The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-19
The New Jersey Purifying
Company Submits a Pro-
position For a Tenn
porary Plant.
AT BELLEVILLE ONE YEAR.
And No Cost or Injury TO the City
Mr.. uarr's Bill to Secure a
Seat in Street Cars-The
Quarantine Question.

Ten members of the Board of Trade
were present when President Dear called
the regular meeting TO order last night.
On the recommendation of the Directors,
John Casey. who was proposed by Mr..
John D. carscallen. and Mr.. William
Persons. proposed by President Dear,
were elected to mem bership.
Secretary TAFT read an invitation from
the Duluth Chamber of Commerce, to a
convention to be held at Duluth on the
18th inst, to promote the proposed deep
water canal to connect the Great Lakes
with the Mississippi. Although the date
has passed, Jacob Ringle Thought the
project was too impor:an5 10 pass without
attention, and the communication was
referred.
SHERMAN LAW REPEAL.
Resolutions from the New York Cham
ber of Comme rec, asking the Board to
request mem bers of Congress to vote for
the repeal of The Sherman Silver Bill was
concurred in on the motion OF Mr.. 4. NJ.
Doane, and adopted as the resolution OF
the Board.
NATIONAL QUARANTINE.
Another communication from the
New York Cham per of Commerce, re-
quested the Board TO petition The mem
bers of Congress for a national quarap-
tine to shut out cholera, but the State of
of Louisiana was heard fro m at the same
time in a long printed pamphlet opposing
national quarantine on onstiJutional
grounds.
President Dear said that he believed In
National quarantine. The Government
has in its service men of high attain
ments who could bring the quarantine TO
the highest possible perfection. If the
American people had the spirit or perhaps
the viudictlveness of some foreign COM
munities, they would have brought DIR.
Jenkins 10 answer in court for outrazes
committed last fall.
Mr.. James Fleming said the matter
was treated as efficiently and we'll as pos
sible under the circumstances. The stu
at1ou WAS very trying one for the sanl-
lary officers. The people who came home
from Europe at times OF danger took the
risk.
President Dear responded that the i'm
migrants on Hoffman Island Jared better
than the citizens who were kept in the
ship on stale supplies.
Mr.. Fleming said that DR.. jenkins and
his assistants kept the cholera out and
the country owed Them debt of graf
ttude.
On the motion of Mr.. Doane the Board
resolved to request hudson County's re-
preventative iu Congress to support mea-
sures for a National quarantine. The
com 10 unication from Louisiana was re-
tCIISu W tAS SOAAl44ibSC0 oA AAcW da0
Legislation.
FEDERAL ROADS.
Jacob Ringle reported for the commit
tee TO which was referred communica-
ton from Albert A. Pope of Boston, ad-
vocating the establishment of new fed
eral department of public roads. and for
a railroad exhibit to show the best roads
and materials. Mr.. RinGle's report said
the committee favored good roads and
streets and the proposed exhibits, but they
were opposed to the new Federal depart
ment suggested. The exhibits ought to
be at State capitals, and the States should
make laws TO compel the maintenance Of
good roads and streets.
WATER AGAIN.
X. j. Weaver, representative of the
New Jersey Purifying and Filtering
Company of Newark, asked the Board to
recommend to the Street and Water Board
that his company be allowed to put
up temporary plant at belleville for
one year, 10 show what the company
could do. MIR. Weaver said he had tested
the waters of The Pequannock aud the
Passaic, and had found the Passaic the
finest. 1t was better for manufacturing
purposes, because it contained less cor
ruslve sublimate. He showed plans of an
engine the company would rise. He could
not answer President Dear's questions
about cost. That was subject other
representatives would attend to.
President Dear said that a bargain with
Mr.. Weaver's Company would de-
pend largely on the cost.
Mr.. Weaver could only speak of the
merits of the Purifying Company's work.
Its filter would stand any test. he said. 1t
made use of charcoal and q basilica block.
DIR. Cyrus Edison, Of the New York Health
Board had certified that the Company's
filtered water was better than any water
In its natural state.
1t was resolved TO ask the Street and
Water Board to allow the New Jersey
Purifying Company of Newark to put up
plant at Belleville and at the City
Hospital for one year provided it be done
without expense TO the city or injury to
city property
The idea of putting in a filter at the
Dear. Mr.. Weaver said that 100000 of
The company's filters were in use.
.,TREET RAILWAY REGULATION.
Humphrey w. Carr submitted the draft
Of bill to regulate the management of
cable, electric and horse street railways
He said the city was not better off in
transit facilities now than twenty years
ago, because the Improvements have
not kept pare with the in
crease of population. His bill provides
that between the hours of and A. M,
and and P. M, and 10 and 10 at mid
night sufficient number of cars must be
put on every line, so that every passen ger
may ave a seat; but an allowance of
three minute heaoway between cars may
be III ade. Passengers must have access
10 cars at the stations and must not be
sjected or made to pay fare until a
,eat is provided But between these
eours conductors may refuse to receive
passengers after the seats ar filled. The
penalty for violation of this regulation is
liked at $25 for the first vi olation. Mr..
Corr moved that his bill be submitted to
,ome member of the State l. legislature.
1t was referred to the Committee on
Law and Legislation.
AT the conclusion, Secretary TAFT read
letter from Newark avenue shop
Ieeper urging the Importance of rapid
ransit. The meeting then adjourned.
Weaver Pushing His Scheme.
The Street and Water Commissioners
lid not meet this morning. Mr. L.
q. Weaver, representing the New
Jersey Water Purifying Company
vas present to explain his filtration
eheme, but that Will be deferred until
Monday next.
Mr.. A. j. Corcoran OF the Board of
Trade was present 10 address the Board
N the water question in case the Board
net.
am an old man and have beer constant
ufferer with cat arrh for the last ten years. l
IN entirely cured by the use of Elys Creum
talm. 1t is strange that SO simple remedy
riIl cure such stubborn disease Henry Bill
ngs, U. S. Pension Atty, Washington, D. G.