The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-17
Crescent City News

Chinese floor mating, which has
just arrived, and of which there are
many pretty patterns.
James e. Harper, Crescent City
boy, and son of our townsman E. ]
Harper, who is now an engineer on
the U. S. S. Dale at Cavite, Philip
pine Islands, write under date of Jan.
uary LIST that 1--WE have just returned
from a six months cruise in China
visiting Hong Kong, Shanghai and
the old city of Canton. / like China
much better than the Philippines, as
the climate is much better and every.
thing is so much cheaper. The de-
partment cannot keep the ships here
as they get foul so quick, so they are
sent north every summer, leaving
here in March and remaining away
till November, which suits me to
perfection. | have been promoted to
machinist of the first class"
Judge and Mrs. j d. Bartine of
Somerville, N. j., are at Grove Hall
for short stay. Judge Bartine is
quite well known over the peninsula
particularly about Fruitland, where,
prior to 1895 he was heavily interest
ed in orange grove property. He
was formerly and for 10 years Judge
in the law court of New Jersey, but
being democratic in politics was
succeeded by republican at the
time of the general political up
heaVal in that state. Judge Bartine
is now serving as one of the eXecu-
tors of the will of the late multi-mill-
ionaire, w NJ. Rice of New York
for whose murder Lawyer Patrick is
now awaiting execution of the death
sentence in the electric chair at Sing
Sing prison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Brown and
three children of Baltimore arrived
here last Saturday night with the
view of a two or three weeks stay,
But there was objection on the part
ofsour hotel management to enter
tanning children and Mr. and Mrs.
Brown left the following day for
Jacksonville. Mr.. Brown is a for
mer Crescent City boy, one who
spent his happy boyhood days here,
and whose love for the place is yet
one of his most precious possessions.
TO be sure he has gone out into the
big world and made a name and for
tune by force of genius, and can well
afford to seek those places where
wealth and fashion most do congre-
gate to get his needed relaxation
from business worries, but he pre-
fers to come here. In fact he
wouldn't come to Florida at all if
it were not for his boyhood memo
ries of, and love for, Crescent City.
Therefore the News says: 1t is too
bad Mr. Brown and his interesting
family could not find the desired &C
commodations We, the people of a
small but ambitious winter resort,
need just such friends as Mr. Brown,
and lots of them. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Allen B. Maull, who is as
sociated with Mr.. Brown in Balti-
more and who came with him. has
found quarters for Mr.. Brown and
has written in order to try and in
duce him to come back.
| +. M. Payson appeared before the
town council last week for the pur-
pose of asking that body to consent
to arbitrate it's difference with G. Fl.
Cash over the amount due him for
water under the old water contract
which expired last July, 1t will be
remembered that the town paid S405
per annum for water for fire protec-
ton on Central avenue, under II ten
years contract. The force for the
water was furnished from tank at
the summit of a steel tower on Flori-
da avenue. This tower and tank
collapsed on January Sth, 1904. The
council paid it's water bills quarter
ly, at the expiration of each quarter.
On Dec. 9th, 1903, the council made
its last quarterly payment. When
the next quarterly bill came III on
March 9th, the council refused to
pay, except pro rata from the date OF
its last payment to January Sth, the
day the tower collapsed. Its refusal
was on the ground that the water
company did not comply with its
contract after the collapse of the
tower Mr.. Cash refused to accept
the pro rata tender for the time he
did furnish water and there has
never been a settlement. The town
council has in addition offered t.
pay Cash any reasonable amount fol
the water he furnished from Janu-
ary to July to the animal watering
trough on Central avenue. In his
appeal for arbitration, Mr.. Cash
through his attorney, modestly de-
sired to name the entire board of ar
filtration. The council takes the
ground that there is nothing to arbi-
trate.
Wedding Bells.
The News is authorized to make
the following announcements:
Mr. Chas. f.. Miles wishes to an.