New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-29
JERSEY CITY.
QUALIFICATION OVER THE PROSPECT
OF A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF WATER.
DEMOCRATS HAVING a KILKENNY CAT Fl"liI-
MINISTER'S TO ORGANIZE FOR THE SUP

DEMOCRATS HAVING KILKENNY CAT FIGHT
MINISTER'S TO ORGANIZE FOR THE SUP
PRESTON OF VICE
The people OF Jersey City congratulatIns
themselves on the fact that there Is a reasonable
prospect before them of securing an early ana ade-
Quate supply OF pure and wholesome water Inc
specifications adopted by the Street and Water Board
which have been approved and signed by Mayor
Wanser. cali for bids TO be presented 10 the
board October q. These bids require the source
OF supply be among the watersheds OF the nor'h-
part Of the State. above all ordinary danger Oh
contamination. and also require that the purity OF
the water shall be established by the Michigan
standard. When II falls below that standard the
city may withhold payment. The supply may vary
from o00OOOoO gallons daily 10 50O0oO0 The present
consumption is about 100000 gallons daily so that
bidders have practical guarantee that the demand
will never fall low the minimum named
That the public has confidence In the plan evolved
by Mayor Wanse- and the Commissioners Is shown
by the fact that on Wednesday delegation OF citi-
zens OF the Heights waited Mayor Wanser ana
the Commissioners and presented paper signed by
1900 people thanking them for what they had al
ready done. and approving the specifications adopted
by the board. Mayor Wanser thanked them and
said they might depend upon the statement ALREADY
nection with the question OF water supply the IN.
AZ the 9T new Wafer pan even Should
contract be awarded. cannot be perfected in less
not be done to improve the present supply. but the
Commissioners of opinion that it would be
useless waste money in trying to filter the water.
and that 1t would be better direct all efforts TO
securing the new supply at the earliest date practi-
icable.
E DEMOCRATS HOPELEssLY DIVIDED.
The political situation in Jersey City gives promise
OF a repetition of the OF last November. The
Republicans soidly united now than
they a veal ago. While the Democrats are still
more hopeiessy divided Then the old Democratic
ring was shattered; now the remnants are allied
together again. and to wreak vengeance on those
Democrats who aided in breaking the ring in the
OF their duties TO the party and TO the public The
result is dissenson far exceeding that OF last year.
II the men who seek to reform the Democrats party
viii probably be knitted. The reformers have GER
tainy won the first round in the fight. because they
have forced their government the party They
have adopted rules doing away with conventions
which none but Dernocrats who have been duly en-,
fod w be n to 9e and rh ms MIL
be held on October TO- No person be a candidate
until he shall have fed with the Provisional Com
an occasional shori-har sticking out here and there
petition naming him for the oce he s TS and
signs abroad that the mass Of the Democratic party
cannot stand even this mild maniesaon S Of rs
out in rebellion. They have apparently decided TO
their forces at ne pin and beat the e
by George L. Record who Is their candidate for
Congress and who was arse:y n''rdmen,al IN Work,
vigorous fighter, and says he will either defeat the
ring within the party lines or c9mpe; II 70 pay de-
cent respect pubic opinion on the other hand,
the ring leaders say that they will be bound by
primaries in Thch they have YEN no yofe EhSr wy
Kilkenny cat rules The coniras. exhibited in the
friends Of good government Harmony prevails from
one end Of the county 70 the o;her ana the yariou.
which The utmost harmony prevails The primaries
will be held on October TO-