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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, September Is, 1897, at 2 O'Clock P. NJ,
in the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall,
for the construction of a 12-ineh vitrifed pipe
SEWER IN BERGEN AVENUE.
from a point about 25 feet south of Fulton
Walker avenue, and a Finch vitrihed pipe
sewer in Bergen avenue, from Cedar street to
and connecting with the sewer in Walker ave
Said sewer to be built conformably to the
provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1895.
and in accordance With specifications on hie
in the office of the Clerk of said Board.
Blank forms Of bid and agreement of sure
e G5ief iJES Engineer, CITY Hail, Jersey city, N. ].
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
About $50 lineal feet of 12-inch vitriied pipe
About 5 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 1900 feet B. NJ, lumber in sheathins
and bottom.
About 5 receiving basins.
Time allowed for the completion of the
work, 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 prelimi-
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed an
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Construc-
ton of q Sewer in Bergen Avenue" direct
ed to N Fsrd; HelntTe: Chairman Of the
ed to the Clerk of the Board in open meeting
when called for in the order of business re-
latlnS TO SedleH EIVpoSaAs-
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
Proposals must conform TO schedule of prices
adopted by this Board IA copy of which is on
file in the office Of the Chief Engineer) or
taev viii be declared informal and rejected.
The Board may. under the provisions of the
Act above cited, exercise its right to reject
any or all proposals.
The atteation of bidders is especially called
to Section I. Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to sufl-
cheney by this Board and IS to form by the
Corporation Counsel, the President of this
Beard having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
Bv order of the Board of Street and Water
Gee. T. BoUToN.
Clerk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07

Notice is hereby given that on the I'D day
Of March, 1897, application was made TO the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners by
L. O'Cerlein for the cor instruction of q
SEWER IN MANHATTAN AVENUE.
from a point about 80 feet from Summit ave-
nue., to and connecting with sewer in Central
avenue.
said sewer to be built conformably to
the provisions OF Chapter III of the Laws of
1895. and in accordance with the established
plan of sewerage, together with all the neces-
saly manholes, receiving basins and appur-
Notice is also given that on the oath day
of August, 1897, the Commissioners Of Assess
ment filed in the office of the Clerk of this
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
their preliminary map for said Improvement,
showing the probable total cost of the scon-
templated improvement and the probable
amount to be assessed on property specially
benefited thereby, and the same is now open
to public inspection in the office of the Clerk
of said Beard.
Ana notice is. also given that the follow
thereof is included in said assessment, name-
MANHATTAN AVENUE,
from a point about 100 feet west of Central
aver ne to a point about 100 feet east of SUM
And that in accordance with the provisions
Of the Act above cited. the 18th day of Sep
TENDER. 1897, at TWO o'clock p. NJ, and the
hereby fixed as the time and place when and
where the Beard of Street and Water Com
missioners will meet to hear parties interest
ed in said application and all remonstrances
may be presented in writing.
BY order of the Board OF Street and Water
SEC 7. BoUToN
Dated Jersey City. September !. 1891.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
FOR STEALING COPPER WIRE.

For some months the North Hudson
County Railway Company has been en-
deayoring to cause the arrest of a gang
of boys who make a practice Of stealing
copper connecting wires from the car
tracks along the Hillside Road. Yester-
day superintendent A. X. Banta, Of the
Hudson Electric Company. saw a number
Of bows running off with some of the
wires and he caused their arrest.
The prisoners said h We're Charles
paganeo. is years old. of No. 1e6 Thorap-
son street, and Joseph BoHetti. Is years,
Of No. SIS Crosby street. New York, and
Louis and George Warner of No. 81 Adam
street. Hoboken. Lonis Warner, who
carried the wire, was committed for trial
and the Others were discharged with a
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
ADJUSTMENTS.



The academy Of Music was shaken
to it's very foundations, Saturday even
ing. with the applause and cheering
which greeted the valiant deeds of Cap
tain Jack Conway and his bold sailor
lads in upholding the dignity and honor
Of the American Navy and sOld Glory"
The play was 1.-THE Man-o'-Warsman.v
The principal interest centres in the hero,
Captain John Conway. i-mpersonated by
Mr., Shea. Conway is one of those bold,
fr~ee-and-easy sailors such as Clark Rus
sell loves to describe In his famous sea
stories. The leading female character
is Elinor Denleiglh, who masquerades as
Vera Marandoff, the famous Russian
spy. She is an expert in plots and
i~ntrigues, but she is also in love with
Jack Conway, and when it comes to
choosing between him and her duty to
the Russian Government, she selects the
man-o'-warsman. Her love is reciprocal
ed by Jack. who shows his affection with
a gallantry nd originality which few
artists on the stage can evidence as well
as Shea.
Mr.. Shea is a forcible, conscientious
actor and the play never lacked in
terest when he was on the stage. His
representation of the American Naval
Commander with q courage ready to light
tor his country at any time, no matter
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
STABBED HIS ASSAILANT.

Magnus Crate, % years old, a fireman
on the Bremen line steamship Cdrlsruhe.
went ashore when he reached Hoboken on
Saturday evening for the purpose of
having a good time, He had a months
earnings in his pocket n his first de-
sire was to get drunk. After he had
visited a number of saloons along River
street he got into a fight with August
Brandt Of No. 43 Third street. Brandt
drew a long knife from his pocket and
stabbed Crate in the head, infiicting a
serious wound over the right eye. The
two men were taken to Police Headquar-
ters. and after Crates wound was ban
daged both were locked UP Brandt was
committed for trial On a charge of .atroc-
held as a witness.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
KUNKEL--BURBRIDG

Miss Agnes M. Burbridge was married
last night at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Mary Burbridge, No. IT Hoboken
avenue, to August Kunkel. The Rev.
Robert M. Aylesworth performed the
ceremony. Miss Lizzie LIE Marie was
bridesmaid n Miss Daisy .Burbridge
served as maid of honor Charles Ken
niscn was best man. The couple will
live at No IS Jefferson avenue, where
MI. Kunkel has furnished a pretty lit
tie home for his bride. Those present at
the wedding were Mr.. and Mrs. William
Burbridge, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Forkin, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank List of Fort Lee. Mr..
and Mrs. lie Marie, Mr.. and Mrs. T..
Bagnall, Miss L. Bagnall, Mrs. Edward
Mlller, Mrs. w. Landers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Schink, Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Schink. and
Mrs. Edward Nelson.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
Municipal owDershtp.

Since the Henry George theory wore
out its interest for mankind in general
the panaceists have numerously taken 70
municipal ownership as a fad. 1t would
do them all good to read the article on
the fifth page of last Saturdays sun
on the Philadelphia municipal gas plant.
Persons who nave lived and read the
papers. for the last twenty years. will not
need to be reminded of the fact that the
Gas Works have been the breeding nest
a generation. The MeManes Ring and its
villainies are only less known to fame
than the Tweed Ring from the fact that
in all things Philadelphia attracts less at
tention than New York.
But whatever they may nave cost the
city in robbery and jobbery, in depraving
it's politics and degrading its public life,
the municipal gas works have reached the
climax of their disastrousness in this
present year, when the people are coolly
told that it would cost $40, O00, 900 to bring
them up to date so that they might fur
nish the people with gas that would really
illuminate.
This is the inevitable fate of municipality
owned public works. They cannot pos
sibly keep up with the age. From the
very nature of things they are inadapt-
able to the public needs and incapable of
1 -,,-hor ~ PC
greater or less, they are suddenly found
to be a~ntiquated absurdities, and then
the people think they have been robbed.
n yet it does not necessarily follow
tina they have. The works may be cor
ruptly administered, like the Philadelphia
gas plant. or uprightly, like the Brooklyn
Bridge. The tagging behind the age is a
thing apart from the possibility of dis
honesty. Indeed it might almost be said
that the honest management is more
deadly to efficiency than the dishonest.
In this age, change is the daily rule. 1t
is especially the rule in great mechanical
works. Every manufacturing concern of
ally magnitude, every railway COMPANY
of any account is constantly experiment.
ing, constantly putting in new machinery
and constantly throwing out old. Man
aged by private enterprise, this pays, and
the public accept it as a wonderful feature
of the age, which costs them nothing.
But if a municipality owned institution
should be run on any such plan, every
one who touched it would be denounced
as a thief, and there would be periodical
prosecutions for malfeasance in office.
Municipal ownership is a grotesaue i'm
possibility. 1t is opposed to the spirit of
the age. All a priori reason is against it
and there is abundant experience to prove
its absurdity.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
Dated Jersey city. Sept. 8,
NOTICE TO

Sealed proposals win be received by the
Board of Education, on Thursday, September
90, 1897, at eight o'clock p. NJ, for all labor
and material necessary for the
ERECTION OF SCHOOL NO. q,
northwest corner Boulevard and Graham
street, Jersey City N. j.. in accordance with
plans and Specifications for the same, on He
in the office of the Clerk of the Board, City
Hall. where blank forms Of bid and agreement
of sureties must be obtained.
The Kidding will be divided into six sections,
as follows
First-All work and material comprised in
mason's specifications.
Seeond-AlI work and material comprised in
plumbers specifications
Third-All work and material comprised in
carpenters specifications
Fourth-All work and material comprised in
painters specifications.
Fifth-Ali work and material comprised in
heating specifications.
Sixth-For the entire labor and material COM
pIete.
velopes, endorsed Proposal for Gtem speci-
hed), Public School No. 2L' directed to Mr.,
Ulamor Allen, Chairman of School No. 2I,'
and handed to the Clerk in open meeting
when called for in the order Of business re-
lating to sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of ~sureties be all
lowed.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids if by SO doing the best interests of
the city may be conserved.
By order of the Board of Education.
NJ ]. WISEMAN,
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
IN the Assembly Chamber Of the City Han
for the
IMPROVEMENT OF CRESCENT AVENUE,
from Aston place to Belmont avenue.
Said Improvement to be made conformably TO
the provisions of Chapter "a " the Laws OF
1895, and in accordance with specincatlons on
me sla an tf Forms Glle Of q sid ih and lis agreement at Of sure
ties must be obtained at the Office OF the
Chief Engineer. City Hall. Jersey City. n J.
ESTIMATE Of QUANTITIES.
About 300 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 20 cubic yards of earth filling.
About 120 cubic yards of sand or gravel NIL
About CPS square yards of Belgian paving.
About 290 Iineal feet of curb stone.
About 50 square feet of bridge stone.
About % square yards of repaying.
About $50 iineal feet of reset curb stone.
About 100 square feet of relaid bridge stone.
About / receiving basinhead to be reset
About / receiving basin rebuilt and connec-
lions complete.
$500 allowed for each tree cut down and
removed)
The making of the above Improvement and
award of the contract therefor viii be sub
ject to the remonstrance of the owners of the
property liable to more than one-half the as
sessment therefor on the basis of preliminary
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
ment of Crescent Avenue directed to Mr..
Ferd. Heintze. Chairman of the 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.
No city official will be accepted as surety
Proposals must conform to schedule of prices
adopted by this Board "a copy of which is
on file in the office of the Chief Engineerl or
they will be declared Informal and rejected.
The Board may, under the provisions of the
Act above cited. exercise its right 10 reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section Z, Chapter 1874 of the Laws of 1871.
under the terms whereof no CONTRACT shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bondsnen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to suffi-
cheney by this Board and as to form by the
Corporation Counsel, the President Of this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath. d.
By order of the Board of Street and Water
GEO T. BoUToN.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey city, September 8, 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07

what the odds against him, and with a
heart capable of the tenderest wooing,
was an excellent piece of acting.
HaVilando. was well filled BY Henry
Tesla, an actor of more than ordinary
ability. Mr.. Frank Bournan, as Ensign
in the cast. Mr.. Lawrence Grattan. as
Lieutenant Herman Schiller OF the Unit
ed States Navy. filed his part most satis-
heroine. is an actress of talent, whose
efforts were appreciated by the large au-
dienee present. Miss Rose Adele, as
woman. made one think of The Girl
from Paris
The other participants IN the play, all
of whom filed their parts creditably, are:
Cardenas. Spanish Ambassador; William
Carnes. as Gen Ivan Pietrovitch, Rus
sian Ambassador; j. Irving Southland, as
Gen. Raposo, COMMANDER at Corinto;. j.
L. Gilbert, as Baron Adamantoff, Russian
Admiral Ship Machinoff; Richard Hutch-
ms, as Prince Septime Barensky, OF the
Lieut.. Victor Leontine, French Ship Re-
public; George West, as Hon. Cyril Dem
leigh, English Ambassador; Charles Rol-
Inns. as Count Won Winterfelt. German
Ambassador; John Wilton, as Russian
Gaoler; Miss Gertrude Roosevelt, as Jes-
sic Denleigh. Cyril Denleigh's niece.
not properly dressed. In these days of
correct costuming it CRATES upo peoples
nerves to see an officer of the United
States Navy in dress Uniform with a
Knight of Pythias sword chained to his
side and a chapeau of the same order
on his head, or an Ensign tearing around
in an army blouse. or United States men-
of-warsmen marching about on a state
occasion in a country yachtsman's uni
form, with stars on their collars the size
of moons and white stripes down their
trousers legs, like ordinary lubbers of in
fantry men. The Academy looked ex-
ceeding bright and cheerful after its sum
mer vacation and many improvements
were noticed. One of the most noticeable
was in the orchestra, which was entirely
new and led by Mr.. A. Henchliffe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
An Excellent Programme at the
Bon TOn Theatre.

There were very few vacant seats in
the Bon Ton Theatre last evening and the
people present did not seem to mind the
heat at all for they were kept in a con-
tinuous roar of laughter during the per-
Torrance. The great list of attractions is
headed by those leaders of musical COM
edy, Wood and Sheppard. Nellie Seymour
made a great hit with her song, entitled
Its a Nice Situation for a Lady and
as the tough girl. The Nelson Trio, con-
sisting of George, Marie and Nettie,
created a great deal of laughter as comedy
sketch artists. Prof. Gilbert's trained
goats are a great novelty and are very
amusing.
The other excellent numbers on the bill
are the daring Sisters lola in wonderful
feats on the double trapeze; u Jordan,
champion buck and wing dancing; Will
hams and Adams, the fun makers; the
entertainers, Lewis and Elliott, in an up
to-date comedy duo, and Edith Hall in a
budget of new ongs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION.

The record of circulation of books for
home reading for the week ending Sep
TENDER 4, 1887, was as follows:-General
Works, 113; Philosophy. Il; Religion, %;
Sociology, S.: Pathology, s; Natural
Science, 80; Useful Arts, 81; Fin Arts. 65;
Literature, 2o5; Fiction. 4,264; Juvenile Fic-
ton. 1,422; History, "a; Biography, 65;
Travels, 1903: total. 6.584.
OF this number there were delivered
through the delivery stations, 3.702.
Number of borrowers registered during
the week, So.
Total rumble If registered borrowers,
S2,45G
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
CORPORATION NOTICE
NOTICE 10 CONTRACTORS.


Board Of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, September 10, 1897, at two o'clock
I. in the Assembly Chamber of the City
IMPROVEMENT OF BEACON AVENUE,
from Summit avenue to Hudson Boulevard.
SAID Improvement 10 be made eonforrnabiy to
re 1 provisions Of Chapter "a Of The Laws OF
file in the office of the Clerk OF said Board.
Blank forms OF bid and agreement Of sureties
Engineer City Hall. Jersey City, N. J.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
ABOUT l6U cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 20 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About 900 cubic yards of earth filing.
ABOUT 20o cubic yards Of sand or gravel filing.
About 800 square yards of Belgian in gut
tiers.
About $50 linea1 feet of curbstone.
About $50 square feet of bridgestone.
About 1900 square feet Of Tagging.
About q square yards of repaving.
About 20 lineal feet of reset curbstone.
About 2 new catch basins and connections
About IS lfneal feet of 1s-inch vitrifed pipe.
Time allowed for the completion of the work.
70 working days.
The making Of the above Improvement and
to the remonstrance OF the owners of the prop
erty liable to more than one-half the assess
sketch.
PROPOSALS must be enclosed in sealed en-
yelopes, endorsed Proposals for the improve
ment of Beacon avenue" directed to Mr..
Ferd Heintze. Chairman of the on
on Streets and Sewers and handed to the
Clerk CT the Board in open meeting when
called for in the order of business relating TO
sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed
Proposals must conform to schedule OF prices
adopted by this Board IA copy OF which is. on
file in the office of the Chief Engineer) or they
will be declared informal and rejected.
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 T, Chapter 1874. of the Laws OF 1881,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to suficiepcy
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
ton Counsel, the President of this Board hav-
ing the power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEORGE I. BoUToN.,
Clerk.
Dated Jersey city. Sept. 3. 1897.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
MRS. SULLIVAN HAS A FIRE.

Fire was discovered at $50 o'clock
Saturday night last in the apartments Of
Mrs. Hannah Sullivan. on the third floor
of No. SIS Summit avenue. Mrs: Sullivan
was out at the time. A still alarm was
given and members of engine company
No. 7 responded, extinguishing the flames
in short order. A bureau and two up
holstered chairs were destroyed. The
house was slightly damaged. It is owned
by Mrs. HANNAH Schiek.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-07
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
DATED jersey clty. sept. 5. ls97.

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Monday, September Is, 1891, at two O'Clock
2. NJ. in the Assembly Chamber of the City
IMPROVEMENT OF ORIENT AVENUE,
from Ocean avenue to jackson avenue.
Said Improvement to be made conformably to
the provisions of Chapter 27 of the Laws of
1895 and in accordance with specifications on
file in the Office of the Clerk of said Board.
must be obtained at the office of the Chief
Engineer. city Hall, Jersey City, n. J.
About 700 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About 700 cubic yards of earth filling.
About 12o cubic yards of sand or gravel fill
About 1880 lineal feet of curb stone.
About $50 square feet of bridge stone.
About $500 square feet of tagging.
About % square yards of repaving.
About 100 lineal feet of reset curb stone.
About 12o square feet of relaid bridge stone.
About 400 square feet Of relaid tagging.
About 4 receiving basin heads to be reset.
About $ ranhole heads to be reset.
30 working days.
The making of the above improvement and
award of the contract therefor win be subject
to the renonstrance of the owners of the prop
erty liable to more than one-half the assess
ment therefor on the basis Of preliminary
sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes. endorsed Proposals for the improve
Ferd Heintze, Chairman of the COMMITTEES on
on Streets and Sewers and handed to the
Clerk Of the Board in open meeting when
called fer in the order of business relating to
sealed proposals.
No city official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution of sureties be allowed.
Proposals must conform to schedule of prices
adopted by this Board Ia copy of which is on
file in the office of the Chief Engineer) or they
will be declared informal and rejected.
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
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as to suficiency
by this Board and as to form by the Corpora
ton Counsel, the President of this Board hav-
ing the power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
By order Of the Board Of Street and Water
GEORGE t. BoUToN..
Clerk.