The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-25
Wind AND WATER
That's What the Board of
Trade Wrestled With
Last Night.
OBJECT TO EXPENSIVE METHODS
1t Will Take Three Years to Get
a Good Water Supply,
They Say.
OBJECT TO EXPENSIVE METHODS

The Board of Trade had hard worn last
night 10 get a meeting. After waiting
until half past eight for q quorum the
President adjourned the meeting. Five
minutes later a couple of ~stragzlers wan
dered in and the President declared mat
The former action OF ado urning the meet
ing was rescinded and there being a
quorum present the board would be
called to order.
A letter from John Emmons & Co
complaining of the nuisance on the east
ana west side of Pacific avenue near
Grand street, caused by the Leni9h Val
ley Railroad C6mpany's filling In por-
tfons of the meadow was read aud re-
ferred to the Committee on Nun lclpal
Aft IRIS. Another communication from
Thomas H. Williams complained or MIL
Greek and said this nuisance should oe
abated at O nee. The Griffith Iron works
Company wrote the board reccomenaing
that the Morris Canal De HLiea up a. ~
was a nuisance.
James E. Banks Informed the Board OF
Trade that at Ninth and Brunswick
streets exists the greatest nuisance III the
city, and that a gang ofsmen were digging
In the garbage filing there. aud making
what appeared to him d new street.
1T is the worst spot in this city, SAID
Daniel Cleary. the men are not max
ing a new street, but are pre- pairing To
pave an old one. You eau smell the
offensive odor Tor a long distance. l mad
a tenant near there who was forced 10
move, because of the NUISANCE. The
tenant was sick all the llme." This CON-
plaint was referred TO the Committee on
Mun,cipai Affairs.
TO SECURE GOOD WATER.
William A. Lewis, who was Que OF the
Joint mmIttee of Citizens and the
Board of Trade, which drafted aud pre-
scented to the last Legislature u Dill
authorizing the State TO secure all water
sheds fer the purpose OF selling water TO
municipalities made a report He SAID
that the committee with some misgiv-
1ngs undertook the labor of preparing
the bill, aud that they called
to their aid Lebbeus b.. Ward, State
Water Commissioner, and had it not been
for his valuable services tue ommlg.es
would have failed in its work. The
preparation Of a proper bill was q work
OF much difficulty, aud considerable ttms
and Thought was given lf. Inc ollt Was
prepared aud adoeted by the committees
just previous to the close OF the session OF
me Legislature. but was not Uresenied Co
the Board of Trade because the Commits
tee did not have the time before
the Legislature adjourned. MI. Lewis
said the bill had been printed for clrcula-
tion, aud the COMMITTEES hoped that 1t
would be widely circulated, so that the
people would be able % criticize 1t for the
benefit OF the Board of Trade aud citi-
zeus. The committee believes that IL the
Board OF Trade will familiarize Itself
with the bill. that When the Legislature
again meets it will be IN II position TO
snow rhe Legislature the reasons why The
bill should tie passed. Mr.. Lewis said ii
was the best bill the committee could
produce.
1T is perhaps not the best bill chat eau
be produced" said Mr.. lewis, msdestly.
- xii .k,t1f Fha 70 ntn rtiff q 1
belle YES it will give the city pure aud
Wholesome water for less money than any
other plan that had been suggested"
The State, auder the provisions OF tue
bill, taxes nothing by force, and acquires
no property without compensation, but
claims a Stare jurisdiction and gives
every municipality y chance TO have pure
wafer under the protection or the State.
The committee. Mr.. Lei wis saii. would
like the Board of Trade to accept this re-
port and to discharge II.
[ OF WORK AHEAD.
Mr.. Banks oujected to Inc discharge OF
the He thought that there
womb be plenty OF Work Tor IL TO 40 De-
fore The Street anl Wafer Commissioners.
The report was accepted aud the commit
tee continued.
FL. w. Carr reported that the Commit
tee on Opposing the Extension OF Tele-
phone Patents had not made any head
way.
President Dear reported that the Com
mittee on the IEregularity of Railroad
Taxation had met with the Board OF
Tax Commissioners which had a1reed to
furnish the Board of Trade with a map
showing the property owned by railroads
in ihisc city exempted from local laxation.
aud had also agreed to furnish the Board
of Tax Commissioners valuations of
such property. Soon after this confer
ence. owing to the Mayors economy. a
number of clerks in the Tax Com
missioner's Office were dismissed. The
Commissioners ithen asked MrA Dear
i he would pay Seneca Barker s
map required and Mr.. Dear said the
Board of pfade would do so. but owing
to the general political upset which Very
soon followed no progress had been made
in the ~9atter.
Jan,& e. Banks reported that the
STREET. and Water Board had been re-
qnested not to grant trolley franchises
without providing for the city's receiving
SOM compensation.
14r. Dear at this point took up the
water supply question aud obJec: ed 10