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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06


and dicker and compromise were
their methods.
The. absurd Righteousness of the
whole proceeding is manifest. Every
cormorant with a special privilege to
tax the people to make himself rich
thinks every other blood sucker
should be deprived of his evil advan-
tage; but touch him, and the indus
tries of the country are at once going
to the 'idemnition bowwows.s Now,
we confidently assert that not M in-
dustry in New Jersey, from the high
est to the lowest, stands in need OF
n penny OF protection. With low
rentals, low taxes, cheap living, I'M
limited transportation facilities. near
markets and abundant demand, such
as we enjoy in common with all the
States east of the Mississippi. we are
able to hold our own against the
world, and if only some OF our ma
terials were made free we could go
out into South America and Asia, and
even Europe itself, and undersell the
producers of the old world, paying
even higher wages to our intelligent
operatives than we do now.
The only result of the ~log-rolling
operations of Smith and his col
legues will be their permanent retire
ment from politics.
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PLENTY OF SIDE SHOWS.
The indications are that there will be
the usual political diversions inthis
campaign. The Popniists Of Hunterdon
have let off the first gun for that party
and made nominations, and other coun-
ties are to follow as soon as the farmers
find time to attend conventions, There
will be Pbpulist candidates for Congress
and Assembly in all parts af the State.
The Peoples party cannot be consid-
cred very strong, as they poHed less
than a thousand votes in the last Presi-
Dental election, but every county is
represented by organizations. In the last
Assembly fight they did not make much
showing, as Morris was the only county
that ran a candidate, and he received 100
votes, 80 more than the actual strength
of the party in the county.
The Sociaiistic Labor Party, with about
1.400 adherents, willmake a direct move
this fall in the line of Assembly candi-.
dates. They only attempted it last year
in Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union
counties, polling a total Assembly vote
Of 2.0lS, which was much stronger than
their total for President or Governor.
In Paterson they have already elected
a member of the Board of Aldermen and
feel much elated over that fact; and it
place a candidate for Assembly in the
field in that district in the hope of se-
curing an election. Other candidates will
be placed in nomination. in districts
the balance of power to themselves.
The Socialistic Labor Party of New
Jersey, as a whole, are not Anarchists
or bomb-throwers, but seek to accom-
the old line parties.
1t is not likely that there will be any
thing heard from the Citizens League,
that made race track issue the great
fight last fall, nor will there be any move
ment made on the part of the Independ-
ent Citizens Association.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
SEWAGE IN WATER SUPPLY RIVERS

From the Philadelphia Press.
the people of Jersey City are dissatisfied
with the water furnished them. They hin
tits not wholesome, and they call upon the
municipal authorities to give them better.
1t is the same cry that is heard all over the
land wherever a city's water is drawn from
a river that serves as a sewer for the cities
above. But Jersey City has a special cause
of complaint. 1t draws its supply from the
Passaic, a comparatively small river which
receives the drainage of an exceedingly
populous valley, including the sewage of
Newark, Rassaic, Paterson, Montclair and
the several towns having Orange to their
name. In PasSaic twenty-tour factories
empty their ~washings into the river and'the
water runs red, blue, green and black Tor
miles from the dies emptied into it. That
human beings should drink the water and
live shows the extreme tolerance OF the hui
man system to ~unspeakable filth.
But disease and death result from the
abuse of this tolerance. The Passaic water
must be as bad when fit reaches the intake
pipes of Jersey City as that which COMES to
Hamburg In the River Elbe. But the Elbe
water below Hamburg, after it receives the
sewage of that town of Coz, 600 people in adj
dition to all it carried before, must be even
worse than the Passaic, vet the town OF
Altoona, which takes the Elbe water doubly
fortified by the sewage of Hamburg and sub
jectS it to sand filtration, has Tor years OBJ
tanned a perfectly satisfactory water, pure
to the eye, pleasant to the taste, showing no
trace of sewage by chemical analysis and
giving Altoona immunity from cholera at a
time when Hamburg, close beside it but
using the unfiltered Elbe water, had $4,000
cases.
Jersey City can purify its water as well
Altoona by the same process, and Philadei-
phia, as easily and as cheaply, can relieve its
people from the necessity of imbibing sew
age. The problem OF pure water is the most
serious one American cities nave to granple
with. The obvious water supply to nearly
every city is the stream on whose banks the
city is placed, but unhappily we nave not
got beyond the point where the same
stream is also made a receptacle of its
sewage. Every one of the great cities
and towns ON the Mississippi River and
tributaries above New Orleans dis
charge their sewage into and obtain
their drinking water from the river at their
doors. New Orleans being on a lower level
thar the Mississippi cannot use it as a sewer,
but takes its water from it without question,
though it is permanently diseolored with the
solid matter which its strong current carries
with it. Filtration will remove all this solid
matter and leave the water as clear as spring
water. and free from typhoid germs and
cholera bacilli. The cost of proving this has
been borne by several of the cities OF Europe
Hamburg being the latest and most notable
instance-and American cities may wisely
profit by their experience.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
CITY NEWS NOTES.

An inquest into the death of seven-year-
old Bruno Grurnm, whoiawas killed by a troll
ley car on Grand street last week, will be
held this evening at Clinton Hall. Clinton
avenue and Grand street, by Coroner yolS
and a jury.
The annual excursion of the Hudson Pleas
ure Club was held yesterday to lena Island
on the Sound. A large number enjoyed the
sail and a pleasant day.
Miss Josie Smith of Forest street will spend
the month of August in Bridgeport, Connecti-
cut.
Miss Gertrude Webbe of Forest street has
left for Munsey, Nj, where she will remain
until school opens.
Miss Grace Ryan of First street and Miss
Lizzie Larkins of Ninth street are spending
the month of August at Staten Island with
friends.
William Kell of Engine Co. No. Z is spend
ing his vacation at Goose's Wharf in the Cat
skill Mountains. He writes he has caught six
large, beautiful brook trout already, and as
they are so plentiful he expects to catch
enough to present one to each member of
his company and to his superiors.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
STARTLED HIS CONGREGATION.
Rev. J.. Lester Wells Magnifies PAS
sale Water.

SaAC w dtefs
There was hardly room in the Tabernacle
last evening for the throngs of people who
have been impressed with the beautiful views
of the illustrated sermons of Rev. Mr.. Wells.
He has carried out his arrangement to give
a prelude each evening upon some subject of
local interest, and last evening the Fasaic
Water ! was the topic. With q miniature
glass tank he magnified two inches of water
to twenty feet in diameter, n in such a
way as to detect sthe smallest particle OF
impur1ty. He compared the Passaic water
with spring water, and the difference was
startling. The latter being clear and trans
parent, while the former'was cloudy with
dirt and other impurities. Rev. Mr.. Wells
remarked he was not able, with his instru-
ment, to let the audience smell the water,
they could do that at their homes.
A very exciting part of his illustrations
was when he introduced a leech INTO the little
tank, and it looked like an alligator or some
other sea moster a dozen feet long.
He then referred to the article published
in The JERSEY CITY NEWS, where Health
INSPECTOR Benjamin informed the Street and
Wafer Board that the condition of the Pas
sale water was alarming; that it was unfit
to drink and insisted, unless steps arestaken
Immediately to secure a wholesome supply
or in some way to purify the present supply
an epidemic of disease will result. 1t was
recommended by Rev. Nj. Wells that the
people continue to agitate the subject until
relief comes.
Coming to the Free Bath Fund he asked
for more funds to carry on the free bath
plan for the poor boys Of our towns. A col
lection was taken, which amounted to $3.50.
The illustrated sermon then followed or the
Miracles of Christ, and was one of a success
sion of fine views made by master artists,
The brilliant light of the stereoptican and
colors upon some brought them out upon
the large canvas in an impressive manner
One of the pleasing features of these sermons
is the hymns with words and music thrown
upon the screen, so all can join the singing.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
THE FISH LAW DEFIED.

Special to the Jersey CITY Neus.

Special to the Jersey City Necs.
TRENTON, Aug. 5, 1s94.-The complaint
comes from along the entire New Jersey
shore that the fish laws are being very gen
orally violated. Several communications
have been sent to the Fish Commissioners
calling attention to the open defiance of the
law passed by the recent Legislature pro-
hibiting fishing with any form of nets in
the Barnegat Bay between April and No
vember. Fish are being taken out in large
quantities, and this favorite fishing ground
is becoming useless or everyday sport. The
Fish Wardens are not willing to act, fearing
it would make them unpopular.
1t was, understood last winter at Trenton
when the Barnegat net bill was passed that
it would be accepted by the resident fisher
men in the interest of pure sport, and was
passed with very little opposition, hut it ap-
pears that the temptation this year to make
large hauls was too great, and those who de-
clared they would stand by the law are VIC
Lifting it daily.
Between the seine fishermen of Barnegat
bay and the pound fishermen on the outside.
the fishing along the New Jersey Coast will
soon be at an emu. The pound fisherman
have never caught as many fish before as
they have dnring the past three weeks. 1t is
estimated that at Elberon and Seabright
alone, in three days, between 800, 900 and
100000 pounds of blue fish were captured.
The catches have been more than the work
ing forces of the pounds could handle, and in
many instances fish had to be thrown over
board and were washed up on the beach at
Asbury Park, creating a great nuisance
there.
The hook and-line fishermen say that all
the sport OF sojourning along the coast is fast
disappearing, and that fishing is becoming a
hardship. If a school of fish is discovered it
is impossible to secure bunkers for chum-
ming purposes, because the menhaden steam
ers have scooped in all. the small fish. The
condition of affairs has aroused co &lerable
discussion and argument. because with a de-
struction of fish along the New Jersey coast
the destruction of the value of the
seaShare nlaceSa S Sranrtinn cantl:nS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
STOLE Ills BENEFAoToR's HORSE

Street and Water Commissioner Geo. w.
Harding was complainant in the First
Criminal Court this morning against a young
man named Henry w. Gray, who stole the
Commissioners horse.
Gray was taken out of the streets years
SATURDAY. the uneratefnI scamn took = horse
out of the stable at Sixth and Erie street,
valued at Sl25, and sold it for S12 to Peter
Sault, a saloonkeeper of No. 397 Fourth
street. Mr.. Harding discovered the absence
of the horse and made inquiry which lead to
the arrest of Gray and Sault. TIL former
was committed for trial on a charge of
larceny and Sault for receiving stolen goods.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION.

The record of circulation of books for
home reading for the week ending July %,
1884, was as follows
General works. 40; philosophy, -; religion.
30; sociology. 81; philology, 8; natural
literature. 1s6; fiction, 4,056; juvenile fiction,
1907: history, 1o7 ; biography, 81; travels,
93, making a total for the week of 6,420. /.
of this number there were delivered
through the delivery stations, 3,444.
There were sixty borrowers registered
during the week, making the total of regis
tered borrowers 21,297.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
". q I. o. SUMMER MEETING.

The annual summer meeting of the New
Jersey Women's Christian Temperance
Union will be held at Mt. Tabor at August
Is. An interesting programme has been ar
A feature viii be an address on
state and Local Work" by Mrs ). a;
Dernarest. All the unions in this city will
have delegates present. The officers OF the
State union are:-President, Mrs. Emma
Bonrne. Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. J.
T. Ellis; Recording Secretary, Mrs. j. II.
Demarest; and Treasurer, Mrs. N. L. Cami-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
Dated Jersey city. AUGUST ). ]!
N~oRPoRATIoN NOTICE.

NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given, that on the thrty.nrst day
of May, 1894, application was made to she'Board o.
Street and Water Commissioners by p 3. Kendall
and others Tor the so dmRE8se sFREG 81
between Central avenue and Summit avenue In the
following manner, including all intersections.
to the established grade, by exeavsting or nlling the
same to the established grade.
To have new twenty inch curb set ON both sides
thereof.
To have the present curb reset and new inch
curb set where necessary.
To have the cutters ON both Sides paved with
70 have the cariagewaypaved with asphalt pave
ment.
To have new bridgestone crosswalks laid.
To have the present bridge stone crosswalks relaid,
and new bridge-stone laid where necessary.
provide for the flow of the surface water, and to
complete the Improvement in a goodt and substan-
Notice is also given. that on the ftwenty-fourth
S SIea 0s Ti fS' Ne 81 so srdd Of SeFsM treet and ky "a ass eSmmis.
sioners their preliminary sketch, showing what
property will probably be assessed, and the proba-i
BILE amount Of benefit to each lot or parcel of land.
also the probable amount of assessment per foot of
now open to pu6iic Inspection in1he once Of the
Clerk of the Board Of Street and Water Commits
And notice is also iven, thattho, following streets
or avenues or particular ~sectiols thereof are IND
'iuae0 N salo "SI soWEns sSTaEsET
from Summit ave sTqs u Te aSE1S ayenue.
ION the south side from Bowers street about IS feet
east and twenty c Axe 5se E, w SySN,rE
ION the north side from Bowers street about Is feet
And that the tenth day of September. 1884, at eight
O'Clock PM. and the meeting room OF the Board OF
the time and place when and waere the Board or
Street and Water Commissioners'wiil meet to hear
strances against the said imI&ovement that may be
By order of the Board Of Street and water Com
GEORGE 7. BoUToN,
Dated, Jersey city, August s, 1891.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
STREET AND WATER BOARD.

The Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners will meet this evening and hereafter
the weekly meetings will be held at eight
o'clock P. NJ. instead of ten o'clock in the
morning as heretofore. This is done for the
convenience of the Commissioners whose
time during the day is occupied elsewhere.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
EMPIRE BOWLERS' OUTING.

The members of the Empire Bowling Club,
consisting of DR.. John Ludlow. George De
Woe, Edward Eikins, Edward Heritage,
Charles 7. LANCE, George and Rob Trail,
Counsellor Arthur Archibald. Milton Hanna,
A. b.. Collard, DR.. George G. Culver, Jr..
and John Tully, left this morning for a two
weeks s~ojourn in Pike county, Pennsylvania.
They will remain most of the time at that
picturesque "Wheelmen's Paradise" as it is
called, Dingman's Ferry.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
SLIM ATTENDANCE AT THE RANGE

The attendance .at the Marion Ronge
on Saturday afternoon was the smallest
in the history II the range. This was
due to the ~factathat many of the Ma
tionai Guardsmeh who stayed all week
at sea Girt did not return to this city
until after FIVE O'Clock. Those marksmen
sea Grit to last them until ext season.
Now that the week of rifle practice has
passed the attendance at the range for
the remainder of the season will be small
The scores that were made on Saturday
follow
A 5 4 4 3 5-41
Private w. Hobbs al
4 4 8 2 4 2-S5
Private Hespe AZ s-,z
3 2 81 4 a-s4
4 4 SIS
4343 8 4 4-36
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
KILLED AT FOOTBALL.

WORCESTER. Mass, Aug. 6, 1894.-David
Gleason, twenty-five years old, died yester-
day from injuries received in a game Of foot
ball last Friday. He was rushing for the
ball when one of his opponents, Thomas
Counihan, attempted to block him off.
Counihan's shoulder struck Gleason in the
pit of the stomach, causing an internal rup-
ture, from which death resulted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
Z. M. G. A. MUSICALE.

Another Musicale will be given at the
Y.M.C.A. building on Wayne street tomorrow
evening. An interesting programme has been
arranged. Messrs. Linderburger, Feolzre, Hop
be and Speck, a guitar and either quartette,
viii be present to entertain. There will be
plenty Of lemonade free of charge. Any
young man, whether a member or not; can
attend these musicals.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
BRoDIE WILL RECOVER.

New York, August 6, 1S94.-According
of St. Vincent's Hospital, Steve Brodie will
recover, 'Brodie's assailant, William Hear
ney was arranged before Justice Grady in
the Tombs Police Cour6 this morning. and
was held without bail to await the result of
Brodie's iniuries.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received at the office Of
the Board Of Street and Water Commissioners. on
the labor and materials necessary TO the construe-
'i0h Oh a man S VEST SIDE AVENUE
AVENUE
HATCH AVENUE,
and Hatch avenue, il produced to Newark Bay, in
accordance with plans and specifications on file in
avenue and Mercer street, where blank forms Of bids
and agreement of sureties must be obtained.
About 1880 lfneal feet of piles.
About I,S9 BIN. yellow pine Gaping.
About 5000 IN. spuce s~heeting.
About 500 lbs. iron bolts.
About 3U lbs. spikes.
About $50 cubic yards of brick masonry.
About 4D lineal feet of S5ineh brick sewer.
About 70 lineal feet of S6inch brick sewer.
About lgs5 ltneai feet of 4eineh brick sewer.
About 500 lineal feet of 4sinch iron pipe ever.
About II new receiving basins.
About 5 cubic yards OF concrete.
About 10 cubic yards of rock excavation.
1 Time allowed for the completion OF the work. tive
! The making Of the above Improvement and award
of the contract therefor viii be subject to the re-
monStrance Of the owners OF the property liable 10
more than one half the assessment therefor.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes.
Hatch avenue. etc" directed to @John E. Macarthur,
Esq. Chairman Of Committee on Streets and
Sewers" and handed TO the Clerk of the Board in
open meeting when called for In the order of busi-
ness relating to sealed proposals.
No city official win be accepted as surety, nor will
a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The attention of bidders is especially called to
terms whereof, no contract shall be binding upon
the city or become effective or operative until the
proved as to sufficieney by this Board. and as to
form by the Corporation Counsel, the President OF
By order Of the Board of Street and Water Com
E {. T. BoUToN,
nofad Tarsav Citv uo1icf Q 1904
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
MONDAY. AUGUST 9. 1894.

This paper is Democratic an principles
aid is indspendent in its vie,es on all local
questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
His Innings.

ubuetor. stfesA te5i me you, arr attending that
young MAJ nHxt saek lsse fe Sn Seen practicsnr on q
snare dr RIM Tor the last Sc months, and NOW | have
q chance toput an end to the nuisance. Life
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06

Senator Smiths Second Queer Letter.
James Smith, Jr., seems to have a
bad attack of letter writing, and he is
growing weaker and more feverish as
it eats away the poor remains of his
strength. His latest spasm is a letter
to the World, whose editor tried to
pin him down to a last dying speech
and confession upon the Tariff bill.
The editor had poor success. Smith
makes a great parade of frankness
and really lodges everything in the
way CT issue.
The first somewhat amazing state
ment lie makes is that he has favored
free raw and refined sugar from the
beginning In view of his statement
last week that he favored a differen-
tial duty on refined sugar because
sugar refining was one CT thesgreatest,
industries of his State and could not
be pursued without such duty, his
new definition of his position is a little
pulling. We fail to see any way to
reconcile them, nor do we remember
any denial by him of the position
heretofore always attributed to him.
But we find that he is also eagerly
in favor of free coal and iron ore. He
only consented to duties being i'm
posed on them because he thought it
necessary to have protection for New
Jersey industries and could only get
it by a little log rolling, IT this means
anything, it ean that Smith is a
free racer for all burt Jersey indus
tries, and other Senators also are free
traders for all industries outside their
respective States, while desiring pro-
lection Tor their omeAproducts- This
throws a pretty side light on the way
the Senate bill was made up. Selfish
ness and narrowness were the con-
trolling impulses of the f~abricators,