The Jersey City news., 1891-09-09
SPREADING RAPIDLY.
Once A Little Stream 1t
Will Soon Be A
Torrent.
JERSEY CITY's WATER MOVEMENT
Sixth District Proposes 10 Secure
Concerted Action Through
out the City.

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There was a fair att enhance of we'll
known property owners ut the regular
meeting of the Sixth District Citizens
Association last night. Naturally the
water question was uppermost in the
minds OF the members in consequence OF
the conference between the committee
and the city authorities during the after
noon, and other matters were discussed
Mr.. Reuben Simpson, chairman OF the
Committee on Rapid Transit reported
progress.
'.What has been dones asked Mr..
Henry Lembeck.
"Nothine.n answered the chairman,
"They've killed it down III Jersey Guy.
Then Mr.. Simpson announced that the
committee would again call upon Mf.
On the matter of establishing Green
vile branch of the Free Public Library,
the committee reported that the move
ment would probably be successful.
AS to transit, Major Armstrong wanted
to know whv he should be obliged to
nav nye cents extra for ride from the
Jerry if he chanced to miss Bayonne
car In these days." he said, we cant
afford TO wait for the passage OF TWO "
1t is but q subterfuge OF the car company.
IL ought to be stopped. have walked
many times sooner than wall.
Said Mr.. Simpson:-"If you get on "a
Grecnville car and want 70
go to ,,,I Bergen rofn' wanted .nns 4
70 ro to Bayonne I'd get on a Bayonne
Said School Director John Reid
..Seems to me the Major don't grasp IN
situation. It's long distance from the
ferry to Bergen Point--ten miles at least.
lI;s not like riding from New York to
Harlem. Ithink any mar is lucky 10 Sc
c,1ra such ride for ten cents. AS un-
derstand it, the horse car railway. COM
pany is running that road at loss.
Chairman Baldwin reported the result
of IN. water conference detailed In IHE
NEWS yesterday
THE WATER RUEsTIoN:
Then desultory discussion TOOK
nlace "a to. the best plans Tor arous-
ing the. people upon the sapJect OF
a new water supply. Mr.. olmp-
Son suggested that correspondence pe
entered into with the other district asso-
ciatons TO stir up he matter. Some one
maliciously suggested the more you stlr
1t mn the greater will be the stench:
Major Armstrong called the attentlon Oh
tne meeting TO the fact tnat while New
York had spent $25, 600 for an aque..
duct the citizens couldn't get q glass OF
water except between the hours or seven
o,clocK in the morning and five O'Clock ia
the afternoon above a third noor.
Said Mr. Lembeck:-"W don't want
any BelIeville pumping & q sicK nt hTsnen Hallan
Vile in this new water supply.
The people are asleep on this subject.
The Board of Trade couldn't even get
meeting OF the committee on water sup
ply" He advised the members TO 40 away
T-S, nof odv of RnW
,yater snnply were ''out for the dust
said he:-tYou never found a man yet
doing GOOD work for his fellow man with
ont being accused of working In the IN
terests Of his own pocke )" anq ne cited
the case Of Louis Booraein Ia ms enorC'
to secure & new water supplV US ineM
Der OF the Board Of Trade,
Mr.. Lembeck also cited the discourage
ment to legislators occasioned by the pub
lie meeting called last winter in the
Aldermanic Chamber to discuss the
Mulo1s water 1 hs hs 1rce @ater
no account. Our city officials are not so
HACK as they are painted" were met with
applause and cries of 'Thats what's the
matter"
Newsdealer Whelan advised the associ-
alton to 90 slow. Some bloated syndicate
might take advantage of the present hue
Mr.. Simpson, in answer, said:-"The
trouble all aloag has been We've been
too Slow The prospects are we'll nave
to pay largely in excess OIL prices hltherto
water and plenty of it," [Applause-l
Druggist Mitzenius advocated the
issuance of circulars upon the subject
among the masses. He wanted store
keepers TO talk with their customers.
ministers to their congregations, doctors
20 their patients, ETC., IN order TO arouse
fha r,aecaa f1DOn the subject OF new
water supply.
Major Armstrong called attention to
the fact that a gentleman had accosted
him on the street ana SAID 20 you know
that the sgning of the contract for the
new water supply is worth to the Mayor
SO. O.OOO?n Such cry will meet us all the
way along this effort to secure new
water supply. Let us do away with it.
(Applause.)
own its own water supply, hut experience
had shown him such thing was i'm
possible. The water syndicates were
too strong. They could kill every bill
brought up In the Legislature looking
toward new water supply for Jersey
City. We had good chance with New.
ark to get q new supply for 50. 500, 900.
Newark got disguised with jersey City.
and don't blame her. As to ti.s pollu-
tion of the Passac, you haven't got the
law in the State to stop IL. Ooou water
is cheap ut whatever price" Applause
President Harvey made an eloquent
address to the association in which he
paid splendid tribute to its worth. II
had held together for twelve years. He
had lived long enough to see citizens in
Greenville go down tiat-footed and tell
the Mayor of Jersey City exactly what
they wanted, and the Mayor had said he
only wanted the citizens behind him IN
order to secure new water supply.
'Well go to Lafayette, to the Bergen lm-
provement Association, to the Fourth
District Property Owners Association.
I've had experience with these. I've
found them just as honest and smart,
too. as we are. They're only waiting
for cooperation. Let us rise
above political differences in this matter.
but don't expect to get new water sup
ply for nothing" (Applause).
Before adjourning the association
passed the following resolution:-Th
the members of the Sixth District Citi-
GEMS Association, believing it to be for
the best interest of Jersey City to render
all possible aid to the authorities in Sc
curing for Jersey City, with as little de-
lay rs possible, q satisfactory supply of
pure and wholesome water obtainable at
The best possible terms; therefore
pledge themselves to cooperate with and
render suchassistance as may be in their
mower to said proper authorities.
Cot Their Deserts