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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
WANTS NINE VESSELS

Counsellor HUMPHREYS of Paterson OBJ
tanned from Chancellor McGill yesterday
morning an order directing the receivers
of the Atlantic Transportation Company
to show cause why nine vessels OF the
Transportation Company should not pc
turned over to the United States Mortgage
antitrust Company and an order be grant
Cd restraining the receiver from using or
5ssoosins Of the vessels. In the Mortgage
IN,mpany's petition it was stated that the
conona1x possesses seven bonds and
MORTGAGES to secure 500. COO issued by the
TransuoTtation Company, six OF winch
cover one vessel each and the other COW
ered three, A clause in the mortgages
provide that If when the mortgages be-
come due they are not paid the company
can take possession of the vessels. II IS
under this clause that the Mortgage Com
pany seeks possession OF the vesseis.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23

Notice is hereby given that on the 21st da.1
of March, 1899, application was made to tn
Board of Street and Water Commissioners b!
TENTH STREET.
from Grove street, to and connecting with
sewer in Jersey avenue.
Said sewer to be built c~onformably to the
and in accordance with the established plan of
sewerage, together with all the necessary man
holes, receiving basins and appurtenances.
Notice is also given that on the 18th day OF.
May, 1899, the Commissioners of Assessment
filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board
liminary map for said improvement, showing
the probable total cost of the contemplated
improvement and the probable amount to be
assessed on property specially benefited there
by, and the same Is now open to public in
spection 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
SIXTEENTH STREET,
JERSEY AVENUE.
on the east side. from Sixteenth street to
points about Is feet north and IS feet south
thereof.
from Sixteenth street to points about Is feet
north and south Thereof.
on the west side from Eighteenth street to a
point about 100 feet south of Sixteenth street,
and on the east side from a point about 25
feet north of Eighteenth street to Sixteenth
SEVENTEENTH STREET,
from Grove street to points about 100 feet east
EIGHTEENTH STREET,
from Grove street to a point about 200 feet
east thereof.
fits which will become a lien, and due and
PAYABLE when lateral or connecting sewer has
been constructed to connect with this sewer,
ERIE STREET.
from a point about % feet north of Sixteenth
street to a point about 25 feet south of Seven
GROVE STREET.
on the west side from Eighteenth street to a
and on the east side from a point 25 feet
north of Eighteenth street to a point 25 feet
south of Nineteenth street.
EIGHTEENTH STREET,
from a point about 200 feet east of Grove
street to a point about 50 feet west of Hem
derson street.
SEVENTEENTH STREET,
from a point about 100 feet east of Grove
street to a point about rs feet west of Hem
derson street
of the Act above cited the 31st day of May.
1899. at 2 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 VIII
meet to hear all parties interested in said
application and all reinonstrances against the
said proposed Improvement that may be pre-
sented in writing.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
5 rarsau r;tv Nav Goth 1899
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
TO Ride the Hudson Goat.

The eyes of one and one-half millions
of loyal Jerseymen will be on Jersey City
this evening, and with bated breath they
viii await the termination of the cere-
mony of making their popular Except
with the militia Governor ride the goat.
with Congressman Daily and Fowler, ex-
Mayor Johnny" Rankin, Surrogate Par
rot and several other citizens Of Eliza
beth, the Chief Executive viii be put
through the mo gee and made a thirty
third degree Mason.
The fear and trembling with which
these loyal Jerseymen will wait to hear
n the gostt baked or looked the Governor
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
Ains1ee's Magazine For June.

Hugh Bonner has written an article on
Modern Fire Fighting for the June
number of "Ainslee's Magazine" How
Many are Worth a Million" by John Gill
mer Speed, in the same issue of "Ainslee's
contains a mine of information. Further
more, Snapshots of Bird and Beast" by
William E. Carlin, sissan exceedingly well
written paper. There is also a most valu-
able study of the trust under the title,
.sThe Art of trust Building" by Peter
Macarthur. Human Documents from Old
Rome by Theodore Dresser, is. unique in
text and illustration. HThe Mayor of
Chicago by Forrest Crissley, and a
short paper on University Settlements, by
the daughter of Austin Dobson, consti-
tute the remaining articles of "Ainslee'ss
for June,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
LITTLE AGNES DouCHERTY DEAD

Patrolman John D~ougherty OF the
Gregory street station, is bereaved by
the death of his two year old daughter
Agnes. The child was taken sick last
Wednesday with whooping cough. She
succumbed to the disease Sunday night.
The funeral services take place at W
O'clock this afternoon from her late resi-
dence. No. 40 Fa.rmount avenue. The in
terment will be made in Hudson County
Catholic Cemetery.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
COURT BOOKS ALL RIGHT
Nevins and Norton Complimented by
Board of Finance.

The Finance Committee of the Board
of Finance, consisting of Commissioners
Midlige, Carnes and Mullins, who were
appointed by a resolution at the last
meeting of the the Finance Board to in
spect the books of the police courts, Dis
trict Courts and the Board of Health held
a conference yesterday morning with
Justice Nevin of the First Criminal Court
and found the books of the court in first
class condition. The Commissioners then
complimented Justice Nevin and Clerk
Norton and departed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
PERSONAL.

city Collector Robert Davis was at his
office this morning having returned last
night from Greenwood Lake, where ne
Sheriff Heller. The small rest from civic
duties has brought a beneficial change to
both gentlemen. Sheriff Heller who is in
III health is much better for the change,
while Nj. DAVIS looks ready for even the
hard duties Of a Presidential campaign.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
Dated Jersey city. May Goth, 1899.

IN cHANcERY OF NEW JERsEY-NoTIcH
to absent defendant.
To John Ahrens.
BY virtue of an order OF the Court of Chan.
cery Of New Jersey, made on the day of the
date hereof. in a cause wherein George r.
GRAY. receiver of the Granite State Provident
Association, is complainant. and you and
others are defendants, you are required to APP
pear and plead, demur or answer to the com
dav Of June next, or the said bill will be taken
as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose a mortgage
given Nv Herbert Mills and wife to the Granite
Stats Proyident Association for eight hundred
dollars. dated the sixth day of June, 1880, on
nremises in the City Of Jersey City, County OF
Hndson. New Jersey, and you are made q
party defendant because you hold a mortgage
nncancelled of record on the said premises.
HAYES & LAMBERT.
Solicitors of Complainant.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
NOTICE TO


Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners, on
Wednesday, May 31st, 1899, at 2 O'Clock P. NJ,
in the Assembly Chamber Of the City Hall.
for the
IMPROVEMENT OF LINCOLN STREET,
from Hudson Boulevard to Germanta avenue.
Said Improvement to be made conformably to
the provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws Of 1885
IN accordance with specifications on file
Blank forms of bid and agreement Of sure
ties must be obtained at the office of the
ShieI Engineer. in the City Hall. Jersey City,
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
Standard
Of Cost.
About 1851 cubic yards Of earth excava-
About 80 cubic yards of rock excavation.
About s7 cubic yards Of sand filling. per
About 1873 square yards, of Belgian paw
ing. per square yard,.-. ........... 1.3o
About SS lneal feet of curbstone, per
About s,4ss square feet Of Tagging. per
About IA square yards Of repaving. per
About le iineai feet Of reset and dressed
About 2s0 square feet Of relaid and dressed
bridge stone, per square foot - -5
About 352 square feet of relaid and dress
ed tagging, per square foot ..........-. .02
About 50 lineai feet of eribbing stone, per
About l receiving basin rebuilt and CON
Time allowed for the completion Of thu
work, rs working days.
The making of the above improvement ant
award of the contract therefor will be sub
ject to the remonstrance Of the owners OF the
property liable to more than one-half the as
sessment therefor on the basis Of preliminary
sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for the Improve
ment Of Lincoln Street" directed to ''Mr.
Jas. S. Nolan, Chairman of the Committee on
Streets and Sewers and handed to the Clerk
Of the Board in open meeting when called for
in the order of business relating to sealed
proposals.
The bonds required TO be furnished on pro-
posals land a possible subsequent contract) are
those of some surety company authorized to
do business in the State of New Jersey.
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 specifications,
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 the
act above cited, exercise the right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention Of bidders Is especially called
toa Section Z, Chapter 1874. of the Laws of 1891,
under the terms whereof no contract shall be
binding upon the city or become effective or
operative, until the bonds offered by the con-
tractor have been approved as to sufficiency
by this Board and as to form by the Cor
poration Counsel, the President of this Board
having the power to examine the PROPOSED
bondsmen under oath. 4.-ns IS
By order of the Board Of Street and Waite
Commissioners.
Dated Jersey CITY. NAV goth. 1899.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


There is a certain charm and attractive
ness about the June "Woman's Home
Companion that few of the other
magazines for this month can equal
Julia Magruder's new serial, ga Sunny
Southerner," is developing some situations
very perplexing to the reader Mrs. Har-
riet Prescott Spofford's story of Cyril
is completed in this number, and Francis
Lynde in 1.-THE Homecoming of Lalotte'
depicts the simple loves of the Louisiana
bayou folk, and Miss Trelawney's
Charge by Agnes Provost. is a spirited
romance.
John Kendrick Bangs makes the Idiot
rise to occasion in a valiant and humor-
Gus survey of the possibilities of giving a
state dinner with the cook away, and
Lillian Bell tells of her frantic efforts to
get a snapshot at the Sultan of Turkey.
Edward A. Steiner writes of the Begin
nings of co-education in this country, and
John Gilmer Speed tells the STORY of the
Umbrella"
In this number the household and home
maker will find many seasonable ugges-
tons; first, how to build " A Nine-room
Suburban Cottage at reasonable cost.
then how to furnish it tastefully and
economically.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
PUBLIC LIBRARY CIRCULATION.

The record of circulation of books for
home reading for the week ending May 20,
1899, was as follows.-General works, 81;
philosophy, 81; religion, u; sociology, S37;
philology, 10; natural science, 1892; useful
arts. 60; fine arts, Is; literature, 50s; tic-
ton. 4,046; juvenile fiction, 3,S4S; history.
6lS; biography, 71s; travels, 37S. Total,
10, 1865.
OF this number there were delivered
through the delivery s~tations,s7 ,0S4.
the week. 152.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23

NOTICE TO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
Catharine Mcbride, deceased. Philip A.
Bour and Richard Morgan, executors of
tho Deputy Surrogate of Hudson County.
aated march Ia, 1899, hereby give notice
TO the creditors of said decedent to bring
in their debts, demands and claims against
the estate of said .decedent, under oath
or affirmation. within nine months from
the date of said order, or they will be
forever barred of any action therefor
PHILIP A. BOUR,
RICHARD MORGAN.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23

Nv virtue of an order of the Court CT
Chancery of New Jersey, made on tie
day Of the date hereof, in a cause wherein
John S. McMaster is complainant and you
are defendants, you are required to ap-
near. plead, answer or demur to the
Bill Of said complainant, on or before the
tventy-sixth day of June next, or the sal ID
bill will be taken as confessed against
you.
gage given by you to William De Camp
Johnson dated November 18th, 1887. on
No 14S Bright street, Jersey City, Y. j..
and you are made defendants because you
JOHN s. McMASTER,
Solicitor pro Sc.
/ Exchange Place,
Jersey City, n. J.
Dated April 18th, 1898.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
soRREL HORSE FOUND

Patrolman Johnson of the Montgomery
street station ound a sorrel horse astray
on Paramount avenue about five o'clock
Sunday morning. It was taken to the
S. P. c. A. shelter on Grove street.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
NOTICE TO

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
in the Assembly. Chamber of the City Hall,
for the
CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERS IN MARCY.
LEXINGTON AND OXFORD AVENUES.
Said improvement to be made conformably
to the provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws
of 1895, and in accordance with specifications
on file in the office of the Clerk of the said
Blank forms of bid and. agreement Of sure-
ties must be obtained at the office of the
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
s If eostl
About 400 lineal feet of 54-inch circular
brick sewer, per lineal foot 4.20
About 1850 lineal feet of 36-inch circular
brick sewer, per lineal foot.......---. $50
About 1858 lineal feet Of so-inch circular
brick sewer, per lineal foot. ......... 300
About $50 lineal feet of 24-inch circular
brick sewer. per lineal foot N2. ESQ
About bout LS5o lin ca feet feet Of fd ls+inch vitrihed 3,
About 200 cubic. yards of brick masonry. =,
About eu Sd Is, 80 yI iineai feet Of piles driven, wv
About fB7.oSoSo feet Of B. NJ. Gaping, per
About ESs,o0o feet Of B. M. flooring. per
About I receiving basins to be connected
About BIZ cubic yards of earth filling, :.
ABOUT dHreCelVllS pdSlilS liz SOnuectiOHS,
Time Allowed for the completion of the
work, 15 working days.
The making of the above improvement and
award OF the contract therefor will be subject
to the femonstrance of the owners of the
property liable to more than one-half the as
sessment therefor, on the basis of preliminary
sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for Construction
Avenues directed to Mr.. Jas. S. Nolan,
Chairman of the mmit on Streets ana
Sewers, i" and handed to the Clerk of the Board
in open meeting when called for in the or
der Of business relating to sealed proposals.
The bonds required to be furnished on pro-
those of some surety company authorized to
do business in the State of New Jersey.
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 s~pecifica.
lions. 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
The Board may, under the provisions of the
Act above cited, exercise the right to reject
any or all proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called
to Section 4 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
cheney by this Board and as to form by the
Cornoration Counsel. the President of this
Board having the power to examine the pro-
posed bondsmen under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
GEORGE T. BoUToN.
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City, May 10Th. 1899.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
3. P. o. E. MINSTREL SHOW

The annual benefit Of Hoboken Lodge,
No. "a, R. P. Q. E., was held last even
ing in a local playhouse. 1t proved a sue
icessful and most enjoyable event. The
programme Included an amateur minstrel
performance by member of the lodge and
a long vaudeville bill. "Our Cree" a
half hour piece devoted to burnt cork
humorists, was presented by Jersey City
Lodge, No I'll. 1t scored a big hit.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23

"McClure's Magazine for u will
contain an account of Marconi's latest
and most marvellous experiments in tele-
graphing without wires, prepared by
Cleveland Moffett with Mr.. Marconi's own
assistance. There will also be a short
story by Mr.. Kipling. The number for
June will give the untold story of the
negotiations between Admiral Dewey ana
the Spanish commanders that resulted in
the final surrender of Manila. The Rev.
Cyrus Townsend Brady will tell, from a
new study of all the documents, the dra-
matte story of John Paul Jones' Greatest
Fight ~An article will describe the Curl
Gus. dangerous life of the Cornwall
miners. An article by Miss Tarbell will
give new "reminiscences and stories of
Lincoln's devotion to the private soldiers
during the war.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
MISS HATTIE TOWNSEND DEAD

Miss Hattie Townsend, forty years old,
of No. 20 Charles street, after a sickness
of four days, died yesterday without med
ical attendance. TIL County Physician
was notified.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
FOR SALE.

HOUSE AND TWO LOTS FOR SALE
House has 8 rooms and improvements,
nice garden, 100 feet from Boulevard.
on mortgage. Call, T. Page, 81 Poplar
street, r.. c. H. Five minutes to all fer
ries.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23

WANTED-Case of bad health that
R-I-P-A-N-S will not benefit. Send .
cents 10 Ripans Chemical Co., New York.
for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
WANTED.

CANvASSERS-CoME TO THE FEAST;
it is Lead easy to sell at $3.50 what
sell at s.. Other things in proper
ton. Liberal terms. Make hay while the
sun shines. C. F. Adams Co, Grove
street, between Newark avenue and Bay
street, Jersey City.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
TUESDAY, MAY %, 1893.

This paper is Democratic in principles
and is Independent in its uiescs on all local
Questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.

Dated Jersey city, May 10th. 1899.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-23
CORPORATION

Dated Jersey city. May cot
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-10-02
Run over
To the Iceberg tor a bottle OF old whisky

BY buying your winter wrap now you
have the pick OF thu season, h HELD Il
Co. have just received d full line OF ladies
and children's cApes an jackets.
We can please you on underwear this
fall without paralyzing your pocket
book, Simon Stern. The Railroad avenue
clOthier.
Ladies' KID gloves IL per paiT-eYeTy
pair guaranteed. ROsenWald Bros.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-10-02
LOCAL.

Col. John Becker. the big Beleu gen.
eral merchant and flour miller. who WAS
in the east purchasing his fall and
winter stock, came In from the north
last Saturday night. and continued
south to Belen yesterday morning.
The Fair association again requests
the following TO call ut this office aud get
vouchers In payment OF Oills held against
tue association: Southwestern Brewery
Il Ice Co., ". ". Strong, Alvin POhle. J
A.. Skinner, Toti ~ Crab aud y. SchOet.
tin.
Il ID. Heininger, 80 years Of age. died
at his room on Silver ayenue last fri
day. MIR. Beininger came here from
PlainsylllP, New Jersey. for his health
about ten days ago. His family wired
Undertaken Strong To embalm and shiI
his body TO his home.
The whitney Company made a sal,
Saturday 10 Bearup " Edie OF a Nc
Jormick Corn Harvester. This machine
In comparatively new to the southwest.
IL cuts aud binds just like the ordinary
machine does wheat. The cost OF these
corn %baryesters Is about $40. .. ID.
GOfi, OF the whitney Company, will prob.
huAy ko thio hlNti uOOu W oct Sht uhClllit
up on a ranch some twenty miles below
here.
The hrst lecture In the university OK
tensiye lecture course In geology, was
given Saturday morning by President
| Herrick at the Academy building. All
the teachers OF the city schools were
present and were very much interested In
the work. With the exception OF two or
three lectures, which will be given Ia the
evening. all the meetings will be held at
the Academy building Fridays from i:l5
to b:l5 p. m. Professor Childs will lee
ture next Friday evening, October q.
from 3 too 2. III on "0ther Worlds Than
Ours" All persons interested In geology
are invited 10 join the class.
W. II. Mills, formerly manager OF the
local office OF the Postal Telegraph com
Dany, left last Saturday night for 81.
Louis. where IL IL understood he has &c.
cepted a position. Miss Edna accom-
panied her father az far ~ Kansas City,
and from there will continue TO Chicago,
where Mrs. Mills IL at present visiting.
In connection with the departure Of
Miss Mills, tine announcement of her en-
gsgement to Ro,s Merritt IL made. the
marriage 20 take place some time next
spring. MIR. Merritt Is a popular clerk
at the Bank OF Commerce.