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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
OUT GOES THE GOLD.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1s, 1894 Further
Withdrawals of gold at New York to-
day has reduced the Treasury gold re-
serve to slightly above s102, ,00O0 600.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
obliged 10 Decline.

The moon Ito the sun)-"Can't you stay
out with me for a while tonight?'' The sun
s'I'd like to very much, but really must de-
cline South Boston News.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
EARTHQUAKE AT CAPE TOWN.
RnCab1e to tie Uflited Press.

LONDON, Dec. 49, 1S94-A despatch
from Cape Town says that slight shocks
of earthquake were felt there yesterday
morning
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
Civil Engineer,
II Broadway.


NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 1894.
To the Editor of 1.-THE Jersey City
News
The Grand Jury, in making their pre-
sentiment as to the water supply of
your city, seem to have labored under a
misapprehension as to my endorsement
of the proposed plan of sewerage for the
Passaic Valley.
By request, and in accordance with
of New Jersey, 1 furnished necessary
the custom of the Geological Survey
data relating to such a sewerage dis
trict. In doing so I gave no endorse
ment whatever of the proposed plans
and, on the contrary. when requested
to appear before the Grand Jury to
explain the same I declined the invita-
tion, and expressly stated that I did
not ''believe its execution would leave
the Passaic a desirable source of sup
ply for your city at any point below
Paterson
This matter has received more or
less attention. from me in published
reports, etc., during the past ten years,
and I have invariably taken the posi-
tion that the lower Passaic should be
entirely abandoned as a source of pub
lie water supply.
My observations during the past sum-
mer have, more than ever, confirmed
me in this belief, and, indeed, during
the past five years the use of this water
has filled me with apprehension, know
ing as well as I do the serious extent
to which it is polluted. My views as to
the proposed system of sewerage are
that this or some other remedy will
become a necessity during the next ten
years, not as a means of purifying the
water supply of Jersey City, but as a
sanitary measure for the district lying
along the banks of the Passaic.
The completion of such a work of
sewerage may be ultimately question
of as great expenditure, and as much
time as would be necessary for Jersey
City to obtain proper, pure supply of
water from some other point, and no
sanitarian would recommend that Jersey
City should continue to draw it's sup
ply from a water shed so densely popu-
lated as that of the lower Passaic,
even should the proposed sewer sys-
tenn be constructed.
It is inevitable that large amount
of filth must accumulate in the bed of
the lower Passaic, and the proposed
sewerage could not entirely prevent this,
although it would prevent the river
from becoming menace to the health
of the district lying between Paterson
and Newark
The presentment of the Grand Jury
so misrepresents my opinion, carefully
formed by long examination and study,
that I cannot afford to have the mat
ter stand uncorrected. and ] shall con-
slider it favor if you will give this
correction space in your columns.
Respectfully,
C. c. vERMEULE,
Consulting Engineer. Geological Survey
of New Jersey
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
BIG PRENCHMAN SICK.
BIZ Cable to the United Press.

PARIS, Dec. 10, 1S94-M. Hanotaux
Minister of Foreign Affairs, is i'll and con
fined to his bed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13

Purify your blood, tone up the system
and regulate the digestive organs by taking
Hoods sarsapariila. Sold by all druggists.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
The Future i. Proud Boast.

Some of us will live to hear the granddaugh-
ters of New York policemen speak proudly
of their ancestral hauls. Adams F'reeman
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13

An Awful Example.
After spending its last quarter IT Is then
the moon proceeds to set full. Adams Free
man.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-13
{ X I | r 4 |! !!
IRFaNY EXPOSED.
The Ward" Grand Jury
Deliberately Falsified
Engineer Vermeule's
Opinions.
THATINTERCEpTING SEWER
A Mere Sanitary Preeaution
Having No Bearing on the
Water Supply Question.
WORKS OF ENORMOUS EXPENSE
The Filthy Lower Passaic Should
Be At Once abandoned by
Jersey City.
A SCATHING REPUTATION
The Eminent Engineer Writes to
ssThe News,' 10 Set Himself Right
Before the Public.
WORKS OF ENORMOUS EXPENSE
A SCATHING REPUTATION
The Eminent Engineer Writes to
ssThe News'' TO Set Himself Right
Before the Public.

At noon today, a young gentleman
came into the Office of THE Jersey
City News and. asking to see the Edi-
tor, solicited the publication of the fol-
lowing letter, which tells its own
story
CORNELIUS G. vERMEULE,
Civil Engineer
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MEYER-on Dec. H. at his residence. No.
9l6 Washington street. Hoboken. Erich
Meyer.
Funeral services Thursday evening, at eight
o'clock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
Another conterfeit Note.

Still another counterfeit piece of cur
rency has put in an appearance and the
general public has been notified to keep
a close lookout for the Spurious paper.
The notes are said to be very numerous
in the west. The counterfeit is So
silver certificate of the series of 1891,
check letter B, plate number z, w. S.
Rosecrans register F. H. Nebeker,
treasurer portrait of Grant, and small
round carmine seal. The treasury num-
bers are too heavy, and almost black in
color. The panel containing the num-
bers, in the lower left corner of the
note is represented in the genuine as a
scroll with a narrow white border and
the right end of which is curled over,
while in the counterfeit this panel is
simply composed of irregular parallel
ruled lines without white border or
curled end and the small rosettes show
ing over the top of said scroll in the
genuine are not to be found in the
counterfeit.
The portrait of Grant is poor, and ap-
pears as though much of the work had
been rubbed off, leaving bare places,
and the shirt in the genuine is shown
to have an opening in the bosom, while
in the counterfeit it is plain. AS in the
$40 note the color Of ink used on the
back is light faded green. The seal
is good, both in color and workman
ship. The paper is in two pieces pasted
together, with silk distributed between
them.
The makers of this note and three
confederates were arrested on Septem-
Der IS last, and the plates, presses, inks,
silk paper, ETC., captured by agents of
the service. but an amount of their
money is known to be in circulation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
THE SALT LAKE HERALDyFRIDAY. SEPTEMBER %. 1894.

hundred yards distant from the mine,
two story boarding house, 50x16 feet,
and lean-to for a kitchen, has been
completed within three weeks, and an
Office building, 20x36 feet, two stories,
is now in course of erection.
The hex group Of five claims is be-
ing surveyed for patents, and every
move that is being made shows per-
manency and preparations for mining
on large scale; and the latest devel-
opments in the hex are such as to
warrant preparations. A vein of fine
ore was cut near the mouth of the
tunnel. The vein was small, but was
followed in by means of a small drift,
and at the same time an incline shaft
was started higher up the HILL and
driven down under some large ore
groupings. The vein was followed
down with varying width from two to
five feet, and then pinched to about Is
inches. The incline shaft and drift
have now been connected and a four
foot vein of high grade ore has been
encountered and which is going down
with everything as regular as could
possibly be desired.
The Pat Mehan group is showing up
wonderfully well. Superintendent r.
Is. Guiles is driving an incline shaft
down on the vein. A depth of fifty
three feet has been gained. The sur
face ground is badly broken to a
depth of about forty feet, where the
vein changes to a nearly uniform dip
of so degrees, and where also it is very
thin, being only a few inches, and
within thirteen feet vein of soft red
ore and tale has been encountered,
that samples more than $40 in gold
The ground also has greatly improved
in appearances and permanency.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
HEBER NJ. WELLS RESIGNS
NO LONGER ON THE BOARD of PUB.
LIC WORKS.
Special Taxes-Utah Portland &C.
ment Tested-The Investigation
of the Affairs of the Joint Build
ing.

Once again is the board of public
works without an organization. a va
cancy having been caused through the
acceptance by Heber M. Wells of a
nomination for elective Office at the
hands of his party. This is the sec
ond time the gentleman has rendered
the board useless, temporarily, by &C
ceeding to the demands of his polit-
ical party and entering the race for Of
flee. The first time was to accept the
nomination for mayor on the Repub-
lican ticket, running against Mayor
Baskin, by whom he was subsequently
appointed to the board for second
term. According to the provisions of
the territorial statute, when a vacan-
cy is caused in the membership of
the board that body becomes power
less and must await the appointment
of another member by the mayor.
The sewer contractors having failed
to comply with the order recently sent
out by the board of public works, to
the effect that sufficient workmen
should be put on the work to insure
it's completion in the specified time, it
is proposed to hold a consultation re-
garding the matter, and Chairman
DoremuS shaS called a meeting for
this afternoon. Should Mr.. Wells fail
to appear in his official capacity, hav-
ing declined the nomination as dele
gate to the constitutional convention,
the board will be powerless to take
any formal action and must content
itself with suggestions to the contrac-
TORS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
DECREASE IN THE RAIsIN PACK.
Prospects of an Advance in Prices
Are Good.

There is every evidence that the raj
sin crop of the Pacific coast will be
considerably under that Of 1898 and
jobbers feel certain that an increase
in prices will be the result. During
the holiday seasons, and, in fact, dur
ing the entire year, Utah consumes
great quantities of the fruit, and a
marked advance would mean consid-
cradle to the public.
The first crop of raisins, which are
by far the better in quality, is not as
great as last year. Under the pros
Fpect of a smaller product and the
combination of growers and packers
incorporated as the State California
Rasin Growers and Packers COM
|pany, it is believed that higher and re-
munerative prices will rule this sea-
son.
The pack of 1891 was 1881. 800
pounds; that of 1892 was 81, 900 900 and
that of last year is estimated at from
81, 10000 to S5,000,000. This immense in
crease made it almost impossible to
obtain paying prices to the producer.
They varied greatly last season, rang
ing from 212 cents to cents a pound
for loose and rs cents to S1.50 for
standard London layers The average
price was probably less Than 3 cents
"a pound in the sweatbox, less to
the growers of from ~ cents to cents
on every pound sold. This years pack
is estimated at not over SIS 00O. 900
pounds. The figures fixed by the
Growers and Packers company have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
THE MURDER. OF BURNS
THE sHERIFFvs BODY TAKEN TO
SPRING CITY.
How the Shooting Occurred-Peter-
son, or MicISle, Wounied-It is Be-
Iieved That the Murderers Have
Been Located.

Mt. Pleasant. Sept. 27.-GSpecial1-
The party which went after the body
of Sheriff Burns reached the scene of
the tragedy about o'clock last even
ing. The body was found lying where
it fell, having laid there nearly seven
hours. 1t was strapped to horse and
brought to Larsen's saw mill and from
there to Spring City, and thence to
this place On a wagon. Coroner Oh
stem Immediately held an inquest, and
the examination showed that five balls
had entered the body, two in the left
breast over the heart, one through the
right breast through the lung, one
through the right shoulder, shattering
it, one through the right leg, ranging
downward and out, and into and
through the left ankle. Three of the
wounds were fatal. The funeral will
take place tomorrow at 1 p. M, under
the auspices of the A. o. u. w. and
the I. o. o. F. lodges, of which the de-
ceased was a member. No tidings
have been heard from the posse, which
left this place, Ephraim and Manti in
search of the murderers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
UTAH SUGAR COMING IN.
Initial Shipment to Be Made OIL
Saturday Morning.


Refined sugar is now being produced
by the Utah sugar factory and tonight
the first shipment of the season will be
loaded and sent north to this city. 1t
will consist of four carloads, or 1000
bags. This amounts is to be divided
among the local jobbers who have had
their orders in for some time and the
consumers of sugar will be enabled to
secure the home made article after Sat-
urday noon. The factory is being
operated with extreme smoothness and
as result the production of sugar is
considerably heavier than for the first
three days of the run last year.
When questioned yesterday regarding
the outlookSf sugar, Joseph Goeghe-
gan. one of the best posted authorities
on the subject, stated yesterday that it
was hardly probable there would be any
further decline in the price of the pro-
duct, which is now quoted by the job
bers at from $6.05 to $6.10, notwithstand-
ing the closing down of the refineries
of the east, or at least those controlled
by the sugar trust. 1t is a mistaken
idea, said the gentleman, that the
closing down of the refineries was due
to the lack of raw sugar, for such is
not the case. There is now more of the
raw article in the country than for
many years and the cessation of opera
lions was due to the heavy SURPRISES
held by the trust, which is evidently
holding onto its raw materials in order
to be in on the ground floor when the
anticipated advance takes place.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
Mnde Coon Eair Tests

AS was predicted would be the case,
the product of the Utah Portland Ce-
ment works has proven itself worthy
of a place beside that of any of the
other cements, foreign or native. The
city engineers department yesterday
finished the seven day test of the ce-
ment, and when the brickettes were
broken the tests showed that the net
tensil strength was 391 pounds, and
the four parts sand gave a result of
11S pounds, or 68 pounds above the re-
quired minimum strength. In view of
the fact that the cement is new, the
engineer is of the opinion that it will
yet make an even better showing, but
the results of the tests will pass the
article for gravity sewer use. The ce-
ment company has some 500 barrels
on hand and is preparing to resume
burnings
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
DECLINED TO INTERFERE.
Contractors Must Furnish Army Sup
plies Under the Old Bids.

The contractors who some time ago
bid the lowest on the supplies for the
department of Colorado. United States
army, and then made a frantic attempt
to get from under on account of the
advance in the prices of the commodi-
ties which are to be furnished, will be
forced to stand the losses,
for the government has declined
to allow them to Withdraw. This
was the decision reached on Tuesday
last and the order to accept the lowest
of the bids received some time ago has
just been received at headquarters,
and included in the list of contractors
are several Utah parties OF this mat
ter the Denver Republican says:
In view Of the fact that the army ap-
preparation this year was very small,
and that great inroads were made into
it by reason of the labor riots, an order
has been issued to accept the lowest
and best bids of those already SUBJ
mitted for supplies. The cost of sup
plies for the department of the Colo
RADIO amounts to about 100000 in the
aggregate. Guarantee checks for one
fourth of this amount are in the safe
of the assistant quartermaster general.
1t had been hoped by the men who
made these bids that the government
would reject all bids and advertise
anew as, between the time of calling
for bids and awarding the contracts,
supplies have made alarming upward
jumps. This hope was based on the
fact that the government has done so
previously in similar cases, preferring
to stand by the contractors than crush
them. Under the contracts now being
closed by the government, the army
will secure supplies at from 10 to 20
per cent less than they can be bought
on the open market today.
1t is over three months since the war
department called for bids. At the
date set for opening them the labor
troubles were on mails were blocked,
bids in transit delayed, and, in order to
give all concerned a, fair showing, the
time was postponed. In the meantime
the market went up.
Then came the drouth. Kansas and
Nebraska, in particular, were affected,
and as these two states furnish most
of the oats, barley, hay and straw for
the troops, contractors were in nearly
every instance affected.
The attention of the authorities at
Washington was called to this condi-
ton of affairs and the recommendation
made that ali bids be rejected. Many
bidders notified the quartermaster
that they desired to withdraw their
bids owing TO drouth and the rise in
the markets, feeling that they were en-
titled to have their request granted be-
cause the department delayed opening
the bids. They held, further, that had
their bids been quickly and properly
acted upon, they in turn could have
purchased their supplies at fair
price.
The war department declines to con-
slider the recommendation. 1t has ac-
cepted the lowest bid in each class and
Major Atwood, quartermaster of the
denartment is closing all contracts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
National Guard Day.

The following will be promulgated
by Adjutant-General Ottinger today:
For the parade of Exposition day the
National Guard will form as follows:
The infantry in battalion line on
Fifth East street, opposite Industrial
Home, right resting on First South.
The artillery in column of pieces, on
First South street, facing west, head
of column resting on Fifth East street.
The cavalry, in column of tours, on
Fifth East street, facing south, head of
column resting on First South.
The artillery will follow the infantry.
in the line of march, at a distance of
twenty-four yards from the rear of
the battalion, after entering First
South street.
The cavalry will enter the marching
line after it passes Fourth East street,
following the artillery at a distance of
twenty-four yards from it's rear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
MACHINERY AND MATERIALS.
Mercur Construction to Commence
by the Middle of October.

Mercur Construction to Commence
BY the Middle of October.
Before the middle of the coming
month the construction of the necessary
buildings and additions for the enlarge
ment of the mill of the Mercur Gold
Mining and Milling company will be
commenced. 1t is anticipated that the
Mercur & Salt Lake railroad will be
completed to the Mercur mill within
the next two weeks, the necessary steel
having already arrived on the ground,
and BY that time the materials for the
mill improvements will be delivered at
the Fairfield switch of the Union Pa
cific and transferred to the little road.
President Dern. of the Mercur COM
pany, has just placed the order Tor
the necessary timbers, and the mate
rails viii be delivered early in the
month of October. The machinery for
the plant has been ready for shipment
for some time past, and is to be released
within the next few days. The COM
pany anticipates having the entire
works completed before winter sets in,
and then the development of the mine
will be considerably more rapid than at
present. The shipments from the mill
now average $4,000 monthly, and this
amount will be nearly doubled with the
increased plant.
President Dern is just back from the
district and reports that good progress
is being made on the railroad which is
ultimately to connect the Union Pacific
with the town of Mercur. Some fifty
grading teams are now scattered be-
tween the mill and the mine of the
company, ard by Monday this number
IS TO be Increased to seventy-fve. With
this force the contractors expect to
.9aF0
IT is now very heavy work on the
grade and the progress is necessarily
considerably slower than was the case
below the mill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28

Although the prices of wool have not
advanced on the local market within
the past two weeks, being governed by
the reports sent out by the New York
and Boston commission men, all of
whom are deeply interested in keeping
the quotations as low as the growers
will stand, movement of the clips re-
naming in the territory has COM
menced in a desultoly sort of way
and some of the growers are parting
with their holdings at the figures set
by the eastern people. One 10000 pound
consignment was received in this city
yesterday by one of the local buyers,
he having paid S1b cents for the entire
lot. The London sales of foreign woods
have had no perceptible effect upon the
markets of the United States, although
they have demonstrated that but little
of the foreign article will come to this
country, compared with the great
amounts which it was claimed by the
protectionists would be dumped here
Immediately following the passage OF
the tariff act The anticipated advance
is still looked for and it is thought that
upon the close of the sales the ten
dency will be still further upwards.
Local growers are still endeavoring
to reconcile the prices given out locally
with those quoted by. the wool author
titles of the east. They are having a
merry time of it in keeping cases on
the animals. The claim Of the Demo-
scrats that the price of wool advanced
upon the passage of the Wilson bill is
denied by the opposition. The tariff
bill, under which wool was admitted
free of duty, went into effect on
August %, and the prices of domestic
woods went up, while those of the
foreign staple went down. The follow
ing table from the American Wool and
Cotton Reporter gives the quotations
which demonstrate this fact:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-28
The NIinstreIs Gone.

The Haverly engagement wound up
last night without bIare of trumpets and
in most quiet way. There was not a
large attendance. The performances of
this company have not electrified any-
body. They occupy the middle position of
not being good enough to satisfy. NOT
bad enough to attack. This is not good
material for the dramatic reporter to
work upon for it leaves HIM nothing to
say There is no one feature in the show
without merit and almost nonew orthy
of enthusiastic praise. With matters so
painfully negative as this. it is not sur
prising that the principal star of the
troupe, Harry Budworth, did not appear.
He was not we'll enough, so it was re-
ported, and the entertainment suffered
somewhat by his absence
The theatre will not again open until
the Home Dramatic appears with Stod-
dard next Tuesday.