The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-27
Those CUTOFF SEWERS.
Third District Citizens
Gather to Talk More
About Them.

The Citizens improvement Association
of the Third district met last evening in
Teutonia Hall, on Newark avenue This
organization was effected some time. ago
for the purpose of securing to the citizens
of that part of the city many needed i'm
provements. Chief among them is an
outlet to the Hudson River of the Second
and Fourth streets sewers across the
filled-in land OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road, in Harsimus Cove.
DR.. Quimby presided at the meeting
and Mr.. Henry Wild reported the result
of the conference of The Association $
committee, the city authorities and the
officials of the road, which was held in
Corporation Counsel Edwards' Office last
Friday.
RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE.
He said that at the conference the rail-
road officials expressed O. willingness to
continue the sewer across the company's s
land, but Engineer Ruggles said that the
sewer would not be practical. 1t would
have to be built for distance of 1000
feet, and would reach the river below low
water mark, and consequently could not
be emptied.
Mr.. Wild further said that he had
found map upon which all the sewers
of the city were laid out to reach Hudson
street at rs inches below low water
mark. The committee, Mr.. Wild con
tinued, did not believe Chief Engineer
Ruggles statement to be correct, and so
it had employed Engineers John
Ward and Gustav Blau to examine
the ground and ascertain the true condi-
tion.
FAITH IN THE RAILROAD.
Mr.. Knoop was of the opinion that the
so u
ers if the citizens would get together and
demand the sewer in a manner which
would let the officials see that they were
in earnest.
DIR. Quimby said that since the last
meeting of the association an individual,
whom he suspected came from the rail
road company, approached him and asked
what objection there would be to taking
the Second street sewer to the foot OF
Morgan street. The Doctor further said
that in his opinion the object of the rail
road authorities in trying to have the
citizens accept pumping station was to
divert the sewer from the Cove. They
don't want the sewerage emptying in
their docks and want to keep it away
from them altogether
''I haven't much faith in the city offic-
ials," continued the doctor. s'They do
with us what they please, and all they
want us to do is to pay our taxes. If we
accomplish anything in the matter we
will have to fight for it ourselves"
''Our engineer has put us to all this
trouble with his statement about the i'm
practibility of the sewer. The Hudson
River hasn't changed, the grade of the
sewers hasn't changed; it is only the en-
gineers that seem changed.
MR. EDELSTEIN WILL TAKE HOLD.
Mr.. Wild said that President Edelstejn,
of Finance Board, told him that If the
committee would procure the requisite
number of signatures to q petition to the
Board of Street and Water Commission
ers to have the Second street sewer ex
tended across Harsimus Cove, he would
do all in his power to see that the work
was done.
The Association took Immediately t6
this suggestion and made arrangements
to obtain the signatures.
Ex-Assemblyman Fred w, Payne an6
Charles Steir joined the Association
spoke upon the evils arising from the
choked sewers. The meeting then ad-
journed to Thursday, January 2.