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The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May 8, 1906, and approved By the
Mayor May Ia, 1906.
hereby concurs IN the following resolu-
ton. adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners April 8, 1906, as
follows, to wit
Ordering paid the following claims:-
sos 10 Robert Murphy, claim No. 52S.
$3.50 to John Mcmahon, clam NJ.
$3.50 to James o'Grady. claim No.
$50 to Hudson Coal Co., claim No.
.S119.13 to Edward O'Donnell, claim
$3.50 to Union Printing Co., claim
:, $50 70 Mackey, Young & Co.. claim
$3.50 to James Wilson, claim No. 561.
SIS to Hudson Coal Co., claim No.
SIS to Hudson Coal Co., claim No.
$50 to Hudson Coal Co., claim No.
$l17.3S to A. P. Smith Mfg. Co., claim
sl2$;9s to A. P. Smith Mfg. Co., claim
$11235 to ]. G. Supply Co., claim No.
$57.87 to J. c. Supply Co., claim No.
-$a.2o to ]. G. Supply Co., claim No.
Charge Water Account.
From the same Board
transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May 8, 1906, and approved by the
Mayor May IA, 1906.
Resolved, That the Board Of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
ton, adopted BY the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners March 26, 1906, as
follows, to witt
Ordering S30 10 to James p. Hall. Inc.
Charge Special Street Account, Febru-
ary Supplies.
From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May 8, 1906, and approved by the
Mayor May Il, 1906.
Resolved, That the Board Of Finance
hereby cOncurs in the following resoIll-
ton, adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners March 26, 1906, as
follows. to witt
Ordering paid the following claims:-
$3.50 to Hudson Coal Co., claim No.
I09.
$3.50 to Union Printing Co., claim No.
$e.40 to Public Service Corporation,
claim No. 24S.
$22,66 to A. P. Smith Mfg. Co., claim
$22 to P. Ginnovan, claim No. 27O.
$40 to james P. Hail. Inc, claim No.
,s35 to Hudson Coal Co., claim No.
o$12.75 to Daniel Mcdonald, claim No.
u.s1s to Hudson Coal Co., claim No.
s$4.75 to Union Printing Co., claim No.
$3.50 to Daniel Mcdonald, claim No.
.$42 to Van Keuren & Son, claim No.
Charge Water Account.
From the same Board:-
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May 9. 1906, and approved by the
Mayor May IA, 1905.
Resolved, That the Board Of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
ton. adopted by the Board OF Street and
Water Commissioners April go. 1905. Al
| follows, to witt
Ordering paid 81, ,780.50 to qaIborers on
paved streets for April, 1906.
| From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May 8, 1906, and approved BY the
Mayor May IA, 1906.
Resolved, That the Board Of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu.
ton, adopted by the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners April %, 1906, as
follows, to witt
Ordering paid $500 to Hudson Con.
struction Co., on contract 1925, No.
playground.
Charge Special Street account this
Ordering paid $455.80 to John Nolan,
dnal on contract 1919, Monmouth street,
Grand street to Golden street.
Charge Special Street Account, this
April 40, 1906
Ordering paid $1,000 to n. T. Con
molly Contracting Co., on contract 1905
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

RAILROADS
Pennsylvania
RAILROAD

RAILROAD
In effect May II, 1906.
Trains leave JERSEY CITY as follows:
FOR THE WEST.
s.15 A. III. CHICAGO SPECIAL.
I0.14 a. Nj. PITTSBURGH DAY EA-
PRESS.
lila a. M. PENNSYLVANIA LIN
S.14 P. NJ. 81. LOUIS LIMITED. m
2.16 r. M. CHICAGO AND ST.
LOUIS EXPRESS.
Ala r. M. PENNSYLVANIA SPEC
IAL. 1S hours to Chicago.
5.16 p. M. CHICAGO LIMITED.
6.1S p. Nj. WESTERN EXPRESS.
6.4o p. Nj. ST. LOUIS EMPRESS.
STA r. Nj. PACIFIC EXPRESS.
s.44 p. M. CLEVE AND CINCIN-
NATT EXPRESS.
1913 p. NJ. PITTSBURGH SPECIAL
WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH.
For Baltimore and Washington at
12.A' *1.14, 2.34, s3.44, s3.46, #4.45.
1926. *6;14 9.44 P. M; 1890 night.
Sunday 20 81 .s4 'llle i i 4 ~ 1S4
Southern Ry.-3.46. 4.45. P. NJ, 1890
N Norfolk & Western Ry.-s.46 P. NJ.
daily.
Atlantic Coast Line.-9.45 A. NJ;
9.44 P. NJ. daily.
: g g. 5 $ g 3; Ey;Esl7 Ss;;z A. NJ. weekdays
' Sea aboard All Ar Line.-12.so A. NJ.
*Dining Car.
W. W. .ATTERBURY; J. R. WOOD,
Gen'l Manager Pass'r Traffic Manager
GEO. w. BOYD.
General Passenger Agent.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

From the Board of Finance
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May 8, 1906, and approved by the
Mayor May IA, 1906.
Resolved, That the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners be and they
are hereby requested to furnish this
Board for use at its meeting of May 16,
1906, a list Of all asphalt pavement com
tracts the guarantees on which will ex-
pire within year from May /, 1906.
From the same Board:-
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May 8, 1906, and approved By the
Mayor May IA, 1906.
Resolved, That the Board OF Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
ton, adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners April 16, 1906, as.
follows, to witt
Ordering paid the following claims:-
1925 to r. 81. Orrok, claim No. 273.
.-$12 to United Electric Co., claim No.
s7e:so to N. Y. .& N. ]. Tel. Co., claim
SIS to Ny. N. ]. Tel. Co, claim
No. 45S.
$3.50 to James Mannix, claim No. $40.
$15 to Water Works Equip. Co., claim
No. $50.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11
oFFICIAL CoMMUNIcATIoNs.

Extending invitation to Board to at
tend conference to be held on Wednes-
day afternoon, May %, 1906, at 2 O'clock
p. NJ.
Received and ordered filed.
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S46.74; j. II. & r. Shannon Co., $170.90,
as correct.
The reports were accepted.
The Committee on Public Buildings,
Docks and Parks reported on certificate
of the Chief Engineer in favor of the fol
lowing
Charles 0rmsby, $500. on account Of
contract No. 1915.
Also on claim of Hartung Bros,
$l62.75, as correct.
The reports were accepted.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

Dated Jersey City, June 8. 1906.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11
Charge Water Account.

From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May 8. 1906, and approved By the
Mayor May IA, 1906.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby. ccncurs in the following resolu-
ton, adopted by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners April 16, 1906, as
follows, to wit
Ordering paid the following clains:-
1912 to Chas. Ormsby, claim No. 257.
S334.40 to Chas. Ormsby, claim No.
Charge Special Street Account, Nov,
S52.40 to James P. Hall, Inc, claim
No. 749.
Charge Special Street Account. March,
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

Dated Jersey City. June 5, 1905.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

GEO. NJ. MCCARTHY,
City. Clerk.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

Ordering paid 1900 to N. T. Cons
molly Contracting Co., on contract 1G06,
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

GEO. NJ. MCCARTHY.
Eals No. 55S5.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

From the Water Assessor
Submitting lists Of additions and can
cellations for the week ending May 81,
1906.
Received and ordered filed.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11
Charge Water Account.

From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May 8, 1905, and approved by the
Mayor May IA, 1906.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
ton, adopted By the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners March 26, 1906, as
follows, to witt
Ordering s39. 10 to James P. Hall, Inc.,
claim No. 737.
Charge Special Street Account, Febru-
ary Supplies.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

From Inspector of Street Cleaning:-
Submitting report of streets cleaned
from May z, to May 20, 1906, both
dates inclusive.
Received and ordered fled.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

From the same Board
Transmitting resolution passed by said
Board May 2, 1906, and approved by the
Mayor May Z, 1906.
Resolved, That the Board of Finance
hereby concurs in the following resolu-
tion, adopted by the Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners April 16, 1906 as
follows, to wit
Ordering paid the following claims:-
$S3.SS to North Jersey Street Railway
Co., claim No. 400.
$42:69 to North Jersey Street Railway
Co., claim No. 454.
$474.93 to North Jersey Street Rail
way Co., claim No. 455.
S124.38 to North jersey Street Rail
way Co., claim No. 400.
$564.80 to. North jersey Street Rail
way Co.. claim No. 461.
$19.43 to North Jersey Street Railway
Co., claim No. 462.
Charge Temporary Loan Bonds.
Received and ordered filed.
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11
NOTICE To coNqRAsroHs

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Se&isd proposals Will be received by the Board
II stxest and Water Commissioners on Monday.
June Is, 1906, at 2 O'Clock p M in the
Assembly Chamber OF the City Hail for the
IMPROVEMENT OF BOSTWICK AVH1NTJE
between a point 1896 feet west Of Ocean ave-
nue. and Ocean avenue
Said Improvement TO be made conformabiy 70
the provisions OF Chapter 217, OF the Laws of
1880. aud in accordance with specifications ls
file in the Office OF the Clerk OF said Board.
Blank forms OF bid and agreement Of sureties
must be obtained at the ofrtce of the Cher
Engin eer. City Hall. Jersey City, N. J.
ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES.
lO08 atuudar I'd
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

NszNKERHoFF 6 FTEIDNzas
q Mxchange Place,
Jersey City, N. J.s
Attorneys c& Wl5lzAzn &ceasaA
The Jersey City news., 1906-06-11

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
Monday, June IS. 1906, at O'clock P. M,
In the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
Swift Cash Transaction.

If spending money can be accepted as a correct standard of prosperity then Blr- mingham is the most prosperous city in the United States" said visitor at the Metropolitan last night.
 My business takes me all over the country" continued the speaker and have never been in a city yet where money Is spent as freely and literally as 1t is in Birmingham. This does not apply to any particular class of people, but men, women and children spend money like 1t came from Washington in packages along with the free seed Walk into cigar stand, soda fountain, pool room or merchandise establishment of any de- seriptlon and you will see people trail In like droves of ants, call for what they want, toss the coin across the counter and disappear as if nothing had happened.
 T have been wondering what the boys between IS and % do to make all the money they spend. This must be a. great town for young men, as boys seem to spend more money than any one else"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
Campaiun Lacks Heat.

Captain Johnston" says the Selma Journal, "has formally announced his candidacy for one of the succession places. The ex-governor is not man to stand idle, and there will be some life injected in the campaign from this time on if he maintains his former record as a campaigner.p
 No doubt the Journal expresses the desire of the qualified electors of this state. The state campaign has thus far been extremely dull. MT. Conner is still going from county to county, but he meets at no point an antagonist. Our veteran Senators are detained at Washington by big measures of deep importance to all the people, and they have no opponents, anyway. The as- pirants for the lesser state-house offices are engaged in still hunts, and if life" is to be injected in the cam  paign it must be done it appears, by Messrs. Knox, Clarke Johnston, Fitts and Oates.
 Governor Johnston will certainly go on the stump, and no doubt the other four will do so also. There are, how ever five full months of the campaign to come, and the stumpers may wait until the final three months, for in that time they can speak in every one of the sixty counties. The Journal. need not look for much life" until the weather begins to roll over the state in one broad stream from the p-IIlf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
Bet on a Name.

An unusual wager was made at the Hillman last night. Two gentlemen were looking at the register and both reading the name R. Lee Jones' Springfield, III.
 That's mighty good southern name for illinois," said one. Hes not from Illinois, replied the other You can read can't you?" came back from No 1. That's all right" said No. ?. but while they are naming Illinois babies Lee and Alabama babies Grant nowadays there didn't any Lees grow in Illinois about the date of MT. Jones' christening. and all the Grants in Alabama were of the Republican persuasion"
 TO settle the matter they made a wager and hunted up MT. Jones friends to as- certain the place of his nativity. The first friend found said he was from llli- nois and bettor No. wanted to collect on the spot but No. 2 stood pat. An other friend was found who smiled and said:
 'AIr. Jones is a southerner. At pres ent he is manager for the Prudential Life Insurance Co. at Springfield, but he was born in Virginia"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
Ruildinn Bid Rattleshins.

The launching of the Dreadnought, an 1S,O0O-ton ship carrying ten 12-inch rifles, has implanted desire on the part of Japan, Germany and the United States to build the biggest battleships afloat This ambition grows out, not so much of the launching of the Dreadnought, as of the lesson of the Japanese-Russian war. The story of that war shows that small craft are not very important, whereas in a des- perate struggle the big battleship de- termines a nations sea power. Japan's weakness in the war was the limited number of her battleships, especially after the Hortense struck a mine and was sunk.
 Admiral Dewey does not hesitate to say that it is the big battleship that counts, and the House naval commit tee has agreed to report in favor of the constructor or l5,4Ou-lOn SHlp, with battery of 12-inch guns, the whole to cost about $10,OOO,O00, and to be named the Constitution. It is be. lieved a great ship can be built that will have a speed exceeding twenty two miles an hour.
 Some other country-probably, Eng land-will. however, build 20000-ton ship, and if England does not Germany will, and so the race will go on, and no one knows what the limit of the modern floating fortress will be. Pretty soon, however, such ships will draw more water than can be found except in exceptional harbors, and that will perhaps put an end to the race for the biggest ship afloat, for no one wants ship that must stay outside at all times and in all sorts of weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
SWISS RULE THEMSELVES.
Matter of Their Own Political Hier-
 archy Concerns Them Slightly.

In a highly interesting instalment of Soldiers of the Common Good" in the April Everybody's, Charles Edward Rus sell writes:
 And another strange thing: In Switz- erland they have no idea that they are essentially idiots and must have great men and superior and diviney gifted in- tellects to rule them and tell them what to do about their affairs. They do not thing much of ruling in Switzerland, nor much of the idea of divinely gifted intellects. All are great men in Switzer- land and one is as great and as divinely gifted as another. To the Swiss mind the great men are those that do some- thing in science or literature, like Agassz or de Saussure; but they have no partic- ular fancy to be ruled by anybody. how ever great You will find many an inteli- gent Swiss that cannot tell you the name of the President of Switzerland. He knows the name of the President of the United States always. but he does not know who is at the head of his own country. Not because the interest he takes in his political affairs is small, for 1t is very great: but because who may be President of Switzerland is not im- portant. Whoever he Is. he amounts to nothing he effects nothing, he rules nothing. The only rulers of Switzerland are the Swiss people"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
GRAND CEREMONIAL
 SEEN AT ST. PAUL'S

The fortyt hours devotion at St. Pauls church ended yesterday with impressive ceremonial, surpassing in grandeur and solemnty any religious rites preYlousy seen in Birmingham. The Right Rev E. P. Allen, bishop of Mobile. celebrated pom tifical mass, a grand ceremony not often witnessed outside of cathedrals and even In cathedrals only on great feast days
 At the conclusion of the mass the litany of the Saints was chanted by the bishop and his attending ministers. and after the litany the Blessed Sacrament was borne in procession through the church the choir in the organ gallery singing the ancient hymn, Pange Lingua-
 In the procession were thirty or forty girls arrayed in white, nuns in black, many acolytes in red soutanes and white cottas, churfers and seven priests, be- sides the bishop. Following the prelate were the crozier bearer and mitre bearer.
 The procession being returned to the altar, the ceremonies were concluded with pontiical benedction of the Blessed Sacrament.
 For the pontifcal mass the bishop was robed on his throne. He was vested in rochet. alb, amice. clneture, dalmatic, stole, chasuble and maniple. He wore white slippers embroidered in violet. Under his vestments he was the pectoral cross.
 Following were the assisting ministers: The Rev. Father O Brien. assistant priest; the Rev. Father I<ltrick and the Rev. Father Duffy, deacons of honor; the Rev. Father Doyle, deacon of the mass and the Rev. Father Kelly, subdeacon of the mass. The Rev. Father Coyle acted as first master of ceremonies and the Rev. Father Galland acted as second master of ceremonies
 The services began at 9 o'clock and lasted about two hours and a half. A large number of the faithful attended the early mass and received holy communion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28

strength was 27 votes. In 1892 Cor man of Maryland was able to collect 36 votes and Carlisle Il. In 1896 Bland of Missouri reached a maximum of 291, Blackburn of Kentucky S3 and Tillman of South Carolina IT. In 1904 Cockrell of Missouri secured 42 votes, Williams of Mississippi 8, Gray of Maryland and German of Maryland 2.
 MT. Bland was the only man who re- ceived more than a complimentary vote, and he did not get within sight of even a majority vote. The next convention will hold 952 delegates. and the south proper will have but 246 of that number.
 It should not be forgotten that the two-thirds rule is still democratic prac- tice, and it is idle to expect that any southern man can muster in 1908 a vote of that proportion The south presents no oyershadowing name, and the south is not bit doubtful" in politics. It is securely anchored in democratic waters, and all know it will be there in 1908 at any rate. Presidential nominations are made as a rule to carry doubtful" states, and no southern state is in that limbo, un- less it be Missouri, which is more westren than southern.
 The democrat who seems best able to carry New Yrok and the central west is the man that is likely to be in 190S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
VuIcan's Location.

The good people who live about Capitol park do not fancy the setting up before their eyes what they are pleased to call a mammoth searecrow. They are protesting, but not one of them has stopped long enough to sug. gest another location. It has been stated that the Tennessee company will not permit Vulcan to set his feet on Red mountain, and the predica- ment has therefore become acute. The Capitol park people certainly do pro test too much until they name some other feasible location.
 The trouble with Vulcan seems to be that no one wants to get in touch with him. No one seems to want near view. They all say he needs perspect- ive-in fact, that he should be trans formed into perspective himself. The eleven aldermen who voted in favor of
 
 Capitol park. They are willing to give the people about the park near view, provided they can themselves have a distant view, or none at all.
 The Capitol Parl1ites should calm themselves until they think out place where Vulcan would be hospitably re- ceived, even if he should after a while wear out his welcome, for Vulcan is not fellow who Is warranted to wear well, especially if he is not kept we'll painted. A rusty god of fire and metals would excite the derision, not to say mirth, of the unsympathizing passer blythe wayfarer whose tongue is rarely still or kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
Texas Quarantine Hold-Up.

Galveston Filized last years yellow fever to build up it's trade at the eN- pense of New Orleans, and it is will ing to repeat the game from year to year. It does not seem to care how many lives are sacrificed, or how many enterprises are paralyzed elsewhere, provided it can get on prosperously at the expense of its neighors.
 The banana quarantine is to be stretched into general commercial scheme to benefit Texas ports, and to destroy in particular the hated rivalry of New Orleans. This is all there is in the Texas campaign, and the pre- tense that the esteemed constitution would be trampled on, and that the trampling act would cost s500,000, is buncombe pure and solely They de- sire to get New Orleans in corner again-that is all
 It will be strange indeed if Congress leaves the country exposed to yellow fever for the sake of promoting the trade of half of a dozen Texas towns. It will be still stranger if republicans listen to lot of states-rights twaddle on any subject. But those republi- cans may turn their eyes up in horror when the sticklers on constitutional law talk; simply because they want that $50O,O0O for use in their respect i've districts instead of spending it to keep a dangerous disease out of the country
 Texas should take notice that her selfishness and narrowness in this matter will not go unpunished. The other gulf states desire the passage of the Williams Mallory bill, and nothing stands in the way except the conner cialism of Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Even the prepaid telegram goes on tick.
 More men are willing to lend an ear than a hand.
 Everything comes quickly to those who refuse to wait.
 The more man talks the less time he has for achieving success.
 It isn't difficult to forgive those who wrong our neighbors.
 No, Alonzo. a light-haired woman isn't necessarily light-headed.
 Charity is the term some people apply to their conscence-fund contributions.
 A man never accomplishes much un- woman says.
 If a man is unable to show scars on his fingers he never learned to whittle when a boy.
 But few men will pass through the pearly gates If St. Peter springs an in vestigating committee on them.
 Fully nine-tenths of the so-called tough luck in this world Is due to combination of poor judgment and laziness.
 Don't try to get back at man by say ing that you are just as good as he is- It's up to you to be a great deal better Even though a young man may con slider a girl worth her weight in gold it s ten to one that her father only awaits a chance to give her away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
PLATT NOT INTERESTED.

From the New York World.
 Here" said a man who runs clip ping bureau in this town lis what I call a scandalous waste of materlal.'
 What is It g' asked friend.
 why" the clipping bureau man re- piled, q have 127 editorial comments from newspapers all over the country on the little story sent out from Wash irgton few days ago about Senator Platt of New York being the only senator in the chamber when the chaplain made his prayer, and I can't sell one of them to Platt."
 "Why not?'
 Because the editors all say they guess Platt needed to be there as much as anyone who could be named"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-28
Alton B. Parker's Idea.

The newspapers are still discussing the Parker proposition. It will be re- membered that the ex-candidate wants his successor in 1908 to be a southern man. Can it be that he desires to see some one defeated worse than he him self was?
 But he will not see in 1908 the polit- ical change he desires. Someone has compiled the votes cast in post-bellum democratic conventions, as follows; In 1868 the democratic convention gave Andrew Johnson 65 votes on one bal lot. In 1872, 1876 and 1880 Bayard of Delaware-if Delaware be considered q southern state-received few votes, but never more than 80. In 1884 Car Hsla of Kentucky found his fuii