New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-11
JERSEY CITIES AND TOWNS.
NEWARK.

second conference between representatives. vi
the city and the East Jersey Water Company was
ho,d yesterday AT the office of the Board OF WORKS
The CITY was represented by Mayor Lebkucher, Cry
Counsel Riker City Attorney Depue' Engineer o"''
rerd and the members OF the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners. The question was do W Wv
dimensions of the pipe line, whether IL shou'n oe %
such size a. will bring the supply up TO the contract
requirements or whether duplicate OF the p'ese"
line should be built. the city either 10 pa! pau %
the cost or to relieve the East Jersey " a'cr I'm
many NJ the obligation to build supplementary
hirh-service conduit. There was dlsagreehleh'
The city was willing to accept 4S-inch dupnoate
conduit ard relieve the company from the ophsa
ton of constructing a duplicate CONDUIT ioi '''
high service The city would not consent ho"e'.'
TO the proposal that both pipe lines be accepteu do
soon as completed. and thus relieve the COMPANY
from its responsibility under the origihdi c'"'i"0
News was received in Newark yesterday Of the
death of the Rev. VI. l.. OConnor, formerly VI
Newark who died at Peoria. H.. on Sunday. ne
was a son OF Martin OConnor. He was graduated
from Seton Hall College and ordained 10 the priest
hood In St Patrck's Cathedral. He went 70 feoria,
where. at the time OF his death, ne was pastor OF
St Mays Church and chancellor or the diocese
Father O'Connor thrty-siX years od.
William Virgins, the newly appointed janitor OF
tho Lawrence-st. Public School, brought suit ioi
SO 900 damages yesterday INST Major Carl l-eh%'
chairman 0. the Republican County committee
The complaint charges Islander. Major Lentz OPP
posed WIggIng's appointment as Jin!toT. II - IA.
that statements injurious to the character ",
Virgins were made to Drs Read and Roden, Scnooi
COMMISSION, by Major LcntZ. Or lsoGeh, II -
SAID, believed them, and opposed WlSSinss APP
pontment az jantor Tor that reason. VICE iS
claims that Major I.entZs dntpathy 10 MN Is Inc
result OF a political feud
Henry NJ Parkhurst died on Sunday at his rome,
No. 100 ClintoD-ave. He was clbhty-t"o years oii
Parkhurst-st. named after MIN, ana ne owned
large tracts of land in the city. Mr. ParKlGrst IN
her,t 81 A
Parkhurst. lie the oldest member OF the Board
of Directors of the Howard savings INSTITUTION ana
was secretary OF the Mount Pleasant Cemetery AS
ISOLATION. From lsj+ to 1883 Mr. Parkhuist was an
Common Council. lie the first president OF the
Merchants Insurance Company. ana was one OF inc
founders OF the South Park Prcsby terrain Chlrch.
He leaves q wife and two children.
Annie Rciss seventeen years Old, living In Broome-
St who was missing for four weeks, has returned
one Philip Konow and he closely Intercepted d.
but deLied any knowledge OF the girls WHEREABOUTS
The girl said that when her mother caught her IN
Konow's company the night she disappeared she
ashamed to 80 home. and so she went 10 Ne"
York There she applied at intelligence Office In
Dclancey-st. and the next day secured pace as
housemaid in the home OF j. SHERMAN, No '55
Fifth-st She remained there until last Saturday.
when she to the homa Of her aunt IN New YORK,
and the latter accompanied her to Newark
Wheeler e Russells hat factory at New-Jersey
RailrOad-aVe and Miller-st has been closed chat-
tel mortgage sale In the interest of ThOm q Bayey,
hat commission merchants. of No. II washington
Place. New York will take place Tomorrow The
mortgage is FOR s21.s6J o.. and 3 dated May 5ls'i
There are several other mortgages against Wheeler
e. Russell for t25 600 ard another for $1,000 BY
tho closing down Of the factory abOu. go men were
thrown out of employment.