Democratic Town Committee

New York, 1895

The regular meeting of the Democratic town committee of Jamaica was held on Friday last in the Town Hall.

The resignation of Joel Fowler as a member and as chairman of the committee was unanimously accepted, and the third district notified that it had no representative in the town committee. Vice President Clark was unanimously elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Fowler. John Kerz, of the fifth district (Richmond Hill), was elected vice president.


A Success

Charles A. Merritt, the proprietor of the Arlington Hotel, Brooklyn, has recently brought suit against the State of New York for $13,054.92 for failing to live up to its agreement, and also for board and supplies furnished during his management of the Surf House at Fire Island in 1894. Notwithstanding the fact that he was greatly hampered in various ways by the arbitrary action of the State, he made a success of this house. His present management of the Arlington Hotel, Brooklyn, bespeaks for him a large patronage,

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 12, 1895, p. 8.