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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-03
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oFF1cp OF H CITY COLLECTOR
JERSEY CITY N rJ.a
x.... ,unr. , chat ts subscriber the city Collector of Jersey, city N~ IN the
new mTustt u the tMuteI in such case made and provided. and under er are" go the highest
Brd OF Finance of such City, will expose for sale and sell att "c auco !.
bidder on -, -. - ra A n ehbaen hundred and meyine- - -
.. ~ daSp ~ afternoon of thtd day at the Assembly Chamber IN the cry bs Ninth
said city certain lots tracts and parcels of land and real estate ave been leWNd
Tnh and Eleventh wards of Jer@y City upon which either ENs nnT ne March A. d.
1856 or BOTH and which have remained unpaid for the space Of two years IRON 80
The lime When due and payable 49, -. -. ua .A, Ant cmernng the settle
r+ 5S ScMYnm Of arreaages Of unpaid axes assessments and water rs {" IVA IVA ami in
ruppAnmsh thereto and acts amendatny hereof .s - 49, oce Of the city, COL
Further particulars of the lands TO pc sdo may ~ dow # the sale. between the
Ietor CITY Hail. Jersey Cs on any week day prior 70 cWn 1y been a a. M and E
hours OF A NJ md a. NJ. except Saturday, and on SATURDAY between
The following list contains the lott and, block numbers of the. the dponn u te onhl tax and
ssM@ssmmt BOOK on file in the Office of the city Collector ogeerr WIZ aansd and the
ward OF the CITY, as now laid out wherein said lands are eIeeehmrn n to- late of sale and
ds taxes and assessments respectively the non-payment wheef ue su "
tracts and parcels are be sold. ,.n. soSon,tad nra will be added
Its wrnnate share Of the cost Of hAs SALE which is hereby estimated at FOUR u""S :"
each item of arrarageth eren -. -. u IN arars on said premises
and 10 An ~ T%h ases and ame@snnents levied thereon subsequent to December 10Th, 1885,
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The Committee on Laws and Ordinances
reported on claims of Evening Journal
Association. SO. 80, $3.50; Jersey City News,
SO. 30A 9 80, as correct.
The reports were accepted.
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The Committee on Printing and Station
ery reported on claims of Jersey CITY
News, SCI; A. e. Nolan, $66. ., as correct.
The reports were accepted.
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feet north OF Van Wrinkle avenue to ana
connecting with the sewer in st. Pauls
avenue.
Received and referred to their appro-
pirate committees.
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100 PER CENT.

New Jersey Mexican Asphalt 20. offered to furnish all materials AM DO al
york for 1880 of above, standard; uy :. rh ~ a4n1s - 40 an
Atlantic AcatraZ Asphalt &C. oHereu 10 InnSn III materials ma 10 III
work for 1902 Of above standard. ., . - ~
The Barber Asphal Paving Co. offered to furhsh IL Materials ho 20 III
work for &6 of above standard.
Received AM referred to the Committee N Streets AM Sewers.
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ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.

About loss cubic yards of earth exca-
yation
About 20 cubic yards of rock eXcava-
About 436 cubic yards of earth filling.
About 1903 cubic yards of sand filing.
About 3,194 square yards of asphalt
paving
About 1880 square feet of fiagging.....
About 6 square yards of repaving.;....
About so lineal feet of reset curb stone
About 1886 square feet of relaid Tagging
About 60 lineal feet of cribbing ......
About 9 reset manhole heads. :...
About 4 receiving basins rebuilt and
connections complete .......--.......
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Resolved, Tha $50 be paid to Benield
& Milne Manufacturing Co., for street
signs, May, 1899, claim No. S57.
Charge street signs on corners.
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The Committee on Engineering and
Survey reported on payroll Chief En-
gineer, ETC., 81, 1892, as correct.
The report was accepted.
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Resolved, That $3.50 be paid to NJ. j.
Co~unaughton, for sprinkling macadam
roads in G~reenville, 30 days, April, 1899, at
Sc per day, claim No. 239.
Charge unpaved streets.
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PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.

PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
The following claims were presented
c. e. cronham, S31.74, 1904; John F.
Frederick, sSs; Henry Byrne, S4IlS0; +. T.
Brands Sons Co, s4725; p. Harrington,
ISL; j.. Muldoon, $s3.42; James Mckee, $2l,
F. w. Towey, $s3.15; James Wilson, s.;
Washburne Bros. Co, $3.50; Joseph Seals,
$24; v. c. Seals, $40; James Mccarthy,
PayrolIs Commissioners and clerks,
81, 1880; Water Registrar, etc, $3,060.f6 y,
general superintendent, etc, $~l,3SS.33; Ia
borers in parks, $500; Chief Engineer, etc,
81. 1882.
Received and referred to their appro-
pirate committees.
REPORTS OF STANDING COM
MITTEES.
The Committee on Streets and Sewers re-
ported on certificate of Chief Engineer
in favor off,
The Barber Asphalt Paving Co, 1880.
on account of contract No. LAB.
Edward OsNeill, $500, on account of con-
tract No. 1,122.
John Nolan, $500, on account of con-
Also on claims of Benfeld & Milne Mfg.
Co., $75; M. ]. C~onnaughton, $3.50; James
Mccarthy. 1888: as correct and five ()
petitions for signs, etc, favorable.
The reports were accepted.
The Committee on Municipal Lighting
reported on claim of A. E. Nolan, $3.50,
as correct.
The report was accepted.
The COMMITTEE on Pumping and Reser-.
voirs reported on certificate OF Ch1ef
N. Z. Lubricating Oil Co.. s4SO.55, final,
on account of contract No, 1 ,ol5.
E. A. Dugan, $40.13, on account or con-
tract No. 1,10S.
Also on claims of Evening Journal AS
ISOLATION. $15.G0; Jersey City News, slo.eO'
as correct.
The reports were accepted.
The Committee on Assessments and Elk.
| tensions reported on certificate of Chief
Engineer in favor Of
E. A. Dugan, $171.72, on account OF con-
tract No. 1,10S.
Also on claims of United Gas Improve
ment Co., 1915, $3.63; Jas. F.. Stewart Co.,
6.31; VIM. H. Arrowsmith, $50; r; A.
Dugan, $17.4Sy $3.50; John A. VIII, S2455;
A. Sherry, SIG; j. c. Horse Manure Co.,
s75. and payrolls Commissioners ana
clerks. 81. 26S. 30; Water Registrar, etc.,
SO. 06O. 76; General Superintendent, ETC.,
81, 1888. SO as correct.
The reports were accepted.
The Committee on Public Buildings,
Docks and Parks reported on payroll,
laborers on parks, $500, as correct.
The report was accepted.
The Committee on Engineering. and
| Survey reported on payroll Chief En-
| gineer. ETC., 81, 1872. 81, as correct.
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Resolved. That $45.sS be paid to James
Mccarthy, for services as General Super
%intendent of Parks. 10 days, at s2-42 per
day, May, 1899, claim No. 531.
Charge special street account.
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rs. q,
G. A. Van Keuren. $40, claim No. 1856.
Thomas G.. Hall, SIS, claim No. 322.
e. A. Dugan. $14.75, claim No. 515.
A. Sherry. SIG, claim No. q.
A. E. Nolan. $62.25, claim No. 533.
From the SAM Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May IS, 1889. and approved by The
Mayor May %, 1893.
Resolved, That the various Boards Of
the city be and are hereby requested to
furnish to this Board a statement of all
real estate unused by the Board having
the same under its control.
Received and ordered filed.
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The Committee on Public Buildings,
Docks and Parks reported on payroll,
laborers on parks, $500, as correct.
The report was accepted.
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Resolved, That $500 be paid to Edward
O'Neill on account of contract No. LIZ,
for construction of a sewer in New York
to a point about 100 feet south of Ravine
avenue, and in South street from Cam
bridge avenue to New York avenue, and
in Hutton street from Sherman avenue to
New York avenue.
Charge special street account.
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Resolved. That special Improvement GER
t~ifieates for one thousand five hundred
dollars be drawn in favor of The Barber
Asphalt Paving Co., for work done and
materials furnished on account of con-
tract No. Lab. for Improvement of Glen
denny avenue, from Bergen avenue to
West Side avenue.
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est bidder.
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May IS, 1899, and approved ny the
Mayor May %, 1899.
Resolved. That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
ton adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners, May 10, 1879, 10
wit
Awarding to washburne Bros. Co, the
contract to furnish n deliver masons
materials according to specifications, it
being the lowest bidder.
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution by said Board,
May IS, 1899, and approved by the Mayor,
May %, 1899.
Resolved. That the Board Of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolution
adopted by the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners, May 16. 1888, to witt
Awarding to the w. w. Farrier Co.,
the contract to furnish and deliver ABOUT
90, 600 lbs. of pig lead. at the pipe yard,
proposal.
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board, May is. 1899. and approved by the
Mayor, May %, 1899.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resoiu-
ton adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners, May 9, 1889, to
witt
Awarding to Horace MacBride the CON-
tract to furnish and deliver about I.Wo
gross tons of bituminous coat at Hlgn
gross tons Of bituminous coal at High
Service Pumping Station, he being the
lowest bidder. (Price S2.S1.)
From the same Board -,
Transmitting resolution passed by sald
Board. May Is, 1899, and approved by the
Mayor, May %, 1899.
Resolved. That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolution
adopted by the Board of Street and Water
ordering paid the following claims:-
Michael OYMara, ST., claim No. rs:
". H. Peckham, $500. claim No; 6Ss;
Fl. +. Mclaughlin. SILT, claim No. 526.
r. Fl. Carpenter. $23. 10, claim No. 23S.
Jas. Coyle, $266.S9. claim No. 2S6.
q. A. Dugan, $500, claim No. 5lS.
E. A. Dugan, $3.50. claim No. "a.
e. A. Dugan, $1.45. claim No. DIG.
owens & Co, 1920, claim No. 70.
C. E. Link, $3.50, claim No, 1873.
80 r.,a RrnS CO 50 % claim mo.
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Resolved, That one special improvement
certificate for five. hundred dollars be
drawn in favor of John Nolan, for work
of contract No, 1,i30, for Improvement of
Pearsall avenue, from Avenue E to Ocean
avenue
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Resolved, That an extension of time of
fifteen Q5) days be granted to Thomas
F. McCabe in which to complete his con-
tract for the Improvement widening,
etc.O of Palisade avenue, from Hoboken
avenue to Newark avenue, said contractor
having petitioned for an extension of time
and the Chief Engineer acceding to time
above mentioned.
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and adjudicate Upon objections which
sessment map and report for the con-
struction OF a sewer IN Stegman street,
from a point ninety feet west of Ocean
avenue to Van Cleef street, and in Van
in Dwight street, conformabIy to the
provisions of Chapter III of the Laws of
1885; and
Whereas. No objections were presented,
alleged or known against the same; there
fore
Resolved, That said final assessment
map and report as filed by the Commits
sioners of assessment on the second day
of May. 1899. and the said assessment
therein shown, be and the same are here
by confirmed and that the clerk be direct
ed to file the same with the City Collector
for collection.
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The COMMITTEES on Municipal Lighting
reported on claim of A.. e. Nolan, $3.50,
as correct.
The report was accepted.
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Resolved, That permission be and is
hereby granted to the following named
persons to erect signs, etc., over the
sidewalk in front of the prem
ises designated in accordance with the
rules and regulations of this Board gov
erning such matters
W. H. Van ojen, sign, 102 Franklin
street.
George A. Stevens; sign. 1914 Monticello
avenue.
Joseph Murphy, barber pole. 2SS Mon
mouth street.
w. 7. Sullivan, sign, $50 Newark avenue.
Mary Schaefer, sign, 172 Monticello ave-
nue..
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-16

YOU KNOW that tired feeling is ex-
ceedingly disagreeable. What is far bet
ter. you may know, by a fair trial, that
Hoods Sarsaparilla entirely cures it.
Hoods Pills cure nausea, sick head
ache. biliousness, Indigestion, Price sc.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-16

had the appearance of being a needy
person and arrangements were finally
made to send her to her destination.
The form on which the order was made
out gave the wOman's name and that
of her husband as well as his address,.
The number of tickets desired was not
stated in the order, and when it was
presented, with a request for transpor-
tatiOn for herself and husband, MOTH
ing was thought of it and the tickets
were turned over.
Whether the tickets were sold or not
cannot be stated, the incident mere
ly going to show the disposition of
some people to abuse a kindness.
All sorts Of-applications are made.
Most of the applicants have a faculty
for getting into the city, but getting
out is quite different matter
One evening a few days ago, a stran-
ger appeared and, after stating that
he had a son in Brooklyn, with abund-
ant means, if he could only make the
journey, requested the necessary
wherewithal to land him at his destin-
alton. 1t was suggested that he might
telegraph his son for funds and have
the charges paid at the other end. Nut
tering something about not thinking OF
that, the stranger hurriedly left the
office.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-16
MILLIONS FOR PICTURES.

New York is not only the grea test
art market in the United States. but
the greatest in the world. This is the
opinion of Thomas e. Kirby of the
American Art Association, and as he
has personally sold in the last twelve
years forty-nine collections OF pictures
and other art objects, which realized
SS.5S4,123 Mr.. Kirby's opinion is GER
tainly worthy of respect as that of an
expert in his department. These sales
included the collections Of Mary T.
Morgan, S1,2O5, ,153; of a. T. Stewart.
$575. .079; of the estate of r. Austin
Robinson, S451,171; of W. H Stewart.
S409, 100; of Thomas B. Clarke. $306 94S .
and the three collections by George 1.
Seney, which realized a total of 81 $50
074. Several reasons are given by Mr..
Kirby for the opinion that New York
is the greatest art market Of the world.
Americans are the freest and most lib
eral buyers of pictures. When they
want an art object they buy it without
haggling over the price. They do not
buy primarily for the purpose of max
ing a collection that will sell at profit,
but for the pleasure of possession and
the adornment of their hOmes.-PubIic
Ledger.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-16

nails may be sent varies according tc
the square of the length of the con-
ductor. His first notable success was
in 1896, or one year after Popom had
demonstrated the practicability OF
transmitting messages without the use
of wires.
The French scientists claim prece-
dence over Marconi in the practical use
of the electric waves for transmitting
messages. NJ. Rigaut, in an article in
La Science Franchise, of Feb. "a, says:
1--WE have claimed for Mr.. Branly the
paternity of the essential feature in the
receiving instrument-the 'coherer.
The French office of telegraphy is
now engaged in making experiments
with the apparatus of NM. Branly ana
Ducretet. M. Rigaut, in the article
referred to. describes the apparatus as
follows:
THE mast supports one end of an
insulated conductor that floats in the
air, while the other end communicates
with the pole of an induction coil ana
one of the spheres Of discharge. Ihe
other pole of the coil is connected with
the other sphere and then with the
earth If the electric current passes
through the coil, discharge takes
place between the two spheres, when
constitute what is known as the 'oscll-
ldlOG. mus we nave d
and oscillatory electric discharge, OF
source of electric waves.
From the free extremity of the IN
sulated conductor fixed on the mast
the waves radiate. This extremity may
be terminated by a metallic sur1ace'
that furnishes, with the conductor, tne
requisite electric capacity. This radlat-
ing conductor is, then the transmltter'
A spring key, as in the Morse
transmitter, enables the operator TO
make the discharge short or long.
"The receiver consists of a coherer OF
tube filled with metallic filings, called
by Branly a 'radioconductor, OF
model invented by NJ Ducretet. TINS.
is put in communication on one side
with an insulated conductor OF a sec
ond tall mast, and on the other slde
with the earth. The end of the ihsula-
ted conductor is the collector Of the
electric waves. On the other hand the
cohering tube is placed in the circuit OF
battery and a very sensitive tei"-
graphic relay The battery current
passes in the electro-maSnet of me re
Law only when the electric waves, com
ing through space, traverse the cohef-
err causing it to become a conductor.
"As in all kinds of telegraphy each
station must have both a transmitting
and a receiving instrument. A portabls
receiving instrument Su>'ceS Iof tHe
reading of the Hertzian waves signals;
and by connecting it with a registering
apparatus the message may be printed
on band of paper"
In February the French scientists
were experimenting with sending q
message over a distance of about 10
miles. Marconi had already transmit
ted message over a distance of thirty
one miles.-New York Times.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-16

In New York the saving would run
into fabulous sums. Gas can be made
cheap. but private companies hera
have never sold it at less than double
its cost With the city in control the
manufacture and distribution could be
accomplished at the lowest possible ex-
pense, so that in spite Of personal in-
terest | am in favor Of the municipal
ownership of gas and 1 hope and be-
lieve that the day will soon come when
It will be realized. Present these figures
to the people, and they make argu-
ments that cannot be. answered"
Let it be borne in mind that Mr.. Kit
tie is the retired head of the old EasE.
River Gas Company Of New York city,
a company which was most successful
from the time that it passed into the
hands of Mr. Kittle. Purchased at
about $50 900 the plant was sold twelve
years later for 81, 100000 to syndicate
which now places the value or the cap
ftal stock at S7,000,000 At the time that
Mr.. Kittle purchased the plant the
mains We're Of wood and the leakage
was considerable. However, after pay
ing for miles Of iron gas main ana
building an entirely new plant Blr.
Kittle's company received a proht OF
81 $50 900.
The movement for dollar gas in New -
York has received considerable lmpe-
recent communication of Mayor Robert
A. Van Wyck 70 the municipal assem-
bly, of New York. in which he not open
lv advocates dollar gas. but advised
that the city conduct its own gas basl =
ness. as IL does its water, street eiefi5 q
ing and other departments The woraa-.
of Mayor Van Wycz have aroused q
great sensation not only in New YORK
but in other large cities Of the country
said the mayor ia his recommendation:
1T is in the intereset Of this city th@t
the municipality should establish an4
maintain a plant for supplying ga&
both to the city itself and 20 its inhapi@
tants Municipal ownership OF gas
plants is not a matter Of experiment
such plants are in successtul operation
NOT only in cities Of this country, but in
the leading cities of Europe. i an :.
credibly informed that such plant can
be so maintained as TO yield hand-
some profit to the city and al the same
time supply gas TO the public az the
rate Of about 70 cents per thouseae-.
feet. ss-
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-16
A VEGETABLE EXPLOSIVE.
Curious Fruit That Has Been Discovered
in Batavia.

in Batavia.
From the Montreal Weekly Witness.)
A very curious fruit has been discov-
cred growing wild in Batavia, and a
sample has been sent to a French pro-
fessor of botany at Paris. 1t appears
to be a species of bean resembling a
cigar both in form and color, though
only about an inch in length. But it
has a peculiar characteristic which
renders it very unique and interest
ing object, and this is the exceedingly
energetic manner in which it scatters
its seeds. If one of these little fruits
be thrown into a basin of water, it will
rest quietly on the surface for from
two to five minutes, then it will eX-
plode with violence, hurting most of
its contents into the air with a noise
and splash for all the world like a small
torpedo. 1t is hardly necessary to say
that this phenomenon is caused by the
pressure Of the elastic substance of its
interior overcoming the resistance of
its hard outer shell.
The fruit usually splits open length
wise. If plucked before maturity and
allowed to ripen in a warm spot, it
OpCllo SIduudiiy LIuiLl apex 10 DdSt,
making, as it We're, a pair of diverging
horns starting from the same point.
If left to ripen on the plant, since the
process is quicker and the internal
moisture greater, the opening is sud
den and accompanied with a slight
noise. though this is much less than
that which takes place when it has
been placed in water. In this case, the
dry but porous tissue of the surface of
the fruit quickly absorbs the liquid, es-
pecially at the grooves caused by the
junction of the two valves or outer
shells Of the fruit. The internal It's
sue being very elastic. exerts upon the
latter a tension which soon results in
the violent bursting already described
The curious property of explosion is
given the little plant for the dissent
nation of its seeds, which would other
wise stand poor chance of propagat-
ing its species.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-16

that he obtained a university education.
When but fifteen he won the Downin
scholarship, which admitted him to the
Edinburgh University, from which he
graduated as bachelor of arts in April
of 1887. He was the medallist of The
Gaelic class.
In 1890 he became a bachelor of di-
vinity and was licensed as a preacher
by the Free Church Presbytery Of Fort
William.
In October of the same year he re-
ceived a call from London. His ability
readily made itself felt, and in October,
1898, he was installed as pastor of the
Regent Square Presbyterian Church,
succeeding the Rev. John McNeill.
Mr.. Connell is unmarried. He speaks
with a slight Scotch accent He has
natural oratorical gifts, hut is always
self-contained and conservative in his
utterances. He is an impressive speak
er. His voice is deep and musical, and
has great carrying power.
The Worcester spy., 1899-04-16

The Rev. Alexander Connell, who has
been unanimously chosen by the con-
gregation of the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terian Church of New York to fill the
pastorate made vacant by the death oil
the Rev. DR.. John Hail. is now on his
way to London from China.
Mr. Connell is a remarkable figure IN
the Presbyterian Church. He is young
man, not yet thirty-three, but since he
was twenty-seven he has been pastor
of the Regent Square Church, London,
which is regarded as the leading Pres
byterian Church of England.
Mr.. Conneu is six feet tall, with a
broad, rugged frame, dark-brown hair
and mustache, a finely moulded head,
kindly eyes and a disposition as gentle
as a Woman's.
been born in Appin, Argy4eshire, in 1861
His parents had but humble means, and
it was through his own unaided laboTs