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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-16
CITY HALL ATTACHED.
Sheriff Seizes Hoboken's
Municipal Building for
Debt.

Hoboken's City Hall was attached yes
terday. The attachment was made by
Frank Haag, of Sheriff Heller's office, on
a Judgment for $571.6 secured by Coun-
sellor Michael J. cannon in the Circuit
Court. All the paraphernalia in Mayor
Fagan's office and the office Of City Clerk
McDermott was duly levied on and the I'M
usual proceeding created no end OF COM
ment in the City Hall.
At the last meeting Of the Common
Council a communication was received
from Counsellor Cannon to the effect that
a judgment for the sum mentioned had
been secured in favor of Mrs. Mary a.
Quinn in the Circuit Court The claim
dates back to 1880, when Dennis Eagan
was given a contract to improve WASH
ington street, from ewark to First
streets. When the work was finished the
engineers in charge gave the contractor
a final certificate for the balance due him,
but as there had been some delay In the
work the Council of that year, consti-
tuting themselves as judge and jury, re-
tanned a portion of the amount, pre-
sumably as a penalty for the delay, but
at the same time levied an assessment on
the property owners in accordance with
the price named in the contract.
Eagan, through Lawyers Smith and
Mabon. brought suit against the city, and
the matter was referred to Supreme Court
Commissioner c.. K. Cannon. Before It
was settled Eagan died. and his daughter,
Mrs. Mary A. Quinn, was appointed
executrix Of his estate. Nothing was
done until recently, When Lawyer Michael
J.. Cannon took the matter up. 1t was
found tina Commissioner Cannon had de-
cided in favor of Eagan, n the heirs
offered to compromise for $500. Mayor
Pagan insisted that the matter should be
decided by the courts and suit was
brought In the Circuit Court, with the re-
suit that the original amount was cut
down from s71s.42 to s571.6s, which includes
interest for six years and costs.
Counsellor Cannon for the past few
days has been trying to get the member
Of the Finance Committee to pay his
claim. He got tired waiting and yester-
| day he made a trip to the Court House,
| hence Deputy Sheriff Haag's visit.
When Haag got to the City Hall Mayor
/ Pagan had left. Assistant City Clerks
Curry and Haggerty and License In
spector Bell gazed in open-eyed wonder
when Haag showed his attachment. 1t is
probable that the tardy members of the
Finance Committee Of the Council will
get together today and lift the attach
ment off the City Hall by satisfying the
{1,dUuoop{
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Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
Of May. 1898 application was made to the
Elizabeth i, Klersted and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF BENTLEY AVENUE,
from Hudson Boulevard to BERGEN avenue.
to the provisions of Chapter 217 OF the Laws
Of 1895 and in the following manner. including
10 have the carriageway for twenty-seven
feet in width thereof graded to the established
grade by excavatins or filling the same to the
IL have the present curb reset and new
eo-inch curb set where necessary.
To have the present tagging relaid and new
Tagging laid where shown on plan.
70 have the carriaEeway paved with asphalt
10 have the present brldgestone crosswalks
ralaid
sary to pssviie for he now Of the surface
water aid 10 complete the improvement in q
gSod and substantial manner Z.
Ju Mes'e fsss, the commissioned Of Assessment
fled In the Office Of the Clerk Of the Board OF
nary man for said improvement, showing the
probable fetal cost Of tho contemplated im-
p%rovement and the probable amount to be as
n the office Of the CLERK Of said board.
streets or avenues or particular sections there.
BENTLEY AVENUE.
TO-" 4eS's HHuDsoN noUIEvARD,
from bentley. avenue 70 points about 1908 feet
nof'psas' snq hE aasiS en- A zSassMSss 'Asss0''
' as sSs s ssss ssS !, i asss, ssss :ss Si;s NJ 's ssssj;'s.,
Of the Act above cited. the aga day of June.
ansn 9Ins "a e 81 Plas s''s xh CIV and az where asasSf sns sA Bos q
ii street and Water Commissioners will meet
e t1on n ana P ri Femo lnssssaesa against e sa'a tS seDi asid
proposes Improvement that may be presented
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Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
The Standard Railway of America
in Effect May 90, 1898.

Trains leave Jersey City as foliows:-
FOR THE WEST.
8.15 A, NJ, Fast Mail, with Burfet Parior Sat,
daily to Pittsburg, connecting there for Chi
cago. No coaches to Pittspurgl por,or
$40 a: M. Fast Line, with seseiDu'e
ma 4 NJ. the Celebrated Pennsylvania
Limited, the pioneer dxs'r,s 9f this II cl Pullm nj lnS vesti-
bule Compartment, Sleeping, Dining ODsel
ton and Smoking Cars ns Iighte dai ~ for Pitts
Vile, St. Louis. Cincinnati and TOLEDO.
213 P. M, Chicago and St. Louis EAp5sSS,
with yestibule Sleeping and Dining Sar c,ss ua,,s
to St. Louis and Ch Chic gE;nc,n mnr4ush s'esp'As
s1 P. M, Western Express. with vestio sns
Sleeping cars, daily to Pittshurg. Snlcaso HI
rs aGs p NJ. Express, Sleeping
and ard,J psn Cincinnati $50 r. NJ. indianapolis 10
5 ~ St. Louis 100 A. NJ. second morning,
BIB + .pi1tshurg. Connects for Chicago daily.
sna cleveland except Saturday p,ffs+
sW !, Gar Gar to Altoona. East Liberty. Pitts
burg and points y West N1 sSaeh n THE
p.a,more. Washington and the South at
s1s, 80 & s- IA re aon larss @,alns Limited: Par.
Ia rars and Pennsylvania RallToaa on D 1h
Carr Cal ~. So and ~ FL Il. f Il DINING ans caD a. n.
= a rnnSngressional Limited Parlor lars aIe no
Pennsylvania Railroad . Dinlhg - Haitimors
ana Siy p NJ. week days.
only, LILO FOR PHILADELPHIA.
81 Philadelphia, 6,S3, las, IA. S.1S,
s.ia, s.is: ~ gol4 e Pspn x. m' il h 4. isa. ioiSs
and LII - rs, 4.44. 5.5S. SID, 500, Sis, 9.1o
s. NJ and 5 ls;s9 plsa5ii s Ia@issd, 81 io' IL i ii. 4
"a t1o:l5 ra rsAA K. NJ, s.14, 4.1s, 4A. 5.1s. GA.
So; S.; s III + 4 n NJ snd "a L. and n1sH is A : n.
Msaata days. Sundays. s1s j and 81 81 i F; ., n;
For ! NJ, lis, 2.2s P. NJ. (2.A F. N.
q 4hrongh vestibuied Tralia, BUFFET Buffet r. pa rio Cars Csas
Passensss On and 6.s4 A. M. Sundays.
Gays. Zane May, 12.30 A.. NJ. OLA Saturdays
only. lis F. NJ week Gays i-% =, sun
days. u Ashurv Park. Ocean Grove.
Point rieaassssl *. Nj. 1924, 2As. s.s2. 5:22 P. NJ.
and i2.oi night. On Sunday, 10 a Nj, o. rs ON;
(Stop at Interlaken ior Aspufy
Grove on Sunday1 rannarv v,,l caf
rs md check baggage from and to hotels and
residences. = wooD
J. 2: 7, .ranager. Gen,l Passenger Agent.
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DALI Used by
J. c.,
uorri-

The quantity in the last column I, , sse
an5 asfter and to Kearny in 1888 and al
ter. IN to the present time. The use u o.
the water BY these places was al ITS
very small and has gradually hcfeaseu
mn "a about GOO. 900 gallons daily.
In the following table l have mage 20 q
correction for the amount upPne re 20
Harrison and Kearny for each nftn year
~ fhe period. The quantity was less than
1000 gallons until after 1881; ar = d6 5es
not affect the figures; The correc.eo he
1ires in the third column give US Ing
means Of accurately ascertaining wnaI
the rate IF increase has IA t been fod f0I e Column ysana
~ tha tahle / show what the
would be, reckoning four per cent, IN n
crease annually. a rate assumes n eo NE Son =
BOARD In the last column of the taple
I show what the consumption would pc
at a rate of increase of twenty-1ouf per
cent, each five years r
4wEPAGE DAILY USE IN MILLION
GALLONS.
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CORPORATION NOTICE
NOTICE.

CORPORATION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of April, 1898, application was made to the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners by
Benz. b. Daumont and others for the
IMPROVEMENT OF BAYVIEW AVENUE.
from Arlington avenue to Jackson avenue.
Said improvement to be made conformably
to the provisions OF Chapter I'll of the Laws
of: 1895, and in the following manner, includ-
TO have the street for the full width there
of graded to the established grade by
excavating or filling the same to the estao-
lished grade.
TO have new 2o-inch curb set on each side
thereof.
To have the present curb reset and new
2o-inch curb set where necessary.
To have new bluestone Tagging four feet
wide laid on each sidewalk.
To have the present tagging relaid and new
tagging laid where necessary.
TO have the carriageway paved with asphalt
70 have the present bridge stone crosswalks
relaid and new bridge stone laid where nee
And all other work done that may be necessary
to provide for the flow of the surface water,
and to complete the Improvement in a good
and substantial manner.
Notice is also given that on the 14th day
Of June. 1895, the Commissioners of ASSESS
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
their preliminary, map for said Improvement.
templated Improvement and the probable
amount. to be assessed on property specially
to public Inspection in the Office Of the Clerk
of said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
streets or avenues or particular sections there
Of are included in said assessment, namely
AVENUE,
from jackson avenue to Arlington avenue.
from Bayview avenue to points about 25 feet
northeast and % feet southwest thereof.
OCEAN AVENUE.
n 1SSH east's and Is & ssfe e e saathw sssa' thereof he sof.
CLERK STREET.
from Bayview avenue on the northwest side
to a point about 258.14 feet northeast thereof.
CLERK STREET.
from Bayvfew avenue on the southeast side to
q point about 247. 80 feet northeast thereof.
AVENUE,
from Bayvfew avenue to a point about H. rs
feet northeast thereof
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the Act above cited, the ed day of June,
1898, at 3 O'Clock p. M, 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 parties interested In said application
and all remonstrances against the said pro-
posed improvement that may be presented in
writing.
GEoRG 7. BoUToN..
DATED Jersey city, June ID, 1898.
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GEORGE Il. scHMoLzE's FUNERAL,

George II. Schmolze, n Of Greenville's
Oldest citizens, was cremated this morn
ing. Funeral services were held at his
late residence. No. 100 Rose avenue. Mr..
Schmolze died Tuesday evening after a
short Illness from diabetes: He was the
frst president Of the German Pioneer
Home when it started The work Of secur-
ing the Raymond Roth Home, on Garfield
avenue. He was "a years old at the time
Of his demise and was vice president of
the Raymond Roth Home.
For many years he was engaged In the
lithographing business with his brother,
the late Charles Schmolze. who died some
six months ago. The funeral this morn
Ing was private, and In accordance with
q wish expressed by Mr.. Schmolze, his
body was cremated.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-16
WESTrSHORE
-RAILROAD@
PICTURESQUE LINE Or TRAVEL 10 IHl
NORTH AND WEST.


THE NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE.
Trains leave 4sd street North isiSer) station.
New AorK, as follows, anu iitesa minuees
earlier from foot rranklin street. ~ X. Ter
mlnal station al Weena~ ken, ~. y, can Do
reached Via Trans Of n. }. }. Ra.. leaving
Penn. r.. X. Depot at Jersey city
100 A. NJ. daily. Local to Buffalo.
Bliss A. Nj. daily. exceps sunday, TO
Catskill Mountains. New PATTI. Lakes Mo-
Caldwell. Lake George. Parlor Car to Al
100 7. NJ. daily, for Albany, Utica, syraeass.
Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Fails. Detroit
Chicago and St. Louis.
Goo p. NJ. daily, except Sunday. for Al
900 p. NJ. daily, except sunday, for Newburg,
Albany. Saratoga and Montreal. sleeping Car
Albany to Montreal.
$50 2 NJ; daily. for =; Mon N ! q Fasis,
Toronto. Detroit. Cleveland. Chicago and ST.
Louis
Rochester and Bunalo.
SIS p. NJ. daily, for Albany, Utica. Syracuse.
Rochester. Buffalo. Niagara Falls, Toronto.
B cSIeaves Brooklyn by Annex: Bio.4s A.
Bii.2e 4. NJ Gao F
500. $4,000 and a1l,45 p ".
Newhurgh Locals; slS A Nj Ills, sis, ESQ
sDaiiy. ..sundays only. Kingston Local lis
Wagner sleeping Cars for Albany, Utica.
Toronto' Detroit, Cleveland and Chicago on
through trains.
Fer tickets, timetables, parlor and sleeping
oinces :1BrooSlyn. Nos. SIS, $50. rs Fulton
street; Annex Qfdce. foot of Fulton street.
Ssw !, X ! city, Ss !, Ms 6 81. 4; 4 sss' 81 ana e. sss
rwsnty-afsh ssgsss and Is ssasion: :
No. s Vanderbilt Avenue. New YORK.
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Notice Is hereby given that the Commission
ers of Adjustment in and for the City of Jersey
City, appointed by the Circuit Court of the
County OF Hudson, under ard by virtue Of the
provisions of Chapter CxII of the Laws of
1855, entitled .An Act concerning the settle,
ment and collection Of arrearages of unpaid
taxes. assessments and water rates or
water rents in cities of this State, and i'm
posing and levying a tax, assessment and lien
in lieu and instead of such arrearages. and
to enforce the payment thereof. and to pro-
vide for the sale Of lards subjected to future
taxation and assessment" passed March S0th.
1886. have made. certified and filed a report of
their proceedings relative to and affecting de-
lnquent land, all of which is more particularly
described as follows. to witt
Block Number 16, Plot q, between Seventh and
Eighth streets, Erie Grain Elevator property.
And the said Court has fixed Saturday, the
second day of July, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-eight, at the Court
House, in the City of Jersey City, at the hour
Of ten o'clock in the forenoon, as the time and
place for hearing any objections that may be
made to the assessments. charges and liens
fixed and certified by the Commissioners of Ad.
justment in said report, when and where all
parties interested therein may be heard.
JOHN G.-FISHER.
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County
of Hudson.
Dated Jersey City, N. J.. June II. 1898.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-16
nhfneee Gnns.

1t is remarkable tina the Chinese. who
are acknowledged to have invented and
used g~unpowder for fireworks ages be-
fore it appeared in Europe. should be now
manufacturing the most primitive of fire.
arms. Many of the villages in the prov-
ince of Northern Kwantung and Southern
Fukien have blacksmith shops where
muzzle loading guns are turned out.
Even this does not tell Of the depth Of
their Ignorance Of modern firearms, us
not even the percussion cap is used. igIli=
ton OF the powder being effected by. q
smouldering matchrope or joss stick. The
type, consisting merely OF 4 stock holding
q metal tube plugged at one end and hdv-
Ing a touch hole for the ;gnitition Of the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-16
Average Av'age daily
daily Tor TWO SUM-

The experieuce of seventeen years siig%s
that during two OF the s Z ! per cent.
greater than the average Ior t1e c coi,
consequently / have made up Lne iase 9 q
umn of the table TO SNOW m u months.
r. 10 evident that when the use LOT M
months averages so million galions any
the practical limit OF WORKS M;,, q IL reach
"a far the water carried In our city To-
ervofrs will onay furnish q supply =
million gallons per day LOT Sky uay f.
and they should not be drawn upon ~
fhfs extent to make good the increases
ssnns.trnntion Of summer months. because
<fhe real Office of these reservoirs y ~, .
ens1ai;ze draft from day to day ana nQur
~ hour. and furnish a reserve 10 snS
citv for fire protection and TO euaLa
aeafnst temporary interruption OF III, rs
s:nnIy. But considering only tne dnsit
sce dailv draft 1t is clear that the HILL
& urorEa of 50 million gallons capacity
viii be reached by 1912; In oroer e o.
~ wnTks bv the addition of not only
I-ot6er rine b1t IL other storage reser-
eoirs the Contracts should pc slgneo q
565a r. Won make a contract now. even
- + "a s{rned during the present mon[ns
he two Years and six months allowed sny'
the specifications VII ca he water can be
ff,,rnsd on. SO that it will be just Ten
Years thereafter when another contfacl
must be made to increase the we esf1mate
EH INF ~
hsaed mon past experience. 1 take the
ennortsInity to call attention, however.
IL the fact thai any estimate maas " "
nv other basis than the experience y
the city during the past nIteen q sex s {
teen wears. mounts to nothing more sl ~
nracfically unsupported opinion % rs
sa1,fhor. The above estimate - not ~
opinion or theory; it is a pain haaeh1-
NAUTICAL deduction. sa~
IN view OF the fact that certain otner
ficlres and opinions have been expEesseo,
Calculated to lead the Board away from
The nlain teachings of experience, u may
he wen for me to point out TO you lnatl y
is possible for per capita q =
CONSUMPTION to be extremely mlsiea9ink
{ have already submitted many neuFes y
your Board. n have mucn Inc ~ 6
III hand. which tend strongly 70 tnr9w
doubt upon the accuracy oI the soRsata'S ~ :
oninions of those who believe fnat the
e6nsumption Of water by Jersey CITY can
II has been claimed that Mr.. Brackets
estimates needed for boston ID
dieates thai Jersey City can 90 Wild les
water than she has been using, I eA4r
not see how this is true. MT. br8etStt
has handled the subject very creultApiy
and with the following result
He actually found that Boston ana ate
Subnrbs. Including towns within. q raQlus
81 twelve miles, which,, ~ all Q4net
Eubnrban towns, use comparatively lite
5vafer ser capita. were actually using an
4xeraes sof IS gallons per capita ~ tae
line he made his report.
While he went into an elaborate 9!9e92z
Hon 81 what would be suf4c1enf ~
51ptfG xof Those people What Na1 kAs R9z
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~The per capita cOnsumpfion Is taken
from the latest available returns. 1t will
be seen that in the four cities where the
per capita consumption is very low,Aand
some Of which have been quoted as
worthy examples for you to follow. the
revenue and expenses are very close to-
eefher. Indeed. IN instances there Ii i
very substantial deficit. The other n
cities having a larger per capita constdmp-
tion. on the other hand, show very hand
some balances on the right side Of the
ledger. This suggests that there Is an
INNER side to The high per capita consump-
tim which is so much deplored In GER
tain quarters. 1t is true that there Is
some unnecessary waste In many casee,
but / think it has too frequently happen-
arising from huge use for industrtal pur-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-16
MRS. KENNEDY WAS LENlENT.

Frank Rooney, seventeen years old, Of
4sS Third street, was before Police
Justice Nevin IN the First Criminal Court
this morning charged with assembling
Sarah Kennedy, who also lives In Third
street. The woman refused to press her
complaint further and Rooney was dis
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-16

"It would seem that the 3 per cellt. In
crease gives absurdly low results. The
about 4 1-3 per cent. per annum. Indeed,
if you take Jersey City alone Tor the same
80 years the average increase has been
It has been slower than it should be Of
late years. and much slower thai tie
rate of Hudson county, and this Is prob
ably due to the bad condition OF the Wa
ter supply in a large measure.
You have been informed that a steady
increase of your per capita consumptlon
up to 175 gallons would be phenomenal.
cited shows by a table on a 158. that
such an increase is not phenomenal, but
cities. What would be phenomelial
would be to have your per capita con-
sumption stand still at los gallons during
a period OF % years No sucn conuitl.n
and the consumption of lib gallons per
capita or more is by no means unusual
l have already submitted to your Board
a table which shows that in IA cities SIM
ilarly situated to Jersey City, the aver
age per capita OF the whole is l4l gallons.
and that in some cases it rises as high as
I'll gallons.
Now, it is a mistake to assume that
there is necessarily any advantage to
gain by restricting consumption to such
an extent as has been recommended. You
can see this without much argument.
Water can be sold for mechanical and
trade purposes at 800 per million gallons,
consequently IL III luilllufl EdAOl4p ddLl-
tional daily could b sold, while It would
raise your per capita to 173 gallons, It
would bring in enough money to pay the
whole cost of a new water supply, for it
IS not probable that the waste would Re
tional revenue would be clean profit.
# the city owns its " works and has An AZ
conduce SO much to the prosperity of the
city as to encourage the consumption BY
lowering the rate, for Il industries are
tain not only the increased revenue for
water, but a large increase IN the popula-
| ton and taxable values. So long as you
| are buying water by the million gallons.
| strict economy is good policy. but it may
| he entirely otherwise ii the city can own
its works. The following table illustrates
the possible effect in revenue of the water
department coming from a high per capi-
ia consumption. / have taken the operat-
ing expenses and interest and the revnue
| Of water works of various elites from the
| returns made to Engineering News in
1895 or thereabouts. and which are pub
| lished in its manual of American water
works.
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GALLONS.

r will he seen that THIS last c9Iun1 49,
quite close to the amount actually osea :
5 2 ,,nder the actual figures. shall
base s nv estimates for the future. there
fore, On a rate Of in Increase 1sgs g; Of = the ber guam eals-
ttI ~ wafer needed to supply Jersey
CITY. Kearny Harrison as per the Ioi-
lowing table,
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The wealth 81 The United states ises-
i s!sssss s5,o Sc b 3 o5 sS9' ssg 'ts 81: IL '9 Tfa s. VIZ
oo9! eqe' oQo. .ssf AZ i. a az vgelfh g the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-16
RAILROADS.
LEHIGA VALLEY SYSTEM.

Leave Pennsylvania r. r. Depot.
6.S4 A. M. daily Sunday TIP A. Nd for
EASTON and intermediate stations.
1888 A. NJ. daily for WILkESBARREs
SCRANTON week daysl ITHACA. GENEVA
ROCHESTER,, BUFFALO, NIAGARA
and the West. and principal local points. DIM
ing Car and Chair Car TO Buffalo.
12.14 P. NJ. daily. except Sunday.
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PUBLIC NOTICE.

REPoRT NUMBER 14 OF THE COMMITS
SIONERS OF ADJUSTMENT.
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CORPORATION NOTICE.

pated Jersey City, June Is, 1ss
Arizona republican., 1898-11-14
THE SPANISH CRUISERS.

The loss of the Maria Teresa causes q widespread sentimental regrst among the American people. This was the one tangible trophy of the prowess of our navy, the one ocular demonstra- ten of the skill of our men behind the guns. But it should inspire the navy department to renewed exertions to raise and save some of the others that lie shattered along the eastern shora of Cuba.
 Robson has shown the way to do it. He was entirely successful, against the prl ldittiOns Of the theorists Of the de- par5fnent. in raising the Maria Teresa and that cruiser would be in Norfolk today but for the fatal meeting with that West Indian cyclone. Instead of stopping work On the other Spanish wrecls, the department ought to push it more energctically, encouraged by the demonstration which Hobson has made in this case. The American peo- pie want one or two of these historic vessels to keep.