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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25

Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
Of April, 1898. the Commissioners of Assess
ment flied in the Office OF the Clerk of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners
their final assessment map and report for the
construction of a
WI IN EGE AVENUE,
from a point about 50 feet west OF West Side
avenue to Mallory avenue, and through NAL
lory avenue to and connecting witt sewer in
Clarke avenue, in accordance with petition pre-
viousiy presented to said Board on the 18th
day OF April, 1897, and conforraably to the
provisions Of Chapter 2I7 of the Laws Of 1895,
and the same is now opan to public inspection
il, the Office Of the Clerk of said Board.
And said map also shows the assessment Tor
a Just portion OF the cost and expense for
the main sewer in
WEST d YALE, AND HATCH
And notice Is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections there
Of are included in said assessment. namely:-
EGE AVENUE.
from a point about 1914 feet northwest Of
West Side avenue to Mallory avenue,
AVENUE,
from Eye avenue about 23.15 feet northeast
and about 100 feet southwest thereof.
Aad that in accordance with the provisions
of the Act above cited, the % day of May,
1898, at 2 o'clock P. NJ, and the Assembly
the time and place when and where the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners viii meet
to hear, consider and adjudicate upon all OBJ
jections to the confirmation of said final as
sessment map that may be presented in writ
ing.
cEoRGE T. BouroN,
Dated Jersey city, April %. 1888.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
oOMMUNIPAW TRACKS LAID.


Contractor Connolly Says the jackson
Ave. Sewer Will Soon he Finished.
Contractor Michael Connolly, who I'M
dertook the job Of reconstructing both
the C~omMunipaw n Jackson avenue
sewers, has finally completed the Com
munipaw avenue sewer and that street
is now open for trolley traffic on both
tracks. Formerly only the Newark bound
track was in use between Madison avenue
ana Seldier street, which caused much
inconvenience to passengers. The Trac-
ton Company laid its New York bound
track Saturday afternoon and since then
ears have been running on both tracks.
Ihere IS still some danger of the earth
caviI1g IN under the New York bound
trolley track, as 1t has not yet firmly
settled. It is thought that within a few
days the street will be repaved and opened
for traffic. When that t~horoughfare is
opened it will no doubt please the many
truclIlnen VINO have occasion to go back
and forth that way each day. but who
nov have to drive three and four blocks
out of the way in order to reach Grand
street. This extra travel with heavy
losds tells on the horses.
The Jackson avenue sewer is now being
reconstructed from C-ommunipaw to
Bramhall avenues. and already the work
has advanced about one hundred and fifty
feet. The inclement weather of late has
handicapped the Worktnen and at least
three whole weeks have been lost. Never
vancing steadily and by this evening the
work will have advanced to the intersec-
ton of Jackson and Clinton mi
Clinton avenue will be closed to traffic
this evening. The work will be completed
without a doubt by the last OF May.
Contractor Connolly has often expressed
his regret Oh having undertaken the work,
but he says having started the jobs he
will finish them, although he does lose
money. He further says that If he had
known the distance which he was forced
to dig to HI would never have undertaken
The ura III ..A...
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
TIE CHRISTIAN PATRIOT.
Rev Dr. Cornelius Brett Defines His
Duty In War Times.

The Rev. DIR. Cornelius Brett, In the
Bergen Reformed Church, yesterday
the Duty Of the Christian Patriot in
War Times" He said, in part
What is the patriots duty IN the time
Prince of Peace meet the issue OF this new
crisis in the nations history?
First of all, let everyone stand by the
Administration-upon whose broad shout
ders falls a weight of responsibility which
might make ar Atlas remble I have
no sympathy with the phrase with which
p~artisanship in ls48 sought to rally the
States In an unpopular war with Mexico
Our country, right or wrong.
w are not asked to modify opinions
which are founded upon principle. It is
each mans duty first of all to be right
himself, and then in combination with all
who have righteousness to Sc the nation
right.
And yet. in a Republic ruled by ma
~jorities there is a certain Difference due
to those who Outvcte us. Without any sa-
crifice of conscience we can unhesitatingly
give our moral support to the common
charge to be mistaken in policy or meth
DDS.
There is now no suspicion that selfish
ness for personal ends has. f~ostered this
war spirit in our land, and brought about
the clash Of arms. In this issue tnere WIN
be no s~ectionalism. The country will be
united. There will be no p~artisanship.
All differences will be laid aside for the
time being.
we pledge to the Nation in her
holy war the moral support of our
individual loyalty, the ready offering of
money. without stint or fault-finding, and
the sacrifice of dearest interests, even to
life itself. This should not be a war of
hatred. Vengeance is mine. / will repay.
saith the Lord. True, the destruction of
the Maine by the explosion of q sub
marine mine was a terrible provocation.
The restraint which held US in check
after the news of this outrage speaks
well for our civilization. Present temper
has rendered arbitration of the Maine dis
aster impractieable. The Maine outrage
may be treated only as an incident in
public proclamations and Congressional
resolutions, and yet we fear tnat tie
member the Maine will be the war cry
in every encounter. This must be a war
OF emancipation. Spain has forfeited her
right to rule Cuba through misrule. This
age has no place for the tyrant. Tne
people of Cuba are, and of right ought
10 be. free. Our armies and navies will
loosen the chains of bondage. and estab1
fish on the ruins of his ancient power q
stable government of the people, by the
people and for the people.
When this snail have been recon-
piished and Cuba Libre' is welcomed
among the sovereign States, our forces
will be glad to return to their homes, re-
joicing in satisfaction over a good deed
DONE
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
JACKSON AVENUE TROLLEY.
dsreenviiIe COMMITTEES Likely 10 Drop
fFfr &u bieer.

- ~
FROM the present state q Things Y Pc
gins to look rs though that much talked
~ Iaepear axa,,t,a traIlau nrafaot has
ss,,s., 49, arsaMasss aea.aas
1aii'h thiousii. ~ ihtatsf has leiiialAea
practically at astaiidsfiH for hespast two
months. The. committee which was re-
Serflv 4annniaf IN ne lsreanville IRON
erty owners ia waif On the Traction Tenn
pangy ana fiad dill what Il wo,lld al n the
fina 20 ffhn aarrnitt - 49, n { sio
an answer by The frsI 81 April. hui none
mas hsns, resaiysd 4 4 ,a5absr ~ ~ '94hh ne
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
Mr.. sAL1EeER RATES OFFICIALS

Councillor Max Salinger made his first
appearance on the street today after quite
a severe accident which befel him on the
Tth inst. He was on his way to his office
ON the morning of that date when he trip
ped his foot under a water-connecting
pip which protruded above the pavement
in Bergen avenue. near Newkirk street,
and fell headlong over the curb into the
street. He sorained one of his wrists
and one of his ankles and wrenched one
of his feet He was bruised also about
the face and body. Mr.. Salinger blames
the city for allowing such a state of at
fairs TO exist. He says it is q relic OF bar
barism. which was tolerated as much by
the previous administration as the present
one.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
JUDGMENT HAS COME TO SPAIN
gev. DR.. w. s. Mccowanss Patriotic
Satnnn In G.racn Church. 49,

There was a patriotic tone about the
services in Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church last night. The pastor, the Rev.
l)r w. s. MCGOWAN. spoke on the war
with Spain, and Miss Edith Hutchings
sang the National hymns. DIR. MCGOWAN
Said
.sThe hour has struck. Judgment day
comes to nations as well as individuals.
Spain is reaping what she has Y a
nation that has left a trail Of fire ana
been ore Of ex~termination, the butchering
Of defenceless women and children which
She calls warfare, who will neither give
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25

Notice is hereby given that on the 2sth day
Of February, isss. application was made to The
T. F.. Rikemen and others for the
IMPROVEMENT Of HARMON STREET.
FROM about ls5 feet west Of Arlington avenue.
to Crescent avenue.
to the provisions of Chapter III Of the Laws
Of 1925 and in the following manner. inciud-
ing all ntersections=
To have the street for the full width thereof
graded to the established grade, BY eScayating
or filing the same to the established grade.
To have new 2s-inch curb set on each side
thereof.
2o-inch curb set where necessary.
To have new b~iuestone tagging, four feet
wide. laid on each sidewalk.
To have the present tagging reiaid and new
Tagging laid where necessary.
IS have the carriageway paved with Belgian
block pavement.
And ali other work done that may be neces-
sary to provide for the flow Of the surface
q good and substantial manner.
Notice Is also given that on the 18th day
ment filed in the Office OF the Clerk OF the
Board of street and Water Commissioners
showing the probable total cost Of the con-
tempiated Improvement and the probable
benefited thereby, and the same is nov open
to public inspection in the Office Of the Clerk
And notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections thereof
HARMON sTREET.
from Crescent avenue 10 . point 1855 feet
east thereof.
CRESCENT AVENUE.
from Harmon street about 1881 feet south and
20 feet north.
And that IN accordapce with the provisions
of the Act above cited, the I'd day of May.
1888, at 2 o'clock 7. NJ, and the Assembly
Chamber of the City Hall are hereby fixed as
the time and place when and where the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners will meet
to hear all parties Interested in said application
and all reinoastrances against the said improve
ment that may be presented IN writing.
BY order OF the Board OF Street and Water
commissioners.
EoRGE T. BoUToN.
Clerk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
GRANITE CUTTERS DINE.
Monument Committee Criticized BIZ
mr.. p. II. O,Nsfu.

The Granite Cutters Association Of
Hudson County ~banquetted at Carl
Ruempler's on Newark avenue on Satur-
day night. The association embraces
nearly all the prominent owners of marble
and granite yard owners in the county.
The banquet was prepared by Mrs. Carl
n was a feast indeed.
President Martin Adams presided.
Mayor Eoos was a guest of honor. In a
speech he complimented the association
upon its fourishing condition. Speeches
OF the New York Bay Cemetery, Mr.. Dick
son, Of Dickson & Son; Carl Ruempler and
Patrick H. OaNeill, who was an invited
guest.
Mr.. O'Neill is a member of the Veterans
Rights Association. He took occasion to
criticize the Monument Committee of the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument Commit
tee for placing the contract for design
and erection of the monument outside of
the county. They should by all means,
he said, have patronized home industry.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION.

The record of circulation of books for
home reading for the week ending April
%. 1898, was as Acknowledgement works,
81; philosophy, 10; religion, So; sociology,
1l3; philology,. 4. natural science, ~; Use
fiction, 1923; juvenile fiction, 1850; history,
15S; biography, l12; travels. l31; total,
7,2H.
through the delivery stations, 4,124.
Number of borrowers registered dur
ing the week, SO.
Total number of registered borrowers.
a. 136.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
GRBBnvILL6's FLOODED SEWERS

The heavy rain storm Of yesterday az
ternoon did considerable damage in Cos
lumbla Hail. Greenville- The water how-
Oh In over the bowling alleys, which are
IN the basement, and completely covered
thern. This is caused by the small eve
on Ocean avenue; The ocean ay mTaie
fba GATOR avenue sewer is ~twenty-six
inches. The heavy flow Of water from
the Gator avenue sewer. which interseets
HH aw from the latter sewer and carries it
IL haek IN with the above result.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
ADJUSTMENTS.
Academr az Muslc.

That the great fstic battle between Cor
bett n Fitzsimmons at Carson City a
year or so ago is still full of interest to
lovers of the sport was shown by the
crowded houses at Kernan's yesterday,
says the Washington ID. CO Times"
March %. The battle as Illustrated by the
veriscope pictures, taken ar the ringside
for Dan Stuart. show every round in full,
and it is left for the audience to decide
which was the better man whether
there was fouling or not. The veriscope
will be at the Academy Of Music this
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
NIANTIoa RUN POSTPONED.

the rain Of yesterday spoiled a good
DAYS fun among the members Of the Nj
ante Wheelmen. who, had the weather
cf,sh rim If the season to Grant City, s.
and it would have far surpassed Al
,,revi1us runs given by this popular elub,
as fully three hundred riders We're expect
cd to take part in It. -
There viii be a meeting of the members
This evening n it is expected that the
run will be postponed until sunday,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
Appo1NTEEs PLEASE READ THIS

CITY Clerk NJ. j. O,Donnell has notified
ali Of Mayor Hoos' appointees that they
must swear in at once. The charter re-
ouires that newly appointed officials NUS
led Of their appointment. Neglect to
swear in is equivalent to a refusal OF the
Office.
There are no appoilltees n VIII not
accent this time. but the City Clerk does
nor want to see complications arise be-
cause Of ~anyone,s failure to qualify.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
d. ). GRANT CLUBS FLAG.

On Wednesday evening the member Of
the It. S.. Grant Association of Greenville
will raise a large American flag on the
clubhouse. The date Is Grants birthday.
and the raising OF the flag, which is to be
presented by i committee of ladies of the
Greenviile section will be followed by an
reception.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25

SO far, the war has meant to us a
clear profit of about $500, 900 a day in
ships captured from Spain. This is more
than it is costing us. Half of the booty
goes to the Government. the other half
to the officers and men of the capturing
ships. But, no matter who gets the
n IT all adds to the wealth of Uncle
Sam.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
NOTICE.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.


Of Street and Water Commissioners on Mon
day. May 2 1893, at two o'clock p. NJ. in the
n MPRoeyE shssrpsr e sRs SsSy hl E4fr s9r rh 81
LIENAU PLACE.
from Prospect street TO Wayeriy street.
Said improvement TO be made conforniably to
the provisions OF Chapter 2S9 of the Laws of 1895.
in the Office 81 the Clerk Of said Board.
Blank forms of BID and agreement Of sure.
E fles maat b cit o0i AM j e. the e Sfsse q & the Chief
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Standard
Of cost
About Is cubic yards of earth excava-
About is cubic yards Of earth aiiing.
AB Bou e Is Cubic lizard Yards Of sand filing. per =
About sss square feet Of Tagging. per 80
About i.57s square feet Of reiaid i~agging,
g ZINE sa allowed 5pi for the completion Of the work.
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-
ment Opening. etc) of Lienau place. directed
to the Clerk of the Board, and handed to that
order.ef business relating to sealed proposals.
No city Official will be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution OF suretles be allowed.
Bidders must state a single fixed percentage
of the hundred per cent. standard above quoted
for which they viii furnish all materials and
do all the work Compensated in speei-
~fications. and If final award of contract be
made the per cent SO stated VIII form the
basis upon which payment will be made for
all items
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 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city. or become effective or
operative until the bonds offered by the con-
tractor have been approved as TO sufficiency by
this Board and as to form by the Corporation
Counsel, the President of this Board having the
power to examine the proposed bondsmen under
oath.
By order of the Board Of Street and Water
GEORGE t. BoUToN.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey city. April .. 1898.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
PILE DRIVING At ST. PETERS DONE

Contractor Connolly, who has been busy
for the past three weeks with q force OF
men driving pies for the foundation of
ST. Peters new school and hall that will
be erected on York street, finished his
part Of the work this morning, and is
busy carting his apparatus off the ground;
In a few days the building will start, and
it is expected TO be finished by the open
ing term of the school in next Septem-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25

Desperate diseases by desperate appli-
ances are relieved. The wal in Cuba is a
desperate disease; our war with Spain is
the necessary blister TO reduce the inflam-
nation. We nave great expectations
thai Cuba. will get we'll. AS Mr.. Lincoln
said in the midst of the civil war, Let us
have faith in that right makes might,
and in that faith let us TO the end dare to
do our duty as we understand 1t.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
DATED Jersey city. April
NOTICE TO

Sealed proposals viii be received by the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners on Mon
day, May I'd, 1898, at 2 o'clock P NJ. in the
Assembly Chamber Of the City Hall. for the
IMPROVEMENT OF GRACE STREET,
Said improvement to be made eonformably
to the provisions of Chapter 2l7 Of the Laws of
nie in the office Of the CLERK Of said Board.
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure.
I Easi maa. q cit S0i Ham. Jersey = City Cry i. J. 0A's-
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
s St sas.'
About LOSS cubic yards of earth excava-
ton, per cubic yard ......- su.So
About 5 cubic yards Of rock excavation, 80
Ab p5g es s. cube BaFa yards Of earth aiiing. per ~
AS So9f' 81 E's cubic yards of sand aliins. per
About $50 square yards Of Belgian paw
ing, per square yard ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l-s0
About 1,s4e iineal feet Of curb stone, per
About 5 square yards Of repaving. per
Ab h9a5'f IL YIN Iineai feet Of reset curb stone.
About IA SQUARE feet of reiaid bridge
stone, per square foot -........-..... -G5
About 1 receiving basin head to be reset.
As paat I manhole heads to be reset. each zoo
Time allowed for the completion OF the work.
As working days.
award of the contract therefor will be subject
TO the rennonstrance OF the owners of the prop
erty liable to more than One-han the assess
ment therefor on the basis Of preliminary
sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
veiopes, endorsed Proposals for the Improve
ment of Grace Street. directed TO 1.-THE
Clerk of the Board and handed to that officer
when called for in the order of business relat-
ing TO sealed proposals.
No city official viii be accepted as surety
nor will a substitution Of sureties be allowed.
Bidders must state a single fixed percentage
of the hundred per cent. standard above quoted
for which they will furnish all materials and
do all the work comprehended in speci-
~iications. and if final award of contract be
made the per cent so stated will form the
basis upon which payment Will be made for
all items.
The Board may, under the provisions of
reject any or all proposals.
The attention 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 bonds offered by the con-
tractor have been approved as TO suficiency by
this Board and as to form by the Corporation
Counsel, the President of this Board having the
power to examine the proposed bondsmen unaer
oath.
By order Of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. T. BoUToN.
Dated Jersey city. April %. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
MONDAY, APRIL Is. 1885.
This paper is Democratic in principles
and is Independent in its vieaos on all foca
questions.
Dawley,s yersions of she Cuban
Fight.

Mr.. Thomas r. Dawley, Jr.. mao aH
article of some length in the Evening
Post" on Saturday, in which he repre-
scented the Cuban insurrectionary forces
as scattering bands of b-ushwhackers,
none of them exceeding $50 in numbers.
He said the soldiers were almost without
exception negroes. They were disorgap-
lied. cowardly, ragged. hungry and un-
armed. Gomez he spoke of as h "old
b-ushwhacking chief and he said he did
the General a favor, although l (Daw-
ley) had lost confidence in both his abil-
ity and his army One battle" he de-
scribes in a sentence. thus:-'The truth
was that in his particular engagement
our side (the Cubans) did considerable
running, led by the old Chief in per-
son.
Mr.. Dawley was the correspondent and
artist of ..Harper's Weekly" in Cuba for
several months. and he obtained some no.
toriety through being arrested by the
Ia II L q
a good deal of both parties to the war
and it may here be remarked that he
shows no more Partially to the Spaniards
than to the Cubans in his Post ar
ticle. His opportunities and undisputed
performances were such as would give
very great authority to his statements. if
4le had not furnished the most important
countervailing evidence himself.
Even people who only read the news
papers in the stationers' windows and on
the news-stands must recall the interest
ing and spirited pictures of warfare in
Cuba with which Mr.. Dawley filled the
pages of "Harper's" in the course of
last year. There was Gomez, in a nice
the operations of a great force. There
was a grand cavalry charge of uniformed
patriots. with rifles at their saddle-bows
and machetes flashing in the tropical SUI
glare. There were Cuban sharpshooters
repelIing the advance of a Spanish col-
umn. and Cuban engineers dynamiting a
train. In a word, there were all sorts
of pictures s~howing-or purporting to
shew-the existence of a numerous, we'll
equipped. thoroughly armed, efficiently
organized and heroically commanded
Cuban army, not running away or skulk-
ing in the Businesses of Santa Clara, but
making aggressive and devastating war
upon the Spanish forces.
Now the public who read these super
latfvely conservative sheets. "Harper's
Weekly" and the Post would like to
then or now Were his pictorial efforts
merely worked up to suit the demands
Of M employer or1s his verbal pessi-
hism written to order to accord with the
policy of another purchaser of his more
or less valuable services?
Whichever alternative turns out true,
It caves Mr.. Dawley in a somewhat un-
lovely position, and really the public may
be forgiven if Saturdays article fails to
increase its confidence in the trustworthi-
ness or good faith of the Post"
Mr.. Dawley was a fakir in "Harper's'''
or else he is a fakir now. The POST is
a deliberate suborner of taking since
it buys from him and prints an article
which is tantamoun to a specific recanta-
ton of all that he had previously writ
ten and published.
--
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-25
UNITED eaEEnVILLE DEMOCRATS

The United Democratic Association of
the Seventh Ward will meet this even
III the New York Bay House, Wilkin-
son ard Ocean avenues. The committee
was recently appointed to look after
permanent quarters for the club will re-
port. Various other reports will be sub
mitted.