The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-09
Up TOMAYOR WANSER.
Finance Boards Resolu.
lutions About the Water
Contract Handed In.
NO SNAP SHOT BUSINESS
Fake Indignation Meetings to
Boom Tommy McEwan's Cam
didacy for Mayor.

| The resolutions of the Board Of Finance
concurring in the resolutions OF the
Street and Water Board awarding con-
tracts for a permanent and temporary
supply of water to the Jersey City Wa
ter Company and East Jersey Water
Company, respectively, were filed with
Mayor Wanser shortly after ten O'Clock
this morning.
Clerk Martin Finck, of the Board of
Finance, has worked day and night
since eThursday's meeting to get the
bulky resolutions in shape for presenta-
ton to the Mayor.
The Mayor will have ten days in
| which to approve the resolutions. Just
| what he will do is not known positively,
but it is generally believed he will sane
ton the action Of the majority of the
| members of the Board of Finance.
| His Secretary, John Nevin, announced
this morning:-.There will be no snap
| shot business about the signing of these
resolutions. as has been intimated by
certain newspapers. The Mayor has
not arrived from the country as yet lie
will give everybody an opportunity to be
heard that has anything to say
HIS HONOR WILL EXPLAIN.
The impression prevails that in the
event of the Mayor approving the resolu-
tions he will issue letter explaining
his stand on this question. He will also
give clear statement of the facts in the
case. He will show that certain news
papers are misrepresenting the facts ana
will no doubt show the public that he
knows lust what he is doing and that
the city's interests are his interests.
With the exception of few people
| who have an axe to grind, everyone
| seems delighted that the Finance Com
| missioners have concurred in the award
NO DOUBT OF THAT.
They believe that new water will ad-
vance the city and they. like the Mayor
and officials who have studied the situa-
| tion, declare that the only proper course
| for the city to pursue is to secure as
perfect a plant as possible and procure
| water which is Enthusiastically free from
all possibilities of pollution.
1t is represented that Indignation meet
ings are to be held. The only meeting
| of this character known is one gained
| by Joseph A. Dear's Board Of Trade
| Mr.. Dear called the meeting and the fol-
| lowing day started for the West.
| FAKE MEETINGS.
| Some idea of the truthfulness OF the
abusing the officials who have. taken
l the step to secure pure water Tor me
city may be oDtaneu py lHe laS. 49, . tis.e 80.
meeting to be held under the ausplces
Of the West End Citizens League. with
night. AS matter of fact. the League
lis opening the fall campaign OF the Re-
pIIfstves Mavor Wanser was invited to open the
| meeting, but he was compelled to forego
| that pleasure on account OF business en-
saseiiieiiTT TOMS LITTLE TRICK.
Several other gentlemen We're Appeared
to- and finally Tom ds Newer aedented Mds and nd
| among other things he will probably. al
low his Mayoralty bee to buzz little little
" Who tp know McEwan and are following up
his action on the water question declare
he is f9 tbat he he IS nae making ali
kinds of, trouble for himself, If indig-
ration meetings of any size be held 70
Of PROPERTY owners to congratulate the
officials upon the step they hays hays c544S taken,
No one has said a word against the
making of a contract for temporary sup
ply and only a few have had word to
tract. Notwithstanding the false repre-
| sentatons made concerning IT. people, cop M
particularly property owners nave learn
ed that the city officials are buying water
by the million gallons. At this stage OF
enfer nfo the the eos Question The price
for water per million gallons under the
Jersey City Water Companys proposition
| is lower than that offered by. any other
| company. This fact together with the GER
tainty that pure lake water is to be fur
nished and water which can never become
polluted is the reason the award was
| made. When the time arrives for the pur-
chase of the plant the people will have
purchase shall be made.
AGAINST THE AWARD.
The Democratic City Committee met on
Saturday and adopted the following re-
| solutions
| Jersey City by majority vote, consist
ing of Messrs. Detwiller, Simpson and
Bailey did concur in a resolution passed
by the Street and Water Board OF our
| rlvire water to the highest bidder, for
$S 900, Oe0 This in itself calls for condem-
contrary to law; contrary to honesty
and fairness, and unjust to the lowest
competitors; therefore be It
/ Resolved That we, the City Democrat
ic Committee. the representatives of the
| Democratic party in Jersey City, respect
fully request our honorable Mayor, Peter
contract resolution passed by the. Street
and Water Board and concurred IN by
ssaisl at meeting Of said board held last
Thursday evening, September s. 1895, at
the City Hall, in Jersey City We ask
ehI hs and II pea daizens nf of of an e Se p
solicit the support and cooperation of
all the political organizations in this
l
4 organization request their standard bear
j err our Mayor, to veto this outrageous
with hct the Jersey feg aes eeg Matf M
proposition, compels the city to pay ST.,
600 900 more than she ought.
1T is well known fact that once the
contract is fastened upon the people of
i Jersey City at the enormous price of
IS, 600 000 eventually it will be necessary
to meter the water in all the houses. of
Jersey City, as is done at the present day
in our sister city of Hoboken, with the
Iresult of an advance of the water taxes
of 100 per cent. over the present rates,
as is the case in every city where the
| water is metered just the same as gas is
metered: high taxes, water rents, water
| contract bonded Indebtedness nearly
$50 900 600 form a gloomy outlook to over
| one-third of the taxable property in Jer-
sey. CITY, Result of this-red flag and
bankruptcy In view of this great calan-
ity, we appeal to the people, irrespective
of politics. creed or nationality to rise
and resist that which may be termed a
| steal of the peoples rights. be it further
| Resolved That a copy Of these resolu-
tions be transmitted to His Honor the
| Mayor. and also a copy to the association
i Of which our honorable Mayor IS the
| standard bearer: also. to the Republican
League Republican City Committee, and
all the Republican and Democratic or
they may enter their protest against this
JOHN ERICSSON. President
CHARLES MYERS, Secretary
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