The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-17
PURIFYING SCHEME.
Board of Trade Discusses
a New Plan of Water 8.
Filtration.
PLENTY OF THINGS TO KICK AT
Over Crowded Cars, Bad Telephone
Service and Cab Fares to Be
Reviewed by the Board.
LENTY OF THINGS TO KICK AT

Scarcely a. dozen members of the
Board of Trade met last night at the
regular monthly meeting to discuss
water n other city matters of i'm
portance. lust before the meeting con-
vened ex-Commissioner John d. Cor
man brought in two large jars full of
water. One was the water from the
faucet and the other was purified by a
process which he hopes the board will
endorse for the city. The process is a
new form of the aluminium plate sys-
tenn which he has in operation at his
works for the manufacture of mineral
waters. Before the board reached the
subject of water publication a long let
ter was read from Mayor Wanser,
thanking the board for sending him a
resolution of hanks as to his conduct
in preventing the passage of the bill
making Harrison and Kearny a part of
Essex County. The Mayor said he hoped
the board would continue to labor
against the scheme, and urged them to
attend in Trenton at the opening of
the Legislature to prevent another at
tempt
Since the Mayors letter referred to
Mr.. James Flemming, who moved the
resolution to the Mayor, Mr.. Joseph A.
Dear moved that a committee of three
should be appointed to draft resolu-
tions touching on the death of the late
member. Messrs. Dear, Carr and Con-
dict were appointed as hat committee.
WATER PURIFYING SCHEME.
Mr.. Dear rose to explain the presence
of the bottles left by Mr.. German. He
said the scheme was a modification of
the Wolf plan. He (Mr. Dear had Wis
tied the works of Mr.. German, where
the plant was in operation.
He described the process, which con-
sisted of passing the water through = a
trough in which, at an interval of a few
inches, were zinc and aluminium plates.
A current of electricity passed through,
and by that operation were produced by
composed the deleterious matters in the
water. 1t was the old system of cleo
trylosis. The operations of the gases
generated by the plates brought to the
current of electricity had passed
through. small. fioeculent particles ap-
peared in 1.-The water ana gradually
was pure and claimed to be chemically
pure. The inventor claims, Mr.. Dear
said, that he can take out lime and
time it pours into the purifying trough
until it HoWs pure out at the other end
only a few minues are expended. In
stead of zinc plates, iron plates could
be treated. The inventor estimates he
can build a plant to purify %, 900, 900 gal
Ions of water at a cost of 100000 and
take the water out of the Hudson River.
MEMBERS TAKE A DRINK.
81 move we all take a drink" said
Mr.. Condict, reaching for the bottle,
and Secretary TAFT found a glass, and
each member slipped the purified Pas
sale fluid.
it's fiat said Mr.. Corcoran, after
a taste.
Put a stick in it." aid Chairman
VOORHEES,, amid much merriment.
DR.. GORDON CRITICISES.
When the drinks were finished DIR.
Gordon criticized the scheme. 1t was
are anxious to put it into Jersey City.
But there are grave questions to be
settled, n the water submitted as
samples should be analysed. While the
the Anderson process is better, and at
great length argued in favor of that
process which is in operation in big
cities of Europe. DR.. Gordon said that
erected which purifies the water by the
oxYhydrate process, and he hoped the
board will examine every system before
jumping at any conclusion. The cost
to purify would by the above system be
about s2.32 per one million gallons.
On motion, the board agreed to visit
the plant at Germans works in a body.
TO NAME THE STREETS.
President Voorhees, brought up the sub
ject of having names put on the corner
of every street in the city. Acting on
the hint, Mr.. Jewell moved that the
Street and Water Board be petitioned
to look into the subject. Mr.. Andrew
j. Corcoran moved to embody in the
resolution that the Street and Water
Board shall see to the pavement of Ex-
change place, near the ferry. He criti-
z;-11 KIa NynOo tiof, Tnnnraonu for THAR
action in tearing up the streets and not
putting them in good condition after
wards. This was agreed to. Mr.. Dear
read a resolution, framed by Mr.. Leb-
beus B. Ward, to the effect that on ac-
count of the introduction of sewage into
the drinking water the board should
urge that the Mayor or city authorities
should ascertain whether the grant OF
power to the Mayor and the Council
by the Act of March rs, 1882, authoriz-
ing 1.-The construction of works for sup
plying Jersey City and places adjacent
with pure water" to take such portion
Of the water of Passaic River" con-
fers upon them a right to have the
water of the Passaic River within the
limits named in the act preserved from
contamination.
The resolution was agreed to, and the
discussion of water was continued by Mr..
Carr, Mr.. B. l.. Stowe and others. 1t
was finally agreed to authorize DR..
Gordon to lave the samples of water
by the filtration process analysed.
HOLDING UP THE FINANCE BOARD.
BY the motion of Mr.. Condict the
board approved of the action of the
Board of Finance in regard to the po-
sition they nave taken on the water
question.
II hope, said Mr.. Dear, "that the
Board of Works will appoint their W
advisers, and also the Finance Board,
and in the midst of counsellors there
will be wisdom"
Before closing the meeting Mr.. Dear
grumbled at the Traction Company for
not providing sufficient cars for public
accommodation. Mr.. TAFT announced
that fifty new cars had been ordered
for Jersey City by the company, and,
according to Manager Young, would be
on the Dad soon. Having started a
growl, Mr.. Carr took it up about ped
dlers n sidewalks, which he said
should be made the subject of a special
discussion. Mr.. Condict followed suit
with a sharp hit at the Telephone Com
pany, which gives poor service and now
proposes to raise its terms. DR.. Gordon
closed the jeremiad will a growl o
cab fares.
All these "growls'' will be ventilated
at coming meetings and made special
subjects. The board then adjourned.
on ANTN TAcmN