The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-06

| any more of the present supply Of water.
I believe the city should give us the best
water procurable, as quickly as pos
sible.''
! Edward Zeiger, undertaken and property
owner:-''Am 1 in favor of a new water
supply? Undoubtedly. want water that
| l will be able to drink / cannot wash
| my coaches with the water we now re-
| ceive because it ruins the varnish. The
water is impregnated with filth to such
an extent that even the horses refuse to
drink it,
Joseph Broome, civil engineer and archi-
tect:-"My experience with the water fur
nished us in the past has demonstrated
fully the necessity of i new supply.
The present water is rotten. / have been
compelled to dose it with sulphuric acid
to render it fit for drinking purposes.
Sulphuric acid is necessary to kill the
organic matter. I cannot understand
why a city like this. with less than 200,-
coo inhabitants, cannot secure pure water
in a State containing numerous and ex-
cellent watersheds, when London, with a
population of over 100000, is able to fur
nish it's inhabitants with pure water
drawn from the Thames
George Brandt, of No. 60 Clifton place,
property owner:-.'There is no question
AS to the waters being a detriment to
real estate. I have had to reduce rents
in the past year and am glad to be able
to keep my tenants at all. Poor Jersey
City seems doomed. The people ought
to get up in arms and pitch the authori-
ties, who are responsible for the pres
ent condition c. affairs. into the Passaic
r,:.- Al. l. :
pay for water we cannot use. If I had
a good cistern 1 would have the city
water cut off from my house"
John A. Hilton. No. 70. Clifton place,
property owner:-''It is of he utmost i'm
portance that means be taken at once
to secure a supply to carry use over the
coming summer or until a new supply
can be had. If we can't get good water
in one direction we should get it in an
other. don't see why. if gas companies
can furnish the city with gas, private
companies should not be permitted to
furnish the city with water supply.
1t matters little how we get good water,
as long as we get it and get it quickly !"
A. j. Newberry, OF No. 81 Clifton
place, property owner:-.It is so neces-
sary that I should like to see an extra
effort made to secure good water at any
COST
Paul McIlvride, Superintendent of Grif-
fing's Foundry:-'T wouldn't give it
(the present water) to a dog. We have
been compelled to buy all our water for
over year. If no regular supply can
be secured within a reasonable time, We
should have some temporary supply i'm
mediately.'
Sheriff Toffey:-'T am very much in
favor of securing a new water supply
Immediately. There should be no more
fooling.''
Perre W. Levering, druggist, at Five
Corners:-aI am strongly in favor of a
new supply, but think it can be obtained
at a moderate cost. The talk of puri-
flying the present Passaic water is all
nonsense. 1t can never be entirely puri-
fed. The dangerous quality of the wa
ter is that which is in solution, and
cannot be seen. By the theory of chem
lists, the organic matter can be taken
from the water, only by chemical opera
alton which destroys the taste of the
water. The Passaic water can be fiji
tered and made clear, but it is by no
means purified
James E. Banks grocer at Five Cor
ners:A"We need better water in this
city, and it should be obtained as soon
as possible. I, myself, am in favor of
the State having control of the water
shed, and the city owning it's own works.
The Ward bill met my favor, and I
think it is just what the State wants.
Even if we could not get water irnmedi-
ately. some arrangements for the time
being could be made"