last it was discovered that close by was a chemical factory with disagreeable fumes. Erickson claims, "Someone decided to go inspect the property... and reported that it was partly made up of uninhabitable land."

After so many disappointments, it is not surprising that board jumped at a plausible offer from New Orange, a town that later changed its name to Kenilworth. It was Thadeus Hanson who initiated the idea. He tells how he came East and a job as an engineer with the New Orange Industrial Corporation. His first work, he continues, was

Looking after the erection of industrial plants and building a railroad through the property to connect with the New Jersey at Aldin. I was to assist in general in carrying out its develpment and to endeavor to procure a Scandinavian element to locate at New Orange.

The proposition looked interesting, so shortly thereafter I accepted the position. I was advised that in Brooklyn there was large element of Scandinavians. Hence I took my residence there; on making inquiry where to find the Scandinavian district, I was told that Atlantic Avenue was the Swedish Broadway, and here is where my first contact is made. In walking along the avenue for several blocks, I am at Third Avenue and there is a sign "Ostene Herald" [actually Osterns Härold] (a Swedish newspaper.) I enter and, after a personal introduction to its business manager, Peter Magnuson, who was about to leave for the day [sic]. We adjourned to a nearby restaurant, and so after a good dinner, and various interesting topics of conversation, I asked if there was any special project that would have the universal interest of the Swedish people.

"Well, he said, "we have a Swedish college here in Brooklyn. Its name is Upsala."
Question: "What kind of a college is it?"
Answer: "It is Lutheran."
Question: "Who runs it?"
Answer: "It is run by a number of Lutheran ministers."
Question: "Are there any businessmen connected with it?"
Answer: "Yes, Elias Johnson is the treasurer. He has a bookstore right over here on Atlantic Avenue.

The suggestion was made that we go over there and meet him. This is done and here was a congenial gentleman who made no bones about its financial standing. For me he made the remark "Yes, we have $4.50 in the treasury."

A few days later, in calling on Mr. Johnson, I was presented