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WOMAN’S WORLD. The problem of the summer dinner Is solved by some women most effectively by not having it prepared at home. They frequent the cool and almost de serted restaurants during the very warm days. But even this palls after a time and the question of dinner still stares the housekeeping woman in the face. Some scientist has recently attacked the theories of fish lovers by declaring that fish instead of being a brain food is, on the contrary, an injury to the brain if indulged in too freely, and cites the intellectual state of the Eskimos as a sample of the Intelligence that re sults from the diet. But for those who can subsist on fish it offers an admir able substitute for the usual meats of dinner. It is at its best in summer, trout, fresh mackerel, crabs, etc., offer ing an almost unlimited list to selett from. For some reason or other the porgy Is a fish rarely seen on hotel menus except under a disguised name of some sort, this delicious fish being despised and relegated to the fish tramp class by French chefs but not by epicures. Prob » ably the cheapness of this fish, says the New York "Sun,” is t^hat counts most against it and is the secret of its un popularity. If the field daisy cost only SI for each flower, instead of $1 for a bushel, people would never tire of laud ing Its daintiness and beauty of color and form. As it is, they prefer to ad mire the misshapen fungus-like orchid with its heavy odor and high price. The porgy is the piscatorial daisy of the market. Like the trout it is best when fried and served with lemon and butter as its only sauce. It makes a delicate dinner for summer time. Dry-picked Philadelphia broilers, so small that they weigh only a pound each, are now in the market at prices fluctua ting from 24 to 30 cents a pound, and are especially fine when cooked with a very thin slice of bacon pinned with a tooth pick on the back. The bacon shrivels and vanishes in the process of cooking, leaving only the bird and the flavor. Spring lamb chops are still high in price, but are of exceptionally good quali ty. Muskmelons have made their ap pearance earlier than ever before, and, while lacking in the subtle fragrance that comes later, they are of good quali thatc omes later, they are of good quali ty. The corn in market is not up to the mark, being somewhat tasteless, and when cooked after the method prevailing in the old-fasihioned receipt books is really uneatable. Even at some of the best hotels in town the chefs persist in cokingo corn in hot water—that is, put ting the ears into boiling water and cooking them about twenty minutes. The proper way in n hich to cook corn * is to put it on the fire in cold, salted water in which it must be allowed to remain only from four to six minutes after it has reached the boiling point. If very young and fresh, four minutes is1 the extreme limit. The outside husks and silk should be removed, but the inside husks must remain about the ears until they are ready for serving, w-hen a linen dolly can be substituted. A French fad for the summer dinner is the serving of half of a cold melon filled with chopped ice as a first course. It is an appetizing and refreshing cus tom. A compote of fresh, well selected fruit may be allowed to remain upon the dinner table all through the meal with pleasure to the eye and the special brain cells that connect with the palate. For those who must have desserts in warm weather, fruit is the most desira ble, ices and creams often proving very dangerous under certain conditions. An ideal dessert is Bar le due jelly and cream Gervais cheese; the latter must be absolutely fresh and served on a gree. 9 9 In older times stories and “preach ments” all tended to give the girls the wrong motives for improvement of their character, says Sallie Joy White In the July “Woman’s Home Companion.” They would coax or threaten or frighten the girls to industry by holding up a mar riage certificate, and drive them to the practice of domestic economies by pur suing them with the then dreaded, now obsolete, epithet, “old maid.” No wonder the girls of today laugh at the absurdity of it all. The new teaching is so much better worth while. The virtues arc to be prac ticed for their own sweet sakes; knowl edge is to be gained because of its price less boon to the possessor. As nearly as can be given in a few words, here is the underlying principle of the teaching of the girl of the present time:—Give her noble motives and fill her life with work— such work as every woman can be happy and self-respecting in doing. Make her in every way an independent being. Teach her that love is a divine gift and not something to be angled or bargained for; that marriage is a holy sacrament, to be entered with high ideals of love, not as a secular arrangement. w w Singe and draw a fine roasting chicken weighing from five to six pounds, says ‘‘Harper’s Bazar.” Dip the breast in boil ing water for two minutes, then in cold water to make the meat firm. Dry with a towel. Have at hand, in bowl of ice water, to make the process easier, one half pound of larding pork cut in small strips, with which and a fine larding needle lard the breast. Put the balance of the larding-pork in a braisiere with the chicken and one tablespoonful of butter, two good-sized onions, sliced, two sprigs of parsley, one teaspoonful of salt, one salt-spoonful of pepper, and brown for 12 minutes before adding two gills of good stock. Cook till entirely reduced, taking care to turn the chicken to give it a gold en color all over. Add one quart of good stock, cover tightly, and cook slowly for one hour and a quarter. Put the chicken on a platter, remove the string, and gar nish with asparagus tips previously cooked for 18 minutes in plenty of boiling salted water. Skim the fat from the gravy of the chicken, strain, and pour half over the asparagus, putting the other half in a sauce-boat. The quantity of the gravy, to be rich and good, should have been re duced to half a pint. Should there be more, take the chicken from the saucepan and keep warm while the gravy is re duced to the right quantity over a brisk lire with the saucepan uncovered. What Shall We Have for Dessert? This Question arises In the family every flay. Let us answer It today. Try Jell-O. a delicious and healthful dessert, l’re pared In two minutes. No boiling! no baiting: simply add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors:—Lemon. Orange, Rasp berry and Strawberry. Get a package at your grocers today. 10 eta. If a chicken of the correct side is not obtainable capon will serve even better for this dish. “Every girl, no matter what her station or prospects, should acquire some usefu art or profession, should learn to do some one thing so well that it shall have a value in the great world market, and in her hour of need suffice to make her a bread-winner.” writes Margaret E. Sapg ster, in the August “Ladies’ Home Jour nal.” “The world has an abundance of mediocre workers, but it can never have a superfluity of those who have added to native endowment discipline and con scientious training. Probably the best gift which could be bestowed on most girls in any station or occupation would be what on the turf is known is known as staying power. Many of us begin with enthusiasm, but we give out before the end of the day. To adopt a line of con duct, to choose a special study, or to de cide on a course and stick to it, is in each case to deserve success, if not always to insure it. The path of life is strewn with the wrecks of those who began but did not hold on their way. She who would make her mark in this workaday world, and gain her prize, must be steady and persevering in the face of every discour agement, with belief in herself and in God.” * • Some one—indeed, many “some ones”— recently asked: “What do women’s clubs do, anyway? Of what use are they?” A fractional answer may be found in the ac tion lately taken by some Western club women. In Kansas City they have formed an auxiliary to the manufacturers’ asso ciation, for the promotion of manufac tures and the protection of their own in terests as consumers. Special endeavor will be directed to the canned goods indus try. The women hope to improve the quality of these goods by pledging them selves to use only those manufactured in their own State. In Denver the women’s club not long ago arranged an exhibit of Colorado manufactures, and the women’s club of Lincoln, Neb., has done a similar work. The woman’s club of Palo Alto, Cal., is making an effort to have collected all the old rubber in town—rubber hose, lubber overshoes, and. in fact any article containing rubber. This material will be sent to a factory for conversion into new goods, and the money realized will be used for the benefit of the town library estab lished by the club. The women are being aided in their work by the merchants of the town, who allow the use of their de livery wagdns to collect the rubber. Certainly these clubs are doing useful and practical work. Some women who thought to do with rugs on ordinary floors for the heated period have come to the conclusion that the ordinary floor is not a thing of beauty. I,t may be wonderfully improved, how ever, and, if it is at all decent, trans formed into a thing of beauty. First you don your rubber gloves and give the boards a coat of ammonia, using a paint brush. (Several coats of ammonia will darken wood until those who behold it must fancy it an inheritance from a grandparent at least.) Then comes the stain, which stain is a matter of taste. After this shellac is often applied, and when dry it is rubbed thoroughly with pumice stone and oil. Still further polish will result toy using beeswax and turpentine. The wax should be finely shredded be fore it is covered with the turpentine, and then it is left to stand for five or six hours, and it should be stirred with a stick occasionally until it is of the con sistency of honey, when it is ready for' use. A piece of flannel is better than a brush for the polishing. It is best to buy a dull finish stain, and to do the polishing as already indicated. . * . Your irons must be intensely hot and perfectly clean, says the “Woman's Home Companion." You will require two kinds, the ordinary iron, and the regular polishing-iron with its rough surface. With the ordinary iron run lightly over both sides of your collar to remove the outward dampness. Then with the polish ing-iron and your whole weight polish swiftly and deftly the right Side until the collar is dry and a bright gloss is the re sult. To remove this gloss, if a domestic finish be desired, run a damp doth lightly and quickly over it. A new use for sil'k fringe is made ap parent in the trimming of a black silk grenadine, made up over orange taffeta. The long overdress or tunic of grenadine is not cut even about the hem, but deeply slashed in great triangular points, the apex pointing upward. The silk fringe is exactly the same depth as the height of the triangles, and it is set on beneath the hem, so only a part is visible over orange silk, which fills in the open triangles. The fringe is j not cut out to fill in the spaces, but eon- j tinues around the foot of the tunic, al though only a little more than half of it shows. It would look thin and poor if strained across the triangle, so it falls loose. The black silk fringe looks like a lattice over the orange-colored silk. The elbow sleeves of grenadine are continued to the wrist by an arrangement of the silk fringe over silk. This feature is rather a nuisance, since the fringe shows a disposition to catch and pull; but it lopks stylish all the same. • Widen the upper part of your eleeve by i what are known as “top trimmings,’’ that is, by ruchings of narrow satin ribbon ' gathered into fullness, or by the appltca- i tion of some decoration which will give importance to the part of the sleeve and j make the shoulders look wider than they ■ would naturally. A little flounce is one of these devices; l-ace is easily managed on the shoulder. Such are top-trimmings, of which our dressmakers talk so wisely, and we at least must pretend to under stand. - * ^ (Fastidious women seem to prefer high russet leather boots to the low-cut Oxford ties this summer—that Is. when off their own lawn or the home veranda. Low shoes of yellow or reddish leather have an undress look at the best. For walking at the mountains, or wherever there are mosquitoes, the high boots have the de cided advantage of protecting the ankles. Perhaps the real reason for the change is that the low-cut russet shoe has comc into well-night universal use. Hence the fastidious turn to something else. Short black satin coats, trimmed with lace and jet, with large collars and sacque backs, are worn indoors and out. In Paris velvet bodices and cloth skirts of the same hue are having a great follow ing. but the bodices are tight-fitting and plain, with a sharp point in front. NEW KIND or CATCH. Van Duyne Goes Fishing at Boonton and Gets Fossils. dug them Hut himself The Original of One Was About Six Inches Long. [Special to “The Jersey City News."] NEWARK, August 1, 1900.—Harrison Van Duyne, former President of the Board of Works, was walking along Broad street Monday with what looked like a section of an old flagstone, when an acquaintance stopped him with the re mark. “Ah! I see you are going into the broken stone business." "No, not exactly that," replied Mr. Van Duyne, "but I’ve been fiishing." "Is that your catch?" interrogated Lhe acquaintance, facetiously; but the thrust lost its force when tfce former head of the Board of Works replied:— “That’s Just what it is; and I consider it a beauty." By the way of explanation Mr. Van Duyne exposed the face of the stone slab, which contained what he considers to be a splendid specimen of a fish fossil. On another and thinner slab of the same kind of stone Mr. Van Duyne disclosed the fossil fish itself. This also is consid ered an unusually good specimen. Seeing that his friend’s curiosity was aroused, Mr. Van Duyne went on to tell that he had found the fossil ne’ar Boonton, where P. H. Flynn, the con tractor. is having excavations made for the dam of a reservoir that is to be part of the Jersey City water supply. Mr. Van Duyne has a farm near Boonton and every summer he tries to forget the dis comforts of hot weather by leaving off te measureing of links and chains, as a surveyor, for the more exhilarating pas time of ploughing and hoeing corn. On Saturday last, having finished up his chores around the farm rather earlier j than usual, Mr. Van Dlyne hitched up j his team and started for a drive. Naturally, as a person deeply interest I ed in Newark’s water w’orks, he drove to j the scene of Contractor Flynn’s task, not I far from the Van Duyne acres. The la borers are making an excavation for the core wall of the dam and so far they have delved through eight feet of soil and blasted a shale-like or slate rock to a depth of several feet, making the total cut more than ten feet. While looking at the work, Mr. Van Duyne wras told, incident ally, by one of the foremen that a number of fossils had been unearthed. When he heard this Mr. Van Duyne was interested. He was told that the fossils in the slate rock were of fish and that supposed ichnolites had been found in a soft species of sandstone near by. Then he became curious, and a moment later, when he had seized a pickaxe and was digging for fossils, the Newarker was en thusiastic. For more than an hour Mr. Van Duyne worked with the pick at the scaly slate formation, the perspiration meanwhile dripping from his brow'. His energetic efforts caused one of the laborers in the hole to remark:— "I bet data' man no getta dollar-and-a quart’ a day." But Mr. Van Duyne w'as geologizing for the time being and his efforts w'ere re warded by the finding of the complete fossil. Judging by the fossil the original fish was about six inches long. The impres sion on the stone is very clear, the fine hajr-like lines of the fins showing dis tinctly and the scale tnarks are so con spicuous that every one can be counted. All that is'left of the fish is its shape in w'hat looks like a thin layer of stone. Geologists say that ages ago there was a large lake which covered the territory that is now' known as Boonton and' its vicinity. Upon this theory it is believed that the fossil of today was a fish of that time, w'hich buried itself or became covered with mud at the bottom of the lake. Centuries passed, and with them the lake. The mud turned to stone, in casing the remains of the fish, and dur ing the geological ages which have since roled by the conformation of the crust of the earth kept changing until it be came as it is today, with the supposed bottom of the lake many feet below the surface. How many years ago it was that the fish lived is not known, but for want of evidence to the contrary, Mr. Van Duyne is Inclined to believe that the finny creature flourished in the Devonian era of the (Paleozoic age, when fishes were the ‘‘real thing,” aid occupied the posi tion held b yman in this the quaternary age. When Mr. Van Duyne had finished his story his acquaintance, who had listened intently expressed surprise and re marked :— “That’s a new fish story on me. X know, though, that there are a lot of old fos sils around, and while I believe I could pick some of them out, they wouldn’t look anything like that.” BOARD OF FIRE COOTIRISSIONERS (Official Proceedings.) (Continued.) On motion of Commissioner Erickson the Board proceeded to ballot for a hose man of Engine Company No. 3, to All vacancy caused by resignation of Daniel T. 'Barrett. Commissioner Erickson nominated Wm. E. Murray. No otner nomination was made. On motion, the Clerk was directed to cast the ballot of the Board for Wm. E. Murray and he was declared appointed, to take effect Julv 15, 1900. ACTION UPON CLAIMS. The following resolutions were reported by the several committees In payment of claims heretofore referred:— By Committee on Feed:— Resolved, That the sum of $81.11 be paid Edward O'Donnell for horse feed. Julv 1 1900. y ’ $97.67 be paid E. A. Dugan for horse feed, July 1, 1900. $94.84 “be paid H. O. Wittpen for horse feed. July 1. 1900. By Committee on Apparatus and Re pairs:— Resolved, That the sum of $76.43 be paid American Fire Engine Co., for three horse hitch for Engine 10, June, 1900. By Committee on Supplies:— Resolved, That the sum of $102.25 be paitl Jersey City Supply Co. for supplies j une, 1900. $30.50 be paid J. W. Greene for chairs, bed. mattrasscs, etc., April and May. $6.23 be paid S. F. Hayward & Co., for sulphuric acid, June, 1900. $1.75 be paid Frderick Roes for 5-inch pipe, elbow and collar, June, 1900. By Committee on Department Buildings and Repairs:— Resolved, That the sum of $2.86 be paid People's Light & Power Co., for incan descent light. Headquarters, May 24 to June 25, 1900. i Mrs. Pinkham The one thing that quali fies a person to give ad vise on assy subject is experience — experience creates knowledge, No other person has so wide an experience with female Ills nor such a record of success as Mrs, Pinkham has had. Over a hundred thou sand cases come before her each year. Some per sonally, others by mail. And this has been going on for 20 years, day after day and day af ter day. Twenty years of con stant success — think of the knowledge thus gained! Surely women are wise in seeking ad vice from a woman with such an experience, es pecially when it is free, if you are HI get a bottle of Lydia E, Plnkham^s Vegetable Compound at once—then write Mrs, Pinkham•„ Lynn, Mass, $2.01 be paid People’s Light & Power Co., for incandescent light. House En gine 3, May 24 to June 25, 1900. $70 be paid A. S. Nichols, for one man tel and top, etc., for new engine house 14, June, 1900. $10.34 be paid Jersey City Supply Co., for hardware, etc., June, 1900. $17.50 be paid Fredrick Roes, for re pairing roof of 5 Engine House, June, 1900. $2S.51 be paid Gilson, Collins & Co., for lumber, June, 1900. By Committee on Telegraph and Fuel:— Resolved, That the sum of $3S be paid John A. Whelan for coal, Ma>y and June, 1900. $19 be paid John F. Hauck for coal, June. 1900. $19.05 be paid Jersey City Supply Co., for one portable forge, etc., for Tel. Dept., May, 1900. $3.05 be paid the N. T. & N. J. Tele phone Co., for telephone service, March, April and May, 1900. By Committee on Printing and Station ery :— Resolved, That the' sum of $23.60 be paid Albert Datz for blank requisitions, ink and postage stamps, June and July, 1900. By Committee on Horses and Harness:— Resolved, That the sum of $35.30 be paid John A. Vill for harness supplies, June and July, 1900. $72.50 be paid J. Schellenberger & Co., for horse collar, hames, etc., July, 1900. $27.50 be paid James Wilson for horse shoeing. June, 1900. $25.50 be paid Kelly & Co., for horse shoeing, June, 1900. $27.25 be paid C. J. Lutton for horse shoeing, June, 1900. $29.52 be paid Peter F. Maguire, for horseshoeing, April, May and June, 1900. $28 be paid Thomas Holmes, for horse shoeing, June, 1900. ’ $15.25 be paid James Coleman, for horseshoeing, June, 1900. The yeas and nays having been called for and taken, on each of the foregoing resolutions, they were adopted by the following vote:— Teas—President Hennessey, Commis sioners Erickson and Niblett. Nays—None. Absent—None. On motion, adjourned. CHARLES E3TERBROOK, Clerk. Special meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners, held at Department Headquarters, Tuesday afternoon, July 17, 1900, at 3 o’clock. Present—All the members of the Board, three in number. The following call for the meeting was read:— Jersey City, July 1G, 1900. Charles Esterbrook, Esq., Clerk Board of Fire Commissioners:— Dear Sir—You will please call a special meeting of the Board of Fire Commis sioners for Tuesday, July 17, 1900, at three o'clock P. M., for the purpose of receiving report of Inspector of Horses, and of ordering auction sale of fire engines and horses that are unserviceable for further use in department. Respectfully, JAMES HENNESSEY. President. Communication from Inspector of Horses, recommending that the following horses which, by reason of advanced age and impaired physical condition, are unfit for further service, he disposed of, was presented, received and ordered filed: Bay horse, located at 13 Engine House; black horse, quartered at 4 Truck House; black horse, quartered at Hospital; brown horse, now doing duty with 10 Engine; black horse, quartered at 15 Engine; five horses in all. Resolution by Commissioner Erickson: Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board be and he is hereby directed to advertise for sale, at public auction, the following property of this department, viz.:— Three (3) steam fire engines. Five (5) horses. The same having become unserviceable for further use. The yeas and nays having been called for and taken, on the foregoing resolu tion, it was adopted by the following vote:— l'eas—President Hennessey, Commis sioners Erickson and Niblett. Nays—None. Absent—None. On motion, adjourned. CHARLES ESTERBROOK, • Clerk. BOARD OF EDUCATION. [Official Proceedings.] Regular meeting of the Board of Edu cation, held in the Assembly Chamber, City Hall, Thursday. July 12, 1900. ROLL CALL. Present — President Mulvaney and Messrs. Succow, Lewis, Barker, Birdsall, Cullen, Culver and Berger. 'Mr. Egbert took his seat subsequently. Absent—Messrs. Kennedy, Ward, Tracy and Witt. READING AND APPROVAL OP MIN UTES. On motion Of Mr. Birdsall the reading of the minutes of the last meeting was dispensed with, and they were approved as printed. PRESENTATION OF COMMUNICA TIONS. From Louis Gluck, contractor for sup plying blackboards to new School No. 20, desiring to give a bond of surety com pany to fulfill his contract instead of leaving on file his certified check for five hundred dollars. Received and referred to Committee on New School No. 20. From the National Association of En gineers, requesting that applicants for positions as engineers in public schools should pass an examination before being employed. Received and referred to the Committee i of the whole Board. From Hon. Board of Finance:— Hon.-Board of Education:— Dear Sirs—The followingresolution was adopted by the Board of Finance of Jer sey City, at its meeting, held July 5, 1900, and was approved by the Mayor July 9, 1900. Yours respectfully, M. F. KALAHER, Clerk. Resolved, That the City Comptroller be and he is hereby directed to transfer $160 from "Fuel” account to "Books, Station ery, etc.,” account, year 1899-1SOO, Board of Education. Received and filed. PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS. Joseph . C. Cuff, heating contract. New 1 School Ho. 20, $3,400; Thomas Mahoney, carpenter contract, New School No. 20, $G.4U0. Insurance—G. Schumann's Sons. School No. 8, $9.75. Books, Stationery, etc.—-W. B. DuRle, Incidentals, School No. 23, $3.70; Peckham, Little & Co., School No. 9, $10.35; School No. (i, $32: School No. 7, $3.90; School No. 21. $19.50; Ginn & Co.. School No. 7, $3.73; School No. 15, $2; H. P. Smith Publishing Co., School No. 15, $48; School No. 20, $7.13. Maynard, Merrill & Co., School No. 15. $27.84; School No. 21, $12.%; James B. Wilson, School No. 8, $33.10. The MacMil lan Co., High, $9.32; J. L. Hammett Co., School No. 11, $2.50; James C. Lansing, incidentals, all schools, $5.5G. W. K. Ken nard, School No. 11, $8.13. American Book Co.. School No. 7, $26; School No'. 15, $1.75; School No. 21, $8.50. Printing—J. c. News, office, $16; New No. 20 School, $19.25. Gas—Hudson Co. Cas Co., all schools, June, 1900, $22.11. 'Rent—Annex No. 20, Charles H. Detwil ler, $100;,«**eople’s Light & Power Co., School No. 9, $6.43; School No. 11, $19.22; N. Y. & N. J. Tel. Co., School No. 9, $21.72; offices, $24.15. Repairs—Brown & Miller, School No. 24, $15. Johnson Temperature Reg. Co., School No. 1, $2.90; School No. 18, $6.67; School No. 19. $3.40; School No. 27, $4.45. F. J. Kloes, School No. 11, $2.25. James F. Blaekshaw, School No. 22, $3. Wood & Menagh, School No. 9, $4.75. F. W. I Rhodes. School No. 13, $1; School No. 19, $10.75; School No. 22, $2. W. Werner Co., School No. 27, $5.50, $29. M. F. Clark, School No. 16, $4.60. C. E. Koyce, School No. 16, $2. Alex. Hamlli, School No. 9, $19.95. Received and referred to their appro priate committees. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMIT TEES. Finance, by Mr. Lewis, chairman:— Resolved, That the City Clerk be re quested to draw, and His Honor the Mayor to sign, warrants to pay officers and janitors in the emDloy of the Board of Education for the month of July, 1900, when due, on payrolls duly certified by the City Superintendent of Public Schools. The yeas and nays having been ordered and taken on the call of the chairman, the resolution was adopted by the fol lowing vote:— Yeas—President IMulvaney and Messrs. Succow, Lewis, Barker, Birdsall, Cullen, Culver, Berger and Egbert—9. Nays—None. Absent—Messrs. Kennedy, Ward, Tracy and Witt—4. Resolved, That the following claims be ordered paid to the parties hereinafter named, as per bills accompanying:— Insurance, 1S99-190O—Henry A. Steffens, School No. 13, $31.25. E. Savoye', School No. T, $9.75; School No. 10, $3.60; School No. 25, $12: School No. 27, $12. London & Lancashire Insurance Co., School No. 2, $12; School No. 4. $G; School No. 5, $24; School No. 11, $6.80; School No. IS, $18; School No. 21, $10; School No. 23, $12; School No.* 26, $18. Books, Stationery, etc., 1899-1900—Peck ham, Little & Co., School No. 2, $12.60, $47.04: School No. 6, $12.50; School No. 7, $4.08, $3.50, $75.48; School No. 9, $10.13. $41.56; School No. 11, $29.45, $8.60; School No. 12, $10.85: School No. 15, $70.27: School No. 24, $3.28; School No. 25, $37.50. American Book Co., School No. 6, $5.20; School No. 7, $7.28, $7.20; School No. 9, $32.36; School NOT 1, $9.60, $13.68; School No. 25, S2S.S0. Rand. McNally & Co., School No. 2, $21.10; School No. 15, $3.36. J. L. Hammett Co., School No. 22, $20. University Publishing Co., School No. 20, $20.88. Butler. Sheldon & Co., School No. 23, $4.93. Franklin Pub I lishing Co., School No. 12, $4.80. Queen & Co., High, $9.11. Emile Ille, High. $4. John Barnes, High, $6. Vanderbeek & Sons, High, $14.42. John Wooster, High, $2. F. E. Henderson, High, $83. Chas. Scribners’ Sons, High, $2.19. Milton, Bradley Co., School No. 9, $40.31. Ewald Bros., office, $7.03. Maynard. Merrill & Co., School No. 21, $21.12. Martha G. Evans, School No. 17, $3.20. P. S. Hul sizer, School No. 24, $2.80. I. P. Towne, School No. 25, $4. James C. Lansing, all schools. $4.79. * Repairing School Buildings, furniture, 1S99-1900—Wm. H. Griffith, School No. 10, $9.50. Thomas Flanagan, School No. 14, $37.50. A. H. McGuekin, School No. 14, $11.25. Wm. H. Stone, School No. 16. $9.51. Janitors’ Supplies, 1899-1900—Enos F. Jones Chemical Co.. School No. 4, $2.60; School No. 7, $2.90; School No. 17, $2; School No. 22, $1.35; School No. 23. $2.88. Wood & Menagh, School No. 1, $39.31; School No. 5, $35.07: School No. 6, $18.37; School No. 7. $2.71; School No. 8, $1.90, $4.25; School No. 10, $7.98; School No. 12, $20.36; Scnoo'l No. 13, $27.72; School No. 16, $5.28; School No. 17. $21.31; School No. 19, $25; School No. 23. $29.94; School No. 24, $5.10; School No. 25, $13.80; School No. 27. $15.11. Gas, 1899-1900—Hudson Co. Gas Co., all school's, May, 1900, $56.32. Fuel, 1899-1900—People’s Light & Power Co.. School No. 9, $17.84; School No. 11, $13.72. General Claims Account, 189S-1S99:— D. Slote & Co., stationery, School No. 13, $1; Rand, McNally & Co., School No. 15, $25.20. The yeas and nays having been ordered and taken, on the call of the chairman, the resolution was adopted by the fol lowing voter Yeas—President Mulvaney and Messrs. Succow, Lewis, Barker, Birdsall, Cullen, Culver, Berger and Egbert—9. Nays—None. Absent—Messrs. Kennedy, Ward, Tracy and Witt—4. School Committees, New No. 20, by Mr. Barker:— Whereas, The appropriation made to this Board for the erection of New School No. 20 is only for the amount of the contracts for such erection, and no appropriation has been made for the un paid salary of the Inspector for the months of April and May, 1900; Resolved, That the Board of Finance he and it is hereby requested to appro priate to the use of this Board the sum of $260, such sum to be used for the pay ment of the services of C. N. Ford, In spector on New School No. 20, for the months ot April and May, 1900. Adopted. There being no further business, the President declared the meeting adjourned. JAMES J. WISEMAN, Clerk. BOARD OF POLICE COMMIS SIONERS. (Official Proceedings.) Regular meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners, held in First Criminal Court room, Friday, July 13, 1900. present—All the members. Minutes of last meeting approved as printed. PRESENTATION OF COMMUNICA TIONS AND PETITIONS. Communications, etc., were received and disposed of as follows:— Invitation of Police Mutual Aid Society to attend excursion, August 6. Accepted. By Commissioner Walter and adopted:— Resolved, That John Byrne be appoint ed chanceman of the third class, subject to the usual examination. By Commissioner Tilden and adopted:— Resolved, That the Committee on Sup plies for Station Houses be authorized to advertise for the sale of unserviceable horses and all other unserviceable mate rial. The Board then proceeded with the trials of officers against whom charges had been preferred, as follows:— Patrolman James Colohan, Third Pre cinct-Charge: Neglect of duty and un truthfulness. The Board, having heard the pleading and testimony, retired for determination and, reassembling, sentenced the accused officer that was found guilty, as follows: Patrolman James Colohan, found guilty of neglect of duty and sentenced to be fined two days’ pay. Mo tlon by Commissioner Walter and adopted, That, when we adjourn it be subject to the ’ call of tlve chair. On motion, adjourned. Gr. P. ROBINSON. Clerk. NOTICE TO THE CREDITORS OF THE Lavigne Automatic Manufacturing Co. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an order of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey, made on the day of the date hereof, in a cause wherein John J. Tower is complainant and The Lavigne Auto matic Manufacturing Co. is defendant, the creditors of the said Lavigne Automatic Manufacturing Company are required to present to the Receiver appointed in said cause, Henry Puster, No. 259 Washington street, Jersey City, N. J., and prove before him, under oath or affirmation, as the said Receiver shall direct, to the satisfaction of the said Receiver, their several claims and demands against the 3aid corpora tion, within two (2) months from the date of said order, or that they will he ex cluded from the benefit of such dividends as may hereafter be made ahd declared by the said Court upon the proceeds of the effects of said corporation coming into the hands of the said Receiver in New Jersey. Dated Jersey City, N. J., April 12. 1900. HENRY PUSTER, ! ROBERT CAREY, Receiver. Solicitor. 259 Washington street, Jersey City, H. J. • ”• •' il ‘ .H ' ,'S . CORPORATION NOTICE CORPORATION NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that on the 12th day of June, 1900, application was made to the Board of Street and Water Commissioners by Chas. J. Donohue and others for the IMPROVEMENT OF VAN REYPEN STREET, from Highland avenue to the north side of Vroom street Intersection. Said improvement to be made conformably to the provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1893, and in the following manner, including all intersections:— To have the street for the full width thereof graded to the established grade by excavating or filling the same to the established grade, j To have new 20-inch curb set on each sfke ! thereof. To have the present curb reset and new 20-inch curb set whore necessary. To have new bluestone flagging, 4 feet wide, laid on each sidewalk. To have the present flagging relaid and new . flagging1 laid where necessary. ! To have the carriageway paved with asphalt pavement from Highland avenue to DeKalb avenue 20 feet in width; from DeKalb avenue to Stuyvesant avenue 30 feet in width; from Stuyvesant avenue to Vroom street 22 feet in , width. To have the present bridgestone crosswalks relaid and new bridgestone laid where neces- < sary. And all other work done that may be neces- I sary to provide for the flow of the surface ! water, and to complete the Improvement in a ! good and substantial manner. Notice is also given that on the 24th day I of July, 1000, the Commissioners of Assessment filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Street and Water Commissioners their pre liminary map for said improvement, showing the probable total cost of the contemplated im provement 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:— VAN REYPEN STREET, from Highland avenue to a point about 190 feet east of Vroom street. HIGHLAND AVENUE, on the east side from Van Reypen street to points about 20.74 feet north and 21.1 feet south thereof. VROOM STREET. from Van Reypen street to a point about 204.4 feet south thereof. And that in accordance with the provisions of the Act above cited the 31st day of July, 1900, at two o’clock P. M.. and the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall arc hereby fixed 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 tion and all remonstrances against the said proposed improvement that may be presented in writing. By order of the Board of Street and Water Commissioners. GEO. T. BOUTON. Clerk. Dated Jersey City, July 25, 1900. TO THE NEW YORK TRANSIT COMPANY, Eliza Gautier, widow; Mary E. Gautier, An nie L. Gautier, Alice Mason, Charles Mason, her husband, heirs at law of Francis P. Gautier, dec’d; Michael Kiernan, John Kier nan, Peter Kiernan. Margaret ICillen, John Killer, her husband; Bridget Kiernan, Mary Kiernan, heirs at law of Bridget Kiernan, dec’d; Hudson County National Bank of Jer sey City, Samuel Doughty, Elizabeth L. Gavette, administratrix of Thomas I. Gilson, dec’d, and the State of New Jersey:— You are hereby notified that at a public sale made by the City Collector of Jersey City, on the 22nd day of October, 1890, The Mayor and Aldermen of Jersey City purchased for the sum of eighty-six dollars and twenty-two cents ALL the land and real estate situate in Jersey City, in the County of Hudson and State of New Jersey, fronting on Stockton and Harvey avenues, wriich is laid down and designated as plot 1015, in block number 179, upon an assessment map annexed to a report number 43, made by the “Commissioners of Adjustment” appointed in and for said City by the Circuit Court of the County of Hudson, a certified copy of which report and map was filed in the office of the City Collector of Jersey City, on the 13th day of November, 1889, said report and map and said sale being made pursuant to the provisions of an act of the Legislature of New Jersey, passed March 30th, 1888, entitled:— ••An Act concerning the settlement and col lection of arrearages of unpaid taxes, as sessments and water rates or water rents In cities of this State, and imDJsing and levying a tax, assessment and lien In lieu and instead of such arrearages, and to en force the payment thereof, and to provide for the sale of lards subjected to future taxation and assessment.”^.: And the several supplements thereto. And you arc furtner notified you appear to have an estate or interest in said land and real estate, utui unless the said laud »nd real estate shall be redeemed, as provider in said acts, before the expiration of*six months from and after the service hereof, a 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 provisions of the said act. Dated Jersey City, N. J., June 23, 1900. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JEB* SEY CITY. 15. HOOS, (Seal.) Mayor. Attest- M. J. O’DONNELL, City Clerk. (Sale No. 912.) IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY. To Aldus F. Hawthorn;— 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 Luke W. Rickard and Martin Hubbe are complainants and you are defendant, you are required to appear, plead, answer or demur to the com plainant’s bill on or before the nineteenth day of July next, or that in default thereof such decree will be made against you as the Chan cellor shall think equitable and just. The said bill is filed against you praying that you may be compelled by the order and decree of the above Court to come to a set tlement and accounting with the said com plainants, who claimed to be your partners, with respect to the affairs and business con ducted under and by virtue of certain ar ticles of co-partnership, bearing date May seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty nine, and that an accounting may be had of the amount of United States roofing paint made and sold by you or on your account or through your agency, or in which you may have or olaim to have an interest, and that the profits arising therefrom may be ascer tained and determined and that you may be decreed to pay unto each of the said com plainants one-third of such profits. Dated May 23, 1900. J. HERBERT POTTS, Solr. of Complainants, No. 1 Montgomery St., Jersey City, N. J. NOTICE IS’ HEREBY GIVEN THAT Louis Epstein, lately carrying on the plumbing business at No. 443 Avenue C, in the City of Bayonne, in the County of Hudson and State of New Jersey, did, on the twenty-fifth day of June. A. D. nineteen hundred, make an assignment to the subscriber of his estate, for the equal benefit of his cred itors, and notice is further given that said creditors must present and exhibit their respective claims against the said estate, under oath or affirmation, to the said assignee, at the office of his attor neys, Hudspeth & Puster, 259 Washington street, Jersey City, New Jersey, within three months from the twenty-fifth day of June, A. D. nineteen hundred, the date of the said assignment, or be forever barred from coming in for a division of said estate, and that after the expira tion of said period a list of all such cred itors who shall have proved their claims under oath or affirmation, will be filed by the said assignee with the Surrogate of the County of Hudson aforesaid, and that exceptions may be filed thereto by any person interested, according to law. Dated July 13. 1900. CHARLES H. WELLER. , Assignee. TO THE CREDITORS OF THE WIND sor Chemical Company, a corporation:— By virtue of an order of the Court erf Chancery of New Jersey, made on the day of the date hereof, in a cause where in Charles A. L. Amend is complainant and The Windsor Chemical Company, a corporation, is defendant, you are hereby notified to present to me, the Receiver of said corporation, under oath or affirma tion, or otherwise to prove to my satis faction, your several claims and de mands against said corporation within three months from the date of said or der. or you will be excluded from the benefits of such dividends as may be thereafter made and declared by said Court upon the proceeds of the effects of said corporation. Claims to be presented at the Receiv er’s office, Nq. 76 Montgomery street, Jer sev City, New Jersey. Dated July 2nd, 1900. OTT" CROUSE. Receiver. NOTICE TO CREDITORS — ESTATE OF HARRY M. PIATT, deceased; Edith B. Platt, administratrix of Harry M. Piatt, de ceased, by order of the Deputy Surrogate of Hudson County, dated April 21, 1900, hereby gives notice to the creditors of said decedent to bring In their debts, den .rods and claims agatnst 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 against said administratrix EDITH B. PIATT. corporation notice NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS!"'"" Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Street and Water Commissioners, on Tuesday. August 7, 1900, at two o’clock P. M., in tne Assembly Chamber of the City Hall, for the IMPROVEMENT OP MANHATTAN AVENUE from Central avenue to Sanford place. Said improvement to be made conformably to the_ provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1895, ami in accordance with specifications on file in the office of the Clerk of said Board. .Blank terms of bid and agreement of sure ties must be obtained at the office of the Chief Engineer. CJty Hall, Jersey City, N. J. ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES. 100% Standard of Cost. About 1,375 cubic yards of earth exeava tlon, per cubic yard . 10.SO About 25 cubic yards of rock excavation, per cubic yard . 2.00 About 574 cubic yards of earth Ailing, per cubic yard .10 About 10T> cubic yards of sand Ailing, per cubic yard . 1.15 About 3,970 Square yards of asphalt pav ing, per square yard . 1.7'. About 2,360 lineal feet of curbstone, per lineal foot .65 About 5,800 square feet of Aagging, per square foot .15 About 3(1 square yards of repaving, per square yard .30 About 70 lineal feet of reset and dressed curbstone, per lineal foot .20 About 300 square feet of reset and dressed bridgestone, per square foot.05 About 3,620 square feet of relaid and dress ed Aagstone, per square foot.02 About 35 lineal feet of cribbing stone, per lineal foot .10 About 4' receiving basin heads to be re set, each . 5.00 About 8 manhole heads to be reset, each 2.00 About 2 receiving basins to be rebuilt and connections complete, each. 25.00 Time allowed fox%the completion of the work, 40 working days. The making of the above improvement and 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 Manhattan Avenue,” directed to “Mr, | Jas. S, Nolan, Chairman of the Committee i 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 i sealed proposals. j The bonds required to be furnished on pro posals (and a possible subsequent contract) are those of some surety company authorized | to do business In the State of New Jersey. Bidders must state a sir^le Axed percentage of the hundred per cent, standard above quoted for which they will furnish all mate rials and do all the work comprehended in speciAcatlons, and if Anal award of contract be made the per cent, so stated will form the i basis upon which payment will be made for all items. The Board may, under the provisions of the Act above cited, exercise its right to reject any or all proposals. The attention of bidders Is especially called to Section 7, Chapter 134 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 Corpora tion Counsel, the President of this Board hav ing the power to examine the proposed bonds men under oath. By order of the' Board of Street and Water Com m ission er s. GEORGE T. BOUTON. Clerk. Dated Jersey City, July 30, 1900. ! NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Street and Water Commissioners, on Tuesday, August 7, 1900, at 2 o’clock P. M., in the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall, for ! the IMPROVEMENT OF BARTHOLDI AVENUE. | from Hudson Boulevard to Morris Canal. | Said improvement to be made conformably J to the provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws i of 5895, and in accordance with specifications on file in the office of the Clerk of said Board. Biank forms of bid and agreement of sure ties must be obtained at the office of the Chief Engineer. City Hall, Jersey City, N. J. ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES. 100% Standard of Cost. | About 2,860 cubic yards of earth excava j tkm, per cubic yard . $0.25 About 200 cubic yards of rock excavation, per cubic yard . 2.00 About 1,544 cubic yards of earth filling, per cubic yard .10 About 303 cubic yards of sand filling, per cubic yard . 1.25 About 864 square yards of Belgian paving in gutter, per square yard. 1.25 About 2,590 lineal feet of curbstone, per lineal foot .65 About 70 square feet of bridgestone, per square foot .45 About 10,360 square feet of flagging, per square foot .15 About 12 square yards of repaving, per square yard .30 About 36 lineal feet of reset and dressed curbstone, per lineal foot .20 About 1 receiving basin head to be re set, at . 5.00 About 14 manhole heads to be reset, each 2.00 About 1 receiving basin to be rebuilt and connections complete . 25.00 About 55 cubic yards of rubble masonry, per cubic yard . 5.4)0 Time allowed for the completion of the work, 75 working days. The making of the above improvement and 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 Bartholdi Avenue,’’ directed to “Mr. Jas. S. Nolan, cnairman 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 (and a possible subsequent contract) are those of some surety company authorized to do business In the State n? 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 specifica tions, 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 rriay, under the provisions of the j act above cited, exercise its right to reject | any or all proposals. The attention of bidders is especially called ! to Section 7. Chapter 134 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 Corpora tion Counsel, the President of this Board hav ing tne power to examine the proposed bonds men under oath. By order of the Board of Street and Water Commissioners. GEORGE T. BOUTON, Clerk. Dated Jersey City. July 80, 1900. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS—DEALERS IN Solder and Lead. Sealed proposals Will be received by the Board of Street and Water Commissioners on Tuesday, August 7, 1900, at two o’clock P. M., in the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall, for the FURNISHING AND DELIVERING OF LEAD AND SOLDER at the Pipe Yard, Bay street. Jersey City, N. J., in accordance with specifications for same on file in the office of the Clerk of said Board. Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure ties must be obtained at the office of the Chief Engineer, City Hall, Jersey City, N. J. ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES. 100% Standard of Cost. About 20,000 lbs. of soft pig lead, per lb. $0.0$ About 500 lbs. of No. 1 refined solder, per lb.20 The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, if it is considered for the best interests of the city so to do. Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en velopes. endorsed *’Proposals for Lead and Solder,’’ directed to “Mr. Ferd. Heintze. Chair man of the Committee on Assessments and Extensions,” and handed to the Clerk of the Board in open meeting when called for In the order of business relating to sealed pro posals. The bonds required to be furnished on pro posals (and a possible subsequent contract) are those of some surety company authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey. ! The attention of bidders is especially called i to Section 7, Chapter 134 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 contractor have been approved as to suffi ciency by this Board and as to form by the Corporation 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 Commissioners. GEO. T. BOUTON. Clerk. Dated Jersey City, July 80, 1900. NOTICE TO CREDITORS - ESTATE OF ANNA BEISSER, deceased; Charles B. Rab bow, administrator of Anna Belsser, deceased by order of the Surrogate of Hudson County, dated March 5th, 1900. hereby gives notice to the creditors of said decedent to bring in debts, demands and claims against the estate of said decedent, under oath or affirmation, within nine months from the date of said or der, or they wilt be forever barred of any ac tion therefor against said administrator, CHARJL.ES B. RABBOW. CORPORATION NOIICI NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS^ "* Sealed proposals will be received by th. Board of Street and Water Commissioners, 01 Tuesday, August 7, 1900, at two o’clock P. M. in the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall for the IMPROVEMENT OF STEVENS AVENUE from Ocean avenue to Rutgers avenue. Sakl Improvement to be made conformabl] to the_ provisions of Chapter 217 of the Law. of 189y, and in accordance with specification on file in the office of the Clerk of sail Board. Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure Uea must be obtained at the office of the Chiei Engineer, City Hall, Jersey City, N. J ESTIMATE OF QUANTITIES. 100% Standard About 2,702 cubic yards of earth excava tlo. per cubic yard . |0.$< About 5 cubic yards of rock excavation per cubic yard . 2.01 About 10 cubic yards of earth" filling,” per cubic yard .14 About 90 cubic yards of sand filling,” per cubic yard . l.j* About 2,930 square yards of asphalt pav ing, per square yard . 1.78 About 1,760 lineal feet of curbstone, per lineal foot .65 About 7,020 square feet of flagging, per square foot .15 About 20 square yards of repaving, per square yard .36 About 20 lineal feet of reset and dressed curbstone, per lineal foot .20 About 320 square feet of relaid and dressed bridgestone, per square foot... .05 About 100 square feet of relald and dressed flagstone, per square foot.01 About 38 lineal feet of cribbing. per lineal foot .j{ About 9 manhole heads to be reset, each 2.0fl About 2 receiving basins to be rebuilt and connections complete, each. 25.01 Time allowed for the completion of the work, 50 working days. The making of the above Improvement and award of the contract therefor will be subject trt 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 Stevens Avenue.” directed to “Mr. Jaa. 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 <and 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 mate rials 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 ail items. The Board may, under the provisions of the Act above cited, exercise its right to reject any or all proposals. The attention of bidders is especially called to Section 7, Chapter 134 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 Corpora tion Counsel, the President of this Board hav ing the power to examine the proposed bonds men under oath. By order of the Board of Street and Watef Commissioners. GEORGE T. BOUTON, _ Clerk. Dated Jersey City, July 30, 1900. N OTIC a TO CONTRACTORS. Sealed proposals will be received by the Board of Street and Water Commissioners, on i Tuesday, August 7, 1900, at 2 o’clock P. M.. in the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall, for IMPROVEMENT OP UNION STREET, from Arlington avenue to Garfield avenue. Said improvement to be made conformably | to the_ provisions of Chapter 217 of the Laws of 1895, and in accordance with speciflcationff on file In the office of the Clerk of said Board. Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure ties must be obtained at the office of tha Chief Engineer, City Hall. Jersey City. N. J. -ESTIMATE OP QUANTITIES. 1<#% Standard , of Cost. About 1,094 cubic yards of earth excava tion. per cubic yard . $0.30 About 10 cubic yards of rock excavation, per cubic yard . 2.00 About 191 cubic yards of earth filling, per cubic yard .10 About 535 cubic yards of sand filling, per cubic yard . 1,25 | About 2.360 square yards of Belgian pav ing, per square yard . 1.25 About 620 lineal feet of curbstone, per lineal foot .65 About 609 square feet of bridgetone. per square foot .45 About 4,400 square feet of flagging, per square foot . .15 About 10 square yards of repaving, per square yard .30 [ About 520 lineal feet of reset and dressed curbstone, per lineal foot .20 I About 72 square feet of relaid and dressed bridgestone, per square foot . .05 About 80 square feet of relaid and dressed flagstone, per square foot . 02 About 132 lineal feet of cribbing stone, per lineal foot .10 About 1 receiving basin head to be re set, at. 5.00 About 5 manhole heads to be reset, each.. 2.06 About 1 receiving basin and connections complete, at. 85.00 About 2 receiving basins to be rebuilt and connections complete, each. 25.90 Time allowed for the completion of the work, 45 working days. The making of the above improvement and 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 en velopes, endorsed “Proposals for the Improve ment of Union 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 busi ness relating to sealed proposals. The bonds required to be furnished on pro* posals (and a possible subsequent contract) ars those of some surety ompany authorized 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 specifica tions, 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 its right to reject any or all proposals. The attention of bidders Is especially called to Section 7, Chapter 134 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 Corpora tion Counsel, the President of this Board hav ing the power to examine the proposed bonds men under oath. By order of the Board of Street and Water Commissioners. GEO. T. BOUTON, Clerk. Dated Jersey City, July 30, 1900. NOTICE TO COAL DEALERS. Sealed proposals will be received by the Hoard of Street and Water Commissioners on Tuesday, August 7. 1900, at 2 o'clock P. M., in the Assembly Chamber of the City Hall, for the FURNISHING AND DELIVERING OF 1,000 GROSS TONS OF ANTHRACITE No. 1 BUCKWHEAT COAL, at the High Service Pumping Station of the Jersey City Water Works, Summit avenue, Jersey City, in accordance with specifications for same on file in the office of the Clerk of Mid Board. Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure ties must be obtained at the office of the Chief Engineer, City Hall. Jersey City, N. J. The coal to be furnished must be taken from the Wyoming or Wilkesbarre Mines. The Bbard will exercise Its right to be the sole judge of what constitutes the best coal for its purpose, and reserves the privilege of awarding contract on the basis of any pro posal submitted,, or of rejecting any or all proposals. If it considers that the best inter ests of the city can be conserved thereby. The bonds required to be furnished on pro posals (and a possible subsequent contract) are those of some surety company authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey. Proposals must be enclosed In sealed en velopes, endorsed “Proposals for Coal,” di rected to “Mr. Ferdinand Heintze, Chairman of the Committee on Pumping and Reser voirs,” and handed to the Clerk of the Board in open meeting when called for in the order of business relating to sealed proposals. The attention of bidders is especially called to Section 7, Chapter 134 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 th# contractor have been approved as to suffi ciency by this Board and as to form by the Corporation 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 Commissioners. GEO. T. BOUTON. Clerk. Dated Jersey City. July 30. 1900. NOTICE ~OF SETTLEMENT—NOTICE is hereby given that the account of the subscribers, executors of the estate of Mary P. Dunham, deceased, will be audited and stated by the Surrogate of the County of Hudson, and reported for settlement on Friday, the 22d day of June next. Dated May 17, A. D. 1900. ASA C, DUNHAM.