The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-08-23
NEWARK DOESN'T CARE.
If Politicians Will Step Aside Pure
Water Will Soon Be Fur
nished to Her,

NEWARK. Aug. %, 1857. -"The only
reason, if any exists. why the people OF
Newark cannot have new supply OF
water from the Paqnannock watershed
during the coming TAN is that this new
Board OF street and Water Commission
ers. about whie5 there has been SO much
fuss and feather, is SO diiatory IN acting
on al important matter that the WORK
cannot be properly pus he'd 2
This state menl war made today to re-
porter Of the Adcei3iscr, BY prominent
citizen Of Newark. 40 was very inGignan I
about the condition Of the present sup
ply He declared tnat it was absolutely
unfit fer use. Conapiaints are heard from
all parts of the, ritF, and on the mil. =
that the water Is aetaally 50 bad that the
people who are supplied from the High
Service reservoir are disinelined to use
the water.
st seems that the Board OF Street and
Water Commissioners have abandoned
all care of the Pass&lc wafer continued
the reporters informant. ESQ far as
can discover. nothing whatever Is being
done TO keep II from pollution. and even
the very imperfect forts made by the
old Aqueduct Board are now considered
necessary, or. Il tkeE are employed, very
little is accomplished. The water Is
verse than it ever was be-
fore. The odor hat arises from il
is sickeuing. and no one can usa
it. Thousands OF people who are COM
PEELED TO remain ID town, and the tax
thus levied on tile citizens IS an exceed
ingly large one.
Why NoTf
am informed that the East Jerse y
Water Company caEnot get permission to
put IN the gsteAeuaks saas must be bull /
at the reservoirs IN this city before the
line IS advancing toward completion very
rapidly. see the stataTne1aE :nntlc taxi
fifteen of the twenty one miles of pipe
line have been laid. The most difficult
part of the work has been done, and that
which remains can be easily accom- lished.
If the gatehouse could be built at the
BelleviiIe reservoir. the pumps at the
Chatham street pumping station could be
temporarily used as at present for the
high service, until the gatehouse at the
South Orange avenue reservoir is built,
and the entire city could then be supplied
with the new water.
s'The East Jersey Water Company has
been very active 10 pushing the work.
and / have assurances from those who
are in position to know that the supply
can be made available for Newark be-
fore winter sets IN, IL all WORK together
in the direction OF its accomplishment.
But the Board of Street aud Water Com
mlsSt0nerS has shown wonderful
facilities for blocking things. II
has hindered the progress of many
important works. 1t started out
with such big promises and mas practi-
cally accomplished nothing. Broad street
was to DE cleaned three times a week,
aud Kept so clean that sprinkling would
not be necessary, but II it gets swept once
in ten days those engaged in the work are
doing well. The cleaning of other streets
is as big farce. OF course there viii be
greater activity about election times.
when balances now being held back will
be literally expended. The street paving
which Common Council began so ener-
geticaily year ago. has come to stand
still
OF THE FIRST IMPORTANCE.
ssThese are all secondary matters. The
drinking water is something that should
take the precedence of everything else.
The health of the people IS directly af-
fected. During July and August the
best work can be done in laying masonry,
and the water company is anxious to
complete these gates so that real progress
can be shown. The intake reservoir,
near ChariOttesburg, from which the
water will flow into the conduit, is so far
advanced that there is no doubt 1t can be
used before tho expiration of the next
three months. The inactivity of the
Board OF Works does not compare favor.
ably with the Common Council Commit
tee of 1883, which worked all summer 10
perfect arrangements for the contract.
The rights of the people in 1891 are neg
lected y