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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15
CORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that on the 11th day
of August. 1903, application was made to the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners py
Patrick Rooney and others for. the construction
SEWER IN MERsELEs STREET,
about 70 feet south of Newark avenue TO
- = FOURTH STREET,
from Merseles street to and connecting with
sewer at Brunswick street.
Said sewer to be built conformably to the
and in accordance with the established plan
of sewerage, together with all the necessary
msnholss receiving basins and aaS 81
September, 1908, the Commissioners OF Assess
mant fled in the office Of the Clerk OF the
Board of Street and Water commissioners their
preliminary map for said Improvement. show
ing probable total cost of the contemplated
Improvement and the probable. amount to be
assessed property specially benefited there-
ton ton in in the office Of the Clerk Of said Board
streets avenues particular sections there
FOURTH STREET,
on the north side from Merseles street to New
ark avenue. and on the south side from Mer-
seles street to point about $3.50 feet west of
-" = : MEasELEs STREET.
on the south side from Fourth street to points
NEWARK AVENUE.
from Fourth street to a point 1881 feet north
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act above cited the 18th day of Octo-
Der, 1903, at o'clock P. NJ, and the~Assembly
Chamber of the City Hall, are hereby ixed as
the time and place when and where the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners will meet
to hear all parties interested in said applica-
ton. and all remonstrances against the said
proposed improvement that may be presented
in writing.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Clerk
Dated Jersey City, October T. 1908.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed proposals will be received BY the
Tuesday, October 6. 1908 at 2 oelook P. NJ.
in the Assembly Chamber of the cay Hail. for
IMPROVEMENT OF wooDLAwN AVENUE.
from Garfield aenue to Hudson Bouleard; aisq
OPENING OF woOpLAwN AVENUE.
from Bergen avenue to Hudson Boulevard.
Said improvement to be made conforfnapiy to
Of 1856 and Il accordance with specifications
on file in the office of the;Cerk Of said Board
must ' be Obtained Ia at 9TH the ofice Of the CHEZ
EnslneeF Gsy Hal E Ssrssg Sf5ASTrIss esE =; =
staeSssa y SasI,
About 1000 cubic yards of earth excava-
tion, per cubic yard. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 10
About cubic yards of rock excavation,
About boz i.s5o cubic yards Of earth ling
About 700 cubic yadrs of sand hiling per
ABOUT ot 400 square yards Of paving CBei. -
gian) in CUTTERS per square yard....-... las
About $3.50 lineal feet of curb stone. per
About 1850 square feet of bridge stone,
About 5000 square feet Of tagging. per
square foot..-.. .....-...-..........- .l6
About 80 yards of repaving. per square
About 80 lineai feet Of resettins ana dress
ing curb stone. per lineal foot. ;.--.....: 20
About so square feet of relaying and
dressing bridge stone, per square root..- .os
About 500 square feet of relaying and
dressing tagging stone. per square foot .o3
About resetting receiving basin heads.
each. 500
About Is resetting manhole heads, each... ECO
Abou 2 rebuilt receiving basins and con-
nections complete, each. $500
Time allowed for the complexion of the work.
S5 working days.
award of the contract therefor will be subject
to the remonstrance Of the owners Of the prop
erty liable to more than one-half the assess
ment therefor, on the basis of preliminary
sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed enve-
lopes, endorsed SProposais for the Improvement
and Opening of Woodlawn avenue directed
of Long Street, and Rose Avenue directed
to '.Mr. Jas. S. Nolan Chairman OF the Com
mittee on Streets and Sewers and handed
to the Clerk of the Board in open meeting.
when called for in the order of business re-
lating to sealed proposals.
posals land possible subsequent eontraoO are
those of some surety company authorized TOGO
business in the State Of New Jersey.
ed, for which they will furnish All pdaferiais
cifica lions. and if final award of Contract he
made the per cent. so stated will form the
basis upon which payment VIII be made for all
The Board may under the provisions Of the
act above cited, exercise its right to reject any
- The attention of bidders is especially called
TO section 4 chapter iS4 OF the Laws OF 1891
under the terms whereof contract shall be
operative until the bonds offered by the con-
tractor have been approved to sufficiency
by this Board, and as 70 form by the GpFpora-
ing the power to examine the proposed boads-
By order Of the Board of Street and Water
GEO. T. RouToNs
Dated Jersey City. September 2s, 1908
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING PERMlSSloN
to the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company %
New Jersey to connect their property easl oa !
Washington street by two tracks from nr.sh she
main line tracks OF its railroad across wash
ington street and regulating such crossings.
Whereas, The Lehigh Valley Railroad COM
pany Of New Jersey proposes 70 sds efee ~ WasS
upon its property on the eastersy sioeSoi WAsh-
ington street at the Cap c..- -.
The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey CITY py
the Board of Street ana Water ~ sad
for and on behalf of the munlclpa4ity Oh sd'u
city, do ordain as follows
Sec. 4. That the Lehigh Valley Railroao
Company of New Jersey is hereby granted per-
mission to cross Washington street at grace
of said street and to lay. maintain and oper.
ate two railroad tracks across said street at
grade to enable said Company to connect It's
washington street with its main line tracks
said tracks to be located as near as may pe
about one hundred feet north of the present
most northerly main line tracks or Ine Haii. .nt :
portion of the street occupied by II properly
plarked and paved in secure and safe man
ner for the free passage OF pedestrians ana We
Sec. %. That the work of planking ana paw
ing said crossing and preparing the same lot
the passage Of vehicles and pedestrians shall
sisfactiorl of the Committee on Streets and
Sewers OF this Board; provided, that all costs
and expenses connected with the publication
of this ordinance and all costs Of the publi-
cation of resolutions and notices In connection
Herewith shall be paid by the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company of New Jersey, and the
Clerk of this Board shall be deposited with
that officer on demand.
Passed September 2srd, 1903.
ANTHONY HAUCK,f
President pro tenn.
Approved october sth, 1903.
Atfsst;- GEO. T. BouToS. Tessor.
4 Clerk
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CARPENT Ter TAKEN
Railroad Fireman Who De
serted His Family Nab
bed in Providence
Rhode Island.

Detective Gallagher arivred home this
morning from Providence, r. l., with
Bennett Carpenter, thirty-fye years old,
who had been arrested under a new law
on an Indictment charging him with de-
serting his wife and family in this city
Carpenter is fireman on the New
York New Haven and Hartford Railroad
and Gallagher was obliged to race on an
other train from New London, Conn.,, to
Providence the one on which Carpenter
was firing. Gallagher went to New Lon
don and learned om.the police that Car
penter's train would go through that city
at 1.3O o'clock the next morning on its
way to Providence. He waited but the
train on which Carpenter was firing
proved to be a freight and did not stop
at New London. The next train was the
Providence Express for which the freight
and other trains would have to give the
right of way. When the freight train ar
rived in Providence Gallagher with To-
cal detective was in waiting and nabbed
himkas he descended from the locomotive.
The necessary papers for extradition had
been already secured.
Carpenter deserted his wife and fam
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PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING STATION
ERY AND SUPPLIES TO THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF JERSEY CITY, N. J.

>Sealed proposals are hereby invited for
FURNISHING STATIONERY AND sup
PLIES TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF JER-
SEY CITY. N. J.
for the fiscal year beginning December l. 1903,
and ending November 80, 1904.
The contractors will be required to deliver
goods free of cost of transportation to the vari-
schools at such times and in such quanti-
ties as the Committee on Books, Stationery,
&C.. the Board of Education may direct,
and at the prices named in their bids
The Board OF Education reserves the right
to accept or reject any bids in whole or Id
part.
The Board OF Education will hold bidders to
that portion Of their bids which may be ac-
cepted.
holders. residents of the State of New Jersey,
who will become sureties for the performance
Of the contract
Bids for stationery and supplies must be in
accordance with the official specifications,
copies Of which may be obtained OF the Secre-
tary of the Board of Education.
Official samples of the stationery for which
bids are invited are on file in the office of the
Secretary of the Board of Education for fhe
inspection of bidders
Samples OF books. stationery and supplies
must be left in the office Of the Secretary Of
the Board of Education, City Hail. for the in
spection of the Committee.
Proposals. sealed and directed to the Com.
mittee Books, Stationery and Supplies rnusj
be presented at the meeting OF the Board OF
Education. to be held Thursday. October ~
By order Of the Board Of Education.
y JOHN H. C0YLE,
FRANK T. MATTHES,
49,, !, Committee,
Secretary
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15

IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY.
In the matter of the application OF Margaret
McAlone for permission to sellalands d owned Dy
To Peter Murtaugh and all persons claiming
any interest in the lands and premises describ-
ed in this notice, BY or through the said Peter
Please take notice. that Margaret McAlone
has m N filed petition in se @ Of o
the following lands and premises, to wit
All those two certain lots, pieces or parcels
in the city Of Jersey city. in the County of
Hudson and State of New Jersey, and known
on The the civ NAB entitled. Assessment Map Of
the Old City of Jersey City from original sur
vey and the records. 1888, L. D; Fowler, Surv.
Beginning at. point on the northerly SIDE
of Wayne street distant 125 feet westerly from
the westerly line OF Monmouth street; hence
a northerly parallel with Monmouth street
200 feet to the southerly line of Railroad ave-
nue.; thence 82) westerly along the said south
erly line of Railroad avenue (25) feet thence
(S) southerly parallel with Monmouth street
200 feet to the northerly side Of Wayne street,
and thence (4) easterly along the said norther-
" Side Of Wayne street t25) feet to the point
or place of beginning.
tain deed made by Margaret Murtaugh, widow
Of William Murtaugh to Margaret McAlone. by
deed dated May 10th, 1892 and recorded in
premises en one I Peter Murtaugh had had ace Certain
INTEREST," sale of which said interest is pray
ed and a decree barring the said Peter MUIR
taugh and all persons claiming any interest
in said lands and estate by or through the said
Peter Murtaugh fom any claim or title in the
said land and real estate; said Peter Murtaugh
being presumed dead; and take notice that the
Chancellor has set Monday the Ninth day of
November, Nineteen Hundred and Three, at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon of that day. or as
soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, at
the Chancery Chambers in Jersey City. Num-
Der Is Exchange place, as the time and place,
when and where a hearing will be heard in
the matter and all persons interested may at
tend at that time and be heard
HUDSPETH & PuSTER,
Solicitors for Petitioner
Post Office address, No. 259 Washington street
Jersey City, N. r.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15

The work Of the regimental tailor
may or may not be addressed to style.
1t all depends, as in other lines of
soldering, on his superior officer
When Sir George Grove was a young
man in the West Indies, superintend-
ing the erection of lighthouses, he met
an English army officer who was so
exceedingly well dressed that he was
moved to say:
'You don't get those clothes here, ]
suppose?"
! "Oh, yes,0 replied the officer. 'aThe
regimental tailor made them for me. =
is it really possible that the regi-
mental tailor can fit you SO well?' ex-
claimed the young engineer in surprise.
Il should think SOP the officer an
swered. "He had better fit me! !
would give him three days heavy drill
If he didn't and he knows itr'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15
DORORTHY'S
VENTURE
Policeman McGurk's Four
teen Year Old Daughter
in the Role Of De-
tective.
LONG SOUGHT THIEF CAUGHT
From a Hiding Place She Finds
Elmer Mentz Clerk in
O'Brien's Robbing the
Store.
LONG SOUGHT THIEF CAUGHT

Miss Dorothy McGurk, the fourteen
year-old daughter of Policeman Frank
MeGurk, who had often heard her father
discuss police methods of catching thieves
played the part of detective yesterday
and succeeded in solving the mysterious
disappearance of goods in a well-known
dry goods store in Newark avenue-a
case that had baffled some of the last
efforts of the local detective force. She
is employed at O'Brien Brothers store.
Valuable goods in a store room had for
sometime been Systematically disappear
ing. Local sleuths had been working on
the case. Miss McGurk suggested to her
father plan by which the thief might be
caught. Her father consulted Chief of
Police and laid his daughters plan be-
fore him, with the result that Miss Nc
Gufk went to the store yesterday ostens-
IDLY on regular duty but in reality in the
capacity of detective.
A window between the store room from
which the goods, such as costly portierres
silks, -shawls, etc., and other apartment
is covered with hard white paint When
the door leading to the apartment is
closed no one inside can be seen. Mrs
McGurk scratched off a tiny bit of the
eye hole. There she watched all day.
1t was not until about the store was
about to close that her efforts were re-
warded. She saw young clerk named
Elmer Mentz who lived in Plainfield en-
fer the store room in question, neatly tie
mp fat package of goods and place ii
under his coat, buttoning the latter close
ly about him.
The girl detective did not go to her
employer Immediately for fear of arous-
ing Mentz's suspicious. Instead she
went out in front of the store and called
Policeman Mccarthy and told him of her
di covery. When Mentz emerged from
the store she pointed him out tothe po-
liceman. Mentz was caught with the
goods On him. At the Gregory street
StationwMe confessed to having been
systematically robbing the store. He
gave his address in Plainfeld and said
that the missing good would all be found
at his home. He wa arraigned in the
First Criminal Court this moring in $4OO
for the Grand Jury.
Miss McGurk did not appear as hel
presence was not necessary. Her many
friends in the store congratulated and
thanked her as nearly all of them, in a
measure, under suspicion.
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TO JOHN JOHNSON, JULIA JOHNSON. HIS
wife, Annie snnitz. John sIuitx, ner ,-Is
band: Maud Deegan.. Charles Deegan, her
husSs-aa; Mary. Benise. infant. Frank BEN
ice. her husband; Walter johnson. infcnt;
john ". % pwisRt ana john sIsais Miller. =
under the will OF Jeremiah w. Dwight de-
an wsssr .0sn Mohssl rrss asdsr
You are hereby notifed that a public sale
made ma by the City Collector of Jersey CITY. on
Of five hundred and seventy dollars and eighty
in jersey City n % the county @ sA of Hudson and
state, state OF hl New Jersey, fronting on Dw;gnt
lots II to q. in block number 1927. upon an as.
ses5ment map annexed TO report number ~
appointed in and for said City by the Circuit
court or ,i, me County OF Hudson. 4 certinsd
office of the city Collector Of Jersey city on
the 18th day Of December. 1893 said report and
map and said sale being made pursuant to the
Jersey. passed March s0th. 1856. entitled.
An Act concerning the settlemsnt and collec-
mepes and wat1f rates or water-rents in
cities Of this State and imposing and levy,
instead OF such arrearages. and to enforce
the payment thereof. and to provide for tho
sale of lands Nsubjected to future taxation
and assessment
And the several supplements thereto
And you are turtner notified that you appear
real re estate and unless ii the IS said land ana anS sa S
estate shall be redeemed, provided IN said
acts. before the expiration Of six months from
ana after the service hereof, deed for the
same will be given conveying to the Mayor
and Aldermen Of Jersey City. the fee simple OF
said land and real estate according to the pro
visions of the said act.
DATED Jersey city. N. j., January 7th. 1909
THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JERSEY
NJ. NJ FAeAN.
(Seai) Mayor. =
Attest:-- NJ. ]. o'DoNNEJ4L.
City -lerk.
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"
IN CEIANcERY OF. NEW JERSEY.
To Michael Donohue, Andrew Donohue, Dennis
Cunnion. Maria Cunnion and Rose Ann Gun
nion
BY virtue of an order of -he Court of Cham
Gerry OF New Jersey, made on the day of the
date hereof in a cause wherein Patrick Dono-
hue, BY his guardian, is complainant, and you
are defendants, you are required to appear,
Complainant, on or before the Sixteenth day
of November next, or that in default thereof
such decree will be taken against you as the
Chancellor shall think equitable and just.
The said bill is filed for partition of certain
lands in Jersey City, in the County of Hud-
son and state Of New Jersey. of which Peter
F. Donohue, deceased. died seized; and you
Michael Donohue. Andrew Donohue, Maria
Cunnon and Rose Ann Cunnion are made de-
fendants because you are tenants in common
therein, andsyou Dennis Cunnion are made de-
the courtesy in the one-fourth part thereof.
Dated September Is, 1903.
CHARLES il ROE
Solicitor for the Complainant. Commercial
Trust Building, Jersey City. N. ].
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15

RARITAN RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY.
Notice Is hereby given tnat the Holland
Trust Company has resigned Trustee OF the
first mortgage bondhoiders under the mortgage
dated january l. 1889. made by the Raritan
River Railroad Company to said Holland
rfr,,st Company, Trustee. that said resignation
mas 81 been ACCEPTED BY this Company. and that
on June 18th. 1903, the Board of Directors Of
This Company under the provisions of said
mortgage, has appointed The New Jersey Title
Guarantee and Trust Company Of Jersey City,
"a the office Of Trustee under said mortgage,
which Trusteeehip has been duly accepted by
said last mentioned Company; that certiti-
office Of the Secretary Of State for New
Jersey, and that hereafter the interest coupons
on said first mortgage bonds will be payable
Title Guarantee and Trust Company. No. 50
Montgomery street, Jersey City.
RARITAN RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY,
FRANK n EARLE. President
Z CHARLES H. SIsSON. Secretary.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15
CITY HALL.

(70U gross tons of pea coal for use In City
Hall. Jersey City, N. j., according to specifi.
cations for same on file with Clerk OF the
Board will be received at the meeting OF tbs
Board of City Hall Commissioners, to be held
in the superintendent Office, room Z. In the
City Hall, on Wednesday, October z. 1903. At
ten o. clock In the forenoon.
specifications for furnishing and delisering
the coal may be inspected at the office of 1sie
Clerk Of said Board lroom p, City Hal. be.
tween the hours of A. A. and p. NJ
daily. where blank forms of bid must be OBJ
tanned.
Parties making proposals for furnishing and
delivering of said coal under the specifications
xsill be required to present with their estimate
a bond as now provided by law, or a certified
check for twenty-five per cent of the ano1nt
Of their respective bid, guarantee OF good
faith for signing such contract and bond az
will be drawn by the Corporation Attorney.
The Commissioners reserve the right to reject
any or all bids II deemed for the best interest
of the city so to do.
Proposals will be marked Proposals foi
Coal. City Hail. directed to- Board Of City
Hall Commissioners, Jersey City," and handed
to the Clerk in open meeting when called f0t
in the order Of business relating to sealed pro-
posals.
BY order Of the Board of city Han Com
missioners.
Clerk
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15

An FADJoURNED MEETING or THE
Annual Meeting OF the Stockholders of
the W W, Brauer Company Limited,
Will be held on the 22d day of October.
1909 at 2 O'clock in the afternoon, at the office
Of The Corporation Trust Company Of New
Jersey Is Exchange place. Jersey City. New
Jersey ~ the purpose of electing Board Of
Directors and receiving and acting upon the
reports OF the officers and for the transaction
Of such other business as may properly come
before the meeting.
In accordance with the laws Of the State OF
New Jersey, no stock can be voted on which
has been transferred on the books Of the COM
pany within twenty days next preceding this
election.
Dated September 1fth 1908
w: ". BRAUER COMPANY, LIMITED.
FREpER1QK G. BRAuER. Jr..
Secretary
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15

CORPORATION NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of September. 1908. the Commissioners of As
sessment filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners their
final assessment map and report for the con-
SEWER IN HARRISON AVENUE.
from point about 165 feet east of Hudson
Boulevard to and connecting with sewer in
Harrison avenue west Of Hudson Boulevard,
in accordance with petition previously present
ed to said Board the 11th day of April,
1903, and conformably to the provisions OF
Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1895. And the same
is now open to public inspection In the office
of the Clerk of said Board.
And notice is also given that the following
street avenues particular section thereof
are included in said assessment, namely
HARRISON AVENUE.
from Hudson Boulevard to a point about 16i
feet east thereof.
And that in accordance with the provisions
of the act above cited, the 18th day of Octo-
ber, 1908, at 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. consider and adjudicate upon all OBJ
jections to the confirmation of said final as
sessment map that may be presented In writ
ing.
By order Of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners
GEO. t. BoUToN.
r,,tad rarcev4 Cif,, notaho, ,ono ~-A -
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DEMOCRATIC ROUSER.

The biggest Democratic meeting Of the
campaign will take place at Elk's Hall
tomorrow night. The services of the
ablest local orators, including Congress-
man Allan L. McDermott have been se-
cured. The gallery viii be reserved for
ladies.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15
Not an authority.

"You don't pronounce that word
right" said the stranger, who was do
ing his first fishing in northern Wis
consin lake. webster calls it mus
kellunge.'"
81 never heerd of Webster" fercely
retorted the old guide, "but I'm willin'
to bet he never ketched musky in bis
life. Chicago Tribune.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15

An Old and We'll Tried Remedy
Mrs. WAslow's Soothing Syrup ~
for children willie teething. it softens tho
gums. allays the pain, cures wind collie,
and y the best remedy for diarrohea.
children teething lhould always be uss
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15

$50 you decided to try light house
keeping?"
Yes, said young Mrs. Torkins; "but
after we had two OF. three gas bills we;
wished we could try dark housekeep-
ng."-Exchange.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 1eo3.-Fo Fore
cat for the thirty-six hours ending 8 r..
NJ. Friday Fair today, rain tomorrow;
easterly winds.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-15
Big Dfnerence.

"What is the difference between
violinist and a fiddlerg'
1.-THE difference" answered the con-
cert manager. sis enormous; anywhere
from $500 to 5000 week. Wash
ington Star