The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-31
narrow local prejudices and Its gen
eral desire to be honest. In its latest
iss,,e this occurs. editorially:

narrow local preJudlces ana It's gem
eral desire to be honest. In its latest
issue, this occurs, editorially:
TIE Jersey city water problem is likely to vex
that community a long while. The East jersey.
Company's offer to peddle out the surplus OF
Newark supply at Sso hsf nlrsii9 Ms gairen iak kes ! t the
entire quantity, is objected to as exiravagant
and only a temporary device at best; ~ Inc q
cost would amount 10 about S3,ooo,oop,
the East Jersey Company would re,
has erected for Newark. The bill in the Legis-
hture by which the city hopes 10 get something
for nothing is meanwhile being discussed quite
generally and with The usual ignorance. The
solution OF the Jersey City trouble may eventu-
ally be State control of the whole matter OF city
water supplies, as urged by both Governors Alb
bett and Werts. If the State will assume New
arR's 100000 debt and still guarantee us
plenty Of water. there will be no objection.
The phrase, something for moth
ing" is amusing in connection with
that other one, usual ignorance"
They go we'll together.
The Call ought to know that Jersey
City does not want something for
nothing, but something at a fair price,
which, as the CaJ SO ably shows just
above, the alleged owner is trying to
sell us at an outrageously exorbitant
one.
The proposal that the State should
assume Newark's So, 900, 900 water debt
is also amusing. The State would,
of course, assume SO much OF 1t as
was represented by the plant that
Newark might turn over to the State,
after a disinterested appraisal.
The Street and Water Board Report.
The Street and Water Board report,
of which we printed yesterday, all
that wa novel or pregnant, is, on the
whole, a very good showing
for that body. 1t shows the steady
growth of the city, the regular de-
velopment of its outlying sections n
the gradual improvement of the older
ones. 1t shows the important prov
ects o on hand for the develop
ment and elevation of the whole city,
and, speaking broadly, the prospect
it opens up is encouraging.
Our Street and Water Board may
not be an ideal body, but it is far
from being as bad as it has been rep
resented. In a sense, its year of col
liberation with Mayor Wanser has
been it's vindication. Before his cleo
ton, people talked vaguely of awful
abuses in it's conduct of affairs.
Mayor Wanser has shown consider
able disposition to find out such
things, if they existed, and ap-
parentIy he has failed to find them.
He has found out some flaws, soIne
faults, some abuses; but, taken indl-
yidually, they are small and in sum
total, they are not great. Their dis
covery is, of course, a good thing. and,
making allowance for a certain nat
ural partisan irritability, the Com
missioners have shown a willingness
to comply with Mayor Wanser's sug-
gestions. But look over the year,
broadly, we repeat, and it must be
admitted that the record has proven
cleaner than most people expected.
The Board has done mach useful
work; the statement of actual ac-
com%plishments is creditable. In ad-
dirion, it has taken up one or two
vital questions-notably the water
one-in an enlightened spirit. There
is a prospect that it may be able to
add to its record the honor OF some
definite accomplishments in this d.
rection. 1t pictures the attendant
difficulties graphically, but the agita-
ton of the subject has a wholesome
tendency to clear these away. So
long as the present Legislature
sits, the people will most earnest
ly look there for help. If
nothing is done at Trenton this
year, we believe, the conflict of opin-
ion will speedily come to an end, in
the general fear of the epidemic
| scourges that are SO perilously near
us
If the Legislature does not act this
/ wear, we are confident the Street and
Water Board will find all our people
in harmony with it on any honest,
| fairly moderate, and feasible plan it
may adopt to solve the problem.
REGULATIONS AT DIR. HERR'S CHURCH.