The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-13
RAMAPO RlPPLHS.
How NeWark's Big Drink
ing Enterprise Seems
to Progress.
PICNIC JOE LOOKS ON.
Active Work of the East Jersey Syn
dictate to Construct the PEI
quannock Reservoir.
IONIC JOE LOOKS ON.
quannock Reservoir.
speeial % the sundau Morninq Nele..


NEWFOUNDLAND, n. j., July 6.--The
allied armies at the seat of war in New
Jersey are working together harmonious
ly, throwing up earthworks. digging
trenches, cutting forest trees and defend
ing strategic points. DO YOU know that
there IS seat OF war here? That we hav e
an Italian. Hungarian and an Irish
corps encamped in this peaceful valley,
besides smart sprinkling" of natives
bushwacking en- the outskirts of the
allied armies stronghold. It is a war
against Nature and not against man, how
ever, and COMMUNICATIVE Chief Herschel
is in better position than generals
usually are, for he has got his campaign
all planned III advance. aud General Hox-
sey has nothing TO do but execute the or
ders and keep a sharp eye on his troops.
Staff Officers Shlrreff. Sears and Klsling
and countless other members of the en-
cheering corps are on the battlefield
every day Watching the course of the at
tnek.and. attending to minor details of the
movements of the troops. Considerable
powder is being burned, but thus far
there has been no fatality and but few
men wounded.
THE RESERVOIR WORK.
The war on nature is gong on in half q
dozen places at once At Oak Ridge it
consists in tearing big hole through u
rock HILL to turn the course OF the Pc
quannock and make spillway and gate
for the big reservoir; in cleaning out the
stumps and vegetable moulds from the
reservoir bottom, and in digging for the
foundation of the concrete core with
which the huge earth dam will be pro-
Vided. At the site of the Clinton reser-
voir. near Clinton Falls, two and oneshalf
miles north of Newfoundland. the chief
work is being tdone by the native BUSH
wackers, and consists of cutting down
and hauling out timber, to clear the site
of the next lake to be constructed. At
Macopin INTAKE, near Smiths mills, the
work is preliminary and consists chiefly
in locating the dam, task which has oc-
cupied several months, and presented
tremendous difficulties, owing to the ma
ture of the bottom Of the stream at this
point AT other points along the line the
work consists OF clearing for the route of
the big pipe, and ordinary field work of
surveyors and engineers
A TEMPORARY BOOM
The army OF men suddenly precipitated
in this valley has made things lively for
everybody. The butchers, bakers and
storekeepers for miles around feel the
impetus it has given to business Oak
Ridge has become an important shipping
road. Wise and Brown, storekeepers, at
Newfoundland, are both happy and
smiling, and even as far away as Butler
the boom is felt. The latest addition TO
the business enterprises in the latter
place is big bottling establishment.
Heretofore the beer for the men has come
chiefly from Booton, Dover and Newton,
while a little came from Paterson and
Newark. Bottled beer is an important
item in the sustenance of the Workmen.
If you watch group of Italians or Hun
garian5 at their midday meal you viii
observe that each one has bottle of beer
in addition to his bread and meat or
bread and cheese. 1t seems to be as I'M
portant to them as the more solid food,
and the total abstinence advocate who
would Crude them the beverage would be
narrow indeed. The best of order has
been maintained among the foreign labor
ers thus far. and there is no reason why it
should not Continue.
THE NEWARK INSPECTORS.
Engineer jacobson, of the Newark
Aqueduct Board, is up here twice a
month to observe the progress OF the
work, but has not found anything TO re-
port. AS soon as any constructive work
is begun, he will make weekly tours of
the work and see that the interest OF the
city is protected.
Among the visitors last week were
Mayor Haynes, of Newark, and Chief of
Police Hopper. They drove up on Satur-
day afternoon, starting from Newark at
three o'clock and arriving at John p.
Browns at seven. in time for supper.
The Mayor did not bring Chief Hopper
for protection, but came with him. Chief
Hopper was born and brought up here,
and lots eff people know him rs Hank. He
handles the ribbons well. and knows all
of the ins and outs of the roads hereabouts.
They had an enjoyable drive on Sun
day morning up past the Clinton reser-
voir site and around to Oak Ridge again.
On Monday morning the Mayor stole q
march on Chief Hopper by getting mp at
daybreak ana going trout fishing while
the Chief was asleep. The Mayor had good
guide who took him up Norman's brook
and pointed out the good trout pools.
The Mayor proved that he was no tyro in
the gentle art, and brought back TO the
hotel nice string of speckled b., ex-
cuse me, trout,
An amusing feature of the visit of the
Mayor was the greeting he received from
the Italian worknaen all along the line.
Numbers of them know him and waved
their hats ana cheered him. Others took
up the cry, and it seemed that His Honor
was as popular a hero as Garlbaldi would
have been. He waved his hand graci-
ously and smiled urbanely as he passed
IN review of the soldiers Of the pick aud
shovel