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Aldene is a section of the two
boroughs, Roselle and Roselle Park, the division being made by the
tracks of the Central Railroad. The Central and Lehigh
Valley Railroads have stations at Aldene and it is well known among
railroad men in this part of the transfer center for the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Central Railroad of NJ
and the Rahway Valley Railroad. It transfers not only
passengers, but freight as well. The Rahway Valley makes it
possible to have a very rapid means of transportation from Summit,
Baltosrol, Springfield and Kenilworth. Aldene is also a centre for
transfer of the United States Express
Company.
Thirty-nine trains per day run on the
Central Railroad to and from New York and Aldene connecting there
with the many other branch railroads. Near the Aldene depot
there are the Baltimore and Ohio and Staten Island Rapid Transit
Railroad. Crossing over
the tracks of the Central Railroad of NJ one comes to the Lehigh
Valley Railroad with a spur running on the Central Railroad at
Aldene Station.
Aldene has many business places, one
church and two schools.
At the depot there is a Union Newstand which carries all the
popular magazines, books, and daily papers besides tobacco and
cigars. On the north
side of the track is the residence of Chief of Police, Robert
Gordon, of Roselle Park.
Near the station is Nielson Grove for picnics and all outdoor
amusements.
Two trolley lines run through Aldene
on the mainline from Elizabeth to Dunellen and the other on the
north side of the Central Railroad on Westfield Avenue. This is on Elizabeth line
and is now being extended to Kenilworth and Springfield. On Westfield Avenue there is
a grove for picnics and on the place is the Pennter House, which is
conducted by Mrs. M. MacCormick who has been a resident of Aldene
for years. Among the
older residents are John Peterson, who has resided in a beautiful
home on Amsterdam Avenue for twenty years; Mrs. A. Clark, who was a
former ticket agent at Aldene and has resided in Aldene for fifteen
years; Capt. E. I.
VanWay, pilot of the Wilkes Barre Ferry Boat for the Central
Railroad running from Jersey City to 23rd Street New
York, Capt. VanWay resides on Aldene Road.
The leading grocery story is
conducted by A. Nielson on Amsterdam Avenue and Aldene Road. Mr. Nielson also conducts a
delicatessen store. A.
Lozen a former merchant but now retired resides on 5th
Avenue. P. Wyhetta,
also a retired merchant, occupies a handsome residence on
5th Avenue.
Mrs. F. Northway was one of the early
settlers who first lived in a house on the hill now occupies a
residence on Gordon Street.
E. A. Hunt, who conducts a clothing
and ladies outfitting store in NY, resides on Aldene
Road.
A.Arbuckle, who runs a millinery
store in New York, has a residence on Aldene
Road.
J. Riccitelli, is the leading butcher
and grocer on Westfield Avenue. There is also a Riccitelli
Photograph Studio on Westfield
Avenue.
A.Contnello has a barber shop and S.
Sli vns a carpenter
shop on Westfield Avenue.
F. Klov a carpenter and builder
resides on Seaton and Flatbush
Avenues.
William Livingston lives in a
beautiful residence off Proser Avenue and commutes to New York,
where he is a dealer of silk and cloth for
suits.
J. Van Roosa conducts a masons and
builders office on Grove Street.
Charles Bauser cattle raiser, has a
large stockyard on Seaton
Avenue.
The public schools of Aldene are new
building and well appointed, up to date primary schools. One in Roselle is located on
the property donated to the Borough by Mr. Bonchet. The school in Roselle Park
Borough is the Lincoln School on Willow
Street.
R. Boroughs, a retired mason, has a
residence on 1st
Avenue.
J. A. Schwartwait, connected with the
National Aircell business in South Brooklyn, has a residence on
North Avenue where he has resided for ten
years.
Charles Peterson, who is employed by
Painting Company shop, owns a residence on Gordon
Street.
A.A. Taake, runs a cigar manufactory,
and has a residence and inventory on Senton Avenue and Locust
Place.
O. Tieman, conducts the Shady Grove
Hotel and Beer Bottling Works on Westfield Avenue. Other beer bottling works
are those of F. Schuler, Williams Avenue and J. Jensen on
7th Avenue.
E. Bunce, a lithographer, has a
residence on Grove Street.
G. Beaverson, has a residence on
Locust Avenue and is in the music typography and electrotype
business in New York.
C. Watson, master mechanic of the
Watson Stillman Company, has a residence on First
Avenue.
R. Baker, superintendent of the
Outside Works of the Watson Stillman Company, has a residence on
Faitoute Avenue.
E. V. Root owns a residence on
Westfield Avenue. He is
a Wall Street broker.
William Bogart, of Bogart Manor has
been a resident of
Aldene for the past 25 years.
He is a freight agent for the Central Railroad of NJ at
Aldene.
Edward Klein, a resident of Webster
Avenue, is the head shipping and stock clerk for the Watson-Stillman
company works.
Ridgeway and Hobbs, dealers in coal,
wood, lumber and masons material have their yards on Westfield
Avenue and the new Aldene
station.
Justice of the Peace, Benjamin Brown,
looks after the legal part of the towns
affairs.
H. F. Moore runs an apiary on Fifth
avenue, where hundreds of pounds of honey are sold every
year.
Four hotels, only a little way apart,
are established in business on Westfield Avenue-Aldene Park Hotel,
A. Bertram, proprietor; The Old Homestead Hotel, T. Gerard,
proprietor; The Old Timers Hotel, F. Mooney, proprietor; and the
Union House Hotel, F. Dobbins,
proprietor.
G. Gallis runs the Maple Grove
Poultry Farm on Westfield
Avenue.
An Italian Count and Countess
Panciatichi have been living in Aldene for fifteen years. The Countess owns a vast
amount of property through Aldene. A. Bonchet is her secretary
and C. Gottsleben is her agent.
Aldene now has a population of about 1,500 and about 75
of its residents commute to and from New York every
day.
Source: Elizabeth Daily Journal, Saturday
Evening June 30, 1906. Courtest of Ed
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