The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-25
THEY WILL GET 10 WORK.
GreenYille Citizens Aroused
Over Their Rotten
SeWer-A Menace
to Health.

The exclusive story which was pub
iished in THE JERSEY CRY NEWS a few
days ago about the disuraceful condition
of Greenvllle's main sewer has thoroughly
aroused the residents of that section and
a mass meeting to discuss WAYS and
means by which the Street aud Water
Board can be- compelled Co repair the
break. will be held within a few days.
The heavy rain storm last week had a
telling effect on the rotten sewer, The
large hole al Brown Place was made
much larger and a score or more OF the
~insecureiy fastened bricks tumbled down,
causing q choke in the sewer. The
stencil arising from the sewage Is
frightful, and how the residents i'll the
neighborhood can stand il, is a mystery.
If the sewer Is not repaired before the
warm weather sets In tho doctors ia the
district will do a rushing business.
If cholera or any other scourge should
visit the city, G%reenville would suffer
most ~frightfully. But the residents are
determined that the break shall be re-
paired, and will fight uutil their purpose
is accomplished.
A PEST ILL
Mr.. Fagin, one OF Greenville's largest
nroneruy owners, when interviewed by q
reporter OF The NEWS. said:-
sit is q shame the way the Street and
Water Board has neglected This matter.
This pest hole e~ndangers the health OF
the residents q some action should be
taken in the matter at once. The sewer
is becoming worse every day and II it Is
not rep airsd shortly the entire brick
work will be washed away by d
sewage"
SIXTH DISTRICT IGNORED.
Another we'll known resident, VINO does
not wish to have his name mentioned,
said:-
1T is the same old story of the. Sixth
district getting the short end of the stick.
The various city boards will never give
Greenville any Improvement. and am
not surprised that the Street and Water
Board has not repaired the sewer. 1t is
nothing short of an outrage. Our lives
are endangered simply because the
Street and Water Board has mo time to
tend to such small matters The other
sections of the city must be taken care of
first. III citizens OF the Sixth district
pay more taxes than any other district In
the city. Yet when we ask for anything
we are turned away, But we cannot
waste time over this matter. The sewers
must be repaired as quickly as possible.
As it stards today il is d menance TO
health and a decided nuisance.
II the Street and Water Conn
mlSSlOU0rS 90 LOU HGt Speouiy 1u0y
will find that the Greenville properly
owners are not easily bulldozed. and If
we are once aroused we will make the
Commissioners wish they never had been
born. We do not intend to waste any
time, ana Will get towor6 at once. l
hope that the commissioners will. recog-
ME the importance of the matter aud
make the necessary repairs as soon as
possible
A NEW SEWER FAVORED.
The majority of the residents favor the
building OF a new sewer. 1t is an unde-
MED fact that the sewer is rotten through
out, and will not last very much longer.
A new sewer would cost a snug sum, it
is true, but it would be far better to
build it than to repair the rotten
main which now serves as a sewer.
AS this is the main line OF Green
Vile the matter is causing widespread
interest. It concerns the property owners
on side str eets as as well as the property
owners on the streets through which
it passes, andsevery effort will be made to
further the new W project.