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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-07
q SHIP CANAL.
Report submitted Ry the Commits
sion on Tuesday.
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Sncrfcl 10 3fc JcfsfD tn Ne1Fs.
TRENTON, June Z, 1Ss5.-The Canal
Commission on Tuesday submitted
a report to Mayor Warwick. of
Philadelphia, who m turn sent it to
the Common Council, on the question of
the construction of a ship canal across
this State, connecting the Delaware
River and the Atlantic Ocean. The re-
port. which was a very lengthy one,
lacked conclusions and offered no rec
concentrations except to suggest that
the Commission be authorized to con-
tinue its study of subject.
The report was in two parts, one being
from Professor Louis NJ. Haupt, engi-
neer in charge. and the other by N. H.
Hutton. the consulting engineer. Mr..
Haupt. after reviewing the necessity for
the canal and the inception of the pro-
ject. gave minute details of the esti-
mated cost of the proposed plans. He
mentions three routes: one via Borden
W making the distance from Phila-
delphia to New York ninety miles; an
other via Rancocas and Toms River
a distance of 14o miles, and the third via
Bordentown and Toms River, a dist
ance of $50 miles. The best line to con-
struct. he reported, would be the short
est.
He estimated that a 2O-foot canal
would cost S14, 260, 600, and enc % feet
deep $23. 1874, 700. The approaches TO the
2O-foot canal from Philadelphia to Bor-
dentown, he estimates, would aggregate
$685.. 241, and for the 2s-foot canal s3,1s5, REQ.
In the report of Engineer Hutton. he
refers to the canals as described by Pro-
fessor Haupt. and figures out the annual
expenses Of operating sueh a waterway
trader coming through the canal, or
nearly a whole day on the round trip.
His report concludes by saying
las the ability to use the canal, if
constructed, depends entirely on the
necessary improvement of the ap-
proaches by the National Government
and their. maintenance subsequently,, 7
would not consider it advisable to invest
any moneys for the purpose of canal
construction until these essential prelim-
inaries are entirely and firmly arranged
and settled with the Government.
81 am of the opinion that this water
way would be of great value to tine COM
merce of Philadelphia, and would be a
very important link in the line of in
terror waterways, which have been rec
ognized as essential to coast defense as
we'll as to commerce., ard IS therefore a
legitimate object for aid from the gen.
eral Government.
aFor this purpose the % feet deep
canal df not a 3o-feet one) being neces-
sary to pass warships safely, and there
fore the project more likely to secure
Government assistance, is,in my opinion.
to be PREFERRED
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

ca.,ad nroposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, June II, 1870. at III . cioch n. NJ
IMPRovEMENT OF ARLINGTON AVENUE.
from Grand street to Bay View avenue; Bay
View avenue from Arlington avenue TO Gar
field avenue, and Garfield avenue from BAY
View avenue 10 me ,d mac s : ~ GaIes ave.
nue.. including all Intersections; said improve
ment &c be made eonfornaaniS TO me lRso 9
and in accordance With specifications on NE
in the Office of the CLERK Of said Board;
ties must be obtained Mt the office OF the
Chief Engineer, corner of Jersey avenue ana
Mercer EssslTfrMATn or QUANTITIES.
About 1850 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 400 cubic yards Of earth filing.
About 1.600 cubic yards OF SAND OF graVei
filling. nu
About 1900 iineal feet Of curb stone.
About 100 square yards OF repaVing.
About Ii. 900 lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About 500 square feet of relaid bridge stone.
About 16 basin heads to be reset.
About 25 manhola heads to be reset.
About 16 new catch basins and connec-
tions complete.
. About 100 iineal feet of Finch vitrihed
ABOUT 1890 lineal feet of 15-inch vitrined
About 500 lineal feet of 1s-inch vitrifed
About 40. $50 square yards of macadam paw
ing.
ed Will be allowed until December l. 1895. to
complete the work.
The making of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be sub
ject to the remonstrance Of the owners of
ire property liable to more than one-half
the assessment therefor. on the basis OF pre-
liminary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
vclopes. endorsed Proposals for Improvement
Of Arlington. Bay View and Garfield Ave
mes directed to John c. Kaiser, Esq,
Chairman OF Committee on Streets and Sew
ers !" and handed to the Clerk of the Board
in open meeting when called for in the order
Of business relating 10 sealed proposals.
NO city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution Of s~ureties. be allowed.
TIE Board may, under the law above quoted.
exercise its right to reject any or all pro-
pnsaIs..
The attention 81 bidders is especially called
to Section I, Chapter 1874, of the Laws Of
1891, under the terms whereof no contract
effective or operative until the bondsmen offer
I'd by the contractor have been approved as
TO suficiency by this BoarSnrs y IS TO form
IN the Corporation Counseiemands dcent of
this Board having powefaid de- Afe the
prouosed bon1smen under min nine stA
81 order q the Board cs tsar they IMawater
Commissioners. these,or osA
81 Axroa. ltsrn.
1a,+ed Jersey CITY. is
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point the entire membership of the Com
mon Council.
Commenting on this infamous plot. the
Newark Evening News which as
suredly does not love anything Democrat
| ic, says
1t is within the limits of temperate
language to denounce such legislation as
an attempt to usurp. the rights OF. an
intelligent public, and to transfer them
to and invest them in one indiyidual. The n
class cities of New Jersey shall be
f faiYPiseni a ana %p paepaat eEe h saillslep ao meet let
such an exigency as might arise in the
event Of an overthrow of an election
incapable or SO helpless or so corrupt
that they are no longer to be intrusted
with the right of suffrage. 1t is true that
ing in, public places feather headed men
with no more idea of the s~acredness OF
American An riahr soSyereignty than they nave p OF
such mistakes are sentimental, and made
in time of political stress. They have not
yet degenerated into that condition OF
sodden helolessness when they will SUI
pinely permit an attempt to rob them or
their higher rights to pass unheeded-
Let us d that it deprives the whole
work of the Voorhees, committee of any
moral value it might have had. 1t is
true. some practical economies and safe
guards will remain as the result of the
recent investigation. But the improve
e in moral tone which might have
resulted. had the Voorhees, Committee
members stood upright as public spirited
and nonpartisan legislators, has been
~dissipated and destroyed by the action of
these men in lending their influence to
low schemes of spoliation.
One is as bad as the other, is the
comment the average man will make.
Voorhees, the thief of the Newark Coun-
Gil is if anything worse than Barney
Ford, the thief of a few miserable dol
lars. He and his associates are mere
hypocrites and the fine rhetorical indig-
nation of their report to the Senate
is a mere Pharisaical bid for votes.
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not deemed advisable to cross these
1acl-S-at urada -l,ha matter WAS refer

not deemed advisable to cross these
tracks at grade. The matter was refer
red to the proper committee.
John Berkery notified the board that
he wanted the 1886 balance he lain IS
due him for the construction OF the res
was completed November, 1898, and he
should have received the final payment
on the contract within six months iroIa
that time. He said the. money would
have been paid except for, County Su-
perintendent Smith who refused to Ger
tify that the eonsrac tn had III oee easer r9mr
good Condition before the final "a
ment e Is maze N omnfTn1ihttteess meeting.
A requisition for supplies for the new
contagious disease hospital was refer
Board of Health. Warden Ryan reported
that during May there We're in the Aims
house 7Os inmates, z e. m 81 4ne tn the eos, cost
age cost was $500. Warden Grimes OF the
Penitentiary reported for May as fol
ws; mdinfsrspsa e. g ia em al? ayerag ss' COST aaS.
ported BY D pr hssig,t the ID hg nm6Iov Asyl tha
cost was s~3.Sl5.54. the average cost being
Peter Madden was appointed inspector
John j. McMahon was appointed cleo
trical engineer at a salary or Sl2o per
The board received a report from
the State Lunatic Asylum at MOTIFS
Plains which stated that 1o2 patients
from Hudson county were in that insts-
tuition. The board decided to change
the plans of the roof for the power build
ing. It will not place on the building +
corrugated iron root, as the plan caHSu
for because 1t had been shown. to the
satisfaction of the board that such a roof
would not be a good one.
Chief Engineer Harrison INFORMED the
G %Soeseoa1f Il. Smith thai IN R Wees New, o YORK had
been condemned for the Boulevard ioT
Se93. Smith is confined in an asylum n
the money has been paid by me county
able to look after. his affairs and NJ.
Harrison advised the. board to move the
building and try and get the cost our
of the award in the Court of Chaneery.
lie said the building GOULD pc move9 1o ,oT
Tmittee on New Public Road.
Th1 board decided to advertise. for
bids to supply shades, chandeliers. etc,
for the new asylum. Judge McGratn n
formed the Freehdlders that on Tuesday
Of Harrison to sh,w cause why it should
not nav the SCI, 622.2 Il taxes the town owes
the county. judge McGrath explained
that the suit was brought by dirsc1ton
Of County Collector Dugan; He ni SAD t fnae
taxes. but they were making an effort
10 nav while Harrison is not. The board
granted a reouisition for extra locks Tor
fhe new asylum and awarded the con-
tract to supply cooking apparatus n
laundry machines TO frecerlek a. 'en-
Tom Trotter was awarded the contract
TO Law water pipes to the asylum from
the r. ~servoir. After deciding TO give an
employees except mechanics VINO Vote pS %
the day, a ten days vacation the ooaro
adioJrpe6
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S~A a.
MARTIN ACT PROPERTIES.
The City TryiP&to Get Reut for Its
NrW AcdnlfemeDts.

At a meeting Of the Board Of finance
last night the fact came up for consider
alton that the city never derives any
rental from property which It has ac-
quired under Martin act proceedings, al
though much Of the property is tenanted.
Last year the board designated En-
mons & Co., F. C. Wolhert and Cornelius
J. Cronan to look after the property,
which was apportioned among them.
This division has not worked well. There
was neither head nor system.
Last night the board dispensed with
the services of the above firms and
placed the whole matter m charge of
Comptroller Hough, authorizing him to
appoint some reputable agent to collect
the rents.
The board concurred in the award of
the contract to Burke & Jones for the
construction of the main eve in Pine
street, Lafayette, which is to empty
into New York Bay. This IS an improve
ment that Lafayette property owners
have been asking for a year:
The board also concurred in the app!i-
he construction of an 1S-inch vitrified
pipe sewer in Sixteenth street. between
Grove and Henderson streets.
CITY Collector Smith reported that
Personal a Collector Broas had de-
posted with him $4,000 of personal taxes
whole sum Dodge & Co. paid $3.50,
Wagenen S33. Personal taxes are being
paid more promptly than heretofore.
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And what are the bills which Mr..
his reform" committee? They are a
bill to grab a control of the city govern
ment of New Brunswick, which the peo-
pie did not vote to the Republican party.
and two measures for the substitution
Of a sort Of dictatorship for popular suf-
frage In Newark.
One of the most infamous partisan
measures of the session of 1884 was the
ward redistricting commission law for
Jersey City and Newark. This was al
ready q sort of substitution of dictator
ship for popular representation. 1t placed
N the hands of a body of part.san=, named
by the partisan Mayors of these two
cities, one of the most important acts of
Legislation. 1t Is almost Incredible that
such a law should have stood the ordeal
OF the Supreme Court. but it did, as to
Its effects on issues of detail: but the ac-
ton Of such a commission was made
binding upon Newark, and this year,
fifteen Aldermen were elected there by
wards 30 laid out that a Republican ma
jority In the board was a foregone con-
~ciusion.
Now. a ruraor is abroad. that the Court
Of Errors and Appeals, animated by some
regard for the republican form Of govern
rnent. has decided to reverse the Supreme
Court and reject the law. This would
have the effect of turning out the pres
eht outrageous Newark Board of Alder
men. AM restoring their predecessors to
Office as h~oId-overs.
But the majority, Of the predecessors
were Democrats. and this Mr.. voorhees,
and the other ~virtuous "refermers'' can
not tolerate. Two bills have, therefore.
been fathered BIZ the Select Committee
which have No other purpose than to
practically dnvalidate h Judgment of the
highest court In the State. One bill
provides that no Alderman shall hold
over after the expiration of the term
for which he was elected. This means
that If the redistricting law is re-
pealed and the newly elected Aldermen
are thereby ousted those who were
elected under h old and the sounder
law. and who by custom should continue
in office Until Their successors are duly
elected. shall5s ALSO step dow and out.
Now mark the supreme audacaty Of the
.1a hsi5 rub3oh5rfs s,,nnIeno mr. ia
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NEWS OF THE SOCIAL WORLD.
Where Fashionable Jersey City will
Seek Cool RreeZes.

Where Fashionable Jersey City Will
Seek Cool BreeZes.
The honors of the graduating class of
Hasbrouck Institute have been at last
decided, and the momentous question of
who will read is settled beyond perad-
venture. The honors are:-First honor,
valedictory. Mr.. Horace G. Hilton; Sec
ond honor. salutatory. Miss Elsie Gould;
honorary essays, Miss Irene Phillips, Mr..
Henry Albers. Miss edna Edwards. The
following will read their essays.-Miss
Edith Cairns. Miss Convey Fraser, Miss
Edith Buschman. Miss Mary Walker,
Messrs. James Haviland Tompkins, Har-
old A. Koonz and Dudley D.. F. Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur soper, who We're
married in the Bergen Reformed Church
Monday evening, are now in Canada,
where they will remain for several weeks.
Upon their return they will reside with
Mrs. Bliss. No: "a Kensington avenue.
Mr.: George w: Case, Jr, and a mum.
the summer at Racquette Lake, in the
Adirondacks.
The RECEPTION of the graduating class
Of the High School will not be held in
the Armory, as previously announced,
but In Hasbrouek Hall, Tuesday evening,
the eighteenth.
Mrs. c. C.. Stimets and her little son
and daughter have gone to Mrs. Negus's
cottage on Sixth avenue, North Asbury
Park.
Miss Carrie Case, of Manderville ave
nue., has gone to Philadelphia to be
bridesmaid at the wedding of one of her
intimate friends.
The Anniversary parade yesterday,
though pretty to look at. was little. less
than torture to the hundreds of little
tots in the Sunday school. The scholars
of down town schools were particularly
unfortunate, and the long waits along
the line. which they had to undergo were
especially tiresome.
Miss Annie Webster is going with her
father to Canada for a few weeks this
summer.
Miss Louise G.. Farrant will spend the
summer in Denver and the vicinity.
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SPRING HEADACHES.
often Caused by Climate and Seae
Soral (fnUgess

Sonaf Changers
1t is not sufficiently considered to what
an extent all over the world health is a
matter CT climate and seasonal changes.
During the past two or three weeks, as Is
usual at this period of the year, there
has been a great prevalence OF mead
aches, accompanied by depressions OF
snirits and inability, and even unwilling
ness to work. More especially has this
been the case with those whose work Is
indoors-in offices. in studies. IN shops
n in workrooms.
One very common cause of headaches
in large numbers Of persons during the ne
recent season was the sudden cnange
from the dry, frosy, bracing atmosphere
which had prevailed for several s emos weer;s,
condition. The change. relaxed all the
blood vessels Of the BODY. ardN 60
drew a certain quantity of blood from
the nerve centres Win atnnSs p 5g9grs
nerve and brain debility, with lasslluae
and headache. Another common cause
lust now is the hot rooms in winch SO
many people still indulge.-Hospital.
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Discrimination Against senator's.

$780,
It IS a very great pity that so bril-
liant and reputable a man as Foster M.
Voorhees, should lend himself to the ut
terly discreditabie proceedings of the
present Legislature. In saying this, We
have, of course, no reference to the
measures promoted by the Senate Select
Committee. These are mainly good, n
all of them are at least regular in their
course of the Republican majority in
opening the door for its own partisan
acts, while It excludes all others. how
ever urgent the necessity for them may
be.
Here is a sample of the proceedings.
taken from the report in the New York
World" of this morning
Then came a resolution modifying the
adjournment resolution SO that the
Legislature gnt consider the nine bills
introduced. not connected with the work
of the select committee.
ton included his hill. designed to enable
the Hudson Freeholders to appropriate
and mope sail t1r me arsen;oH in front Of the
new City Hall in Jersey. City.
at does not" replied Senator Voor-
hees. IF 1t did the door would be open
for all sorts of legislation. I have sew
eateen bills in my pocket, and II that
bill got through those seventeen would
have to go, too, or my life wouldn't be
"Do those bills m-entionedfcome within
the lines laid downuby the committees
report?- asked Senator Kuhl.1 4
THEY are bills We have decided to
pass" tartly replied Senator Skirm.
'lss.t. then, possible to pass a resofu-
ton here giving some Senators the priv
i1cee OF Introducing bills and depriving
others of the same right?"
''The Senate is all powerful" replied
President Stokes.
On the whole. we think this IS the
most outrageous act that a New Jersey
-jority has ever been guilty 6.
The Bad Legislature of 1892 displayed
some frantic partisanship: but 1T never
quite reached the point Of d.scr.minat-
ing between members on account of
their party Affiliations. The doinGs of
that body changed the complexion of
the State. It's abuse Of Democracy
made the State Republican. We are
much mistaken if the course of the
present Legislature have not a similar
result, rendering the State solidly Demo-
cratic in the coming State election.
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GLUE TO A MISSING MAN.
Furnished ~ a Mysterious Newspa-
per Item from New Jersey


PENNINGTON, June 7. 1S95.-About a
year ago John Z. Walterson. a Phila-
delphia artist. mysteriously disappeared
from his home in that city, and no trace
of him could be found. A few days
ago, while scanning over the city papers
his wife saw an account of a runaway
accident In which John L.. Walterson of
Philadelphia was seriously injured.
Mrs. Walterson came to Pennington
and told a reporter how her husband
had disappeared, leaving his wife and
family in Philadelphia. She said she
knew of no reason for his leaving home,
as he was not in financial difficulties.
When Mrs. Walterson visited sergeant s.
sent from. she learned that no accident
had occurred The 49,. Correspondents resp ndentTn,d ~
the affair and they know nothing about
the matter; but i rs,s thought fsd bis eaasr, Wal-
to some Other reporter that his family
might know that he is still alive.
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Sealed proposals will be received by the
Monday, June Il. 1895, at 70 o'clock A. NJ.
Public Road, over water pipe trench, between
the south side of Griffith street. and the north
side of North street. in accordance with
Engineer, corner of Jersey avenue and Mercer
street, where blank forms of bid and agree
ment of s~ureties must be obtained.
velooes, indorsed. Proposals for restoring
Geo. w. Harding, ESQ, Chairman Of Com.
handed to the Clerk of the Board in open
business relating to sealed proposals.
nor will a substitution Of s~ureties be allowed.
quoted. exercise its right to reject any or all
proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
TO Section Z, Chapter 1874, of the Laws OF
1891. under the terms whereof no contract
shall be binding upon the Sity or become
effective or operative until the bondsmen
offered by the contractor have been approved
as to suiiclency by this Board and as to
form by the Corporation Counsel, the Presi-
dent of this Board having power to examine
the proposed bondsmen under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. T. BoUToN,
Dated Jersey City. June 6. 1895.
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Highest of all in Leayening Power.-Lans US. Govt Report
R&@!Aza!l! fRs s'1Rs
ABSOLUTELY PURE

lowed to do more than s. 81 the savory
goodies.
The spread this year was in charge
of Misses Ida White, Helen Tiffany Lena
De Hart, and these young ladies proved
that they were born caterers. When
the hunger of the pickle eaters began to
be satisfied the lemonade was brought
out and toasts were drunk heartily. The
toasts werI made as follows ACTIVE
Members, Miss Jacobus: Honoraries, Miss
Grace De Hart; Alma Mater. Miss Elsie
Whyte; Fraternity, Miss Edith Crasto;
The Banquet, Miss Alice Waters.
The officers recently elected for the
next year are:-President, Miss Ida
Whyte; Vice President, Miss Clintie
Curtis; Treasurer, Miss Katheryn Har-
ney; Secretary, Miss Lena Jacobus.
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RAILROAD co. INCORPORATED.

The Santo Domingo Midland Railroad
Company has filed a certificate of incor-
poration with the County Gle rk. The in
corporators are:-Dudley Farlin, of New
York: William A. Kennedy, Of Albany;
James Cameron, of New York; Alvin L.
Fowler. of New York: Seward Davis
and Charles Wilson of this city and Caleb
H. Burbarnt, of New York. The capital
stock is to be $500, 900 divided into 5000
shares. The object of the company is
the construction of steam railroads, tele-
graph and telephone lines, wharves, piers
and to dea in lumber. dye woods, operate
mines and erect lighthouses.
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EUcHRE IN THE MINKAKwA CLUB

The Minkakwa Club was honored with
q visit from A. C. Boswell, the crack
pitcher of the New York League team
at its progressive euchre party last eve
ing. Mr.. Boswell accepted the invitation
to take a hand in the game, but he
proved less successful as a euchre player
than a baseball pitcher. Fifteen game
in all were played and George. Smith, who
Hurd won second prize with ten games.
The players were:-E. Clark. c. P. Boas
w. Gahagan, Vincent Connolly, A. c
Boswell, B.. G. Wegman, G. Smith, S.
Boas. Isaac Goldenhorn, J. G%oshlaus. w.
Frantz and s. Herig.
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MRS. ROBBLIEG DEFEATED.
The Supreme Court Decides In Favor
of the Trolley Company.

TRENTON, June I. 1ss5.-Mrs. Wash
ington Roebling, the wife of the Brook
Ign bridge builder, who fought the Tren-
ton Passenger Railway when they at
tempted to put iron posts in front Of her
elegant residence ON West State street,
was worsted in the Supreme Court yes
serday, after she Geied the workmen
10 put up the pole and stood nearly all
night in the hole. with sealskin wraps
md diamonds. She went to law and at
first all her legal movements were sue
sessful, but in the fnal adjudication
she was defeated.