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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-14

Sealed proposals will be received by I
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
Tuesday, August 20, 1895, at 10 O'Clock A \
for the construction OF a 24-inch brick oval.
sewer IN ST. PAuL's AVENUE.
from a point about IS feet east Of Central a
nue. to and connecting with sewer in Oakie
Chapter 27 of the Laws of 1895. and in
cordance with Specifications on file in the Of
of the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement of su
ties must be obtained at the office of the CT
Engineer. corner Of Jersey avenue andHM
EsssTiMNTE OF QUANTITIES.
About s55 lineal feet Of 24-inch brick
sewer.
About 100 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About ; cubic yards Of concrete. -
Time allowed for the completion Of
The making of the above Improvements
award OF the contract therefor win be Is
the property liable to more than one-half,,
assessment therefor on the basis of prelin
nary sketch.
velopes, endorsed Proposals for st. Paul
Avenue Sewer" directed to John C. Kaisel
Chairman of Committee on Streets and Sew
ers, and handed to the Clerk Of the Boar
in open meeting when called for in the crde
of business relating to sealed proposals. ss
No city Official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed
The Board may, under the law above quoted
exercise its right to reject any and all pro
The attention of bidders is especially caae,
to Section Z, Chapter 1874. Laws of 1891, unde
ing upon the city or become effective or oper
alive until the bondsmen offered by the con
tractor have been approved as to suficienc,
alton Counsel. the President of this Boar
having power to examine the proposed bonds
By order Of the Board of Street and watel
I. W. sTARTUP,
Dated Jersey city, August 9. 1885.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-14
OLD SOLDIER BURIED.
SpeciaI to the Jersev Citu Nsars.

SOMERVILLE, Aug. IA, 1S95.-General
Charles H. Tompkins, who died sudden
ly of heart disease on Friday, was buried
from his summer home on West High
street yesterday. The funeral services
were private, only the immediate mem
bers of the family and a few friends
being present. The body was accom-
panied to its resting place in the SOM
erville Cemetery by representatives Of
the Washington Post, G.. A. r., OF New
York City, and General Wadsworth Post
of this place..
General Tompkins was born in Virginia
on September IL. 1884. He entered West
Point in 1858 and served with distinction
in the Union Army. He was commended
by his Brigade Commander for bravery
at the battle Bull Run. and at the close
of the war he was breyetted Brigadier
General. In May. 1886. he was commits
stoned Chief Quartermaster Of the Di-
vision of the Atlantic and stationed at
Governors Island. He was a member
of the Loyal Legion.
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C~oRPORATION NOTICE.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

- ?
Sealed proposals will be received by ths
Board of Street and Water Commissioners N
Monday, August %, 1885. at 10 o'clock A NJ
IMPROVEMENT OF wILKs STRICT
from Sip avenue to the Hudson County Public
81 h9ae IF co the ha@s o t9 Tbs lss5lD Fs aHs IN S 81 ShsDsss
with specifications on file in the office Of tina
Blank forms of bid and agreement Of sure
Ties must be obtained at the Office Of the Chief
Engineer. corner of Jersey avenue and Mercer
EaTiMATh Of QUANTITIES.
AAPont 16o enpic Yards OF earth excavation :
About 90 cubic yards Of sand or graves
About so square yards of Macadam paving.
about 100 square yards Of Belgian Bioca
About 81 square feet Of bridge Stone.
About 400 square feet of tagging.
About $50 llneal feet reset curb stone.
Time allowed for the completion Of the
The making Of the above Improvement AMI
sward OF the contract therefor will be sub
the property liable to more than one-half the
assessment therefor on the basis OF preliimi1
Proposals must pc enclosed in sealed envel-
oPe WiIS snd st1est i. "P51r rspsPss for Improvement
Esq, Chairman of Committee on Streets and
Sewers" and handed to the Clerk Of the
order Of business relating to sealed proposals.
No city oh;cial VIII be accepted as suret,
n Suostleutton u suTetleS De allowed
The Board may, Under the law above quoted.
exercise its right to reject any or all pro-
The attention of bidders Is especially called
to Section Z, Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1881,
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city or become efectivs
or operative until the bondsmen offered b,
the contractor have been approved as Il
sufleiency by this Board and as to form b,
the Corporation Counsel, the President of thf
Board having power TO examine the proposed
bondsmen under oath.
By order Of ths Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
I. W. STARTUP,
Clerk pro tenn
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-14
The water Award, as it stands.

To praise the Street and Water COM
mi~ssioners over much for their action on
the water question yesterday would be
almost an insult. h they did was SIM
ply their duty. Still they are entitled
TO some praise for doing their duty stead
tasty in the face of altogether unusual
difficulties. They are entitled to this
praise whether the award they made
was the best possible one or not. 1t was
the one which they thought best and the
credit is theirs of following the dictates
of their own judgment and conscience
believing they were doing the best posi-
BILE thing for the public.
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R%oosEVBLTING WOODBURY..
Speeiel to the Jersey ON Ne1rs.

Is
WOODBURY.. Aug. IA, 1S95.-William
Ballinger. Lincoln Parks seven-foot
hack driver. had u Harry Smith ar
rested and fined for using indecent Ian
guage. Monday Smiths father caused
Ballinger to be brought before Justice
Johnson of Woodbury. on the charge of
violating an old law which makes hack
driving this State ON Sunday a misde-
meanor. He pleaded guilty to the charge
and paid 50 and costs.
Ballinger then had warrants issued
against the five other drivers for the
same o~ffense. but a defect in the papers
made them void.
Smith yesterday had nine other men
brought before Justice Johnson ON a
like charge. and fines amounting to 81
and costs We're paid.
Ballinger will lave another grist for
the legal mill tomorrow, and there is no
knowing where the matter will end. The
law under which the arrests were made
was passed in 1874. but has never been
enforced in this section before. The
fines go to the poor fund.
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NOTICE.
CORPORATION NOTICE.

coRPoRATfoN NOTICE.
& IAPF IL s sssas ya kaa Msear e eomm msas eG ' By
VIM. III Mntschfer and others for the
DetR MeHq Fsffa sffessf Pa ana Yf F2ansiiA s & in
accordance With the provisions of Chapter. 27
Of the Laws of 1885 ana. in the following
Tp have thesstreet, for the fun width there
of graded to the established grade by ex-
eayRting or filling the same. IsrE2
ao IL 1ha ac,,sb ts het, present n assse; reset ana ne"
.Tp have the earriageway paved with as
phait pavement and all other work done that
thel saFfaee water, and to complete the i'm
proFefneAt in a good and Substantial manner.
Notice lis also givEh that on the 9Th day Of
August 1895, the Commissioners of Assessment
Commissioners their preliminary map show
ingg the probable total eest OF the %contenn.
to be assessed upon the property specially
e pdbiisl inspection il the once Of the Clerk
And notice is also given that the following
fSereef are iaaiaasa 68fE 84aaaiu is easement ssSatSas
namely: -
Ogden Avenue frapyFranklin Street to a
And that in accofdafee wifhi the provis-
Ions Of the be. Ae. above y cited the goth day of Of
meeting-roomi Of the Boafd Of Street and
Water Commissionerspare hereby fixed as the
Street and Water Commissioners will meet
to hear all parties, interested in said applica-
ton and all renaohstranees against the said
proposed improvement that may be presented
BY order of the Board Of street and Water
Commissioners! { ro0EH
2 .gsassws i II " J,sy TEAR Z ,P,
Dated Jerseyscitya August 3, 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-14

CORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Commis-
sioners ESTABLISHMENTS FOR Jersey City wt4t
meet at their office in the bullying occupied
Sc sion eas s 81 sas s8r ssssee Of ad Jersey sgss 4 ve nue'ia aSS
Mercer Street, Jersey City. N. j., On Tuesday.
August & 1872 at 6 oselock & n, 70 ap;
estate to be taken and the damage which
tteress therein may sustain, 81 reason Of the
Improvement of Opening Jackson Place, be-
tween Old @Bergens Road and the Hudson
County Rublie Road. The real estate to be
taken aorssafd improvement may be described
as follows, 10 swit3 all real estate within rs
feet, nteasureds at on both sides
of Observation-Disclosures center line of jack
sorAaPlaee, .H0 wit: beginning at a point in the
noftheri99Flspe ng Old Bergen Road, distant 255
6eetea measured at right angles80and easterly
FROM the eentef line of Neptune Avenue, thence
running noytherly, and parallel With the center
line Of NEPTUNE Avenue. distant 255 feetf
easterly, therefroms to the southerly side OF
the Hudson County Public Road. AT which
time and place said Commissioners of Assess
ment will hear all parties interested in said
Improvement who desire to be9 heard before
them, on the value of the land to be taken
and the damage. the owners of such land or
of any Interest therein will sustain by reason
HUMPHREY w. CARR. Il
MICHAEL SCHULTz, Jr., q
C0RNELfUS j. cHyNAN, i
commissioners of Assessments. 3
Dated Jersey CITY, August 2. 1891. {
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-14
THE award Itself is subject to individ-

THE award itself is subject to individ-
ual Judgment. 1t will have its opponents
among those who favor the other two
companies. and it has many very strong
upholders. 1t will never please everybody.
Nothing ever does. But it will have the
approval, we think. of a great majority
of the public. It certainly will if fact and
reason nave any weight.
1t is impossible. after a candid reading
of the Street and Water Boards report,
given to the public yesterday, to have
any doubts on the subject. The reasoning
is conclusive by which the bid accepted
is shown to be by far the cheapest, surest
and best. II anything were wanting Is
prove the utter lack of merit in the Rock
away and Hudson proposals, it is sup
piled in the concluding portions of the
report. where the reasons for expecting
a steady growth of, population in the
Rockaway Valley are set forth.
But ever assuming the Rockaway sup
ply to be equal in quality to the Jersey
City-a notorious untruth-the demonstra-
ton is now final that it is about sixty
per cent. more costly thar the supply
offered by the Jersey City company.
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NOTICE.

Nfr
Notice is hereby given that on the 9th
day Of May, 1895, application was made tic
ers by GA. McIlroy and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF CEAREMoNT AVENUE,
between Arlington Avenue and Ocean Avenue,
in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
217 of the Law of 1895. and in the following
manner, including an intersections, viz:
of, graded to the established grade. by ex-
f 9isSss graS 81 lhHEips AsA sape to the estab'
To have new 2o-ineh curb set on both sides
thereof. .8MoN MO Qe
t. t. f ssSs he R BSssFlss ssss rss pavea with as
ns ass II st 5sst.d S2s 81 d 5Ss ooa that # @ ma .g be
face atsgpespd "a complete the improve
m Noti n Is + s sss5 s s3q asgu9 aSa, aa t %a1 ne dav .,
August -1ls95e6 thea nConanatssioners of Assess
ments fled wlths the iP9ard Of Street and
showing the probable total cost 81 the con-
tenpiated impfsvenoens and the probable
specially benefttted thereby apa and the same saGpefj Is
now open t9 public inspections In the Office of
the gp Sle psfI S{ s 3 sl ESas slySa 4lSSs s, The fo,,o,v,r {
5ssrssl, are AV ineisas q IN es ssia asss ssSsssas
S3lsslas e, ssgssssEe ocean, avsaats Go
cl s1sss ss's Svs ssS@ sa 8 ssIa SSI n t5sSt s a8Ssss St St
q al zsS ss slss !. a ] s sssssssns s..s sIsSSS AS as , 2ssaf|sss
.% r. @astiS S9!e,d # shs ! s sss S e strset AN. saS
Where = ea 4 H. + gs sas !, ssass st SsSa s sas
iaterestea IN said application and ali
remonsarapees against tie said proposed I'M
Ry gsds6 s 81 sss Ses & s. ssssss n ana wE Wasss
$ sse.aS ! sTAnTup:
! Dated Jersey city, August 4 issA
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-14
WORKING The METHODIsTs.
Senator Rogers Assists i'm Opening a
New Camp Meeting Ground.
Speefal b az Jefseu Gu Nears.

NSk III ShS SttO t%StS
NATIONAL PARK, Aug IA, 1886
This new religious pleasure resort and
camp meeting ground, which in time
bids fair to rival Pitman Grove in popu-
larity. was opened yesterday with inter-
esting ceremonies. The Paulsboro Comet
Band rendered the music for the occa-
sion.
The boats from Lombard street wharf,
Philadelphia, and the trolley cars from
Camden. brought into the grounds a
themselves TO the utmost during the day.
The big pavilion just constructed, will
be formally opened on Thursday.
This park was organized a few months
ago with a capital of $lOO, 900, Rev. ].
E.. Lake of P~aulsboro IS president of
the npa and Congressman Louden-
siageP is treasurer.
This morning sacred services were
held. At 2:30 the American flag, 2Ox40,
was unveiled with thirteen salutes of
the cannon. under the direction of a
detachment of the Sixth Regiment, N.
G., of Camden. under Lieutenant Henry
w. Smith. These men will remain here
for twelve days and fire a salute at sun
rise and sunset each day. Miss Ada
Lake. daughter of Rev. J. e. Lake. fired
has not been fired since the amous bat
ties of TIT.
den had charge of the raising of the
flag, and the patriotic part of the exer-
cises. He also represented the Jr. GU.
A. M. of New Jersey. He made an adj
dress on patriotism and spoke at length
of the historic spot upon which the
park tands Other interesting addresses
were made by Rev. j. E. Lake, 8. Stranger
Iszard of Woodbury., Rev. 2. 8. Wilson
of, Camden. and Rev. A. Lawrence OF
Woodbury.. 1,
were:-Colonel w. H. Cooper, Senator
Rogers of Camden, Congressman 81.
c.. L~oudenslager, Rev. ]. E. Lake, Key.
II tt. Dugan, A. Lawrence, j.. Pine. i.
s. Wilson, E.. P. Mayhem, s. S. Iszard.
w. Sehoffeld and T. R. Fithian.
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JUST LIKE JERSEY CITY.
Social to the jersey CITY Meas.

IAMBERTVILLE. Aug. IA, 1S95.-The
people of this city are complaining very
much of the condition of the water fur
nished by the Lambertville Water Conn
pany. as it has been SO muddy and i'm
pare as to be almost unfit for use. Conn
plants are being made daily to the
Board of Health. who are examining the
houses throughout the city at the pres
emit time. The condition of the water
has been reported to the City Council.
The water company are making a
ments to put a large filter at the reser-
voirs and thus make the supply better.
by a large number of carp which We're
placed in the place several years ago
which keep the waiter muddy Some
citizens have asked permission CT the
city. to run private pipes from a spring
near the city, saying they are tired of
using mud and water mixed.
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Dated Jerseycity. August .. j
NOTICE TO

~ "
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Tuesday. August 20. 1896, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
for the
IMPROVEMENT OF PARAMOUNT AVENUE.
from the Hudson County Public Road to
made conformably to the provisions of Chapter
II! of the Laws of 1895. and in accordance
Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms Of big and agreement Of sure
Engineer. corner of Jersey avenue and Mercer
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES..
About 400 cubic yards Of earth excavation.
About 70 cubic yards Of rock excavation.
About $50 cubic yards of sand or gravel
About $3.50 square yards of Belgian block
paving. -
About 800 lineal feet Of. curb stone.
About 2o square feet of bridge stone.
About 1000 square feet of f~iagging.
About 80 lineal feet Of cribbing. slssll
About u rnanhoie heads reset.
Time allowed for the completion Of ths
The making Of the aboye Involvement and
award OF the contract therefor will be SUBJ
property liable to more than one-hhf the
assessment therefor. on the basis of preiimi-
Pf0gosais mast be enoloses in sealed en-
G e Kaiser e ~Eai Ess'' cb Aysnss," q aiF somd,t g John nn
Streets and Sewers" and handed to the Clerh
OF the Boaro IN open meeting when called fOi
in the order Of business relating to sealed
No city official will be accepted as surety.
nor will a substitution of sureties be al
lowed.
The Board may, under the law above quoted,
exercise its right to reject any or all pro
posa1s.
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 thf city or become effective or oper-
ative until the bondsmen offered BY the con-
tractor have been approved as to sufieienc.
by this Board and as to form by the Corpor
alton Counsel. the President Of this Boar
having power TO examine the proposed bond
men under oath.
By order of the Board of Street AND Waite
Commissioners.
!. W. STARTUP.
Clerk pro tern
Dated Jersey City. August 8. 1895.
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Sealed proposals. will be received by the
FusEaaay. aaesst 70. 1866, at % o'eiooE a. NJ.
IMPROVEMENT OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE.
Rss sDrsYlvs Made q R ay 5 a gam fss lana asiG Of the the
proy i.Eaa of t. eb pa maa A. , s. tSg IaMs Of f 1855 sae
aen nIy'S IN aoedrdshee' with ,specincations on tie
in the ofiiee Of the Clerk Of said Board
ties must be obtained at the office Of the Chief
Engineer, corner Of Jersey avenue and Mer-
Ger st lssT }sFssE c ol5kEiouaNr1r1Es.
About ! a9 S;,i fgbie 5 yards s. Of fse esrt the ex C. vat
About .40I square yards of sand or gravel
Abouth 1000 square yards of Belgian block
Atoaat 4.s5o inlsaiisfeet Of curb stone.
About $500 SQUARE feet Of tagging
About 54l lineat feet Of reset curb stone.
About is lineai feet Of e%ribbing.
About 25 rnanhole heads to be reset.
AboutHa new receiving basin and connection.
About s. receiving ,basin-heads reset.
About Al receiving basins to be rebuilt.
Time allowed for the completion OF the
The m1akings 81 the above Improvement and
iect toatiles rstaonstranSs 9f the owners Of the
assessment therefor, on the basis of prelimi-
nary sketch.
Proposals must, he4enelosed in sealed en-
ment of Magnolia Avenue" directed to .iJohn
c. Kaiser, ElsQJzC Chairman of Committee on
Streets and Sewers and handed to the Clerk
Of the Board in open meeting when called for
in the order soft Business relating to sealed
proposals. sa
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of s~ureties be allowed.
The Board may, under the law above quoted,
exercise its right to reject any or all pro-
posals.
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 iiDOn the pitvf Or bncOmp Affpotiyar or nner-
alive until the bondsmen offered by the con-
tractor have been approved as to suficiency
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. M
BY order Of the Board of. Street and Water
Commissioners.
L. w. STARTUP,
Clerk Pro Tenn.
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PUT TAoKs FOR BICYCLES.
SPECIAL to the JERSEY Catv Neacs.

vINELAND, Aug. "A. 1S95.--The bicycle
halter is abroad in Vineland. Monday
evening as wheelmen were taking a spin
out lands avenu n were crossing
Valley avenue there came a sudden ex-
plosion of tires. Some one had filled a
board with tacks and small nails and
mad fastened it to the bridge where it
was sure to puncture every bicycle that
passed oyer it. Today it was discovered
who the perpetrator of the deed wa and
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now. We can dc things right, now,
and it is to your credit TO handle, the
sewerage question properly, and get
credit in the future.
1.-The occasion for these remarks lies
in the fact that the city of Newark,
the city of Paterson and the city of
Passaic. have at last discovered that
the evil thing which they nave been
doing to their neighbor. Jersey City.
ark is not really e~ensurable in this
matter, since. when she Raced her
water works at Bellevfle. years ago,
she could not have known that her own
sewers would contaminate them. nor
then understand that her sewers would
pollnte her air, the assumption being
that. all the sewage from Newark would
go down to the sea. But the cities OF
Paterson and Passaic have always
known that they We're pouring their
sewage into our drink, and that this is
little short of downright man-pois-
oning, and morally wrong. Today, Jer-
sey City is seeking a new water supply,
and intends to get rid of the Passaic
River: and today the cities of the
Passaic River bank are learning that the
sewage which they are pouring into
their river is imperiling their people,
and that the pollution of the water must
be stopped. They didn't care, so long as
Jersey City people had to drink it, but
now that they lave discovered that their
own people are being poisoned by breath
ing it. there is a roar of protest. and
they want something done
swell. let them do it. This time, it
is not Jersey City which is being hurt.
and we can afford to sit serene and
listen to their walls. The people of Pat
erson, in particular. have always been
especially cool when asked if they would
not help us out of OUT scrape. They
now begin to realize that the Passaic
is just as nasty as we lave said that
it is, and that it has been themselves
who have made it so.''
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DROWNED IN THE SOUTH BRANCH
Speciat to the Jerseu Citu Nees

SPetIut 20 T7B 0ETsey OFty NeUs.
PENNINGTON, Aug. IA, 1Ss5.-As a re-
suit of a plunge In the South Branch
River at Neshanic Station, lear Elem
ington,, on Sunday afternoon, Charles
Cooke, of No. 1913 East Fifty-nintn
street, New York City. was drowned.
Cooke attempted to cross the stream by
wading it. When he reached the middle
of the river he sank in a deep hole and
did not come to the surface again.
Cookies companions could not swim. The
citizens grappled for the body all night
but were unable to recover it until
morning. Cooke was an employe of Hill
Brothers. and was the second employee
to be droWned ecently.
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AS a curious specimen of the total
Ignorance and stupidity which malice
brings to bear upon a great public ques-
ton. we reprint today a letter signed
]. G. T., which we discover in the con-
genial columns of Sheriff Toffey's per-
sonal newspaper venture, the "Chren-
icle." It's absurdity will be as plainly
apparent to most people as its purpose.
AS a financial effort it is truly ludicrous.
1t only leaves the entire water rent in
come of the city out of its calculations.
That is all.
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ATTACKED BY H%IGHWAYMBN.
Special to the JERSEY City Ne.us.

MOUNT HOLLY, Aug. IA, 1S95.-Job
Shinn of this city was waslaid by four
men Monday night in front of the Union
National Bank as he was proceeding TO
his home on Topetoy. He vas dubbed
over the head by the ruftiars and Sc
verely injured. Shinn showed fisht and
saved himself from being robbed.
During the malice he recognized three
of the men, for whom warrants have
been issued. One of his assaiiants was
time when Wesley Warner murdered
Lizzie Peak on the South Peinberton
road.