The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-04-05
SAVED BY U. S. N.
State Tax Board Rescued by
Captain Walker and
Grew Of the
Gresham.
LENTz'S ATTACK OF VIRTUE
Commissioners Went to View
Central Railroad Property
and Ran Aground.

board We're IN yesterday, nor do they re-
alize the great debt OF gratitude which
they are under to Captain Walker and
the crew of the U. S. S. Gresham. The
tax board went down to the sea in boat
Yesterday and might have been there yet
mad 1t not been for the jolly tars OF
Uncle Sans navy. Major Lentz is spok-
en- OF in this connection as good and
great advisably. Carl knows ne IS
great and he gave evidences yesterday OF
possessing goodness which even ms
most aroent admirer did not imagine he
possessed. 1t all happened in this wise:
lne central Railroad Company OF New
Jersey mas hled with the state Board OF
assessors an appeal from lhe assessment
levied upon certain OF its LANDS beneath
water IN the CommunlpaW olstrlct py lne
Jersey city assessors Ihlhklhs tnat the
members Oh the boaro would better uh-
sueistanu the case py personaily Flewliis
eiie iahos' tne company asked tneih to
VISIT tne tracks IN ooar- Ihe Board ac-
cepeeu ana appointed noon yesterday as
tiie tiine lor the inspection. AS noon Is
lhe hour at winch most people eat tne
fNaiiroaa Company prepared llgnt iuhcn-
con ioi .ne commissioners anu lnose ae-
eoiiipaiisils tneHl on the trip. "hen tne
A' mno rom Tue position maicn NC ~
:: - 80 u 1i-e ln ls'-- -',
- soilii,a liu CAV ,ne lulei' q sso".
- 49, cs.te1 c.,
~ ~ esen'alsse u 'ne 10 80,
- 80 ~ ,ae aur,e +to,,as sl
- ~ ie1i'-o Ai'sl.. e.
$50, r,,,o,., - stsa'-r .,,araa
ta,,z- - ~ ~,
-
an Tbev u1era thara =, tbe ,,eyforrnanca
,f +bei, d,,+,r .,a 80 g.. i,,,,l,a+
The Major insisted and tbe ,ybfte-clad
colorad ean+1er,an 70 arried +ba 1,ncbe.on.
ashore Then a verv much i1iseusted
party filed into tba restaurant in the
WAITING room, and bousb+ their 1uncbaon.
at the conn+er II oonla NOT ba ascer-
tanned Yesterday that Major T.entz made
anv obiao+ion r., canine, orornd +ba ba~-
lsar IN +ba railroaa oomnanv,s hoa+
rr,a hoe+ r,.s +1,a s,;da-r,,baa1ar Ioh, n
iAfoara ,.zt,ia1, ,zy1,a, she a. ,,r+ oo,..,,;,,sr
5setsnouisbsd Man 1iLa Moio,. I.on+z oon-
vs1,s anioran4, from El1is leland ~ the
csntral,s station in +bis ei+v when Rar
lines were cast off and her nosa no;nted
dawn the river tbera was IN hoard
Charles q RIacx of +his oitv Henry
West Of Camden and Iosenb rbomnson.
of Atlantic cgtv Commissioners and
Thomas r fisher secretarv of tbe state
Roora oe ,roxa+ion. Joh,, mob1 oneen
Tra,our w 41arris,on Iamas Collins nr;-
vote Saoratarv +o RFavor FIoos. Jasanb
rrarp,ar S,,rvavor smith of Ravonna
caorqe w Ho1n,es and General copnsa1
I,a Forras+ of tha Central Railroad. and
axSsno+o, zvi,,;or, n E,d1,ards
,,o.sa1 sl,i,+od Eu1is Islond on5 ha-
ean ~ faa1 ;+s ,vav oaraf,l1v o,yar 4ba
fsats +o1var5t Inc vast ;rnnroveman+ which
ratr.ooa =, ,,,oI,;,rr ~ +t,a 10, oort
of pbin;rs s,+rae+ ara sou+b of ~ T,raso,,t
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o"esei, anu "nen tne La Doaio nau
iemeu Tue iahu' winch - q paie u .na I. /.
n uispute' Inc poa. was turned arouliu
ps laoolious pioeess ol "a hiis ifet" "sei ?
ashore anu oacAlns ana i,iiiiis aiiu Starred
70 leel her way OUT 10 oeep water. Inc
captain starteo LOT the enamel aIong ene
SommunlpaW coal oocks' the "neee OF
me cra1t bringing up the DiacK mud az az
every Turn, anu when ne was dpout wv
ana refused TO puoge anotner men. Inc
party was IN despair. II would not pc
high water again before O'Clock, and
the prospect OF spending qhat time on
board that little craft, with nothing TO
eat or drink, was very depressing The
party looked at Carl Lenfz as though
they wished they could utter the thoughts
that arose in them. The captain OF the
Moore footed his whistle for help and
several tugs Were soon in the neighbor-
hood, but the water was too shallow to
permit them to come near enough to rem
der any assistance.
At the wharf taking in coal about 200
feet away was the U. S. S. Gresham. Cap
tain Walker soon saw the predicament
the Moore was in and he sent away cut
ter with a line to her assistance. The line
was made fast to the Moore and to a
windlass on the Gresham, and the engines
started but the Moore remained as fast
as ever. Still the Gresham's engines
puffed on until suddenly the line parted
with a loud snap and few in opposite di-