The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-15
BREAKING ~NORDINANCE
Contractor Rehil1 Permits
Violations of the Law
in GreenVi1le.

The residents of Greenville are up In
arms against Contractor Refill who 10
building Section No. 2 of the new County
Road.
The most serious complaint that Is
made against MIN is that lie has permit
ted property owners along the line of the
road to build branch sewers to the main
sewer which is being built along the line
of the road.
1t is a well-known fact that this SO wer
is being built only to draw off the sur
face water from the road. and that no
one is to be allowed to build branch
sewers connecting with IL. In Greauvill Q,
however, numerous branch sewers nave
already been built, and the prop erty
owners of Greenville are clicking hard
against this violation OF the law. The
sewer is completed from the canal TO
Noble street, and in these few blocks, it
is alleged that over five branch lines have
been built.
Mr.. William Zimmerman, the inspec-
tor of the new Greeuviile station house,
who owns considerable property on Noble
street, in the vicinity of the CountY
Road, says that he knows OF TWO
cases where this had been done.
aud Justice of the Peace
LOUIS 1lGu16tl6I6E SAyE tuAp 10 ~ ~
another similar violation OF the law.
President of the Board OF Aldermen,
Reuben Simpson, who is n of the most
active workers in theiGreenviIie Citlzens'
Association. has been notified of the mat
ter and he will make an Investigation. Ii
he finds the facts, stated above. to be
true, he will bring MIR. Rehill to time.
Mr.. Hennemeier is also taxing an active
interest in the matter and will give Mr..
Simpson all the help he may require.
MR.. REHILL'S GAME.
When observation-disclosures Hennemaier
last evening. he said
contractor Refill is running this
thing to suit himself. and the property
owners along the line Of the road are
made to suffer no small amount OF 1ncon-
yenience. One case, which shows how
the work is being managed, was brought.
to my attention a few days ago. AT Noble
! street there is a large building, which Is
occupied by Mr.. Joseph ABEL as q
butcher shop. This building stood on
the line OF the road, and had TO be moved
back. III moving the building a large
excag alton, which originally Was the
cellar of the structure. was left In the
| centre of the road This, of course, shut
off access TO Mr.. Abel's store and pre-
vented Mr.. Abel from carrying OF bis
Mr.. Abel requested the contractor to I'LL
in the excavation. AS 1t Is in the centre
/ of the road 1t must be filed In, and Mr..
Abel naturally expected that his request
would be granted, but when he sspoke 10
Mr.. Refill about IL ne was told tnat ne
wouldshave TO wait until ne eHehlI9 Was
really to do the work.
".If you want it done right away said
Refill, 1 will furnish II gang OF m
ployes aud you can pay them for the
WORK. Mr.. Abel, of course, wasn't going
to pay Tor filling IN the County Road Il
SO told Mr.. RenilI.
DIDN'T GIVE A D.
81 was present a5 the time and told
Refill that the residents of Greenville
nave a few rights which he must respect.
He replied by saying 4 don't give a
d for all the citizens OF Green
ville.' l then informed him that
branch sewers were being built. He dtd
not denY this charge. All he said Was
L didn't build Them The inspector OF
stopped several persons who were build
ing branch sewers. But as soon AS he
left the scene, the work on the brauch
lines was resumed, and now there arc
any..number of branch lines.
.There appears TO be considerable
crooked work going on. and an investiga-
ton should be made. Mr.. Abel is but
one OF q score of property owners who
have been treated in an outrageous man
ner. The men are now working on the
County Road, between Danforth venue
and Stevens street. Why do they work
there when there is so much work vet to
be done on the section from the canal to
Noble street,"
AMAZING WORK.
That the work is being done in an
amazing manner Can be seen by a glance
at the road. The road Is not being built
in anything like q continuous fashion.
Instead of working from street to street.
the men are hustled about all over the
line and in several places there are two
or three blocks which gave not been torn
up. This completely kills traffic and the
residents of Greenville are inclined to
look upon the project as a huge fake.