The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-22
Board of Trade Wants to
Know How Water Rents
Are Dissipated.
ANNUAL SHORTAGE, $50, 900
Properly Owners Signatures
Sought For a Petition To
Judge Lippincott.

counts of the Street inc Water Board.
1t was the Boards last regular meeting
until next September.
President Dear presided. Others pres
ent were: Jacob A. Ringle. A. j. Cor
coran, Secretary TAFT. DR.. l.. j. Gordon.
James G. Banks. Humphrey w. Carr.
Contractor Michael Connolly and Fra NIX
Stevens.
Toward the close of the nesting Presi-
dent Dear suggested that the board do
something to secure an experts report on
the expenditure of the Water Department
OF this city. 1t had been a long time, he
said, since the Street and Water Boaru
had made a report:
Jacob Ringle said that. to his own
knowledge. the expenditures OF the
Street and Water Board exceeded its H.
come SIC. 600 TO $4,000 every year.
Mr.. Corcoran sugQes ted that the Board
of Works ought TO raise the price OF
water or cut o fl on its expenses SO MS TO
make ends meet. President Dear inter-
rupted him to say that water cost enough
already; but this people had n right to
know about the Street and Water Boards
management. ALI ex tensions should be
by contract. There w ere serious hnan-
ciai leaks In ths CO Instruction OF extern
QaS
ferred to water pipe extensions.
DR.. Gordon aid the fact of 1t was the
city was going back ware financially.
There was only one way To get at 1t. III
the data was all before US 800 would pay
for a statement covering the last i've
years.
Jacob Ringle said he knew a man
who was willing to give $4,000 a
year for running the water department.
Mr.. Corcoran said he would give Sl5.0o0
and furnlsh a certified check.
TO GET SIGNATURES.
Mr.. Ringle moved that q m be
appointed to get twenty-five signatures
TO a petition TO Judge LipplncotI for the
employment of an expert to Investigate
the accounts OF the Street and Water
Board. President Dear appointed jacob
Ri ngIe, A. j. Corcoran, DR.. l.. j. Gordon,
Frank Stevens. James g.. Banks and
Humphrey w. Carr. On the suggestion
of Mr.. Ripgle President Dear was added
to the committee.
1t was understood that President Dear
would see Lawyer William A. Lewis
| about the preparation OF the necessary
papers.
MIR. Ringle cautioned the committee to
be careful 20 get the names OF property
owners to the petition.
Such a patition was gotten up when
Leon Albeit was prosecutor, aud Mr..
| Albeit objected because SIX Don-properJy
owners signed the petition. They
killed it.
MORE LIGHT.
Mr.. Ringle MAIDS remarks showing the
great need of light on the West side
| The light now comes from feeble kero-
| sepe lamps West Side avenue should
have electric light and sewerage. Un-
less hsse advantages are given, the West
| Side will improve very slowly.
air. Banks spoke in favor OF resur-
| recting The petition OF the Merchants
| Protective Association. for the improve
tnent oil Newark avenue a5 Waldo ave
nue..
DR.. Gordon offered q resolution that
was passed IhaE the Street aud Water
Board be requested to gee That guards be
pat on electric cars TO save people FROM
| going under the wheels. We were get
ting used to the danger of The electric
cars which rush across the lntersectlng
streets. We dodge and calculate our
chances OF getting by and the motormen
run as they please He had been in many
cities Which nave electric cars, and in
none except Jersey City had he seen
electric cars without a guard or fixture
on the platform TO Keep people from III
der the wheels. =
Mr.. TAFT thought it would be safer II
the electric cars stopped at the first cor
uer instead OF on the second, as now
DR.. Gordan favored requiring electric
cars to stop when they meet.
Nathan E. Smith and Garwood Ferris
were elected members. Committees
made many reports on matters previously
published.
MILL CREEK.
MI. Carr said it was time to start an
agitation for the filling up of Mial
Greek. 1t could be lone by dumping
ashes and garbage into the creek, taking
The lower places frat.
DR.. Gordon said MIR. Carr's PROPOSE
ton was impracticable. The contractor
gets more from property owners for fill
ing mp low lots Than he gets from the
civ: the railroads would oppose the fill
ing of Mill Creek. There WAS no money
for the purpose. 1t would be more prac-
ticahle to construct a sewer along the
llne of the creek and to compel abuttiug
property owners to abate nuisances.
Mr.. Ringle favored the sewer plan.
President Dear said the Morris Canal
was an obstacle to the W scheme,
and Mr.. RinRle answered hat y syphon
would overcome that obstacle.
Mr.. Connolly urged the board to m
ploy counsel and begin the prosecution
of property owners responsible for nuis-
ances along Mill Greek or elsewhere.
On the motion of Mr.. Carr the Mill
Creek nuisance problem was referred to
the Committee on Law and Legislation,
TO report at the next meeting on Ssptem-
Der 4.
IL was very warm in the boards COM
modious new rooms in the basement or
the Second National Bank building, and
the adjournmenU was a great relief.