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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, November 4. 1895, at 10 o'clock a. M.
for the construction of a Finch vitrffled
pipe
from a point about 250 feet east OF Chestnut
avenue to and connecting with the sewer in
Chestnut avenue
provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1895, and
in accordance with the established plan OF
sewerage and in accordance with specifications
on file in the office of the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms Of bid and agreement Of sure
ties m n &c eor qsaaio of Jersey ct eSe a ellaGs Of a sns 1 Merl
Ger s'rfssi NJ NATE OF ouANTITIEs.
About 800 lineal feet of 12-inch vitrified pipe
About 200 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 10 cubic yards of concrete.
About 1 receiving basin.
About 5000 feet B. M. of hemlock sheathing
and bottom timber.
work, forty 40) working days.
The making Of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be sub
ject to the remonstrance of the owners of
the property liable to more than one-half the
assessment therefor on the basis of preiimi-
nary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
Magnolia Avenue directed to MIR. John c..
Kaiser, 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 business relating to sealed proposals.
nor 70 viii lily a substitution Of s%ureties be allowed.
The Board may, under the provisions of the
act above cited, 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;
be binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered hsy
sufaciency by this Board and as to form by
the Corporation Counsel. the President Of this
Board having power to examine the proposed
bondsmen under oath.
BY order Of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. T. BouToN,
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
Dated Jersey city. october 2
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board o. Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, November 4, 1895, at 10 o'clock A.. M,
IMPROVEMENT OF EGE AVENUE,
from a point about S12 feet west of Ocean
avenue to Jackson avenue.
said Improvement to be made conformably
to the provisions of Chapter 2If of the Laws of
1895. and in accordance with specifications on
Blank forms of bid ana agreement of
suretiss must be obtained at the office Of
4 ESTIMATE OF ouANTITiEs.
About $50 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About so cubic yards of earth filling.
About 2T5 cubic yards of sand or gravel
filling.
About 400 square yards of paving Belgian).
About 700 lineal feet of curb stone.
About 1870 square feet of bridge stone.
About i5o iineai feet of reset curb stone.
About $50 square feet of relaid bridge stone.
About SO lineai feet of %cribbing.
About 5 manhole heads to be reset.
Time allowed for the completion of the
work, forty-fve 05) working days.
award of the contract therefor viii be sub
ject to the remonstrance Of the owners Of the
assessment therefor on the basis of prellmin-
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
ment Of Eye Avenue" directed to MIR. John
C.. Kaiser, Chairman of Committee on Streets
and Sewers" and handed to the Clerk of the
order of business relating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
The Board may, under the provisions Of the
act above cited, exercise its right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section I, Chapter 1874, of the Laws OF
shall be binding upon the city or become
effective or operative until the bondsmen
offered by the contractor have been approved
as to suhiciency by this Board and as to
form by the Corporation Counsel, the Presi-
the proposed bondsmen under oath.
By order OF the Board Of Street and Water
GEO. T. BoUToN,
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
VALLEY RAILROAD
Leave Pennsylvania n. n. Depot.

Leave Pennsylvania n. H. Depot.
7.I2 A. NJ. daily. except Sunday. for MAUCR
CEIJNK and intermediate stations.
sac A. N. daily for GENEVA ROCHES,
rEB RUFFALO, FALLS, SUSA
pINSION BRIDGE and the West and prin-
o;1ai local points; dining car to Suspension
Sridge. Pullman vestibule sleeper to Chi
c1So 3 A. NJ. daily Qeaves 1912 A. NJ, Sum
dav1. for MAUCH CHUNK and Intermediates
POINTS; connecting for Reading and Harris
O9 1.fs; P. NJ. daily, except Sunday, for ELMIRA
- ali intermediate stations; connections fcE
HpO0TTSvILLE and READING. Chair car Ia
WIS., siA p. NJ. Sundays only, for WILKES
RSRRE, L. & B. JUNCTION. and all IN
te TI5s =. M. daily, except Sunday. for L. 81
cations. Pullman buffet parlor car to Wilkes
sarrS connections for Pottsville.
Az P. M. daily, except Sunday, for BOUNu
pROOK and intermediate stations.
5:s2 P. NJ. daily for EASToN and inter.
m sls 3. NJ. daily for BUFFALO. NIAGARA
wS1JS and all points west, Pullman sleeping
vsst,huled train, New York 10 Chicago, sleeper
~ Rnfaio and Toronto; connections for Read
ing and and Harrisburg.
Nf.4s F. M. daily, except Sunday. for EAS-
rSN and intermediate stations
S:ie p. NJ. daily for ITHACA.
ROCHESTER,, BUFFALO, NIAGARA FALLS
ssScsso ana BUFFALO: chair car to wlkes6arraa
5YcFets and Pullman accommodations 40
peansyivania R. R. Depot
The New York Transfer Co. viii call for
and check Baggage from hotel or residences
through to destination.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
THUR DAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 1896,

at 4 o'clock P. NJ, at which time there
will be opened the proposals for furnish
ing and delivering at the County Store
room, Snake Hill. and County Jail, Gro
ceries, Dry Goods, Hosiery, Notions,
Hardware, Lime and Cement, Meat, Milk,
Eggs, Shoes, Paints and Oils, Wooden
ware, Teas, Vegetables, Tobacco, Pre-
visions, Coal, Lumber, and other supplies,
the delivery of which shall be free to
the County.
Bidders can obtai information of all
supplies required upon application to the
Clerk of the Board, next to the Court
House, who will have printed detailed
lists of supplies on or after October %.
Contracts for all supplies to date from
award and terminate November 80, 1896.
Proposals to be on forms obtained Of
ed, and to be sealed and endorsed with
the name Of the bidder and nature of
Samples of goods required can also be
seen at the office of the Board.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids if deemed for the best
interest of the County SO to do.
BY order of the Board.
John BOYD, Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25

CORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the eleventh
day of September, 1893, application was made
sioners by Cecilia Detwiller and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF OLD BERGEN ROAD.
Bartholdi and Jackson place, between Ocean
avenue and Old Bergen Road, in the following
ToGhave the street for the full width there
of graded to the established grade by exA
cavating or filling the same to the established
TO have the present curb reset and new
16-ineh curb set where necessary.
To have the present Tagging relaid and
new tagging laid where necessary;
To have the carriageway paved with 6-ineh
macadam pavement.
TO have the present bridge stone cross
walks relaid and new bridge stone laid where
and all other work done that may be nee
essary to provide for the flow of the surface
good and substantial manner.
Notice is also given that on the twenty-sec7
ond day of October, 1895, the Commissioners OF
Assessment filed with the Board Of Street
and Water Commissioners their preliminary
sketch, showing what property will probably
be assessed and the probable amount of bene-
Mt to each lot or parcel of land, also the
frontage for the said Improvement and the
same is now ogg , to public Inspection in The
and Water Commissioners.
And notice is also given that the following
OF. are included in said assessment. namely
Old Bergen Road. from Gates avenue to
Hudson County Public Road.
Sea View avenue, from Old Bergen Road
about GILL feet northwest and 222. 10 feet
Neptune avenue, from Old Bergen Road about
51. 60 feet northwest and $50 feet southeast.
jackson place. from Old Bergen Road to
Ocean avenue.
BartholdI place. from Old Bergen Road to
Ocean avenue.
Pearsall avenue, from Old Bergen Road
about 5S2.5O feet northwest and 2s6.9s feet
Noble street, from Old Bergen Road about
$50 Is feet northwest thereof.
Columbia place, from Old Bergen Road about
M 10 fnAf 2 : + hnrAO
Greenville avenue, from Old Bergen Road
Linden avenue. from Old Bergen Road about
494.9 feet northwest and $50 feet southeast.
Danforth avenue. from Old Bergen Road
about 422.S2 feet northwest and 44S.9 feet
southeast.
Gator avenue. from Old Bergen Road about
351.9 feet northwest and 70 feet southeast.
McAdoo avenue, from Hudson County PUBLIC
Road TO a point about 200 feet southeast OF
Old Bergen Road.
And that the nineteenth day of November,
1895, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, and the meeting
room of the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners are hereby fixed as the time and
place when and where the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners will meet to hear
parties interested in said application, and
al remonstrances against the said Improves
ment that may be presented in writing.
BY order of he Board OF Street and Water
GEO. r. BoUToN.
Dated Jersey City. October %. 1885.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
C0WARDLY RUFFIANIsM.
Robert H. McCarter Attacks the
Memory of Leon Albeit.

Robert HI. Attacks Inc
Memory of Leon Albeit.
There was a Republican ''nass meeting'
in Woods Hall last night. The Young Mems
Republican Club and several other Republi-
can clubs from various parts of the city half
filled the hall. There was plenty of office
seeking enthusiasm.
Fire Commissioner John Brennan called
the meeting to order. Flarel MCGEE pre-
sided. Congressman Roswell G. Horr eulo-
gized John w. Griggs and said unkind
things about the Democratic party.
Robert H. McCarter, of Newark, was
tolerated until he attacked the late Cover
nor Leon Albeit. Then the Republicans
became ashamed and some Missed the
speaker.
e. Frank Sutherland tore several of his
Democratic benefactors fore and aft.
Flavel McGee concluded the speech max
ing by declaring Griggs would carry the
State by 5000. Some cheered. Others
thought it would be advisable to wait until
after election day to cheer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
SENTENCES IN THE SESSIONS.
Light Penalties for a ssSiar BoardeT's
and a Child AbductOT.

Yesterday was sentence day in the
Sessions Court. and the following Offend
ers received punishment at the hands
of Judge Hudspeth:-
James Mahoney, the ''star boarder'
who knocked down his boarding mistress,
Mrs. Mary Kelly, of Harrison, with an
iron pot because she did not move
quickly in getting his supper, was fined
50 ana costs.
Michael Pelser, the aged German who
enticed se~ven-year-old Wanda Adler from
her home in West Hoboken, to Hoboken.
and was arrested while trying to induce
her to drink beer in a saloon, escaped
with the very slight penalty of thirty
days to the County Jail.
William Donovan, convicted of mali
cious mischief. Ven to the Pe~nitentiary
for six months. Donovan broke a large
quantity of glassware and wrecked a
billiard table in a Hoboken saloon
Henry Roundtree, convicted of as
sauIt and battery, was fined IS and costs.
Ernest Altenberg, also convicted of as
sault and battery, got three months to
the Penitentiary.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
Dated Jersey city. october Is, IS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners, on
Monday, November A, 1895, at 10 o'clock A. NJ,
for the construction of a ffteen-inch vitrifed
SEWER IN MARION PLACE,
from Giles avenue to and connecting with
sewer in West Side avenue.
Said sewer to be built conformably to the
provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1895,
in accordance with the established plan of
sewerage and in accordance with specifications
on file in the office Of the Clerk of said Board.
ties must be obtained at the office Of the
Chief Engineer corner of Jersey avenue and
Mercer E@ EssfSIi afTSey OF S'tSt & 4 4
About 400 lineal feet of 15-inch vitrifed pipe
About 5 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About l receiving basin.
About 5000 feet B. M. sheathing and lumber
Time allowed for the completion of the
work, thirty 800 working days.
The making of the above improvement and
award of the contract therefor will be sub
ject to the renionstrance of the owners of the
property liable to more than one-half the
nary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
Marion Place directed to MIR. John c..
Kaiser, 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 business relating to sealed pro-
No city official will be accepted as surety.
nor will a substitution of s~ureties be al
lowed.
The Board may, under the provisions of
the act above cited. exercise its right to re-
ject any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section Z. Chapter 1874, Laws of 1891, under
the terms whereof no contract shall be bind
ing upon the city or become effective or oper-
alive until the bondsmen offered by the con-
tractor have been approved as to .suflciency
by this Board and as to form by the Corpor-
alton Counsel. the President of this Board
having power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
By order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. t. BoUToN,
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25

Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
The Standard Hallway Of America
In Effect October Is, 1895.
RAILROADS

Trains leave Jersey city as follows:-
FOR THE WEST
9.44 A. NJ. Fast Line, with vestibuIe Parlor
Car, daily for Pittsburg.
1Ol4 a M, the celebrated Pennsylvania Linz
lted. the pioneer Of this class of the ser vice,
composed exclusively of Pullman Vestipuis
s M Smd II sleeping Dining Observation.
movable electric lights, daily for Pittsburg,
SSnicago; Cleveland, Indianapolis, Louisville.
81 LOUIS CINCINNATI and Toledo.
~ r. NJ. chicago and St. Louis Express,
9asn duiiMan Sestibule Sleeping and Dining
ears. daiy to st. Louis. Louisville and Chi
s14 P NJ; Western Express, with pullman
Chicago and Cleveland. Dining Car to Phila..
sIeeEing and Dining cars to G&e SiSscin5 pgllm naa
s. ST. Il Louis oolis q Arrives T Cincinnati 600 F: H.. IN
S D. 4 agl9 +. NJ st. Louis zoo A NJ.
SIS P. NJ, Pacific Express. Pullman Sleep
BALTIMORE. washington AND THE
For Baltimore. Washington SoShE and tn. son,a
at s13. s.4a. s;1S. 1924. 1I13 "A. n. S2s ts.33
sylyania Railroad Dining Carr. AS. SSfs and
s.15 p D., and 1880 night. On sunday, S,zs.
Parlor. Cars and Pennsylvania Railroad Dining
Car. 44S. 5.1S and 9.15 r. IT., and Il. 50 night.
For Baltimore only. la p. NJ. week DAYS
FOB PHILADELPHIA.
Express for Philadelphia, 6.sS, ~, S13. $50.
ana and lis Is 4 lo, n. fIss9 lis' 1ga aaa Lisp15igted)i ~ 4
SIS, GA, .&o2, SIS. ais F. NJ. and ies nigh.
Llmitedl, 1915, lib a. NJ, 213. 4.1s, I.4S, 5.l3,
6.4, 500. SIS, 9.15 P. NJ. and L. 80 night. Ac.
COMMUNICATION. n.15 A. NJ. 4.44 and 7.15 P. 81.
week DAYS. Sundays, 5.15 and 7.15 P. NJ.
For Atlantic City, lib A. NJ. LA P. NJ.
Pullman Buffet Parlor Car and 2.23 p. M.
week days. 6.s4 A. NJ. Sundays.
For cape MAY. LA P. M. week days.
For Long Rrancs, Asbury Park. Ocea-
Grove, Point Pleasant and intermediate sta
si9os' % w Rahway. 923 a M. 1923
1000 A NJ. 5.22 P. NJ. (Stop at Inter,aken for
As6ury Park or Ocean Grove on sundny9
The New York Transfer Company will call
for and check baggage from and to hotels and
residences.
S. NJ. PROVOST, J. r. WOOD
Genl Manager. Gen'I Passenger Agent.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
sTENoGRAPHY AND TYPEwRITING
School. No. SIG Broadway. New York: 81
a week. Call or write.


AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AN Or
dfnance, entitled AN Ordinance to
license and regulate Inns and Taverns
and Restaurants, and the sale of spiritu..
ols, vinous, malt and brewed liquors.,
passed June II, 1889, and the several
amendments thereto.
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey
City do ordain as follows
Section 1.-That any person not licensed
under the ordinance. the title to which is
above cited, who shall sell or offer or
expose for sale, any spirituous, vinous,
malt or brewed liquors shall be deemed
and taken to be guilty. Of violation of
this ordinance, and shall be subjected to
a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars
($250.
parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith
be and fix same are hereby repealed.
Passed September rs. 1895
REUBEN SIMPSON,
President.
EDWARD w. WOOLLEY,
City Clerk.
Approved September 80, 1885
PETER +. WANSER,
Mayor.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
CITY NEWS NOTES.

vicscr Richter, twenty-five years old,
Heights, was seized with a fit in WASH
iiagton street. Hoboken. last evening, anu
i'll falling cut his head badly. He was
sent to St. Mary's Hospital.
Lewis Sunirnertield. ten years old. of
No. 3l8 Fifth street, had his legs trac-
trred yesterday afternoon by catching
Cusick. of No. 1854 johnson avenue, or
Coles street.
Philip Munney. a bridge binder en-
ployed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
fell off the National Docks Railway tres
tie this morning and sustained painful in
juries.
The Rev. d. J.. jenkins and his or
phan musicians furnished an interesting
entertainment last night to q large au-
fiencc in the Bethesda Baptist church
Dl Gregory street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
SERIOUS RESULT OF A BARROOM
QUARREL.

In the Court of Special Sessions yes
terday afternoon Adam Frommer and
Louis Venske, fremen on the steamship
New York. Were tried for ~assaulting
John HEM and Frank Stuart on Oc-
tober Ii. The four men met in a Ho-
boken saloon and became involved in a
quarrel. They were elected from the
saloon and continued the row on the
sidewalk. Frommer is alleged to have
stabbed Stewart. Both were found guilty.
Frommer was sentenced to one year in
State Prison and Venske to six morsths
in the County Jail.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
CLERICAL s%OURRILITY.

BOSTON, Oct. 25,, 1s95.-Rey. Frank
Hyatt Smith, of the North Avenue Congre-
g~ational Church, Cambridge, who is under
indictment here for sending scurrilous mat
ter through the mails, arrived from Denver
last night with his wife. Mr.. Smith is IN
der bonds to the amount of $1,000 for his ap-
pearance in Boston next Monday morning,
when the United States Circuit Court comes
in for the fall term. Then he will be ar
raigned and plead to the Indictment, a
date will be set for his trial.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
TIMBER HIGH AND DRY.

BANGOR. Me-, Oct. 25, 1s95.-A lumber
man who arrived here yesterday from the
st. Johns River states that the low water in
that stream is causing the lumbermen great
anxiety There are about %, 000, 900 feet of
lumber in the upper portion of the river
which will not be able to move before ice
forms, unless there is a big rise in the water
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
LADY LYTT0N's APPOINTMENT.

The late Owen Meredith was yet an
other example of the folly of ~aliterary
mans engaging in any sort of specula-
ton. He died almost penniless, which
bers what he must have made mt only
by his pen, but by his political appoint
ments, and what large amounts his
oueathed to this only child of his. The
Queen has appointed the Countess of
Lytton lady of the bedchamber In wait
PERSONS friends who were most anxious
as to her future, thus left unprovided
for.-Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
o'BRIBN ARRAIGNED.

W illiam j.. O'Brien, another one of the
employees of the Jersey City Supply Com
pany, who was arrested for robbing the
company of a quantity of plumbers ma
~terials, was arraigned in the Sessions
Court yesterday afternoon. He pleaded
not guilty and was admitted to bail in
the sum of $500. Richard O'Brien, his
brother, becoming his surety in that
amount.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
IN HONOR OF

The Geographical Society Of Florence
has decided to celebrate in 1898 the 4ooth
anniversary of Anaerieus Vespucius' voy-
ages of discovery, and. to invite all the
geographical societies in the world to
take part III the festivities. There is to
be an exhibition of objects relating to
these Voyages, and at the same time the
unwilling Of a monument to the Italian
~traveler who has given his name to the
continent which Columbus discovered
Philadelphia REGARD.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
SIX MONTHS FOR TWO GEESE.

Joseph Buttner was tried in the Ses-
sions Court yesterday afternoon on a
charge of petit larceny. He was dis
covered a few days ago by Policeman
McDonough stealing two geese from the
residence of William Knoblach, at No.
173 Rose averue. He also had a number
of policy slips in his possession. Hs
was convicted on the charge of differing
the fowls, the charge of policy playing
being nolle pressed. Judge Hudspeth
sentenced Buttner TO six months in the
Penitentiary.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
MORRIS PARK PERSECUTION.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 1s95.-Coionel S.
B. Lawrence, president of the Westchester
Racing Association, was arrested this morn
ing on a charge of violating the
gambling laws at Morris Park races, at
No. 10 Aston place, by Acting Inspector Nc
Cullagh, and taken TO Essex Market Police
Court,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
IRON MEN GET MORE PAY.

LAWRENCE, Mass, Oct. 25, 1S95.-The
proprietors of the foundries here lave agreed
to grant the requests of the local iron and
brass moulders for an increase in wages, in
Guiding the establishment of $3.50 as the
minimum days pay, the abolition of piece
work and recognition OF the union.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
SIR ROBERT PEELis DEBTS.
BIZ Gable to tie United prcse.

LONDON, Oct 25, 1s95.-The Bankruptcy
Court recently gave its approval to a scheme
by which the unsecured creditors of Sir
Robert Peel were to receive ten shillings in
the pound, provided the sum Of s10,0C0 de-
posted Tor that purpose was sufficient to go
around to that extant. But q short time ago
Mrs. Langtry rendered proof of Sir Roberts
indebtedness to her in the sum of e4,500, and
the deposit has, consequently, been increased
to G12, $50.