The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-14
PASSAIC POLLUTION.
1t Must Be Measured Here
after by Tens of Thou
sands Of Gallons.

into the Passaic River, after the noon re-
cess vest terday. Colonel Pri ce attempted
to show by the minutes of the Passaic
Common Council that the contracts made
for the sewers were given out after tn
protest had been made by the Newark
Aqueduct Board The minutes show
that the contract was awarded before the
protest was made. In reply to Colonel
Prices questions Clerk Cogan said that
toe protest was not read before the con-
tr act was awarded at the council meet
ing, but 1t might have been read in the
Committee of the Whole.
WAS not the record altered and made
to read as it does now for O. purposeP'
asked Colonel Price.
This question stirred the witness up
considerable. His face redeemed and his
eyes snapped fire.
81 want protection here" he said
angrily.
Mr.. Griggs came to his rescue and tart
ly told Colonel Price that he should not
cross examine his own witness. Colonel
Price denied that he was cross-eXamining
and insisted upon an answer to his QueS-
ton. Mr.. Cogan finally declared that the
record was not written the way it was
nor altered for a purpose Upon being
asked il he made any record of the meet
ing of the Committee of the Whole, he
replied
mo, sir. Not beyond the statement
that the Council went into the committee
of the whole TO hear Colonel Price, The
protest came before the Council Just as /
have it in the minutes"
$4,000 GALLONS OF SEWAGE DAY.
Colin r. Wyse, City Surveyor OF Pas
sale, testified that all the River street sys-
tenn Of sewers had been constructed.
| They were 8inch pipes and would dis
| charge about 26, 900 or 2S, 900 gallons a day
! into the river. He reached this calcula-
! tiDn by assuming the population of the
| district to be 1000 and he allowed sixteen
| gallons head. In determining the size
of the sewer the basis used was from
| forty-five to fifty gallons, but much of
| that was water used in sprinkling lawns,
washing carriages, horses, ETC., and did
not reach the sewers. The basis of six
| teen gallons was the minimum in the
| statistics he had collected from all parts.
"Tnen you are not in accordance with
MIR. Warnings calculation asked Colonel
Price.
''You can't cross-examine and contra
dict your own Witness" interrupted Mr..
Griggs- you've brought him here and
you must stand by what he says"
"Pm not cross-examining him, but l
want to know how his figures agree with
those of Mr.. Waring."
"Well," replied the witness, "Mr. War
ing used fifty gallons day merely as a
basis to determine the sizes OF the
sewers"
What is the capacity of the projected
Gregory avenue and Passaic street
| sewers?"
Gregory avenue sewer" replied the
witness, sis designed to carry off about
| G7 600 gallons of sewage, and the Passaic
street sewer 81, 500 gallons day."
"Now give us your estimate of the daily
output of sewage when the whole city is
severed under the Waring plan and TAX
| Ing Mr.. Warnings figures as a basis of
computation"
III no
| gallons every twenty-four hours"
"Of house sewage?"
"Yes, SIR"
"The storm water sewer on Main ave-
nue. is not included in Mr.. Warnings
| plang
mo, sir"
MR.. wYsE DISAGREEs WITH MR.. WARING.
! AT Colonel Prices suggestion the wit
ness read portion of Mr. Warnings re-
| port in which reference was made 10 the
possibility of having to dispose of the
sewage by some method other than that
of dlscharging it into the river. MI.
Waring said that if it should ever become
necessary to dispose of the sewage by
| artificial means the present outlet of the
sewers would be . good location for
pumping works. Surveyor Wyse had
| never heard of any other plan OF dispos-
ing of the sewage tnat that of discharg-
ing it into the river, and he said he did
not know what Mr.. Waring referred to
in the statements read. Colonel Price
was trying to get in testimony to show
that Passaic could get rid of its sewage
without throwing it into Newark's water
supply, but he was not conspicuously
successful.
You say" remarked Mr.. Griggs,
shat according to Mr.. Warnings data all
these sewers would empty over million
gallons daily into the river. What is the
amount according to your own calcula-
tions?"
"About 100000 gallons daily"
"Give US now." said Mr.. Griggs, ''tne
n umber of lineal feet of sewers construct
ed or ordered constructed for house sew
age and surface drainage"
For storm water 4, 100 feet and for
the witness.
What amount of sewage would be
emptied into the river from that 66 500
feet of sewers under the system now in
operationp' asked Colonel Price.
"Oh, object" interposed Mr.. Griggs
"The witness has repudiated the data of
Mr. Waring on this point. Besides, we
can all calculate that
1.-The maximum amount would be 925,-
900 gallons daily replied The witness.
Have any of these sewers been dis
charged into the river or are they being
discharged nowP' asked Mr.. Griggs.
mo, SIR"
"But don't you expect to soonio quer-
led Colonel Price.
"Yes"
Glow soon?n
II don't know"
You can't find that out" said Mr..
Griggs. sand we don't propose to let you
know. Well be ready to empty them
into the river about the time you get
your injunction, and by the way your ex-
perts are testifying you'll all be dead be-
fore then"
..Well, if you get the sewers into the
river guess you'll keep them there,p re-
piled colonel Price,
INSPECTOR LEAKE TEsTIFIEs
Inspector Leake, of Jersey City, testi-
fed that he had seen the river frozen at
and near Passaic in December aud Janu-
airy. Mr.. Griggs started us if to ask him
about the results of his Investigations on
the river, and Messrs. Price ana McCarter
objected. Mr.. Griggs sarcastically said
that he did not intend TO question the
witness on that point. In reply to Mr..
Griggs the witness said that he had never
seen the river frozen continuously for any
length OF time. He had seen Dundas
Lake frozen for a week at a time
II suppose, now, 'sald Mr.. Griggs turn
ing to Colonel Price, that you won't al
low us to examine Mr.. Leake as to the
pollution. Il you don't object am ready
to 90 ahead"
The Colonel was too wary to permit
anything of the kind, as he knows that
Inspector Leake has positive views about
Newark's pollution.
Further testimony will be heard on
September O. Between now and then the