of
gun
fire
fro
m
6
;_
j �;. �
Lo
rd C
orn
wal
lis'
arm
y,
an
d t
he
atta
ck s
ign
alle
d t
he
beg
inn
ing
of
the
Bat
tle
of
Bo
un
d B
roo
k.
Th
e B
riti
sh a
ttac
k t
oo
k t
he
Co
nti
nen
tals
by
su
ch s
urp
rise
th
at
it
was
im
po
ssib
le
to
mak
e a
def
ense
an
d
Gen
eral
L
inco
ln's
b
atte
ry
was
q
uic
kly
ab
and
on
ed.
Lo
cal
inh
abit
ants
fled
th
eir
ho
mes
an
d,
acco
rdin
g to
leg
end
, th
e so
le o
ccu
pan
t o
f th
e to
wn
aft
er t
he
bat
tle
wa
s a
dea
d s
old
ier
on
th
e fl
oo
r o
f th
e b
lock
ho
use
. T
ho
ugh
th
e B
attl
e o
f B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
is
the
bes
t k
no
wn
of
the
skir
mis
hes
in
th
is a
rea,
an
oth
er B
riti
sh a
ttac
k a
t th
e sa
me
tim
e w
as l
ed b
y L
ieu
ten
ant
Co
lon
el J
oh
n S
imco
e, c
om
man
der
of
the
Qu
een
s R
ange
rs,
a gr
ou
p o
f n
ativ
e A
mer
ican
s, o
r T
ori
es.
Th
e C
olo
nel
's f
orc
e la
nd
ed a
t A
mb
oy
an
d p
roce
eded
, b
y w
ay o
f Q
uib
ble
tow
n (
New
Mar
ket
),
to B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
. T
hey
bu
rned
so
me
sho
ps
and
rai
ded
th
e W
ash
ingt
on
Ho
use
, a
pu
bli
c h
ou
se n
ext
to F
reli
ngh
uy
sen
H
ou
se,
ow
ned
by
Pet
er S
taat
s. T
hey
als
o l
oo
ted
th
e M
idd
leb
roo
k H
ote
l an
d
fro
m t
her
e m
arch
ed t
o t
he
aban
do
ned
cam
p g
rou
nd
s w
her
e th
ey u
nsu
cces
sfu
lly
at
tem
pte
d t
o b
urn
so
me
of
the
hu
ts.
Th
eir
maj
or
targ
ets
wer
e fl
at-b
ott
om
ed b
oat
s w
hic
h w
ere
mo
ore
d a
t th
e V
an
Veg
hte
n B
rid
ge a
t F
ind
ern
e. T
hey
als
o h
op
ed t
o c
aptu
re N
ew J
erse
y's
Go
vern
or
Liv
ings
ton
, w
ho
wa
s re
po
rted
ly s
tay
ing
at t
he
Va
n H
orn
e H
ou
se.
Th
e T
ory
gro
up
mis
sed
th
e G
ove
rno
r b
ut
did
man
age
to t
ake
thre
e p
riso
ner
s an
d t
hey
eve
ntu
ally
bu
rned
19
flat
bo
ats
at
the
bri
dge
.
AF
TE
R
TH
E
RE
VO
LU
TI
ON
Alt
ho
ugh
Bo
un
d B
roo
k w
as t
he
earl
iest
set
tlem
ent
in S
om
erse
t C
ou
nty
, th
e b
egin
nin
g o
f th
e 19
th C
entu
ry
fou
nd
it
stil
l a
stra
ggli
ng
vill
age,
n
ot
un
lik
e m
an
y o
ther
s th
at b
egan
to
do
t th
e m
ap
of
the
no
w i
nd
epen
den
t U
nit
ed S
tate
s.
Aft
er
the
Rev
olu
tio
n,
acco
rdin
g to
a
des
crip
tio
n
in
a B
ou
nd
B
roo
k
Bo
ard
of
Tra
de
pam
ph
let
pu
bli
shed
in
19
17
, B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
set
tled
do
wn
to
&
pla
cid
ex
iste
nce
. "
It w
as a
pla
ce w
her
e p
eop
le l
ived
qu
ietl
y, i
n p
eace
wit
h
each
oth
er a
nd
thei
r n
eigh
bo
rs."
B
ut
the
vill
age'
s d
evel
op
men
t as
a m
ajo
r tr
ansp
ort
atio
n c
ente
r w
as t
o
chan
ge a
ll t
his
. ·
In 1
80
0,
New
Jer
sey
was
bec
om
ing
pro
sper
ou
s fr
om
its
pro
du
ctio
n o
f le
ath
er,
lum
ber
, ir
on
, an
d l
ives
tock
. T
o r
each
the
mar
ket
s, t
her
e w
as n
eed
fo
r ro
ads,
an
d i
t w
as t
hen
th
at t
he
era
of
the
turn
pik
e b
egan
. S
ix y
ears
aft
er t
he
turn
of
the
cen
tury
, co
nst
ruct
ion
beg
an
on
th
e fi
rst
New
Jer
sey
Tu
rnp
ike,
a
toll
h
igh
way
fr
om
N
ew
Bru
nsw
ick
to
P
hil
lip
sbu
rg
via
Bo
un
d
Bro
ok
an
d
So
mer
vil
le,
and
in
18
08
a t
urn
pik
e fr
om
Per
th A
mb
oy
an
d M
etu
chen
jo
ined
th
e N
ew J
erse
y T
urn
pik
e a
t B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
. A
cco
rdin
g to
his
tori
an J
ames
Sn
ell,
th
ere
was
h
eavy
tr
avel
to
co
nve
y p
rod
uce
to
th
e m
ark
et a
t N
ew B
run
swic
k f
rom
Su
ssex
an
d t
he
no
rth
ern
par
t o
f th
e st
ate
thro
ugh
Bo
un
d B
roo
k,
and
th
e k
eep
er o
f th
e to
ll g
ate
at M
idd
le
bro
ok
sa
id
that
5
00
ve
hic
les
wen
t th
rou
gh
in
on
e d
ay
in
rou
te
to
New
B
run
swic
k.
On
e o
f th
ose
gat
e k
eep
ers
was
Dav
id T
alm
age,
wh
o l
ived
in
th
e to
ll-g
ate
ho
use
on
th
e o
ld N
ew J
erse
y T
urn
pik
e b
etw
een
Eas
ton
an
d N
ew B
run
swic
k.
Mr.
Tal
mag
e, w
ho
lat
er b
ecam
e a
stat
e se
nat
or,
was
th
e fa
ther
of
fou
r so
ns,
7
Jam
es,
John
, G
oyn
and
Tho
mas
DeW
itt,
all
of
wh
om b
ecam
e ou
tsta
ndin
g m
inis
ters
. T
he
boro
ugh
's p
rese
nt
Tal
mag
e A
ven
ue
was
nam
ed f
or t
his
illu
stri
ou
s fa
mil
y.
Th
e S
wif
t an
d S
ure
Coa
ch L
ine,
est
abli
shed
bef
ore
the
Rev
olut
ion,
sti
ll
ran
bet
wee
n P
hil
adel
ph
ia a
nd N
ew Y
ork
ove
r th
e O
ld Y
ork
Roa
d th
roug
h B
oun
d B
rook
, an
d i
n 1
82
6 i
t w
as s
till
mak
ing
thre
e tr
ips
a w
eek.
The
mai
l st
age
conn
ecte
d w
ith
th
e st
eam
boat
"Jo
hn
Mar
shal
l" a
t E
lizab
etht
own
Poi
nt
for
New
Yor
k a
nd
the
far
e w
as $
4.25
.
TH
E
CA
NA
L
Acc
ord
ing
to t
he C
ente
nn
ial
His
tory
of
So
mer
set
Co
un
ty,
"Th
e p
rosp
erit
y of
B
ound
Bro
ok
dat
es f
rom
18
30
whe
n th
e D
elaw
are
and
Rar
itan
Can
al w
as
begu
n. P
revi
ous
to t
hat
, it
was
as
ragg
ed a
lit
tle
tow
n as
one
wou
ld w
ish
to
see.
Wha
t th
e ca
nal
bega
n, t
he
railr
oad
com
ple
ted
and
no
w
(18
78
) B
oun
d
Bro
ok i
s on
e of
th
e m
ost
pro
sper
ous
vill
ages
in
th
e st
ate.
" A
pla
n t
o b
uil
d a
can
al t
o c
onn
ect
the
Del
awar
e an
d R
arit
an R
iver
s h
ad
beeh
con
sid
ered
as
earl
y as
18
00
and
was
des
ign
ed t
o e
xplo
it t
he
anth
raci
te
trad
e be
twee
n P
hila
delp
hia
and
New
Y
ork
. In
18
23
, th
e st
ate
legi
slat
ure
fi
nal
ly a
uth
oriz
ed a
su
rvey
and
in
183
0 a
con
stru
ctio
n p
erm
it w
as g
rant
ed.
Iris
h im
mig
rant
s be
gan
wo
rk o
n th
e m
ain
44
-mil
e-lo
ng c
han
nel
whi
ch w
as t
o
pro
vid
e a
wat
er h
igh
way
acr
oss
New
Jer
sey
from
th
e D
elaw
are
Riv
er
to
Rar
itan
Bay
, co
nn
ecti
ng
the
two
lar
gest
cit
ies
in A
mer
ica,
New
Yo
rk a
nd
Phi
lade
lphi
a.
Dur
ing
the
cons
truc
tion
, a
4,0
00
-pou
nd
bou
lder
was
bro
ught
to
lig
ht
by
the
pic
k o
f on
e of
th
e w
ork
ers
and
it l
ay o
n a
san
dy
ban
k i
n S
outh
Bou
nd
B
rook
un
til
it w
as m
oved
to
Bou
nd
Bro
ok t
o m
ark
th
e si
te o
f th
e R
evol
uti
on
ary
batt
le h
ere.
Loc
ated
for
a t
ime
on
th
e P
illa
r of
Fir
e p
rop
erty
on
Eas
t M
ain
Str
eet,
it
now
sta
nd
s in
the
old
cem
eter
y b
ehin
d t
he M
emor
ial
Lib
rary
, th
e re
stor
atio
n o
f w
hic
h i
s th
e co
mm
unit
y's
Bic
ente
nn
ial
pro
ject
. T
he
grav
eya
rd w
as p
rob
ably
op
ened
aro
und
170
0 a
nd
rep
orte
dly
70
or
so s
oldi
ers
from
W
ash
ingt
on's
arm
y w
ere
buri
ed t
here
. T
he
cem
eter
y w
as b
ehin
d th
e P
resb
yte
rian
Chu
rch,
un
til
that
str
uct
ure
was
des
troy
ed b
y fi
re i
n 1
89
6.
Th
e G
ate
way
, w
hich
fac
es E
ast
Str
eet,
was
ere
cted
in
19
29 i
n re
mem
bran
ce o
f G
eorg
e M
. L
a M
onte
. T
he
can
al w
as c
omp
lete
d i
n 18
34
afte
r m
any
dela
ys,
incl
ud
ing
a ch
oler
a ep
idem
ic.
On
th
e op
enin
g da
y in
May
, G
over
nor
Pet
er V
room
tra
vele
d th
e w
hol
e le
ngth
of
the
wat
erw
ay.
Bui
lt a
t a
cost
of
$2,8
30
,00
0 t
he
can
al w
as t
he
mis
sing
lin
k i
n i
nla
nd
nav
igat
ion
from
New
tow
n,
N.C
., to
Pro
vid
ence
, R
.I.
Op
en f
rom
Ap
ril t
o D
ecem
ber
each
yea
r, i
t ca
rrie
d i
ts m
axim
um
tra
ffic
du
rin
g th
e C
ivil
War
. T
her
e w
as a
n un
endi
ng p
roce
ssio
n of
bar
ges
nig
ht
and
day
dur
ing
its
pea
k y
ears
an
d t
hos
e w
ho
lived
alo
ng
th
e ca
nal
bec
ame
fam
ilia
r w
ith
th
e so
unds
of
the
tin
kle
of
mul
e b
ells
an
d o
f th
e bo
atm
an's
ho
rn a
s th
e m
ule
d
raw
n ca
nal
boa
ts p
ause
d a
t th
e lo
cks.
O
ne
of t
hes
e, T
en M
ile
Loc
k,
was
tw
o m
iles
fro
m B
ound
Bro
ok.
Th
ough
oth
er c
anal
s,
such
us
th
e E
rie,
are
bet
ter
kn
own
, d
uri
ng
the
mid
-18
th C
entu
ry,
the
Del
awar
e un
d R
arit
an C
anal
car
ried
mor
e fr
eigh
t th
an
X
any
oth
er A
mer
ican
can
al.
Rec
ord
s of
18
71
sho
wed
tha
t 1
,545
ste
amer
s, 6
68
sa
ilin
g ve
ssel
s, 1
3,2
15
can
al b
oats
an
d 4
34
raft
s ca
rrie
d t
hree
mil
lion
ton
s of
ca
rgo
over
th
e w
ater
way
th
at y
ear.
A
lth
ough
mos
t p
asse
nger
s p
refe
rred
th
e ra
ilro
ad a
nd t
he
cana
l w
as u
sed
m
ain
ly f
or f
reig
ht-
carr
ying
, an
in
tere
stin
g ac
coun
t o
f ca
nal
tra
vel,
"Sn
ubb
ing
thro
ugh
New
Jer
sey"
(1
88
7),
incl
ud
es t
his
not
e, "
Ear
ly i
n t
he
mor
ning
, th
e lo
ckte
nder
cam
e on
bo
ard
wit
h t
he
mai
l w
hic
h h
e h
ad t
houg
htfu
lly p
ick
ed u
p
at t
he
Bou
nd B
roo
k p
osto
ffice
so
me
thre
e m
iles
aw
ay."
In
18
67
, th
e ca
nal
pas
sed
into
th
e ha
nds
of t
he
New
Jer
sey
Rai
lroa
d a
nd
C
anal
Com
pan
y an
d w
as l
ease
d t
o t
he
Pen
nsy
lvan
ia R
ailr
oad
Com
pan
y. B
y 1
90
0,
faci
ng
stiff
com
pet
itio
n f
rom
th
e ra
ilro
ads,
th
e ca
nal
was
los
ing
mon
ey
and
all t
raffi
c on
it
end
ed in
19
33
. The
iro
n h
orse
had
ove
rtak
en t
he
live
mul
e.
TH
E
RA
ILR
OA
DS
In 1
83
1,
just
a y
ear
afte
r th
e ca
nal
was
beg
un
, a
rail
road
fro
m E
liza
beth
tow
n to
Som
ervi
lle
was
bu
ilt
by t
he
Eli
zabe
thto
wn
and
Som
ervi
lle
Rai
lroa
d C
om
pany
. T
he r
oad
reac
hed
Bou
nd B
rook
in
18
38
, an
d in
18
60
th
e lin
k w
as
exte
nded
to
Jer
sey
Cit
y. L
ater
, th
e Je
rsey
Cen
tral
was
bui
lt a
s fa
r w
est
as
Eas
t B
ound
Bro
ok,
mak
ing
Bou
nd B
rook
a c
omm
uter
tow
n.
As
Geo
rge
LaM
onte
wro
te i
n a
Bou
nd B
rook
Boa
rd o
f T
rade
pam
phle
t in
19
17
, "T
he
spir
it o
f th
e ne
wer
Bou
nd B
rook
was
dev
elop
ed b
y th
e bu
ild
ing
of w
hat
was
th
en c
alle
d t
he "
Air
Lin
e" t
o P
hil
adel
phi
a (n
ow t
he
Phi
lad
el
ph
ia a
nd
Rea
din
g)
wh
ich
was
ru
shed
th
roug
h t
o b
e op
en f
or s
ervi
ce a
t th
e ti
me
of t
he
Cen
ten
nia
l E
xpos
itio
n in
Phi
lade
lphi
a in
18
76
. "S
hor
tly
afte
r th
at,
the
con
stru
ctio
n o
f th
e L
ehig
h V
alle
y R
ailr
oad
mad
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
a r
eal
rail
road
cen
ter.
The
cou
ntr
ysid
e is
no
w s
tud
ded
wit
h
resi
den
ces
larg
ely
occu
pie
d b
y N
ew Y
ork
bu
sin
essm
en w
ho w
ish
to e
njo
y th
e be
auti
ful
scen
ery
and
pea
cefu
l co
un
try
life
an
d y
et b
e w
ith
in a
n h
our
of
Bro
adw
ay."
A
t on
e ti
me,
th
e Je
rsey
Cen
tral
, th
e B
alti
mor
e &
Ohi
o, t
he
Phi
lade
lphi
a &
Rea
din
g, t
he
Leh
igh
Val
ley
and
th
e P
ort
Rea
din
g ·ra
ilro
ads
sped
10
0 p
asse
n
ger
and
fre
igh
t tr
ains
th
rou
gh t
own
eac
h d
ay.
At
the
wes
t en
d of
tow
n,
wh
ere
the
trac
ks c
ross
ed M
ain
Str
eet
in tw
o p
lace
s, t
her
e w
ere
man
y se
riou
s ac
cid
ents
w
heh
hor
ses
wer
e fr
ight
ened
by
the
noi
se o
f th
e lo
com
otiv
es.
Th
e p
erio
d b
etw
een
18
86
an
d 1
89
0 s
aw t
he
intr
oduc
tion
in
New
Bru
ns
wic
k o
f ye
t an
othe
r m
ode
of t
rans
por
tati
on,
the
hor
se-d
raw
n st
reet
car
. In
18
95
it w
as c
onve
rted
to
an
elec
tric
sys
tem
kn
own
as
the
Bru
nsw
ick
Tra
ctio
n
Co
mp
any,
an
d i
n 1
89
7 t
he
com
pan
y b
egan
exp
andi
ng t
he
rout
e vi
a R
iver
R
oad
to
Bou
nd
Bro
ok, S
omer
vill
e, a
nd
Rar
itan
. B
ut
anot
her
com
pan
y, t
he
New
Yor
k, P
hil
adel
ph
ia T
ract
ion
Com
pany
, at
tem
pte
d t
o b
lock
th
e p
roje
ct.
It w
ent
so f
ar a
s to
em
plo
y an
eng
inee
ring
co
nce
rn i
n M
aryl
and
to
con
stru
ct t
wo
mile
s of
a fi
nis
hed
ele
ctri
c ra
il s
yste
m
over
th
e ri
ght
of
way
. T
he w
ork
was
com
plet
ed b
y u
sin
g hu
ndre
d of
im
por
ted
Negr
o la
bore
rs o
n a
Su
nd
ay w
hen
no
one
was
aro
un
d t
o in
terc
ede.
T
he
late
Har
ry S
eals
, a
lon
gtim
e B
oun
d B
rook
res
iden
t w
ho d
ied
in
19
75
at t
he
age
of 1
00
, w
as h
ome
on l
eave
fro
m t
he
Sp
anis
h-A
mer
ican
War
at
the
9
RAil
ROA
D S
TATI
ON
for
Bou
nd B
roo
k, w
hich
at
one
tim
e w
as
the
tra
nspo
rta
tion
hub
of
the
sta
te.
tim
e o
f th
e in
cid
ent
and
rem
emb
ered
h
earin
g t
he
lab
ore
rs
sin
gin
g a
s th
ey
wo
rked
. F
inal
ly,
the
New
Bru
nsw
ick
Co
mp
any
sta
rted
lit
igat
ion
an
d b
ou
ght
up
th
e as
sets
of
the
oth
er c
om
pan
y,
an
d i
n 1
89
8 t
he
New
Bru
nsw
ick
to
Rar
itan
li
nk
was
co
mp
lete
d.
As
Bo
un
d B
roo
k
bec
ame
a tr
ansp
ort
atio
n
hu
b,
it
flo
uri
shed
an
d
its
po
pu
lati
on
gre
w.
In 1
83
0,
wh
en t
he
can
al a
nd
rai
lro
ad w
ere
in t
hei
r in
fan
cy,
Bo
un
d B
roo
k
ha
d a
po
pul
atio
n o
f o
nly
84
fam
ilie
s, o
r 5
20
peo
ple
, li
vin
g in
75
ho
use
s, D
r.
Jose
ph
Kle
r n
ote
s in
his
Go
d's
Ha
pp
y C
lust
er,
a h
isto
ry o
f th
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
P
resb
yte
rian
Ch
urc
h.
Bu
t fr
om
Bar
ber
an
d H
ow
e's
His
tori
cal
Co
lle
ctio
n o
f th
e S
tate
of
Ne
w
Je
rse
y w
e g
et a
pic
ture
of
Bo
un
d B
roo
k j
ust
16
yea
rs l
ater
in
18
46
. "T
he
vil
lage
of
Bo
un
d B
roo
k
is i
n t
he
lin
e o
f th
e E
liza
bet
hto
wn
an
d
om
erv
ille
ro
ad
an
d t
he
New
Bru
nsw
ick
an
d E
asto
n T
urn
pik
e, f
ou
r m
iles
eas
t
of
the
cou
nty
sea
t. I
t d
eriv
es i
ts n
ame
fro
m t
he
bro
ok
wh
ich
ru
ns
just
ea
st o
f
the
pla
ce
and
fr
om
th
e b
ou
nd
ary
li
ne
bet
wee
n
So
mer
set
and
M
idd
lese
x
cou
nti
es.
Th
e v
illa
ge i
s ab
ou
t o
ne
mil
e in
len
gth
an
d t
he
up
per
pa
rt i
s ca
lled
Mid
dle
bro
ok
. "T
he
Rar
itan
Riv
er i
s cr
oss
ed b
y a
sub
stan
tial
wo
od
en b
rid
ge.
(Lat
er,
in
187
5,
a w
hip
ple
tru
ss b
rid
ge 4
38
-fee
t lo
ng
of
mal
leab
le i
ron
an
d s
teel
su
p
po
rted
by
two
tie
rs a
nd
tw
o a
bu
tmen
ts r
epla
ced
it,
at
a co
st o
f $
75
,00
0.)
"T
her
e a
re h
ere
a P
resb
yte
rian
Ch
urc
h
(a n
eat
wo
od
en s
tru
ctu
re)
, a
n
acad
emy
, 10
st
ore
s,
sev
eral
m
ech
anic
s,
two
gri
st m
ills
, tw
o
tan
ner
ies,
o
ne
ap
oth
eca
ry,
on
e h
ay
pre
ss,
two
lu
mb
er y
ard
s, t
wo
co
al
yar
ds,
fo
ur
tav
ern
s,
80
dw
elli
ngs
, 9
0 f
amil
ies,
an
d 5
66
in
hab
itan
ts.
Th
is i
s a
thri
vin
g p
lace
, an
d a
t
10
J>
cert
ain
se
aso
ns
a ve
ry
larg
e b
usi
nes
s is
d
on
e in
th
e p
urc
has
e o
f gr
ain
as
un
com
mo
n f
acil
itie
s a
re f
urn
ish
ed f
or
frei
ghti
ng
to N
ew Y
ork
eit
her
by
can
al
or
rail
road
."
Fro
m 1
87
4 t
o
189
6,
Bo
un
d B
roo
k m
ore
th
an
do
ub
led
its
po
pu
lati
on
, re
ach
ing
2,0
30
an
d b
y 1
89
8 i
t h
ad j
um
ped
to
2,6
00
. N
eil
Mac
ken
zie
of
Bo
un
d B
roo
k r
eco
rded
th
e gr
ow
th o
f in
du
stry
in
th
e co
mm
un
ity
in
an
art
icle
wri
tten
fo
r th
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
Ch
ron
icle
's "
Sal
ute
to
th
e B
icen
ten
nia
l" c
olu
mn
th
is y
ear.
In
h
is r
esea
rch
, M
ack
enzi
e fo
un
d
that
Jo
hn
H
erb
ert
bo
ugh
t th
e V
an
Ho
rne
Ho
use
of
Rev
olu
tio
nar
y f
ame
in
1 8
35
an
d s
ho
rtly
aft
erw
ard
s b
uil
t a
la
rge
gri
st m
ill
just
wes
t o
f th
e h
ou
se.
It h
ad
th
e la
rges
t w
ater
wh
eel
in t
he
stat
e an
d w
as
a w
ell-
kn
ow
n l
and
mar
k w
hic
h l
ast
ed u
nti
l 19
03
. In
18
41
, h
e n
ote
s, J
oh
n B
usc
h c
am
e to
Bo
un
d B
roo
k a
nd
in
par
tner
ship
w
ith
S.
Ay
ers,
Sr.
, st
arte
d m
anu
fact
uri
ng
hat
s o
n a
sit
e al
on
g t
he
sou
th b
ank
o
f-th
e ca
nal
ju
st w
est
of
So
uth
Bo
un
d B
roo
k.
Th
eir
bu
sin
ess
was
lat
er m
ov
ed
to B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
. T
he
firs
t in
du
stri
al
esta
bli
shm
ent
in t
he
mo
der
n
sen
se
was
fo
un
ded
in
18
55
un
der
th
e n
ame
of
Joh
n
Sm
alle
y a
nd
Co
mp
any
to
mak
e ag
ricu
ltu
ral
imp
lem
ents
an
d m
ach
iner
y,
incl
ud
ing
th
e W
hit
enac
k m
ow
er a
nd
rea
per
wit
h
wh
ich
he
wo
n fi
rst
pri
ze i
n t
he
18
55
So
mer
set
Co
un
ty A
gri
cult
ura
l F
air
. T
he
rea
per
so
ld f
or
$1
50
an
d t
he
mo
wer
fo
r $
13
0.
His
fa
cto
ry o
n
Mai
n S
tree
t b
etw
een
Jo
hn
an
d C
hu
rch
str
eets
wa
s in
bu
sin
ess
for
12 y
ears
. In
18
78
, S
mal
ley
beg
an a
new
bu
sin
ess
in t
ow
n,
the
man
ufa
ctu
re o
f an
ti
fric
tio
n b
eari
ngs
fo
r m
ach
iner
y,
wh
ich
lat
er b
ecam
e th
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
Oil
-Les
s B
eari
ng
Co
mp
any
. A
map
of
Bo
un
d B
roo
k i
n 1
86
0 s
ho
ws
Co
ok
's L
um
ber
Yar
d,
Yo
un
g a
nd
C
od
din
gto
n's
lu
mb
er a
nd
co
al
com
pan
y,
and
a l
arg
er b
eer
salo
on
. L
ater
in
th
e ce
ntu
ry,
the
Bo
un
d B
roo
k W
oo
len
Mil
ls,
a m
ajo
r in
du
stry
, w
as
esta
bli
shed
on
th
e b
ank
s o
f th
e R
arit
an.
In 1
88
0,
it h
ad
30
0 e
mp
loy
es.
·Bet
wee
n 1
87
4 a
nd
18
96
, th
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
Ele
ctri
c, H
eat
and
Po
wer
Co
. w
as o
rga
niz
ed a
s w
as
the
Bo
un
d B
roo
k W
ater
Co
mp
any
. W
ith
th
e d
evel
op
men
t o
f tr
ansp
ort
atio
n a
nd
th
e· g
row
th o
f in
du
stry
an
d
po
pu
lati
on
her
e, t
he
sch
oo
l sy
stem
ex
pan
ded
, to
o.
Bo
un
d B
roo
k w
as
fort
un
ate
in t
ha
t o
ne
of
its
earl
y r
esid
ents
, M
ich
ael
Fie
ld,
wh
o h
ad
die
d i
n 1
79
2
at
the
age
of
92
, w
as
a p
hil
anth
rop
ist
wh
o
beq
uea
thed
so
me
of
his
mo
ney
to
bu
ild
a f
ree
acad
emy
her
e a
bo
ut
18
00
. P
eter
Wal
sh w
as
the
firs
t te
ach
er,
and
he
wa
s su
ccee
ded
by
Isa
ac
To
ucy
, w
ho
was
to
bec
om
e P
resi
den
t Ja
mes
Bu
chan
an's
Sec
reta
ry o
f th
e N
avy
. W
hil
e T
ou
cy w
as i
n c
har
ge,
a fe
mal
e d
epar
tmen
t w
as i
n e
xis
ten
ce o
f th
e se
con
d fl
oo
r u
nd
er t
he
sup
erv
isio
n o
f M
iss
Joan
nah
Dee
s. T
he
bu
ild
ing
was
dem
oli
shed
in
1
85
7. In
th
e 1
87
0's
, th
e re
d b
rick
, cu
po
laed
Laf
ayet
te S
cho
ol
was
bu
ilt
on
Wes
t H
igh
Str
eet.
In
18
79
, a
cco
rdin
g t
o S
nel
l's
His
tory
of
Hu
nte
rdo
n a
nd
So
me
rse
t C
ou
nti
es,
th
e b
oa
rd o
f ed
uca
tio
n s
pen
t $
82
9 f
or
the
sala
ries
of
the
19
tea
cher
s w
ho
wer
e in
stru
ctin
g 1
89
stu
den
ts.
Th
is s
cho
ol
bu
ild
ing
was
in
use
fo
r ab
ou
t 8
0 y
ears
un
til
it w
as
raze
d t
o m
ake
wa
y f
or
the
pre
sen
t st
ruct
ure
.
11
TH
E
BU
RN
ING
IS
SU
E
/
Sla
ver
y,
the
bu
rnin
g m
ora
l is
sue
of
the
19th
Cen
tury
to
uch
ed B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
, to
o,
for
ther
e w
ere
in S
om
erse
t C
ou
nty
ma
ny
bo
nd
smen
wh
o h
ad
in
den
ture
d
them
selv
es i
n e
xch
an
ge
for
pay
men
t o
f th
eir
pa
ssa
ge
fro
m E
uro
pe
to A
mer
ica
a
s w
ell
as
som
e N
egro
an
d I
nd
ian
sla
ves.
T
he
firs
t st
ate
leg
isla
tive
act
ion
to
war
d a
bo
liti
on
ca
me
in 1
82
1 w
hen
it
wa
s v
ote
d t
ha
t ch
ild
ren
of
all
sla
ves
bo
rn i
n t
he
sta
te a
fter
Ju
ly 4
, 1
80
4,
sho
uld
b
e fr
ee w
hen
th
e m
ale
s re
ach
ed 2
5,
and
th
e fe
mal
es 2
1.
It w
as
du
rin
g th
e m
inis
try
of
the
Rev
. Jo
hn
Bo
ggs
(18
15
-18
28
) a
t th
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
Pre
sby
teri
an
Ch
urc
h t
hat
th
e sl
ave
ry i
ssu
e b
ecam
e a
mat
ter
of
con
scie
nce
in
th
e v
illa
ge.
Neg
ro s
lave
ry a
ba
ted
in
18
20
an
d g
rad
ual
ly w
an
ed,
Dr.
Kle
r te
lls
us
in G
od
's H
ap
py
Clu
ster
. In
18
40
, th
ere
wer
e o
nly
67
4 s
lav
es
in t
he
sta
te.
Wh
en t
he
issu
e er
up
ted
in
to c
ivil
war
bet
wee
n t
he
No
rth
an
d S
ou
th,
ma
ny
y
ou
ng
men
fro
m B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
ser
ved
in
th
e U
nio
n A
rmy
. O
ne
epis
od
e w
hic
h h
as
bee
n r
eco
rded
in
sev
era
l h
isto
ries
co
nce
rns
the
Rev
. R
av
au
d K
. R
od
ger
s, p
ast
or
of
the
Bo
un
d B
roo
k P
resb
yte
ria
n C
hu
rch
d
uri
ng
th
ose
yea
rs.
Th
e m
inis
ter
was
ca
lled
on
by
a m
oth
er a
nd
fat
her
, m
em
ber
s o
f h
is c
on
greg
atio
n,
wh
o w
ere
in d
eep
dis
tres
s b
eca
use
th
eir
son
ha
d b
een
se
nte
nce
d t
o d
ie f
or
des
erti
ng
the
Arm
y.
Th
ey b
egg
ed h
im t
o i
nte
rced
e, a
nd
th
e R
ev.
Mr.
R
od
gers
, ac
com
pan
ied
b
y
the
yo
un
g m
an
's w
ife
an
d
chil
d,
jou
rney
ed t
o
Was
hin
gto
n
to
call
u
po
n P
resi
den
t L
inco
ln,
wh
o
gran
ted
th
e re
pri
eve.
In
th
e o
ld P
resb
yte
ria
n g
rav
eya
rd a
re b
uri
ed t
hre
e v
eter
an
s o
f th
e W
ar
of
18
12
, o
ne
of
the
Mex
ica
n W
ar,
and
fiv
e o
f th
e C
ivil
War
. U
nti
l 1
84
6,
the
Pre
sby
teri
an
Ch
urc
h w
as
the
on
ly h
ou
se o
f w
ors
hip
in
B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
, b
ut
in t
ha
t y
ear
the
Du
tch
Ref
orm
ed C
hu
rch
of
Bo
un
d B
roo
k
wa
s fo
un
ded
, fo
llo
wed
by
th
e M
eth
od
ist
Ch
urc
h i
n 1
84
8,
St.
Pau
l's
Ep
isco
pa
l C
hu
rch
in
18
52
, an
d S
t. J
ose
ph
's R
om
an C
ath
oli
c C
hu
rch
in
18
76
. A
n a
tlas
of
So
mer
set
Co
un
ty,
pu
bli
shed
by
Bee
rs,
Co
mst
ock
an
d C
lin
e o
f N
ew Y
ork
in
18
73
, re
vea
ls s
ever
al i
nte
rest
ing
fa
cts
ab
ou
t th
e to
wn
aft
er t
he
Civ
il W
ar.
Ea
st S
tree
t w
as
kn
ow
n t
hen
as
Pa
tter
son
Str
eet.
Th
e P
resb
yte
ria
n
Ch
urc
h w
as
at t
he
corn
er o
f M
ain
an
d P
att
erso
n s
tree
ts w
ith
th
e p
ars
on
ag
e to
th
e w
est
of
it a
nd
th
e fr
ee s
cho
ol
nex
t d
oo
r. S
eco
nd
Str
eet
wa
s k
no
wn
th
en a
s F
ron
t S
tree
t a
nd
Ch
urc
h S
tree
t, n
ort
h o
f U
nio
n A
ven
ue
as
Ro
ss A
ven
ue.
Th
is
ma
p a
lso
sh
ow
s th
e C
oo
k l
um
ber
ya
rd o
n H
am
ilto
n S
tree
t, b
ack
ing
up
to
th
e P
resb
yte
rian
C
hu
rch
, a
hap
pen
stan
ce
wh
ich
w
as
to
spel
l d
isas
ter
on
F
eb.
6,
18
96
.
Th
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
C
hro
nic
le
of
the
foll
ow
ing
d
ay
reco
rded
th
e d
ay's
tr
aged
y
in t
hes
e w
ord
s:
"Th
e P
resb
yte
ria
n
Ch
urc
h
and
th
e C
oo
k
Lu
mb
er
Ya
rd b
urn
ed.
All
th
e co
nd
itio
ns
wer
e fa
vo
rab
le f
or
the
flo
od
. T
he
gro
un
d w
as
fro
zen
an
d c
ov
ered
w
ith
sn
ow
wh
en
the
rain
beg
an
to
fa
ll e
arl
y T
hu
rsd
ay
mo
rnin
g.
Th
at
wa
s F
eb.
6,
18
96
. T
he
wa
ter
cam
e d
ow
n u
nce
asi
ng
ly f
or
ma
ny
h
ou
rs,
fill
ing
th
e sm
all
str
eam
s a
nd
ra
isin
g t
he
riv
er u
nti
l a
U r
esid
ents
sh
oo
k
thei
r h
ead
s a
nd
pre
dic
ted
a h
eav
y f
resh
et.
At
6:3
0 p
.m.,
th
e fl
oo
d h
ad
rea
ched
a
po
int
on
Mo
un
tain
Av
enu
e o
pp
osi
te t
he
Ch
ron
icle
offi
ce a
nd
on
e h
alf
ho
ur
\ate
r, i
t w
as
on
th
e o
ffice
ste
ps.
12
A
VIE
W o
f E
ost
Mo
in S
tre
et
in
the
ho
rse
an
d
bu
gg
y a
nd
tr
oll
ey
era
.
"Th
e w
ater
co
nti
nu
ed t
o r
ise
un
til
ab
ou
t 10
, w
hen
it
was
at
the
step
s o
f th
e fi
rst
flo
or
of
this
offi
ce.
"A
t a
bo
ut
9:3
0 p
.m.,
th
e fl
oo
d r
each
ed t
he
lim
e h
ou
se a
t th
e L
. D
. C
oo
k
an
d C
om
pa
ny
Lu
mb
er Y
ard
. T
he
lim
e w
as
un
sla
ked
, b
ut
the
wa
ter
qu
ick
ly
did
its
wo
rk,
pro
du
cin
g s
po
nta
neo
us
com
bu
stio
n.
Th
e fi
re b
laze
d u
p a
nd
so
on
h
ad
th
e lu
mb
er y
ard
in
fla
mes
. "F
ort
un
ate
ly,
the
fire
men
ha
d r
emo
ved
th
eir
ho
se t
o p
lace
s o
n t
he
hil
l an
d t
ho
se w
ho
wer
e n
ot
hem
med
in
by
wat
er w
ere
soo
n a
t w
ork
. T
hei
r fa
ith
fu
lnes
s d
eser
ved
th
e h
igh
est
pra
ise.
Ma
ny
sto
od
wa
ist-
dee
p i
n t
he
rag
ing
flo
od
d
irec
tin
g t
he
wa
ter
fro
m t
he
hy
dra
nts
to
th
e B
erk
eley
Ho
tel
live
ry s
tab
le.
Th
ey
no
t o
nly
sa
ved
th
at
bu
ild
ing
b
ut
pre
ven
ted
fl
ames
fr
om
sp
rea
din
g
in
tha
t d
irec
tio
n.
"In
th
is t
hey
wer
e a
ided
by
th
e st
ron
g w
ind
fro
m t
he
wes
t, w
hic
h g
ale
, h
ow
ever
, ca
rrie
d s
pa
rks
to t
he
old
Pre
sby
teri
an
Ch
urc
h.
Th
is v
ener
ab
le s
tru
ctu
re c
au
gh
t fi
re n
ear
the
bel
fry
an
d w
as n
ot
lon
g i
n y
ield
ing
to
th
e d
estr
uct
ive
po
wer
of
the
con
fla
gra
tio
n.
It w
as
a m
ost
bea
uti
ful,
th
ou
gh t
erri
fyin
g s
igh
t, a
nd
w
as
wit
nes
sed
by
ma
ny
peo
ple
."
TH
E
RE
SID
EN
TS
Bo
un
d B
roo
k w
as h
om
e to
ma
ny
pro
min
ent
men
in
th
e 19
th C
entu
ry,
incl
ud
in
g t
he
afo
rem
enti
on
ed T
alm
ag
e fa
mil
y.
In 1
82
8,
Dr.
Syl
ves
ter
Gra
ha
m,
the
dev
elo
per
of
the
grah
am b
rea
d a
nd
cr
ack
ers
wh
ich
wer
e to
b
ear
his
na
me,
a
ccep
ted
h
is
firs
t p
asto
rate
h
ere
a m
inis
ter
of
the
Pre
sby
teri
an
Ch
urc
h a
t a
sala
ry o
f $
30
0 a
yea
r.
Dr.
Gra
ham
, w
ho
ad
vo
cate
d a
mea
tles
s d
iet
and
was
a s
tro
ng
pro
po
nen
t
13
of t
empe
ranc
e, l
ater
bec
ame
a ce
lebr
ated
lec
ture
r. A
fter
his
dea
th i
n M
assa
ch
uset
ts,
he w
as b
roug
ht b
ack
here
for
bur
ial,
and
is o
ne o
f th
ose
who
lie
bu
ried
in
the
old
gra
veya
rd.
Dr.
Gra
ham
, be
side
s be
ing
an o
rdai
ned
min
iste
r, w
as a
lso
a m
edic
al
doct
or,
one
of m
any
who
res
ided
in
Bou
nd B
rook
dur
ing
the
last
cen
tury
. H
isto
rian
Sne
ll lis
ts a
s m
embe
rs o
f th
e So
mer
set
Cou
nty
Med
ical
Soc
iety
su
ch p
rom
inen
t ph
ysic
ians
as
Dr.
Cha
unce
y M
. Fie
ld, s
on o
f R
icha
rd R
. Fie
ld,
who
was
wel
l-kn
own
in th
e w
oole
n tr
ade,
and
a d
esce
ndan
t of
Mic
hael
Fie
ld,
who
lef
t a
lega
cy t
o th
e P
resb
yter
ian
Chu
rch
to e
stab
lish
a fr
ee s
choo
l. D
r.
Fie
ld b
egan
pra
ctic
e he
re i
n 18
75.
Mem
bers
of
the
Som
erse
t C
ount
y B
ar w
ho p
ract
iced
in
Bou
nd B
rook
w
ere
R.
V.
Lin
dabu
ry a
nd S
. S.
Phi
llips
, an
d in
the
law
enf
orce
men
t fie
ld,
Isar
el H
arri
s se
rved
as
sher
iff o
f So
mer
set
Cou
nty.
TR
AC
ING
T
HE
H
IST
OR
Y
Alt
houg
h th
e sh
elve
s of
the
Arc
hive
s R
oom
of
Bou
nd B
rook
's
Mem
orial
L
ibra
ry a
re l
ined
wit
h m
any
book
s an
d pa
mph
lets
whi
ch d
ocum
ent
the
295
year
hi
stor
y of
the
com
mun
ity
sinc
e G
over
nor
Phi
lip C
arte
ret
and
othe
r pu
rcha
sed
the
land
fro
m t
he L
enni
Len
ape
Indi
ans,
non
e ca
ptur
es t
he fl
avor
of
eve
ryda
y lif
e in
the
tow
n as
do
the
old
copi
es o
f th
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
Ch
ron
icle
w
hich
are
pre
serv
ed o
n m
icro
film
. O
ne i
s tr
ansp
orte
d ba
ck 8
5 ye
ars
in t
ime
to t
he "
Gay
Nin
etie
s" w
hen
W. B
. R. M
ason
, who
was
to
edit
and
pub
lish
the
new
spap
er f
or 5
3 ye
ars,
had
be
en a
t it
s he
lm f
or e
ight
yea
rs.
Unf
ortu
nate
ly, t
he e
diti
ons
of t
he C
hron
icle
for
189
2 ar
e th
e ol
dest
new
spa
pers
ava
ilabl
e to
res
earc
hers
, al
thou
gh
the
Chr
onic
le w
as
not
the
first
jo
urna
listi
c ve
ntur
e he
re.
Acc
ordi
ng t
o H
isto
ry
of
Hu
nte
rdo
n
an
d
So
mer
set
Co
un
tie
s,
the
first
ne
wsp
aper
pub
lishe
r he
re w
as t
he B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
Arg
us.
It
was
in
exis
tenc
e fo
r on
ly s
ix m
onth
s in
187
0 w
ith
Noa
h C
lapp
as
edit
or a
nd w
as s
ucce
eded
in
1878
by
Th
e R
ock
, a
publ
icat
ion
foun
ded
in D
unel
len
in 1
877
but
late
r m
oved
to
Bou
nd B
rook
. T
he p
ropr
ieto
r an
d ed
itor
was
Cha
rles
E.
Mac
Gea
chy,
onc
e a
hum
oris
t w
rite
r on
the
Dan
bury
, Con
n., N
ews.
For
a b
rief
tim
e, T
he
Ro
ck w
as t
he m
ost
wid
ely
circ
ulat
ed n
ewsp
aper
in
cent
ral
New
Jer
sey
unti
l M
r. M
acG
each
y ha
d th
e te
mer
ity
to c
aric
atur
e pr
omin
ent
men
of
th
e co
unty
in
ar
ticl
es
3illd
ca
rtoo
ns. W
ithi
n si
x m
onth
s T
he
Ro
ck h
ad c
rum
bled
! W
hat
was
to
beco
me
the
Bo
un
d B
roo
k C
hro
nic
le w
as b
egun
in
Whi
te
hous
e as
the
Fa
mil
y C
ask
et i
n 18
68.
Pub
lishe
d an
d ed
ited
by
A.
J. S
ham
pa
nore
, it
too
k a
deci
ded
stan
d in
fav
or o
f te
mpe
ranc
e an
d in
187
1 an
d 18
72 i
t w
as t
he o
rgan
of
the
Goo
d T
empl
ars.
In
Dec
embe
r of
187
7 th
e F
am
ily
C
ask
et's
ed
itor
ial
and
prin
ting
offi
ce
was
mov
ed t
o B
ound
Bro
ok a
nd i
n Ja
nuar
y, 1
879,
the
pap
er r
eapp
eare
d. I
n
Apr
il, j
ust
abou
t th
e ti
me
that
Th
e R
ock
wen
t ou
t of
bus
ines
s, t
he
nam
e of
the
F
am
ily
Ca
sket
was
cha
nged
to
the
Bo
un
d B
roo
k C
hro
nic
le.
In 1
884,
W.
B.
R.
Mas
on,
a ne
wsm
an w
ho h
ad w
orke
d at
the
Un
ion
ist-
14
Ga
zett
e in
Som
ervi
lle u
nder
A.
V.
D.
Hon
eym
an,
beca
me
the
Chr
onic
le's
ed
itor
and
pub
lishe
r, a
pos
t he
was
to
hold
unt
il19
37.
Fro
m h
is n
ew o
ffice
at
16 M
ount
ain A
venu
e, w
hich
was
to
hous
e th
e C
hron
icle
for
nea
rly
80 y
ears
long
er,
Mas
on e
dito
rial
ized
on
the
need
for
goo
d ro
ads
and
erad
icat
ion
of a
dan
gero
us g
rade
cro
ssin
g on
Eas
t M
ain
Stre
et.
The
re w
ere
no "
lead
" st
orie
s in
thos
e ea
rly
edit
ions
of
the
Chr
onic
le. T
he
fron
t pa
ge w
as a
col
lect
ion
o-f s
ingl
e-co
lum
n st
orie
s de
taili
ng d
oing
s in
the
Bor
ou
gh, a
nd in
Gre
en B
rook
, Dun
elle
n, a
nd "
Acr
oss
the
Bri
dge"
in
Sou
th B
ound
B
rook
. A s
ampl
ing
of w
hat
was
dee
med
new
swor
thy
in t
hose
day
s:
"One
of
But
cher
Kre
ylin
g's
hors
es b
roke
a l
eg a
nd h
ad t
o be
kill
ed;
it i
s ru
mor
ed
that
Hen
ry R
eim
er o
f So
mer
ville
has
bou
ght
the
busi
ness
blo
ck o
n M
ain
Stre
et
next
to
the
Ann
ex f
or $
10,0
00;
wor
k on
the
tra
ck-l
ayin
g fo
r th
e P
ort
Rea
ding
R
ailr
oad
has
prog
ress
ed
from
th
e ju
ncti
on
near
W
esto
n to
E
ast
Bou
nd
Bro
ok."
A
dver
tise
men
ts w
ere
publ
ishe
d on
the
firs
t pa
ge,
too.
In
one,
the
Rev
. T
. D
eWit
t T
ahp
age,
an
inte
rnat
iona
lly k
now
n lo
cal
min
iste
r, w
as e
xtol
ling
the
virt
ues
of a
par
ticu
lar
bran
d of
cou
gh s
yrup
and
Pet
er S
taat
s no
ted
that
he
was
tak
ing
orde
rs f
or N
ew Y
ork
hors
e m
anur
e. (
How
it
was
sup
erio
r to
the
N
ew J
erse
y pr
oduc
t re
mai
ns u
ncle
ar!)
O
ther
adv
erti
sers
in
Mas
on's
pap
er i
nclu
ded
Schu
re's
Bak
ery,
w
hich
de
liver
ed f
resh
bak
ed b
read
to
hom
es;
the
Leh
igh V
alle
y R
ailr
oad,
whi
ch
liste
d 10
tri
ps t
o N
ew Y
ork
daily
and
15
wes
tbou
nd t
rain
s; J
. S.
DeM
ott,
w
ho c
ombi
ned
his
furn
itur
e st
ore
wit
h an
und
erta
king
par
lor
in t
he R
amse
y B
uild
ing;
S.
D.
Gill
espi
e, w
ho r
an a
liv
ery
stab
le;
and
Par
ker'
s, m
aker
s of
a
ging
er t
onic
whi
ch,
for
50¢,
cur
ed c
onsu
mpt
ion,
ind
iges
tion
, an
d a
long
lis
t of
ot
her
ills.
M
r. M
ason
, who
se m
asth
ead
bold
y pr
ocla
imed
the
Chr
onic
le a
"R
epub
lica
n Jo
urna
l" n
ever
thel
ess
back
ed t
he c
andi
dacy
of
Geo
rge
LaM
onte
, w
ho
was
vyi
ng w
ith
C. H
owar
d P
erry
in
1892
for
the
may
oral
ty.
In a
bio
grap
hical
sk
etch
, th
e ed
itor
dep
icte
d L
aMon
te,
then
57,
as
a "s
taun
ch M
etho
dist
of
ster
ling
Dem
ocra
tic b
ackg
roun
d."
The
bor
ough
for
m o
f go
vern
men
t ha
d be
en a
ppro
ved
on F
ebru
ary
10,
1891
, by
a v
ote
of 1
76-1
20 a
nd W
illia
m R
. W
hiti
ng w
as t
he fi
rst
may
or.
The
fir
st m
eeti
ng o
f th
e to
wn
coun
cil
was
hel
d at
the
hom
e of
May
or W
hiti
ng a
nd
the
mem
bers
of
that
firs
t co
unci
l w
ere:
Geo
rge
Stry
ker,
Woo
lsey
H.
Alp
augh
; P
eter
H.
Smit
h; M
ervi
n W
. Bax
ter;
Will
iam
W.
Smal
ley
and
Alf
red
H.
Rya
n.
Nea
r th
e en
d of
189
2 th
e C
hron
icle
alm
ost
had
a "s
coop
" bu
t it
fiz
zled
ou
t as
edi
tor
Mas
on n
oted
: "W
hile
gra
ding
Hig
h St
reet
in
Bou
nd B
rook
las
t w
eek
and
whe
n op
posi
te t
he h
ome
of R
icha
rd B
roka
w,
wor
kmen
exc
avat
ed
two
wag
onlo
ads
of b
ones
. R
umor
had
it
that
an
old
slav
e bu
ryin
g gr
ound
w
as d
isco
vere
d. J
udge
Jos
eph
DeG
rote
for
mer
ly o
ccup
ied
the
plan
tati
on a
nd
had
60 s
lave
s. B
ut i
t w
as f
ound
on
inve
stig
atio
n th
at t
he b
ones
wer
e al
l fr
om
hors
es a
nd t
hat
it w
as t
he s
ite
of a
n ol
d sl
augh
terh
ouse
." T
his,
pre
sum
ably
, is
the
sam
e sl
augh
terh
ouse
as
that
use
d by
the
Con
tine
ntal
Arm
y du
ring
the
R
evol
utio
nary
War
. In
193
7, M
r. M
ason
, the
n an
oct
ogen
aria
n, s
old
the
new
spap
er t
o Ir
ving
15
Pu
bli
c L
il)ta
ts:"'
Bo
nl'\
d H
roo't<\
N,
J,
TH
E O
RIG
INA
L B
ou
nd
B
roo
k Pu
bli
c li
bra
ry.
Rei
mer
s an
d i
n 1
95
9 t
he
new
spap
er w
as s
old
to
its
pre
sen
t o
wn
ers,
th
e B
ate
man
fam
ily
of
So
mer
vill
e. I
rvin
g R
eim
ers
rem
ain
ed a
s ed
ito
r u
nti
l h
is d
eath
in
19
60
an
d w
as s
ucc
eed
ed b
y R
ob
ert
Mey
er,
then
Jac
k R
eim
ers,
th
en R
ich
ar
d C
arm
en.
In 1
96
8 T
ho
mas
Eva
ns
too
k o
ver
as e
dit
or
and
in
19
73
Mil
dre
d
Raf
felt
bec
ame
the
Ch
ron
icle
's f
irst
wo
man
ed
ito
r.
In
the
seco
nd
hal
f o
f th
e 1
9th
Cen
tury
, B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
was
a
tow
n
of
man
y o
rgan
izat
ion
s.
On
e o
f th
e ea
rlie
st
was
th
e lo
cal
chap
ter
of
the
Wo
men
's
Ch
rist
ia;n
Tem
per
ance
U
nio
n,
org
aniz
ed i
n
Oct
ob
er o
f 18
77
w
ith
14
mem
ber
s fr
om
va
rio
us
chu
rch
es i
n t
he
area
. O
ther
s in
clu
ded
th
e L
iter
ary
Clu
b,
fou
nd
ed i
n 1
88
5.
In t
he
189
0's
, it
s m
emb
ers
bo
rro
wed
a f
ew h
un
dre
d b
oo
ks
form
erly
use
d i
n a
rea
din
g ro
om
of
the
Ref
orm
Clu
b a
nd
op
ened
a l
ibra
ry o
n M
aid
en L
ane.
C
amp
Mid
dle
bro
ok
Ch
apte
r, D
augh
ters
of
the
Am
eric
an R
evo
luti
on
, w
as
org
aniz
ed i
n
189
3 w
ith
14
mem
ber
s, a
nd
Nat
han
Hal
e C
hap
ter,
Ch
ild
ren
of
the
Am
eric
an R
evo
luti
on
, in
18
86
. ·
On
e o
f th
e ea
rlie
st
frat
ernal
o
rgan
izat
ion
s w
as
Eas
tern
S
tar
Lo
dge
, F
&A
M,
org
aniz
ed i
n 1
87
0,
wh
ich
was
fo
llo
wed
six
yea
rs l
ater
by
So
mer
set
Lo
dge
56
1,
Kn
igh
ts o
f P
yth
ias.
T
wo
ban
kin
g in
stit
uti
on
s w
ere
fou
nd
ed h
ere
in t
he
late
18
80
's,
the
Fir
st
Nat
ion
al B
ank
an
d t
he
Bu
ild
ing
and
Lo
an.'
In t
he
Bo
ard
of
Tra
de
pam
ph
let
F.
N.
Vo
orh
ees
wro
te o
f B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
in
18
91
th
at i
t "h
ad n
o p
aved
sid
ewal
ks
and
th
e st
reet
lig
hts
wer
e k
ero
sen
e."
Bu
t in
18
98
, w
ith
its
po
pu
lati
on
nea
rin
g 3
,00
0,
Bo
un
d B
roo
k b
oas
ted
ph
on
e er
vice
pro
vid
ed b
y th
e S
om
erse
t C
ou
nty
Tel
eph
on
e C
om
pan
y.
Wit
h
the
190
0's
ri
ght
aro
un
d
the
corn
er,
lad
ies
spo
rted
b
ust
les
ood
16
gen
tlem
en w
ore
ha
ts a
nd
car
ried
can
es.
Tra
nsp
ort
atio
n a
rou
nd
to
wn
was
by
b
icyc
le o
r h
ors
e-d
raw
n b
ugg
y.
Des
pit
e a
litt
le f
raca
s k
no
wn
as
the
Sp
anis
h-A
mer
ican
War
, it
was
th
e "G
ay N
inet
ies"
her
e a
s el
sew
her
e. T
he
20
th C
entu
ry w
ith
its
glo
bal
co
nflic
ts
had
no
t ye
t er
ased
th
e p
eace
ful,
slo
w-p
aced
way
of
life
.
20
TH
C
EN
TU
RY
G
RO
WT
H
As
the
19th
cen
tury
gav
e w
ay t
o t
he
twen
tiet
h,
Bo
un
d B
roo
k b
egan
to
gro
w.
At
the
turn
of
the
cen
tury
its
po
pu
lati
on
was
ov
er 2
,60
0 a
nd
on
ly
10 y
ears
la
ter
it h
ad g
row
n t
o n
earl
y 4
,00
0.
Th
en t
he
cen
sus
of
192
0 i
nd
icat
es t
hat
th
e to
wn
had
alm
ost
6,0
00
peo
ple
an
d b
y 19
30
th
is h
ad i
ncr
ease
d t
o 7
,30
0.
Th
e re
aso
ns
for
the
bo
rou
gh's
gro
wth
ha
d b
eco
me
app
aren
t as
Bo
un
d
Bro
ok
dev
elo
ped
in
to a
tra
nsp
ort
atio
n h
ub
. H
ow
ever
, h
isto
rica
l m
ater
ial
do
es
no
t in
dic
ate
that
th
e vi
llag
e ev
er s
triv
ed
to b
eco
me
a m
etro
po
lis,
o
r b
oo
m
tow
n,-
sett
lin
g in
stea
d f
or
a m
ore
pea
cefu
l ex
iste
nce
an
d "
con
tain
ed"
gro
wth
. O
ne
of
the
tow
n's
mo
st p
rom
inen
t ci
tize
ns,
Geo
rge
LaM
on
te,
wro
te a
n
arti
cle
in 1
90
4 f
or
the
"Su
bu
rban
ite"
in
wh
ich
he
emp
has
ized
th
e to
wn
's p
osi
ti
ve p
oin
ts:
"Th
e fa
ct t
hat
th
ere
is s
carc
ely
a v
acan
t h
ou
se h
ere
is s
uffi
cien
t ev
iden
ce t
hat
Bo
un
d B
roo
k i
s gr
ow
ing
in f
avo
r as
a p
op
ula
r su
bu
rban
pla
ce o
f re
sid
ence
an
d t
hat
it
wil
l co
nti
nu
e to
gro
w.
Nat
ura
lly
a p
lace
of
grea
t b
eau
ty
wit
h a
n i
nd
ivid
ual
ity
and
ch
arac
ter
of
its
ow
n,
the
Cen
tral
Rai
lro
ad h
as m
ade
it a
cces
sib
le,
by
givi
ng
it 3
5 t
rain
s ea
ch w
ay t
o a
nd
fro
m N
ew Y
ork
wit
h a
sc
hed
ule
tim
e o
f 5
0 m
inu
tes
to a
n h
ou
r, a
nd
wh
at i
s p
erh
aps
mo
re t
o t
he
po
int,
th
e tr
ain
s ru
n o
n t
ime.
" A
s a
foo
tno
te t
o t
hat
, co
mm
ute
rs n
ot
on
ly h
ad c
on
ven
ien
t an
d r
elia
ble
m
ean
s b
y w
hic
h t
hey
co
uld
tra
vel
to N
ew Y
ork
, b
ut
the
mo
nth
ly f
are
in 1
91
7
was
on
ly $
8.8
0.
Lo
cal
tran
spo
rtat
ion
nee
ds
wer
e al
so b
ein
g m
et a
deq
uat
ely.
Tro
lley
s h
ad
com
e to
Bo
un
d B
roo
k i
n 1
89
7 a
nd
in
Jan
uar
y o
f 18
99
a f
lag
was
rai
sed
ove
r th
e C
hro
nic
le's
offi
ce i
n h
on
or
of
"th
e o
pen
ing
of
the
thro
ugh
tro
lley
lin
e fr
om
N
ew B
run
swic
k t
o B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
, th
ereb
y c
on
nec
tin
g w
ith
th
e ro
ads
to S
om
er
vill
e an
d P
lain
fiel
d."
S
ho
rtly
aft
er t
he
thro
ugh
ro
ute
was
op
ened
, h
ow
ever
, M
ayo
r R
ich
ard
H.
Bro
kaw
mad
e a
stro
ng
app
eal
to t
he
tro
lley
co
mp
any
to l
ow
er t
he
spee
d o
f it
s ca
rs t
o t
he
pre
scri
bed
10
m.p
.h.
lim
it b
ecau
se a
nu
mb
er o
f in
juri
es c
au
sed
by
sp
eed
ing
tro
lley
s h
ad
bee
n r
epo
rted
. B
y th
e tu
rn o
f th
e ce
ntu
ry t
he
tow
n's
net
wo
rk o
f ro
ads
and
th
e tr
affic
leve
ls h
ad i
ncr
ease
d e
no
ugh
th
at i
n 1
89
8 t
wo
men
wer
e h
ired
on
a f
ull
-tim
e b
asis
to
mai
nta
in v
illa
ge s
tree
ts.
A p
ub
lica
tio
n i
ssu
ed b
y t
he
Bo
un
d B
roo
k B
oar
d o
f T
rad
e d
uri
ng
the
firs
t d
ecad
e o
f th
is c
entu
ry c
on
tain
ed a
dve
rtis
emen
ts f
or
man
y o
f th
e lo
cal
bu
si
nes
ses.
Am
on
g th
em w
ere
Gan
o &
Bye
r, l
oca
ted
in
th
e V
oo
rhee
s B
uil
din
g; t
he
Ber
kel
ey H
ote
l, L
eo D
uF
ou
r p
rop
riet
or;
fu
ner
al
dir
ecto
r W
illi
am E
dge
rto
n;
the
Un
iqu
e E
mp
ori
um
on
eas
t M
ain
Str
eet,
an
d t
he
An
nex
Ho
tel
and
Res
tau
ra
nt.
Th
e th
rift
y co
uld
ea
rn
31/2
%
on
th
eir
savi
ngs
at
th
e B
ou
nd
B
roo
k
· Nat
ion
al B
ank
, an
d n
ewco
mer
s to
t�
e ar
ea c
ou
ld s
ettl
e d
ow
n f
airl
y ch
eap
ly:
a
17
six-
roo
m h
ou
se c
ou
ld b
e re
nte
d i
n t
his
are
a fo
r o
nly
$1
0 a
mo
nth
, th
ough
in
1
91
7 o
ne
stu
dy
not
ed t
hat
90
%
of a
ll B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
ers
ow
ned
th
eir
ow
n
hom
es.
An
88
-acr
e fa
rm i
n th
e B
oun
d B
rook
are
a, c
omp
lete
wit
h a
9-r
oo
m
hou
se,
cou
ld b
e p
urc
has
ed f
or $
6,0
00
an
d s
ites
fo
r co
ttag
es a
nd
bu
nga
low
s w
ere
avai
lab
le a
t C
reig
hto
n M
ano
r, l
oca
ted
in
Mid
dle
sex,
fo
r o
nly
$1
00
-$3
00
. A
nd,
if a
new
ho
meo
wn
er w
ante
d a
ll t
he
con
ven
ien
ces,
Pu
bli
c S
ervi
ce C
orp
. o
f N
ew J
erse
y w
as a
dve
rtis
ing
"Lig
ht
by
elec
tric
ity-
we
wil
l w
ire
at c
ost
."
Th
e to
wn
was
ch
arac
teri
zed
by
a st
ron
g se
nse
of
com
mu
nit
y an
d n
ews
pap
er i
tem
s co
nce
rnin
g p
roje
cts
in w
hic
h m
any
resi
den
ts p
arti
cip
ated
wer
e n
ot
un
com
mo
n.
Fo
r ex
amp
le,
in 1
90
5 s
om
e 6
10
peo
ple
to
ok
tra
ins
to t
he
sho
re
for
the
Un
ion
Su
nd
ay S
cho
ol
Ex
curs
ion
an
d t
he
ou
tin
g ea
rned
$1
5 f
or e
ach
p
arti
cip
atin
g S
un
day
Sch
oo
l. T
her
e w
as a
lso
div
ersi
ty.
Pu
bli
cati
ons
of t
he
day
, ev
en t
ho
se p
rom
oti
ng
Bo
un
d B
roo
k a
s a
pla
ce t
o s
ettl
e, w
ou
ld o
ften
no
te t
hat
th
e vi
llag
e's
Ital
ian
com
mu
nit
y li
ved
on
th
e w
est
sid
e of
to
wn
an
d p
rett
y m
uch
sta
yed
to
its
elf,
an
d
som
e of
th
e vi
llag
e's
big
gest
boo
ster
s m
ade
it c
lear
th
at m
any
resi
den
ts o
f B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
pre
ferr
ed i
t th
at w
ay.
An
d,
no
t al
l of
th
ose
wh
o ca
me
to t
he
vill
age
wer
e w
elco
med
. In
th
e S
pri
ng
of 1
89
9 a
Ch
ron
icle
art
icle
rep
ort
ed,
wit
h o
bvi
ou
s re
lief
, th
at a
"b
and
o
f gy
psi
es t
hat
hav
e b
een
en
cam
ped
alo
ng
the
Mid
dle
bro
ok,
nea
r M
ain
Str
eet,
fo
r se
vera
l d
ays,
mo
ved
on
Tu
esd
ay m
orn
ing.
" T
hou
gh i
t b
egan
to
dev
elop
a t
hri
vin
g b
usi
nes
s d
istr
ict o
f it
s o
wn
, to
wn
sp
eop
le
use
d
surr
ou
nd
ing
com
mu
nit
ies
for
mu
ch
of
thei
r sh
opp
ing.
T
he
Ch
ron
icle
. fo
r ex
amp
le,
carr
ied
ad
vert
isem
ents
at
the
turn
of
the
cen
tury
fo
r J.
& A
. G
. N
eviu
s of
Som
ervi
lle,
Fle
min
gton
, N
ew B
run
swic
k a
nd
Tre
nto
n;
Wo
od
hu
ll &
Mar
tin
in
Pla
infie
ld (
wh
ich
em
ph
asiz
ed t
hat
it
off
ered
th
e fa
mo
us
S &
H t
rad
ing
stam
ps)
; an
d G
arre
tso
n C
ycle
Co
. in
So
mer
vill
e w
hic
h o
ffer
ed
ph
on
ogr
aph
s ca
rryi
ng
the
nam
e of
New
Jer
sey'
s ow
n T
ho
mas
Ed
iso
n a
t p
rice
s fr
om
$1
0-3
0.
Man
y of
th
e st
ori
es c
arri
ed i
n t
he
new
spap
ers
of t
ho
se d
ays
are
un
fam
ilia
r to
th
e m
oder
n r
ead
er:
in J
anu
ary
of 1
90
4,
for
inst
ance
, th
e C
hro
nic
le n
ote
d
that
th
ere
was
a s
urp
lus
of n
earl
y $
3,0
00
,00
in
th
e S
tate
tre
asu
ry f
rom
th
e ye
ar b
efo
re.
Oth
er s
tori
es,
of c
ou
rse,
des
crib
e is
sues
wh
ich
sti
ll s
tir
con
tro
vers
y. T
he
Go
vern
or'
s an
nua
l m
essa
ge i
n 1
90
4 m
enti
oned
a p
rop
osal
to
get
rid
of
the
1,6
01
sig
ns
that
lin
ed t
he
rail
road
tra
cks
bet
wee
n J
erse
y C
ity
and
Tre
nto
n
bec
ause
th
ey s
po
iled
th
e vi
ew.
Th
ou
gh t
he
"go
od
old
day
s" a
re o
ften
rem
emb
ered
fon
dly
, it
was
no
t an
id
ylli
c ex
iste
nce
fo
r ev
eryo
ne.
T
raci
ng
Bou
nd
B
rook
's
his
tory
th
roug
h
its
new
spap
ers,
on
e is
str
uck
by
the
num
ber
of
inju
ries
, of
ten
fat
al,
wh
ich
wer
e re
port
ed a
bout
rai
lro
ad p
erso
nn
el.
Alm
ost
wee
kly
duri
ng
that
per
iod
of
tim
e w
hen
Bo
un
d B
roo
k w
as t
he
rail
road
hu
b o
f th
e S
tate
, re
por
ts a
pp
eare
d a
bo
ot
rail
road
em
plo
yes
bei
ng
inju
red
or
kil
led
on
th
e jo
b.
An
d,
Bo
un
d B
roo
k s
aw i
ts s
har
e of
rai
lro
ad d
isas
ters
to
o.
In J
anu
ary
of
18
99
16
peo
ple
wer
e k
ille
d i
n a
col
lisi
on a
t W
est
Du
nel
len
, on
e m
ile
east
of
Lin
coln
Ave
nu
e w
hen
a L
ehig
h V
alle
y ea
stb
ou
nd
tra
in o
n an
exc
urs
ion
fro
m
Sh
amo
kin
, M
t. C
arm
el a
nd
oth
er p
arts
of
Pen
nsy
lvan
ia r
amm
ed h
ead
on
into
18
a w
est
bou
nd
tra
in.
Th
e ca
use
of t
he
acci
den
t w
as t
race
d t
o o
nly
on
e tr
aclc
b
ein
g u
sed
bet
wee
n B
ou
nd
Bro
ok a
nd
New
Mar
ket
beca
use
of
a fr
eigh
t b
reak
d
ow
n.
AC
TS
O
F
GO
D
Bo
un
d B
roo
k h
as a
lso
see
n m
ore
th
an i
ts s
har
e of
nat
ura
l d
isas
ters
. T
he
flo
od
an
d fi
re o
f 1
89
6 i
s ge
ner
ally
co
nsi
der
ed t
he
wo
rst;
th
e b
lizz
ard
s of
18
88
an
d
18
99
par
alyz
ed t
he
vill
age;
th
e fl
oo
ds
in S
epte
mb
er o
f 1
93
8 a
nd
Sep
tem
ber
of
19
42
are
als
o ch
arac
teri
zed
as
bei
ng
par
ticul
arly
hea
vy a
s w
as H
urr
ican
e D
ian
e's
effec
t o
n t
he
Bo
rou
gh i
n A
ugu
st,
19
55
. E
ffo
rts
to fi
ght
a fi
re i
n J
anu
ary
of 1
90
4 w
ere
hin
der
ed b
y 2
0-d
egre
es
bel
ow
wea
ther
an
d f
ou
r b
usi
nes
ses
wer
e w
iped
ou
t b
efo
re t
he
fire
was
co
n
tain
ed, i
ncl
ud
ing
Geo
rge
A.
Caw
's G
roce
ry;
0.
K.
Ind
erk
ied
's s
tore
; A
pp
lega
te
& G
race
mea
t m
ark
et,
and
th
e st
ore
of
con
fect
ion
er G
. M
usa
. L
ike
man
y o
ther
sm
all
tow
ns
wh
ich
wer
e n
ot
in a
fin
anci
al p
osi
tio
n t
o
sup
po
rt a
fu
ll-t
ime
fire
dep
artm
ent,
Bou
nd
Bro
ok
dev
elo
ped
a w
ell-
equ
ipp
ed
and
d�d
icat
ed-
volu
nte
er f
orc
e. I
vy H
oo
k &
Lad
der
No.
1
was
org
aniz
ed i
n
188
9 a
nd
Hos
e C
om
pan
y N
o.
1 w
as s
tart
ed t
wo
yea
rs l
ater
, as
was
Am
eric
a H
ose
Co
mp
any
No
.2
. T
he
Wat
chu
ng
Fir
e C
om
pan
y w
as f
orm
ed i
n 1
90
7 a
nd
R
elie
f F
ire
Co
mp
any
No
.4
was
org
aniz
ed in
19
14
. A
"M
arti
n P
um
per
," t
he
dep
artm
ent'
s fi
rst
pie
ce o
f m
oto
rize
d e
qu
ip
men
t, w
as b
ou
ght
in 1
91
7.
No
dis
cuss
ion
of
the
nat
ura
l tr
aged
ies
wh
ich
hav
e b
eset
Bo
un
d B
roo
k
wo
uld
be
com
ple
te w
ith
ou
t re
ferr
ing
to
the
one
wh
ich
mo
st a
rea
resi
den
ts
rem
emb
er m
ost
viv
idly
-H
urr
ican
e D
ori
a in
lat
e A
ugu
st o
f 1
97
1.
In
the
Ch
ron
icle
fo
r S
epte
mb
er
2,
one
pic
ture
w
as
cap
tio
ned
"M
ain
S
tree
t M
ess-
Mai
n S
tree
t in
Bo
un
d B
rook
was
pas
sab
le o
nly
by
bo
at S
atu
rday
af
tern
oo
n (
Au
gust
28
.)"
E
yew
itn
ess
acco
un
ts o
f th
e fi
rst
stag
es o
f fl
ood
ing
wer
e n
um
ero
us,
an
d
the
Ch
ron
icle
n
oted
, "R
esid
ents
of
the
wes
t en
d a
re s
till
tal
kin
g ab
ou
t th
e 'w
all
of w
ater
' w
hic
h t
hu
nd
ered
in
to t
he
area
ab
ou
t 6
a.m
. S
atu
rday
." T
he
new
spap
er a
lso
rep
ort
ed t
hat
th
e re
alig
nm
ent
of
Mid
dle
Bro
ok
, th
ough
not
yet
co
mp
lete
d,
had
sav
ed m
any
ho
mes
. D
ori
a h
ad c
ause
d t
he
flo
od
wat
ers
on
th
e R
arit
an t
o c
rest
at
a p
eak
of
37
.47
fee
t, t
opp
ing
the
pre
viou
s h
igh
wat
er m
ark
est
abli
shed
in
19
03
. A
not
her
st
ory
in
th
e C
hro
nic
le
not
ed
that
Am
eric
an
Cyn
anam
id
had
"c
lose
d i
nd
efin
itel
y" b
ecau
se o
f th
e fl
ood
ing
and
th
e 2
,50
0 w
ork
ers
wer
e n
ot
exp
ecte
d t
o r
etu
rn f
or
at l
east
a m
onth
. M
ayo
r S
amu
el P
atu
llo
esti
mat
ed t
he
dam
age
caus
ed b
y D
oria
at
$1
7,-
00
0,0
00
, in
clu
din
g d
amag
e to
Bor
ough
pro
per
ty o
f $
40
0,0
00
, an
d a
n 8
a.m
. to
6 p
.m.
curf
ew w
as i
mp
ose
d t
o d
isco
ura
ge v
and
alis
m a
nd
lo
oti
ng.
T
he
dis
aste
rs t
hro
ugh
th
e ye
ars
wer
e co
stly
in
term
s of
pro
per
ty,
and
oft
en l
ives
, b
ut
ther
e w
as
one
ligh
ter
note
th
at
was
d
iscu
ssed
in
a
197
1 C
hro
nic
le s
tory
ab
ou
t fl
oo
din
g in
Bo
un
d B
roo
k. A
cco
rdin
g to
th
e ar
ticl
e, "
Fo
r a
nu
mb
er o
f ye
ars
chro
nic
floo
din
g at
on
e p
oin
t in
to
wn
, th
e S
ou
th M
ain
S
tree
t u
nd
erp
ass,
rem
ain
ed a
mys
tery
, p
arti
cula
rly
so b
ecau
se a
val
ve h
ad b
een
inst
alle
d f
or
the
exp
ress
pu
rpos
e of
co
ntr
oll
ing
the
risi
ng
wat
ers
of t
he R
ari
tan
19
Riv
er.
In M
arch
, 1
95
3,
Bo
rou
gh e
ngi
nee
r W
alla
ce M
. G
rave
s d
isco
vere
d a
n
op
en g
ravi
ty-fl
ow
pip
e th
at s
ho
uld
hav
e b
een
clo
sed
as
soo
n a
s th
e ri
ver
beg
an
to r
ise
to fl
oo
d s
tage
. A
n i
nve
stig
atio
n r
evea
led
th
at w
hen
th
e ri
ver
reac
hed
a
cert
ain
hei
ght
afte
r h
eavy
rai
n t
he
wat
er w
as b
ack
ing
up
th
rou
gh t
he
grav
ity
lin
e an
d fi
llin
g th
e u
nd
erp
ass.
"M
ain
ten
ance
cre
ws
assu
med
th
ey w
ere
solv
ing
the
pro
ble
ms
by
sh
utt
ing
the
valv
e w
hen
th
e ri
ver
reac
hed
a c
erta
in h
eigh
t. W
hat
th
ey d
idn
't k
no
w w
as
that
th
e va
lve
they
tu
rned
w
as
no
t a
cust
om
ary
righ
t-h
and
va
riet
y b
ut
a.>
stro
nge
r, b
ut
rare
, le
ft-h
and
th
read
typ
e, a
nd
th
ey w
ere
un
wit
tin
gly
cau
sin
g th
e fl
oo
din
g.
Th
e n
oto
riet
y o
f B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
's v
alve
sp
read
th
rou
gho
ut
the
cou
ntr
y an
d t
he
Bo
rou
gh's
his
tory
rec
ord
s 1
95
3 a
s 'T
he
Yea
r of
th
e L
eft
Han
d V
alve
.' "
TH
E
GR
EA
T
WA
R
Th
e re
lati
ve t
ran
qu
ilit
y o
f tu
rn o
f th
e ce
ntu
ry B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
was
in
terr
up
ted
b
y th
e W
ar T
o E
nd
All
War
s-W
orl
d W
ar I
. T
he
Ch
ron
icle
was
fill
ed w
ith
new
s of
so
ldie
rs c
om
ing
and
go
ing,
sh
ort
ag
es o
f m
ater
ials
, an
d p
rogr
ams
to a
id t
he
war
eff
ort
in
th
e U
.S.
In J
uly
of
19
19
th
e W
ash
ingt
on
Cam
p G
rou
nd
Ass
oci
atio
n i
ssu
ed a
so
u
ven
ir b
oo
kle
t as
par
t o
f a
wel
com
e h
om
e ce
leb
rati
on
fo
r th
ose
fro
m B
ou
nd
B
roo
k,
So
uth
Bo
un
d B
roo
k a
nd
Mid
dle
sex
wh
o h
ad s
erve
d i
n W
orl
d W
ar I
. T
he
bo
ok
let
con
tain
s th
e n
ames
of
the
foll
ow
ing
fro
m t
ho
se a
reas
wh
o d
ied
, ei
ther
in
act
ion
or
oth
erw
ise,
in
th
e G
reat
War
: H
olm
es M
arsh
all,
Mic
hae
l P
ero
ne,
P
hil
ip B
ion
di,
Th
om
as
Bio
nd
i, C
arm
ine
Cav
alie
re,
Har
ry C
ors
ini,
P
elle
grin
o C
ofa
sso
, Jo
sep
h P
atri
ck,
Ed
war
d S
mit
h,
Jud
son
C.
Man
ta,
Gai
tan
o
Mal
ates
ta,
Ben
jam
in H
. G
iles
, R
uss
ell
Hal
l, C
lare
nce
R.
Ho
dge
, N
ich
ola
s B
arn
ard
o,
Wil
liam
R.
Fre
nch
, E
mil
An
der
son
, R
ob
ert
E.
Cas
ey,
Cla
ren
ce M
. M
cGil
l, A
nth
on
y M
usk
al, J
oh
n H
. D
orn
an
d R
uss
ell F
ergu
son
. A
cco
rdin
g to
th
e b
oo
kle
t,
som
e 5
00
men
fro
m t
he
thre
e vi
llag
es h
ad
serv
ed o
vers
eas
du
rin
g th
e co
nfl
ict.
TH
E
RO
AR
ING
T
WE
NT
IES
Bo
un
d B
roo
k h
as a
lway
s b
een
ju
stly
pro
ud
of
its
sch
oo
l sy
stem
. A
t th
e en
d o
f W
orl
d W
ar I
th
e to
wn
alr
ead
y h
ad L
afay
ette
Ele
men
tary
Sch
oo
l (b
uil
t in
18
83
an
d r
ebu
ilt
in 1
96
1);
LaM
on
te E
lem
enta
ry,
wh
ich
was
sta
rted
in
19
14
an
d a
dd
ed t
o i
n 1
92
3,
and
th
e H
igh
Sch
oo
l, w
hic
h w
as c
on
stru
cted
in
19
07
an
d e
xp
and
ed i
n 1
92
4 a
nd
19
58
. In
19
51
an
oth
er e
lem
enta
ry s
cho
ol,
Sm
alle
y, w
ou
ld b
e b
uil
t to
jo
in t
he
two
oth
er p
ub
lic
gram
mar
sch
oo
ls a
nd
th
e th
ree-
St.
Jo
sep
h's
, S
t. M
ary'
s an
d
Tem
ple
Ch
rist
ian
-p
riva
te e
lem
enta
ry s
cho
ols
. B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
en
tere
d t
he
Ro
arin
g 2
0's
wit
h i
ts i
nd
ust
rial
an
d b
usi
nes
s ec
tor
gro
win
g an
d e
xpan
din
g. T
he
tow
n b
oas
ted
tw
o t
hea
tres
, an
d o
ne,
th
e P
alac
e, o
ffer
ed v
aud
evil
le p
erfo
rman
ces
com
ple
te w
ith
a s
trin
ged
orc
hes
tra.
O
ne
of
the
wel
l-k
no
wn
mo
vie
dis
trib
uti
ng
com
pan
ies
of t
hat
era
, P
ath
e M
oti
on
P
ictu
res,
had
lo
cate
d i
n B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
in
19
07
. O
rgan
izat
ion
s al
so fl
ou
rish
ed.
Th
e C
om
mu
nit
y C
hes
t w
as i
nco
rpo
rate
d i
n
20
.11 I
TH
E
BOU
ND
BR
OO
K Po
st O
ffice
ear
ly i
n th
e 20
th C
entu
ry.
192
4 a
nd
th
e B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
Ho
spit
al w
as f
ou
nd
ed i
n 1
92
7 as
a p
riva
te f
acil
ity.
th
en t
urn
ed o
ver
to t
rust
ees
10 y
ears
lat
er.
Th
e R
ota
ry C
lub
was
est
abli
shed
in
19
22
an
d t
he
Ch
amb
er o
f C
om
mer
ce i
n
192
9 (
the
latt
er b
y W
. B
. R
. M
aso
n,
the
pu
bli
sher
of
the
Ch
ron
icle
). In
19
08
th
e W
om
en's
Lit
erar
y C
lub
, o
ne
of
the
old
est
clu
bs
of i
ts k
ind
in
the
Sta
te,
had
sp
on
sore
d t
he
firs
t ag
ency
in
Bo
un
d B
roo
k f
or
hea
lth
an
d
wel
fare
ser
vice
s an
d t
his
lat
er d
evel
op
ed i
nto
th
e F
amil
y C
ou
nse
lin
g S
ervi
ce.
Th
e b
uil
din
g o
n W
est
Sec
on
d A
ven
ue
in w
hic
h i
t cu
rren
tly
is h
ead
qu
arte
red
w
as d
on
ated
by
Car
oli
ne
B.
LaM
on
te.
Th
e p
oli
ce d
epar
tmen
t w
as o
rgan
ized
in
19
17
wit
h W
illi
am F
. N
ash
as
its
firs
t ch
ief,
a p
osi
tio
n h
e w
ou
ld h
old
fo
r n
earl
y 2
3 y
ears
. B
y 19
30
vil
lage
offi
ci
als
tho
ugh
t th
e to
wn
's g
row
th w
ou
ld b
e m
ore
ord
erly
wit
h a
pla
nn
ing
bo
ard
an
d i
n 1
93
2 t
he
firs
t m
aste
r p
lan
was
iss
ued
. T
he
Pu
bli
c L
ibra
ry m
ove
d i
nto
its
cu
rren
t b
uil
din
g in
Jan
uar
y o
f 1
92
5
fro
m t
he h
ou
se i
n w
hic
h i
t h
ad o
rigi
nal
ly s
tart
ed i
n 1
90
2.
In 1
93
3 a
ban
d w
as o
rgan
ized
by
the
Mo
nte
Car
mel
a &
G.
Gar
ibal
di
So
ciet
y, w
hic
h h
ad b
een
fo
un
ded
in
19
04
by
a gr
ou
p o
f 3
4 I
tali
an i
mm
igra
nts
. T
he
soci
ety
bo
ugh
t it
s p
rese
nt
lod
ge o
n T
alm
age
Ave
nu
e in
19
34
an
d i
ts l
adie
s au
xili
ary
was
fo
rmed
in
19
39
. O
ne
of t
he
po
pu
lar
auth
ors
of
the
earl
y 1
92
0's
was
Law
ren
ce (
Lar
ry)
Eva
ns,
w
ho
h
ad
arti
cles
p
ub
lish
ed
in
mag
azin
es
such
as
"S
atu
rday
E
ve
nin
g P
ost
" an
d h
ad t
he
fou
r n
ove
ls w
hic
h h
e w
rote
all
mad
e in
to m
ovi
es.
Mr.
E
van
s gr
ew u
p a
nd
wen
t to
sch
oo
l in
Bo
un
d B
roo
k,
and
wh
en h
e d
ied
of
tub
ercu
losi
s, w
hil
e st
ill
a yo
un
g m
an,
in 1
92
5,
he
was
bu
ried
in
Bo
un
d B
roo
k
Cem
eter
y.
21
IND
US
TR
IAL
S
TA
BIL
ITY
Bet
wee
n
19
30
an
d 1
94
0 t
he
Bo
rou
gh's
p
op
ula
tio
n
grew
b
y le
ss
than
2
50
p
eop
le t
o 7
,61
6.
Bu
t ev
en t
ho
ugh
th
e 1
93
0's
saw
lit
tle
po
pu
lati
on
gro
wth
in
B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
, th
ere
was
in
du
stri
al s
tab
ilit
y, a
t le
ast
du
rin
g th
e ea
rly
year
s of
th
e d
epre
ssio
n.
Acc
ord
ing
to a
n a
rtic
le i
n t
he
Jou
rna
l o
f In
du
stry
&
Fin
an
ce i
n 1
93
1,
Bo
un
d B
roo
k's
in
du
stri
al a
ctiv
ity
actu
ally
gre
w d
uri
ng
the
earl
y ye
ars
of
the
dep
ress
ion
. T
he
arti
cle
no
ted
th
an i
n t
hat
yea
r th
e B
oro
ugh
had
48
in
du
stri
al
esta
bli
shm
ents
em
plo
yin
g 5
,00
0 a
nd
su
pp
ort
ing
a p
ayro
ll o
f so
me
$7
,00
0,0
00
a
year
. A
nd
, th
e vi
llag
e w
as s
till
an
im
po
rtan
t tr
ansp
ort
atio
n h
ub
wit
h s
om
e I
30
tra
ins
a d
ay u
sin
g it
s fa
cili
ties
. A
pu
bli
cati
on
in
th
e ea
rly
194
0's
wh
ich
pro
mo
ted
Bo
un
d B
roo
k's
co
m
mer
ce m
enti
on
ed m
any
of
the
maj
or
ind
ust
ries
in
th
e ar
ea,
incl
ud
ing
Cal
co
Ch
emic
al
(fo
rmed
in
19
15
, it
bec
ame
a d
ivis
ion
of
Am
eric
an C
yan
amid
in
19
29
);)
Jo
hn
s-M
anvi
lle
(est
abli
shed
in
19
12)
; B
akel
ite
Co
. (e
stab
lish
ed i
n
193
2,
it l
ater
bec
ame
a p
art
of
Un
ion
Car
bid
e);
Sh
erw
in-W
illi
ams;
Bo
un
d
Bro
ok
Oil
-les
s B
eari
ng;
Ch
ipm
an C
hem
ical
; R
. B
. H
. D
isp
ersi
on
; N
atio
nal
B
road
cast
ing;
Res
earc
h
Co
rp.;
C
auss
e M
anu
fact
uri
ng
&
Imp
ort
ing;
S
ilvr
ay
Lig
hti
ng;
L.
D.
Co
ok
Co
.; R
un
yon
Fie
ld C
o.,
an
d L
. G
idd
ing
Co
. A
mo
ng
the
fam
ilia
r b
usi
nes
ses
men
tio
ned
w
ere
Th
e B
roo
k
Th
eate
r,
Arc
hie
's M
en's
Sh
op
, an
d E
fin
gcr
Sp
ort
ing
Go
od
s.
As
the
193
0's
gav
e w
ay t
o th
e '4
0s,
res
iden
ts c
ou
ld s
till
liv
e ch
eap
ly i
n
the
Bo
un
d B
roo
k a
rea
, re
gard
less
of
wh
eth
er t
hey
bo
ugh
t o
r le
ased
. A
n e
igh
tro
om
ho
use
in
th
e B
oro
ugh
, fo
r ex
amp
le,
cou
ld b
e re
nte
d f
or
$50
a m
on
th;
an
eigh
t-ro
om
ho
use
in
th
e W
atch
un
g m
ou
nta
ins
(wit
h
two
b
ath
s)
cou
ld
be
leas
ed f
or
$7
5 a
mo
nth
, an
d a
new
six
-ro
om
ho
me
in t
he
Bo
un
d B
roo
k a
rea
cou
ld b
e p
urc
has
ed f
or
less
th
an $
4,0
00
. A
nd
o
ther
it
ems
wer
e al
so
chea
p.
In
earl
y 1
94
1
Ap
ple
gate
's
mar
ket
ad
vert
ised
cen
ter
cut
po
rk c
ho
ps
for
27
¢ p
er p
ou
nd
; p
rim
e ri
b r
oas
t fo
r 3
2¢
a
po
un
d,
and
ch
op
ped
bee
f fo
r 2
9¢
. A
new
De
Soto
Sed
an c
ou
ld b
e b
ou
ght
at
Bo
lmer
Mo
tor
for
on
ly $
89
8 a
nd
if y
ou
co
uld
n't
aff
ord
a c
ar a
nd
had
to
wal
k
Tri
angl
e Sh
oes
was
off
erin
g lo
afer
s fo
r $
1.9
8 a
pai
r.
A
DA
Y
OF
IN
FA
MY
Bo
un
d B
roo
k w
as s
hat
tere
d b
y th
e n
ews
of
Pea
rl H
arb
or
just
lik
e ev
ery
oth
er
com
mu
nit
y in
Am
eric
a.
Th
e fr
on
t p
age
of
the
Dec
emb
er
4
Ch
ron
icle
ha
d
rath
er c
alm
ly d
iscu
ssed
a R
ed C
ross
dri
ve
in p
rogr
ess,
th
e h
igh
sch
oo
l p
lay,
p
oll
uti
on
of
the
Rar
itan
, an
d "
cold
pat
ches
on
th
e si
dew
alk
."
Bu
t th
e D
ecem
ber
11
iss
ued
scr
eam
ed t
hat
war
wit
h G
erm
any
and
Ita
ly
had
bee
n d
ecla
red
, to
o,
and
th
e p
aper
rep
ort
ed t
hat
Bo
un
d B
roo
k's
in
du
stri
es
wer
e re
ady
to m
eet
the
chal
len
ge.
May
or
Ch
arle
s H
. F
ette
rly,
in
a m
essa
ge t
o
the
vill
age,
no
ted
th
at "
Fo
r th
e p
ast
two
yea
rs a
Def
ense
Co
un
cil
has
bee
n
op
erat
ing
in B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
. It
has
bee
n c
aref
ull
y b
uil
t u
p f
or
inst
ant
fun
ctio
n
ing,
no
twit
hst
and
ing
ther
e w
as a
po
pu
lar
con
vict
ion
th
at t
he
U.S
. w
ou
ld n
ot
he
dra
wn
in
to t
he
war
."
Th
e D
ecem
ber
I 8
iss
ue
of
the
Ch
ron
icle
rec
ord
ed t
he
angu
ish
th
at m
any
22
Bo
un
d B
roo
ker
s w
ith
so
ns
stat
ion
ed i
n t
he
vici
nit
y o
f P
earl
Har
bo
r h
ad
go
ne
thro
ugh
. A
mo
ng
the
nam
es t
hat
th
e n
ewsp
aper
men
tio
ned
ove
r th
e n
ext
few
w
eek
s as
bei
ng
in t
he
Pea
rl H
arb
or
area
on
th
at f
atef
ul
day
was
Hen
ry P
epp
e w
ho
was
wit
h a
n a
nti
-air
craf
t b
atte
ry a
t H
on
olu
lu a
n:d
sen
t h
is f
ath
er a
tel
egr
am t
hat
rea
d:
"Saf
e-W
ell.
Hen
ry."
A
lso
nam
ed w
ere:
Ed
war
d A
. K
ing,
th
e b
roth
er o
f M
rs.
Vin
cen
t Ja
mes
; F
irst
L
ieu
ten
ant
Vic
tor
Cro
wel
l,
wh
o
was
in
M
anil
a;
Pri
vate
s A
lexa
nd
er
Ko
mo
row
ski
and
Wil
liam
S.
Gar
rets
on
; P
etty
Offi
cer
Ed
war
d A
. K
ing,
wh
o
wa
s o
n t
he
U.S
.S.
Tre
nto
n i
n t
he
Pac
ific;
Ph
ilip
Klo
mp
us,
an
d D
anie
l M
eyer
. N
atu
rall
y, w
ar-r
elat
ed n
ews
do
min
ated
th
e lo
cal
pap
er's
hea
dli
nes
fo
r th
e n
ext
few
yea
rs,
bu
t o
ther
act
ivit
ies
con
tin
ued
. T
hu
s, a
fro
nt-
pag
e st
ory
in
th
e D
ecem
ber
18
, 1
94
1,
Ch
ron
icle
co
nce
rnin
g C
hri
stm
as a
ssem
bli
es a
t th
e p
ub
lic
sch
oo
ls s
har
ed s
pac
e w
ith
an
arti
cle
abo
ut
air
raid
in
stru
ctio
n.
At
the
nea
rby
Joh
ns-
Man
vill
e p
lan
t, a
s el
sew
her
e, t
he
new
spap
er n
ote
d
that
"fu
ll s
team
ah
ead
, se
ven
day
s a
wee
k,
if n
eces
sary
, is
th
e o
rder
of
the
day
." J
oh
ns-
Man
vill
e em
plo
yed
so
me
3,0
00
wo
rker
s at
th
at t
ime,
man
y o
f th
em B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
res
iden
ts,
and
as
the
war
sta
rted
th
e m
inim
um
pay
th
ere
was
55
¢ i
m h
ou
r, w
ith
no
mal
e em
plo
ye g
etti
ng
less
th
an 6
0¢
an
ho
ur.
B
y th
e fo
llo
win
g sp
rin
g, t
he
rati
on
ing
bo
ard
was
in
fu
ll g
ear,
wit
h I
sad
ore
K
rum
an a
s it
s h
ead
, an
d t
he
Ch
ron
icle
no
ted
th
at t
he
bo
ard
had
fin
ish
ed w
ith
su
gar
regi
stra
tio
n a
nd
was
sta
rtin
g o
n g
aso
lin
e.
Th
e B
oro
ugh
d
id i
ts
par
t to
pa
y f
or
Am
eric
a's
role
in
th
e w
ar.
On
e ac
tivi
ty w
as t
he
"19
44
Gre
ater
Bo
un
d B
roo
k E
xpo
siti
on
" w
hic
h p
rom
ote
d t
he
sale
of
war
bo
nd
s w
ith
an
ou
tdo
or
dis
pla
y of
in
du
stri
al p
rod
uct
s m
anu
fact
ure
d
in t
his
are
a an
d a
co
mm
un
ity
pag
ean
t.
A
MO
DE
RN
B
OU
ND
B
RO
OK
Bo
un
d B
roo
k h
as c
han
ged
lit
tle
sin
ce t
he
end
of
Wo
rld
War
II.
New
bu
sin
esse
s h
ave
mo
ved
in
wh
ile
man
y o
f th
e o
lder
est
abli
shm
ents
hav
e cl
ose
d t
hei
r d
oo
rs.
An
d,
of
cou
rse,
th
e to
wn
refl
ects
th
e te
chn
olo
gica
l ch
ange
s th
at h
ave
affec
ted
al
l A
mer
ican
co
mm
un
itie
s. B
ut
esse
nti
ally
th
e B
oro
ugh
is
ho
me
to a
div
erse
p
op
ula
tio
n,
just
as
it a
lway
s h
as b
een
in
th
is c
entu
ry.
Wo
rker
s a
t n
earb
y in
du
str
ial
or
oth
er t
ype
of
faci
liti
es s
till
fin
d B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
a c
on
ven
ien
t an
d p
leas
ant
tow
n i
n w
hic
h t
o l
ive,
as
do
co
mm
ute
rs w
ho
are
sti
ll r
elat
ivel
y cl
ose
to
"B
road
w
ay"
just
as
they
wer
e in
Geo
rge
LaM
on
te's
day
. A
nd
co
mm
ute
rs a
nd
res
id
ent
wo
rker
s al
ike
app
reci
ate
thei
r to
wn
's p
rox
imit
y to
o
pen
co
un
try
sid
e,
the
sho
re a
nd
th
e m
ou
nta
ins.
In
19
40
th
e n
um
ber
of
peo
ple
liv
ing
in B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
had
in
ched
fo
rwar
d
to 7
,60
0 a
nd
10
yea
rs l
ater
it
reac
hed
8,3
74
. T
he
stea
dy,
bu
t sl
ow
, gr
ow
th
con
tinu
ed i
nto
19
60
w
hen
th
e p
op
ula
tio
n
reac
hed
1
0,3
00
an
d
by
19
70
it
le
vele
d o
ff t
o 1
0,4
50
. T
he
vill
age
no
w c
ove
rs s
om
e 1.
6 s
qu
are
mil
es o
f la
nd
w
ith
19
mil
es o
f b
oro
ugh
ro
ad
s; 3
. 7 m
iles
of
cou
nty
ro
ad
s, a
nd
2 m
iles
of
stat
e ro
ads.
By
no
mea
ns
hav
e th
e ye
ars
sin
ce t
he
war
bee
n f
ree
fro
m l
oca
l co
ntr
o
vers
y. R
esid
ents
hav
e b
een
up
in
arm
s ab
ou
t an
y n
um
ber
of
issu
es-
fro
m a
re
serv
oir
at
Ch
imn
ey R
ock
to
sel
ecti
on
of
a n
ew p
oli
ce c
hie
f. A
nd
th
e is
sues
o
f th
e 19
70
's i
nsu
re t
hat
th
ere
wil
l al
way
s b
e m
ore
co
ntr
ove
rsy
to c
om
e.
23
Bu
t a
n i
nte
rest
ed,
con
cern
ed c
itiz
enry
is
the
very
ess
ence
of
an
y c
om
m
un
ity
's v
ita
lity
. H
ad B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
no
t h
ad
dev
ote
d,
spir
ited
cit
izen
s re
ad
y
to s
acr
ifice
tim
e an
d e
ffo
rt f
or
thei
r co
mm
un
ity
, th
en i
t w
ou
ld h
av
e "
die
d"
as
so m
an
y to
wn
s o
f a
ll s
izes
ha
ve
acr
oss
th
e U
nit
ed S
tate
s.
Inst
ead
, B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
is
cele
bra
tin
g th
e 85
th a
nn
iver
sary
of
its
inco
rpo
ra
tio
n a
s a
bo
rou
gh t
his
yea
r an
d
in j
ust
fiv
e y
ears
it
wil
l m
ark
th
e 3
00
t;h
an
niv
ersa
ry o
f th
e y
ear
in w
hic
h
two
In
dia
ns,
un
der
th
e C
ou
nci
l O
ak
, b
ar
tere
d
the
lan
d o
n w
hic
h t
he
vill
age
no
w
sta
nd
s.
Th
at
reco
rd-
on
e o
f co
n
tin
ued
, b
ut
con
tain
ed,
gro
wth
-ca
n b
e m
atc
hed
by
few
co
mm
un
itie
s in
th
is
cou
ntr
y a
nd
eve
ry c
itiz
en o
f B
ou
nd
Bro
ok
ha
s a
rig
ht
to b
e p
rou
d o
f th
at
fact
.
24
