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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26
REPORTS OF CHIEF ENGINEER.

REPORTS OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
The Chief Engineer reported certificates
in favor of Philip Tumulty, $500, On ac-
count of contract No. 1.026.
Patrick Connolly, judgment creditor for
John Nolan, final and retained percentage
on account of contract No. 956.
Received and referred to their appro-
pirate committees.
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BOARD OF STREET AND WATER
COMMISSIONERS
IUEtSQIII1
(T4nfin,1n5

CCOntlnued.)
That the Water Registrar be and is
hereby directed to reduce water rents on
property situate on block 1.419 G, % Nep-
tune avenue, assessed to Eugene Lynch
for the following years.
1891. So; 1892, s.; 1893. s.; 1894. s.; 1895, $40;
1896, SO; 1897, 81. Total, $51.
said reduction being made for the rea-
son that said Lynch was overcharged
during those years.
Received and ordered filed.
From the Permit Clerk
Jersey City, March Z, 1898.
To the Honorable Board of Street and
Water Commissioners
Gentlemen-Accepting this plan from
diagram Of property owned by the city
from Hackensack River to High Service
ments thereon.
Yours respectfully,
f. P. WOODCOCK.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Assessments and Extensions in
conjunction with Corporation Counsel.
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On motion the Board adjourned.
VIM. A. TOLsoN,
Clerk pro tenn.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES REPORT.
r tc Board of Educaton- ....,.-.
= Gentemen-Th following statistics IF the tendan OF puphs' teacners
etc for tbs month of February 1885, are respectfully resented:-
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In the matter of the case of Sheridan
& Shea CO..
Received and ordered filed.
From Charles A. Van Keuren, engineer
pro TEN of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners, and Frank p. Earl, en-
gineer Ravine Road Sewer Extension
COMMISSIONS
In the matter of Thirteenth street
sewer.
Received and ordered filed.
REPORTS OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
The Engineer reported certificates In
favor off,
Timothy Burke, ss75.72, retained per-
centage on account of contract No. 991.
Philip Tumulty, 1888, retained percent
age on account of contract No. 1,O02-
Henry Byrne, $225, retained percentage
on account of contract No. 1,0O9.
w. w. Farrier, $500. on account of con-
J. F. Underhill, ss.5S, on account of
contract No, 1,0f6.
Frederick Reineman. $500, on account Of
contract No. OBS.
M. 7: Connolly, $500, on account of con-
tract No. 1,038.
Horace Mcbride, $3.50. on account of
E.. w. Conlon, s53S.e final on account
of contract No. LOST.
James ]. Harrington, s652.12, on account
of contract No. LOGS.
Henry Byrne, 81, 519.17, on account Of
contract No. 1867.
From the same 0ficer:-
Submitting plans and specifications for
the construction, of a park located be-
tween Jackson place and Bartholdi place,
Old Bergen Road and Hudson Boulevard
Columbia Park)-
From the same Officer
Presenting plan and profile of Duncan
avenue, from Hudson Boulevard and West
Side avenue.
Received n referred to their appro-
pirate committees.
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Charge water account, A. & r..
Resolved, That upon investigating the
facts set forth in the petition of Martha
Byrne presented to this Board on this date
that the Water Registrar be directed 70
receive the water rents for the years 1892.
1889, 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897. up6n her
property plot 70. block 14S5, without inter-
to cancel the record of such water rents,
provided said payment be made within
fifteen q5) days after this resolution be-
comes effective.
The foregoing were each separately
adopted by the following vote on a call
for the ayes n Nays
Ayes-All the member of the Board,
five ~ in number.
The Committee on Public Buildings,
Docks and Parks presented the follow
Resolved, That 800 be paid to John
Brownlee for services as armorer, Febru-
airy, 1898. claim No. sos.
$25 to 8. NJ. Gerardin, services as Super
~intendent Of Arnory. February, 1893,
claim No. 157.
Charge armory salaries.
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Woodcock for cash expended. November.
December, 1887, and January, 1898, claim
No. 1886.
Charge water account, A. & E.
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Resolved, That the sums hereinafter
rasnecfgyely for services rendered laying
AID Repairing water pipe for month end
ing February %. 1898, amounting in inc
aggregate to 81, 299.5o.
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be paid to the persons named
respectively for services rendered, repay
ing over street openings, for month end
ing February rs, 1898, amounting in the
aggregate to $40.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26

VIM. A. TOLSON,
Clerk pro tenn.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26

Resolved, That $50 be paid to John
Lehey for services as night Waterman,
Morgan street dock, February, 1898, claim
No. "a.
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Resolved, That the sums hereinafter
mentioned be paid to the persons named
respectively for services rendered, clean
ing sewers and basins, for month ending
February rs, 1898, amounting in the aggre
gate to $727. SO.
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mentioned be paid to the persons named
respectively for services rendered as
laborers on paved streets for month end
ing February %, 1898, amounting in the
aggregate to 81, 0S9. Is.
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resolved. That s2o.M Be paid 70 2. P.
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The Committee on Assessments and Ex-
tensions presented the following:-
resolved. That a warrant for 500. 26 be
ordered drawn in the favor of Mary Ken
nv. widow of the late John Kenny, Water
Assessor. being the salary for five days
in February. 1888.
IS Gha ROE watar ccOun A. and ID.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26

Regular meeting Of the Board of Ed
ucation, held in the Assembly Chamber,
City Hall, Thursday evening, March 10,
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Resolved, That the work under con-
tract No. 1,057, for the construction of a
l5-inch vitrified pipe sewer in Nunda ave-
nue.. from a point about SIS feet north Of
Duncan avenue, to- and connecting with
sewer in Duncan VENUE, by Edward w.
ITO be Continued
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Resolved. That Charles Wagner be and
is hereby permitted to substitute the
nam OF Michael Sullivan for that of
Martin Kelly, deceased, as surety on con-
tract for reconstruction of Communipaw
avenue. between Bergen avenue and West
side avenue.
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The Committee on Public Buildings.
Docks and Parks reported on claims OIL
Benj. M. Gerardin. SIS; John Brownlee,
500; John Lehey $50; f. McDermott, 800,
as correct.
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remembered afterward the quick flash
in Eugenia's eyes, perhaps of surprise,
perhaps of she knew not what.
But the flash had passed, almost be-
fore she saw it, certainly before she
was aware Of it: and Eugenia had CIV
en- her checks to the man, who present.
ly returned with others, having seen
the boxes wheeled down the platform.
And, picking up his own satchels. he
gathered Eugenia's impedimenta as
well, and handed them to their places
on the train, arranged the parcels.
dropped the shade, quite as a matter
of course, all to Hilarys amazement
and Eugenia's amusement establish
ed himself at a little distance, and
unfolded the evening paper.
well, we'll" said Hilary, to herself.
This is a democratic country. He
does not see any reason, 1 suppose,
that because he is a cook he shouldn't
be gentleman. And, after all, he is
not cook in fact, any more than any
of the old 'bons viveurs' of the Outlet
Club, who like to oversee the prepare
ton of their dish. Perhaps he writes
books, as Brillat Savarin did. He is
an artist at his METER probably; and
we shall have some dinners now to
which We shan't be ashamed to ask the
Chanfers and the De Whites, and
Prince Adelbert, if he comes to them. -
For various well-known members of
the foreign legations had taken places
in the neighborhood, and it was likely
there would be feStivity. "And to stand
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Brought Her a Dish of Iced Fruit.

doors on a fire built between two
crotch sticks, and ready to wish she
had been born a gypsy under hedge.
Three-quarters of an hour were to
be worried through before the time for
her train, in all the insufferable heat,
the smells of fruit and stale smoke and
street dust, in the slamming of doors.
the vicinage of unpleasant neigh
bors, the crying of children, and
the perpetual passing of the crowd.
The chef, having deposited his satch-
els not far away, sauntered about, and
presently brought her, delicately ar
ranged on little tray with paper nap
kins, dish of iced fruit, with which
come curious and pleasant cordial had
been mingled, which she accepted
rather weakly, as she felt, but which
she found exceedingly refreshing.
1t was while she was enjoying this,
to the accompaniment Of the eager in
tarest of her nearer fellow-victims in
that multitudinous place, that, glanc-
ing up moment, she met the great
black eyes Of Eugenia, who, after an
instant, rose and gathered her bags and
Joined her.
What coincidence" cried Hilary
joyously. II came up to meet the man
whose address you gave me when ]
told you we should have TO have a new
one"
Indeed! What good fortune that
I've remembered his name! I never
should. with my poor memory, IL il
hadn't happened that heard the Des
Brosses speak Of him and his perfec.
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pictures improvised, and there was
some talk of a grand affair in private
theatricals when certain of the battery
should be back from camp, and Mr..
Seymour, rather bored as he had been.
found his new guest a delightful fea-
ture of life-the only drawback being
a slight apprehension of an UNDER
standing between him and Eugenia, Of
which, to be sure, there was no exter-
nal evidence, but which he felt as Won
sometimes feel thunder in the air. and
Mr.. Seymour was now very apprecia-
tive of Eugenia's beauty and charm
himself. Undercliff became a gay place.
and there were teas at Rockpool. and
dinners at Highcrest, and lawn-parties
at Grasslands, and no one would have
dreamed that war was abroad in the
land. No one, that Is, but Hilary.
whose fear of the Spaniard was SCOTCH
ed, not killed, and who used to say that
her main defence now if Spanish gum
boat came ravaging the region was that
she could play off her guests as hos
tages, people at any rate Of such Span
ish connection that they could perhaps
make terms with any descending force
for the life and liberty Of the house,
hold.
(TO BE CONCLUDED) ~
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tions, and so got his address in case
1 should take n house next winter.
But it's so unpronounceable I should
have called him Simone or Leon or
what-you- please" with a shrUg.
Yes, certainly. But if he is salts
factory 1 ought to warn you that papa
will never give him up to you'
"Oh, there are Others" said Eugenia,
laughing and showing her teeth as
beautiful as seed-pearls. ''But it is
pleasant to see you, I had supposed
you in a hammock down beside a
breaking wave
''And so ought to be-" said Hilary.
But il one has hammocks one must
have people to swing them"
1.-The old story-servants. No Won
der I hesitate about taking a house.
And who is your 'preux chevalier.' may
I ask"
''Why, the now chef"
1.-The chef! You don't mean so! They
told ME he was another Don Quixote.
Why, he looks like the Cid!'
Yes. And I don't know how 1t will
work. 1t may not prove easy to give
orders to a Paladin Of Charlemagne.
However. Mrs. Holcomb will see to all
that. But dear me, what brings you
here: I thought yon were to be up
on the Saguenay?
$50 I ought to be. az you said Just
now. But here I find myself picked
up by a telegram about scarlet fever
that has broken out in the camp, all
guests remanded, all invitations coun-
termanded-and I am thrown out on
an unfriendiy world!"
"Eugenia Martinez! The very thing!
Come down with me to Undercliff.
We are lonely as death, to be sure, and
quiet as the grave-halt the men gone
to the war, or in camp-picnicking l
call it,
"How inviting an invitation! Am I
to come as a philanthropist?'
'As anything! If you only comet"
And she had swift visions of nights
with Eugenia, singing, and the resort,
with that singing, that Undercliff
would become for the Ventnors and the
Ponsonbys and all the North Shore
people, among whom, to tell the truth,
the Seymours were rather new-com-
| ers.
But, my love-unexpected-al
unknown-for your sisters"
| "Oh. that is nothing. They will be
delighted to see you. And papa is new
er more happy than when bring peo-
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ing her from the room. And when, la
ter In the day, Eugenia was seen again,
she wore over her beautiful dark pallor
sweet melancholy that made her. as
Louise said, perfectly enchanting.
But the next day the gentle gloom
had vanished; and Eugenia, embroider-
ing in the morning. driving in the af-
ternoor, singing in the evening, always
perfectly dressed, yet always in sinp-
lest white, was still enchanting Here
and there in the place she found an
acquaintance, and lunches, dinners, a
lawn party, wedding, filled the week
in spite of Hilary's complaints of the
dullness.
"How long ago 1t seems since I met
you first, Eugenia," exclaimed Hilary,
as they sat on the piazza one night,
watching the moonswale on the wide
water, Eugenia waving her fan to the
air of Senta's song, MY love now sails
on distant seas" as she absently
hummed it half under her breath 1T
was while Juch was singing that very
song that I happened to turn and
caught those great eyes Of yours burn
ing like beacon-light3 for Sentas sail
or
"You silly child" ...; s..,
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"And I don't suppose he'd be any
good, If he didn't"
"Oh yes" began Eugenla. And then
a slow flush darkened her face.
II mean," she said. ANY man.
ION the whole, l think you'll have to
depend on this right arm said Mr..
Seymour. For there doesn't seem to be
any other man."
I'm sure 1 smelled cigarette late
last night" said Louise. And l
thought then that some ONE
THAT was my cigarette" said Eu-
genia, calmly. ooh, I ought to have
known! Here Is a New England fam
lily, But it is a habit-When l was in
Cuba"
ooh, tell us about Cuba!" cried May.
And with the words, Eugena burst
into tears.
ooh, it wrings my heart!" she muir
INJURED. 80 many l know, so many 1
love, Cubans, Spaniards. in the old
times-so many days 1 have spent
wandering in the old classmates of the
fortress of the Cabanas Oh, why do
we live upon the earth! Only to suf-
fer! How many lives in one--oh, if
there We're not another life what mock
cry this would be!' And then, of course,
Louise and May were exclaimng with
regret and sympathy, and Mr.. Seymour
had poured out a glass of something
fiery--he didn't know whether it was
tobasco or aguadente, If there had been
such things in the cellaret and Hilary
had sprung to her side and was assist
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pie homo. And as for me-" and II
suddenly seemed to Hilary, creature of
rash impulse that she was, that the
household of Undercliff would be I'M
able to weather the summer without
Eugenia. well, you can imagine, u
she said, "if you wouldn't be boon
to me, scared to death as 1 am every
night of my life for fear of a descent
Of Spaniards on the coast, with those
ships of war Of theirs no one knows
where! Oh, 1 forgot!'
NO" said Eugenia, with sweet gray
ity, you could not forget what you
never knew. I am not Spaniard, and
never was"
well, perhaps you would be more
alluring to the fancy II you were, for
the matter of that. But it wouldn't
signify to me If you were daughter of
Heth. 1 would keep the secret. Only
come; and you shall have a hammock
to swing in, and cart to drive in, and
a boat to moon in!"
$50 you think I will refuse such
chances! Fancy! To tell the truth, /
was really half ashamed to go back.
And here a season in Paradise-for
1 have heard of the North Shore-is it
not? And with you-"
Then you will come? Oh, fine!
That is agreed. Now we must see
about your luggage. And there is NO
time to lose"
IF Madame will give me her brasses
-" said voice at Hilary's elbow;
and she saw the chefs long shapely
hand extended for the checks. Hilary
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knew social values, was enraptured to
have Madame Martinez for a guest;
May was glad of anything to ensure
gayety; and her father. worthy man
who had made his fortune himself, and
was determined to enjoy it himself, be-
ing pleased with Eugenia's exquisite,
dark loneliness and grace. and still
more pleased with the dinner, with
which Nj. the chef sent in word that IL
was but a sketch, on account OF the
late hour of his arrival, and that to-
morrow he should do justice to himself
and to NJ. Seymour.
Madame Martinez, who Travelled
without maid, declined the services OF
| Hilarys; and later that evening I'M
| folded and disposed of her parapher-
| MALTA, wrote some letters which she
herself saw into the mailbag, and then,
having freed her long black hair, she
lay back in an arm chair OF the little
sea-balcony of her room and slowly
and delicately smoked her cigarette,
whose perfume mingled with the fresh
cool breath of the sea, with its hint of
salt, and closed her eyes as if so far all
went well.
at is no use trying to do anything
| this summer" Louise Seymour was
saying to Hilary the next day at lunch,
when Eugenia came into the room,
having had her coffee and roll in bed,
and meeting the family again for the
first time. But Louise stopped to gaze
at Eugenia in her white gown and
scarf. You radiant creature!" she ex-
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Animals That Drink.

A fondness for Intoxicating liquors is
not confined to the human race, for
animals and insects are prone to revel
in beverages which should be Stunned.
Nature has her own rum shops and
naturalists know of the toddy tree in
South America, which is favored by
certain beetle. When the beetle goes
on spree he collects forty or fifty
friends and all run their horns through
the bark of the tree, drink the juices,
and after they are quite intoxicated
may easily be caught.
If dogs are persistently fed brandy
they develop symptoms akin to deliri-
UNI tremens. They are subject to all
kinds of Authorizations, which at first
occur only in the dark. One dog which
was experimental on began to howl at
night as though attacked and would
stop only when lamp was brought.
Finally the specters began to haunt
him in the daytime and he would tear
around, swapping, whining and lighting
the imaginary enemy.
Parrots will drink and their antics
under the influence are apt to be am
using. There Is well-known woman
who owns a parrot that at some time
in it's life learned to drink, and visit
ors and servants would insist on giving
him champagne to see how he would
act. One day his antics were SO abb
surd that his mistress said to him:
you're drunk, sir, and had better go
away" The parrot skunk off and slept
off his spree. Soon after visitor came
to call on the birds owner and scarcely
had taken his seat when a severe voice,
which he recognized as that of his hos
tess, said: you're drunk, sir, you had
better go away" He took his hat and
fled and his hostess coming In, who
had heard the fatal words repeated by
the parrot, was Mortified, wondering
what her caller must think. Her medi.
tations were interrupted, however, by
the arrival of a note from the gentle
man, who said he had in truth taken
some wine at dinner, but did not know
the effects were SO apparent and wished
! =" Beg her pardon y :.
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lCopyright, 1928, by the International Lit
erary and News Servioe.)
:. PART /.

One con hardly imagine lovelier re-
gion IN which to spend long. serene
summer days in peaceful security, than
one finds on the North Shore. There
nature has given luxuriant forest, bold
cliffs, long sandy beaches, and a wide
sea with a long Dreaming roller; and
art has added gardens, and lawns, and
80 to say, palaces. Life can be as quiet
as you please there; and. although per-
haps not always gay, yet gay enough.
There are fast trains for those going
In and out OF town, or they can make
their yachts serve their business, and
be at home to dine and drive and see
friends; and then there are bathing
and sailing and gols and the usual So
cial pleasures at the dwellings Of one
and another, and at the club house of
the Hunt.
You may be sure that they knew how
to make the most of this life at Under
cliff, the home of the Seymours, where
you entered by a mile-long avenue of
beeches, and suddenly the sea burst
upon you, and the long low house that
looked like licheE or the rock, but,
with its broken roof lines and It's deep
piazzas, was the abode Of luxury if not
of bliss.
Here the Seymours came every year
from their Washington winters, sur
rounding themselves speedily with
guests, and, what With coaching and
sailing and music and dancing, filled
their part Of the place with a gayety
sufficient to itself.
But as even in Eden there was
trouble. so at Undercliff the affairs of
3 the kitchen poisoned the paradisaical
conditions, and Hilary, remembering
an address that had been once given
her by Madame Martinez, telegraphed
here and there; and Mrs. Holcomb, the
housekeeper, being Ill, she went up her.
self to town to interview the proposed
party who had come to meet her, and see
if the arrangement were practicable
1t was after submission to very close
examination on the part OF the chef.
that she found herself at last at the
Union Station with the object of her
3 search, very warm and tired and fius-
tered, quite of the opinion that the
world was better off when people lived
In tents and prepared their food out