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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
a NEW SCHOOL, POPULATION.
The Opening of the Lafayette School
Caused 1t to Sprout Up.

The Opening of the Lafayette School
Caused 1t to Sprout Up.
Ali of the members of the Board of
Education were present last night at the
meeting of the Board. After the usual
routine business was transacted Director
Pfngsten reported that the site for new
school in the Fourth district had been
selected, but that the Street and Water
Commissioners had not concurred in it.
Superintendent Poland informed the
Board that since the new Lafayette
school had been built 900 pupils had been
discovered that were never heard Of be-
fore, and he added that he believed the
same result would follow in every
locality where new school was erected.
because pupils were simply crowded out
and practically buried.
President voorhees, submitted his an
nual report, in which he said:-The Board
had control of over 25, 900 children and 400
employees. 1t spent annually over 100000
property. The schools, he said, were in
adequate in number and seating capacity,
and at least six more schools were needed
The schools were all in need of repairs,
but the Board was unable to do anything
in that line because the amount allowed
for that purpose by the Board OF Finance
($3, ,00O) was totally inadequate.
School Superintendent Poland's report
for February showed that the number of
children attending school was 16, 54S, an
increase of 842 over the corresponding
month of last year. The number Of child
rem refused admission because Of inade-
quate accommodations was 1876, against 95
in the same month of last year.
A communication from the Board of
Health called the attention of the Board
to the bad sanitary condition of schools
Nos 13, 10, g. 20, s and Z
Miss Florence NJ. Baker, teacher in
School No. 4, was transferred to School
No. 2, and Miss Emma T. Howell was
sent from No. 2 to fill the place she va
Gated
Director Garrison feelingly referred to
the death of Miss Reid. teacher at School
No. 4, and briefly reeited her history as q
teacher for twenty two years.
There was brt one bid to print the an
nual report of the Board and that was by
Mr.. Albert Datz. In consequence, the
Board refused to award the contract.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
A STOCK RAISING State.
What the Race Tracks Have
Done for New Jersey.
DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE.
A Mass of Interesting Notes from
Advance Sheets Of the Agri-
cultural Bureaus
Report.
Special to the .Jersev city Mems.


TRENTON, March IA, 1890.-Mr Franklin
Dye, the secretary of the State Board of
Agriculture, has prepared his annual re-
port for the past year. 1t is most inter-
esting document The report says that
there has been decrease in the number
of farms worked, and that New Jersey is
rapidly taking rank as one of the fore
most blooded stock-raising States in the
Union.
This latter fact, the report says, is due
to the increase of race tracks in the State.
The decline in shipments of products to
other States is attributed to unjust
freight rates, which discriminate against
the New Jersey farmer. That no grain
is raised in many sections is said to be due
to the growth of cities between New
York and Philadelphia.
BAD FREIGHT RULES.
The report prophesies that only a
small amount of grain will be raised in
the State in the future, and that the
farmers will turn their attention to dai ~
products. The experts of the State B oard
who have been endeavoring to devise
means of riddfng the soil of the insects
which destroy crops, report that they have
succeeded beyond their expectations, and
statistics are brought forth to show that
the manufacture of Oleomargarine has
injured the producer of butter; aud the
existence of the bogus product is COM
planned of.
The secretary in preparing his report
sent series of questions to the farmers
generally throughout the State. From
the large number of answers received it
a haf hao n lnft tat
TO procure farm help, especially female
help. The average wages paid were from
$l2 to SIS with board per month and from
$50 TO S35 per month without board. The
breed of cows found to be the most profit
able were the Holstein, Jersey and
Ayrshire.
TAX RATES INCREASING.
With but few exceptions the answers
declared that the rate of taxation had in
creased so as to be burdensome, while the
value of property had decreased.
There are, according to the report,
Sc, ,204 head of horses i'll the State valued
at 81 ,091, ,214; 1873, 493 Mulch cows valued at
So, 325, ,004; 81, ,S56 head of oxen and other
cattle valued at 81, 1862, AIT. There is only
one State in the Union which exceeds it
in the value of its mich cows.
GREAT LOSSES IN CHEESE.
Since 1881 the shipments OF cheese have
fallen off from 147, $685. GA lbs. TO S4, ,909, ,S2e
lbs, which represents loss of $s, 600, 900.
The shipments TO England alone have
fallen off SO, 600 900 lbs
The lumber product was valued al
s5, S5 ooa 600 and the value of the farms in
the State is placed at $190, 895, 1913, and the
farm implements at ST. .921, ,0S5, which to-
gether with a total cattle value of $40. 373, !
20l make total value OF $202, 1854, ,424
The State contains 81, ,307 farms, seventy
five per cent. of which are under cul
ture.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
THE BOARD OF FINANCE MEETS.
1t Fixes the Salaries of Water Tappers
and New Clerks.

IL F1xeS the salaries OF wafer Ihppers
and New Clerks
The Finance Board last night concurred
in the Street and Water Board resolu-
tion fixing the salaries Of Water Tappers
Kern and McGowan at s., 200 and 5000 re-
spectively, and those of Clerks James
Scanlan and William Wallace, of the Tax
Board, at 5000 each. The awards OF con-
tracts to O'Donuell & Ormsby, for the
improvement of Sherman and Danforth
avenues, was alsd concurred In.
The Board will grant the Board of
Aldermen an appropriation to renumber
the houses on Bergen avenue, from Sip
avenue south its entire length.
Comptroller Hough reported the fol-
lowing receipts for the week of February
25 to March 3 as follows:-Tax arrear-
ages, 81, SO; general tax. $50, SS;
assessments, 1,704.92; water, $4, ,362. 80;
sinking fund, $50. ii, liquor licenses, 81 900,
Total, $38, 969.25.
For the week of March to 10, the fol
lowing receipts;-Tax arrearages. 81, 557.
55; assessments, IS, 1871: water. So, ass. SO;
sinking fund, 1878, $174.1s; liquor license,
$275. Total, $47, ,029. 35
Commissioner Bray offered the follow
ing resolutions which were ado pted:--
Resolved, That warrants be ordered
drawn upon the City Treasurer in favor
of that officer to transfer from adjusted
liens accounts collections January 81 to
February q, 1890, as Yellowstone
Thousand five hundred and thirty dollars
and twenty cents adjusted taxes 1889 and
$3, 1887 adjusted taxes 1888 to general
account; 81, go adjusted water account
to water account; $7,059.69 adjusted
assessment account to assessment ac-
count.
Resolved, That warrants be ordered
drawn in favor OF the Sinking Fund Com
missioners to transfer from adjusted tax
accounts, collections January 81 to Feb
ruary 27, 1880. as follows $50. .325. 80 adj
just9d taxes, 1875 to 1887, 81, 800. "a interest
on adjusted liens, to tax arraarage fund;
1866 IS adjusted taxes, 1872 and previous
years. and 81, ,177.30 adjusted taxes, 1873
and 1874, to sinking fund of 1873
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
AGAINST RAILROAD TREsPAsSEs.
The Third District Citizens Association
up In Armss


The Third District Citizens Association
up in Armss
At the meeting of the Third District
Cirizens Protective Association held az
No ABS Grove street last night the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously
adopted
Whereas, This association has observed with
Indignation the encroachments recently made
by the Central and Lehgh Valley railroads
npon the streets and property Of the city in the
South Cove, and
Whereas, This seizure of the city's property
regardless Of right and law entities the COM
paIies to be- placed alongside the robher bar
ons Of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
when might rather than right prevailed, tnere-
fore be it
Resolved That we heartily support Mr.. Soners
and his colleagues and the Board OF Street and
Water Commissioners and the city authorities
in their patriotic and laudable endeavors In pro
tecting the cty's property and the rights OF ths
Resolved, That q copy of these resolutions b
sent to the Mayor and the various city boards
Several members expressed themselves
in strong terms against the granting OF
the permit to the railroad company for
the erection Of q bridge on Henderson
Dr. Quimby said:-"We won't be per-
mitted to make any real improvements BY
the Board Of Street and Water Commis-
sioners yet Mr.. Dugan unhesitatingly
grants railroad this permit. lI IS an
outrage"
1t was decided to notify the Chief Of
Police of the number of wagons and
other distractions on portions OF First,
second and Third streets and ask that the
nuisance be abated
"a ssembly bill No 321, introduced BY
NJ Erwin, was endorsed by the associa
tion.
It is bill relating to the continuation
and extension of railroads in cities of the
first and second class.
Il was decided to advertise the meet
ings OF the association in the local
papers on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
TWO LOCAL RAILROADS.
Articles of Incorporation Filed at Tren-
ton Yesterday.


Special to the jersey CITY Neses.
TRENTON, March Ia, 1890. Articles OF
association for two new railroads en-
filed in the Office of the Secretary of
State.
The first of these is the Point Breeze
Railroad Company, in which a number Of
Jersey City people are interested
The road when built will run from a
point in the southeasterly line of the
right of way OF the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, as located in Jersey City, 122
feet southwesterly of a point where the
division line of land of Robert L. Currie
and the land of the estate Of James
Currie, deceased, intersect, the said
southeasterly line of the right of way of
the Central Railroad, thence southerly on
a course with a radius of 424 6S feet dis
tance OF $50. is feet, thence to point in
the filled-in lands of the Point Breeze
Ferry and improvement Company.
The incorporators named are:-Charles
G. Black, James Currie, William A. FIRE.
leigh. George III. Kennedy, of Morris
town; George Holmes, John A. Blair and
Edmund S. Wait, of Trenton.
The second road is known as the New
Jersey Terminal Railroad, and will run
out across the bay to Oyster Bay.
Beginning at point on or Immediately
adjoining the line of the West Side con-
Meeting railroad at or near the intersec-
tion of Walker avenue, Jersey City, by
the line of said West Side connecting
railroad, and extending southeasrerly to
point on Oyster Island in New York
Bay The capital is $750,000, in 1850
shares of S100 each.
The road will be three miles long. The
organizers of the road as named in the
articles are:-George Z. Horne, of Brook
lxyr,. n MO r6 HaufQ pafar
Stuart Patterson, of Plainfeld; John
S. C. Bailey, of Bloomfeld; Frank d.
Carr of Elizabeth
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
THE POWER TO CONDEMN.
Question Started BY the Int,
County Bridge.

Question Started BY the Inter
County Bridge.
In the Supreme Court yesterday de-
cision was rendered by Judge Garrison in
the suit of John H. Ballantine VS. The
Board OF Township Committee of Kearny
Township. The question involved is
whether municipality under its power
to condemn lands to open streets may take
lands for other purposes.
The Chosen Freeholders of Hudson and
Essex counties erected bridge over the
Passaic river; the approach to which on
the Hudson side was across the property
of the complainant. They proceeded to
condemn this land for the approach and
to make use of it. The proceedings for
opening this street are set aside.
The court holds that municipality
under its power to open streets may not
condemn lands upon which to construct
tile approach TO a bridge erected by dis
tinct legislative authority.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
THE PEOPLES PALACE.
The Money Is Beginning to Pour in Upon
Dominic Scudder.

The Money Is Beginning to Pour in Upon
Dominic Scudder.
Nothing could have helped me MORE"
said the Rev. DIR. Scudder. of the Taber-
nacle, today, ''than the advertisement
you gave my Peoples Palace" last Sun
day.
81 have just received subscription of
$500 from Cornelius Zabriskie, and
another of $500 from Mrs Phoebe Griffith.
William 4. Dodge has also given me $500,
and ID. Willis James, to whom Mr. Dodge
introduced me, put his name down for
$3.50.
altogether have so far about S4, 600
towards the 100000. But / haven't be-
gun work yet. The Mills meetings inter
fered with me. am receiving encourag-
ing letters from all sides and am going
to work in earnest now"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
OPENING NO. 22.
Exercises at the New school Building In
Lafayette.

Exercises at the New school Building In
Lafayette.
The exercises attending the formal
opening of Public School No. %, in Halli-
day street, are in progress this morning.
Trustee John Reid is presiding. The
following programme is being followed
Read, Sacred Scriptures, Mr. A. b.
Poland. City Superintendent of Schools.
Song, Welcome to Friends" pupils of
Public School No. %.
Inaugural address, Mr.. John J. Voor-
hees, president Board of Education.
song, "Till We Meet Again" pupils of
Public School No. 20.
Congratulatory Address, his Honor
Mayor Cleveland.
Reading, "Story of some Bells.
With musical accompaniment, Miss
ADELE r. WEBER.
Addresses, BY PROMINENT CITIZENS
Song, America" PUPILS OF PUBLIC
SCHOOL, No. 90
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
CITY WORK FOR UNION PAPERS.
The Central Trades Assembly ndorses
Proposed Bill.

The Central Trades Assembly E ndorses
n Proposed Bill.
The Central Trades Assembly had
busy and interesting session last night
Delegate James Dowhng, of Typographi
cal Union No. "a, was in the chair.
The committee appointed at a previous
session to prepare a monthly circular TO T
publication containing lists of friendly
employers and stores where union made
goods could be purchased was called
upon for q final report. A majority of
the committee recommended that the
Hudson county special edition of Mutual
hid be adopted as the medium for the
desired purposes until something better
was put forward.
On motion the report of the committee
was agreed to- and then Delegate Dick
son, of Typographical Union No. "a, moved
that Mutual Hid be officially endorsed by
the Assembly and recommended to the
support OF all the labor organizations of
the county.
Joseph Fullem, of the Cardrivers,
seconded the motion, which was passed
by the Assembly.
1t was unanimously resolved that Sem
ator Edward +. Mcdonald be asked to
vote for and use his influence in favor of
the Weekly Payment Of Wages bill in the
Senate.
Chairman Dowllng announced that
Typographical Union No. "a had sent u
Legislative Committee to Trenton in the
interests of a bill giving State and muni-
cipal printing TO union offices in cities
where unions existed or might hereafter
exist. 1t was desirable that the Central
Trades Assent blyshould endorse the bill
in the interests of fair employers aud
the cause of union labor
Henry G. Gruber, of the Jersey Associ-
alton, moved the endorsement of No. OPS
bill. Adam J. Zoller, of the Pocahontas
Association, seconded the motion, which
was put and carried unanimously.
The amendments offered to the Werts
Ballot Reform bill by the Hudson County
Ballot Reform Association were adopted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
A CORPSE in THE CAB.

The Horrible Surprise That Awaited q
Now York Jehu in Hoboken.
Mrs Mary Brooks, an elderly woman,
who lived in Forty-ffth street, New
York, hired a coach in New York yester-
day afternoon and ordered the driver to
drive her to the Bremen pier, in Hoboken;
she wanted to see some friends who were
about to sail for Germany.
When the coach reached the pier
the driver opened the coach door and
stretching out his hand to assist his
passenger to alight was Mortified to see
the woman laying back in the seat cold
and rigid in death. Her friends were
notified and the body was taken back to
New York.
Heart failure is attributed as the cause
of death.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
MR.. MULLONE PROTESTS.
He is not Against the. Distribution of
oficial ballots Hefore Election.

He is not Against the Distribution of
oficial ballots Refore Election.
Special to the Jersey ctr Mems.
TRENTON, March 13, 1890. Mullone
arose to question of privilege this morn
ing in the House and declared that an
article in the World which said that
rather than be placed in the position Of
delaying the Ballot Reform bill he and
other members of the committee would
agree to amend the bill so that the official
ballot would not be distributed.
Mr. Mullone declared that as far as he
was concerned the report was false.
The bills which tine House passed this
morning were mainly devoid of general
interest.
Mr.. Marsh made an excellent speech by
which he carried his bill to set aside
$4,000 of the license money in second
class cities for the repair of streets
through unanimously.
About thirty of the members and Off
GERS of the House went on the trip to At
lantic City Of which wrote you yester-
day
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
FOURTH DISTRICT.

The Republican primaries in the
Fourth district were exceedingly tame.
The confusion arising from the change of
precinct lines and the neglect of the Dis
trict Committee to properly make provi-
sion for the primaries had the effect of
preventing any primary in the Second,
Third and Fifth precincts.
In The Second precinct only one Of the
election officers put in an appearance, and
in the Third none appeared, and the few
who went to vote would not organize
primaries on their own hook At the
Several polling places there was decided
sentiment in favor of naming the strong
est candidxte for Mayor who eau be
trotted out and an equally decided feel
ing againft the naming of any dummy
candidate. The favorite candidates for
the nomination in the Fourth district are
Gilbert Collins, K. &. Washburn and
Thomas d. Jordan.
The delegates chosen are:-City Con-
vention-W. If. Furman, George B. Bel
derhase, Theodore Mendles, @. e. Wilson,
George Muller, Thomas McEwan, )r.,
John Doscher, W. L. Van Derzee, John
Z Macarthur
Aldermanic Convention Iahasd ar
Toner. F. A. Cook, Theod
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
THIRD DISTRICT.

The Third Aldermanic District Repub-
hcan primary was held at No. 435 Grove
street last night. There were two tickets
in the field, the Third District Republican
Club and the John Watt Club. The
rivalry was very bitter, and the usual
wrangling and attempted repeating was
INDUCED in, but there was no serious
trouble.
One big burly fellow, when about to
VOTE was challenged. He said he lived
at No. 421 Grove street, but when asked to
swear his vote in he admitted that he was
q railroader and lived in Philadelphia.
He did not vote. Another old RAN wanted
to vote for his SON after he had voted for
himself.
The principal fight, after the selection
of delegates to nominate Mayor, was
the fight for the District Committee. This
was bitter fight, but the regular ticket
won
The winning ticket was:-
Delegates to City Convention-Emil E.
John H. Keeney, Thomas Leather, E. E.
Merritt, Thomas J. Stewart, Thomas +.
Mould, George II. Jones. Christian
Handel, Frederick W. Payne.
Delegates to District Convention.
worth. William A. Bickle, Philip Ebert,
F. Shea. Theodore X. Bilby, William
A. Holcomb, William Pellens, John
Mitchell, George E. Thorne, Jr.,
Charles Turner, Charles Nj. .Clerihew.
William J. Crowley, Alexander Galla-
CHER, John Ward, David Pike, John
Evans, Jacob Sherry, John Runpf, Will
liam Cole, Thomas E. Walsh. William
WernsinR and William A. Durnin.
The vote was 230 to 11S.
"A careful canvass of the Mayoralty dele
gates elected resulted rs follows:-Datz.
Jordan; Steltman, Jordan; Jacobs, Sim
con Fl. Smith; Keeney, Smith; Leather,
Smith; Merritt, Smith; Stewart. Wash
burn; Moulds, Washburn; Jones, Wash
burn; Handle. Washburn. Payne, Wash
Washburn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
NEW ORLEANS In PERIL
The Rising River Pouring Over the
Levees Into the Street.

The Rising River Pouring Over the
Levees Into the Street.
NEW ORLEANS, March IA, 1S90.--It has
been raining steadily but slowly since
eight p. IN. yesterday. The rainfall has
added to the water passing over the levees
in front of the city, and. running back,
has overflowed a large section in the vi
cinity of Claiborne street.
The river gauge shows no material
change. The water is flowing over the
levee rapidly at the head of Peters street,
and the sidewalks and streets in the VII
cinity are submerged The water is also
running over the levee pretty freely at
Third. Fourth. Sixth, Eighth, Toledono,
Sarapetu and State streets.
Gangs of men are working along the
levee at many points, and the flow of
water into the city may be checked if
there is no further rise. The railroads
are doing good work in assisting the au-
thorities all along the line. The outlook
this morning, however, is by no means
reasSuring.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
THERE WILL BE 4 PARADE. THEN.

Another Branch of the a. O. III. Will
Pay st. Patrick the Orthodox Honorss
This letter reached the Office of THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS today
TO the Editor of The Jersey Citg NeloS.--
A. 0. II. will have parade IL is aot as
was stated in your valuable Journal OF
March 1e, that there will be no parade on
ST. Patrick's Day.
There will be a parade of the Anciena
Order of Hibernians; not the Savin
crowd or the so-called Hibernians who
paraded the streets Of Jersey City in yio-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
A CRISIS In FRANCE.
President Carnot's Ministry Resigns in
Body.

president Csrnot's ministry Resigns In
Body.
PARIS, March 1.-THE government is
faced by cabinet crisis. The entire
Ministry proceeded to the residence of
President Carnot today and presented its
resignation.
The action was caused by the Senate's
denial or Premier Tirard's request for
vote of confidence on his policy for a COM
occurred at last evenings meeting, the
vote standing 1853 to S5, and the resigna-
tion Of the Ministry followed immedi-
ately after the gathering of the Cabinet
today.
President Carnot accepted the resigna-
tion of the Ministry as a whole, but re-
quested each member to present his res
ignation at five O'Clock this afternoon
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
STABBED WITH 4 PlTcHFORK.
Italians at Gutenberg Indulge in a
Bloody ARRAY.

Yesterday afternoon a terrible fight
started between Italian laborers en-
ployed at dock in Gutenberg, jus
above the West Shore ferry
An Italian stabbed Pasquale Marcio in
the stomach with pitchfork, and, after
committing his crime. started for the
ferry house and boarded the ferryboat
Midland. He was followed by an angry
crowd, who also boarded the boat but the
Italian was secure in hiding and could
not be found
The captain and deck hands were
threatened by the mob and were almost
scared to death. When the boat reached
the New York side the fugitive suddenly
lhhpff the boat followed by the angry
They caught him at the corner OF
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14

Under the direction of the Union Cul-
given in the winter club house last even
ing for the benefit of the free reading
room on Avenue ID, between East
Twenty-first and East Twenty second
streets, Centreville. The two act comedy,
"A Gentle Maniac and the farce, "The
Top Landing" were produced by clever
COMPANY of local anlateurs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-14
To Discuss Amalgamation. A

The Forensic Society will hold an i'm
portant meeting at the High School this
afternoon. The question of the proposed
amalgamation with the Alpha Sigma will
probably be discussed