The sun., 1895-05-27

Tor. / tell you it's simply sheoi! Every body
s'S sbsF sh
body wants water, but every body believes that
4 body else says 80 he's so,rnp, Hes He ,S,1r
wouldn't any more think of telling my neighborr
% flying. though liz ,e he knows ft's true, and would
probably te You the same 4 he had 5 yo9 alone
be S'I insaited @ My children would be pointed at
How about the waterr Has it improved
anyY" asked the New Yorker. .,
snGn.ea she lie s,aed
| cracks tighter and tested the waste pipe plugs
again. Then he grew eloquent as lac proceeded
Jersey City's water is polluted with the
Of Sy ss sy refuse o
a hundred factories. polluted with oil, polluted
with the th and refuse from siagShi,r ,h h fGnse @
| a collection OF hog pens. with the drainage from
Drawn from the natural
on $4,000 people this water is polluted BY ali
manner OF things, both living and dead.
900 persons is not overestimated at 100000
pounds every twenty-four hours; 1,o5Q.oo0
Passaic water. nearly 900 900 tons year. Add
| to this all decayable and fermented matter. all
D as used. ali tho refuse Of slaughter houses. OF
factories OF offensive trades. Of all those COM
Of fnunsss ana % a pic
Of risk. and the aggregate befoulment is what is
given TO Jersey city 70 drink. Fish can't live in
The Jerseyman paused for breath. Then he
went on: ...s,. t.,
crease in the source OF pollution. Paterson:
from a city or 10000. has grown to city Of
sewerage. severe eo'IS PSsseie. from city Of 5000 has
grown to city OF nearly 10000 and has great
| 100000, has grown to nearly 2O0.0OO. Twenty
| years ago the Third River was peaceful and
se rvep hs refuse Of after factory
| well as all the refuse Of the Morris canal and
H s sSf ssssSa Rs4 ss s Ss"s %a.
Of Orange, Bloomield. and other towns and the e
| about quarter of mile below the Jersey City
| intake. 1t is a demonstrabe fact thnt to-day
threc,ti OF the organic matter IN the Jersey
| City drinking water is sewage. There Is more
than q teaspoonful to every ever gallon that flows
| nth IS consumed every day by this city, with
population of less than 2Od,o0O people"
He stopped again. evidently overcome with
Pardon me-" he said when he resumed, for
sIF suppiy we have Is nothing more or less than a
system OF child murder. l haven't got the
the sts1e s gdanG % y Of nfsa en
record Of Of child deaths due to this
there's no use getting excited Let's see what
bath tub and watched the mud brown LIQUID
flow. This is quite & sport " we W,s JerssymeI I ne,
have anything else to do We draw n tub Of
water and examine it just to see what we can
water ana got Of
| They included every known species OF bacteria
spa but he Ii, NY the Of
The Jerseyman became greatly excited and
| peered into the tub. where a long thin thing
| wrigeled. Its all right" he said after care
ip eIaminatosn ~ Thought it was some f, new
wa.s +,
| tub was full now and the Jerseyman took n
microscope. from the closet under the wash
OF it. :" Now look" he said.
II thought So" said the, :Jerseymnn. "You
| we'll wait till the water settles.'
| The water in the tnbwas fairly clear In fifteen
minutes. but there were hundreds Of little black
oyerErown typhoid fever, germs. You think
see{ those @ ltsle pink jumpers over in the coInsr
He pointed to lot Of pink 9ommas Snn,19 h Ihey Thy
less I've taken lots of 'em. There's a colony
some. black, bacteria there. They are in;
ters s4 she DO pon t
jerseyman. grabbing the New Yorker by the
Sc. qns ssr bs Hk oR thpss Es wEs
we'd catch some OF those!" Uhis in highly de-
| lighted tone). Ho took a stick and stirred up
pointed them out. " There" he said. ARE vibri-
are some spirilla:, don't know how they got
"oh. heavensl let me out!' exclaimed the
whats the matter, Is the smell too strong
| for you p asked the Jerseyman. sympatheti-
ca!y Why I've come in in here e. in n the he morn morn
Ing nd IN snTs wsy notice Sf and faint
The New Yorker was gasrng The Ierseyma,n n
| It, He was about to put It TO the New Workers.
""No. no! Not 1hatr screamed the wretched
| man. and he fell back on the floor.
The Jerssyman opened the bathroom door
| dragged the New Yorker to a bedroom, and re-
at a drug store for family use.
said to himself: but if he's visiting here he
tho New SrF %hen he had
cred ,, 49,. ,o o,,. .o.,,
those "i drink it Who have to. never have heard
Of but one other man drinking II; that's the
M he S asy ae at
II he ad i'd by us and al he
use in my family. L get 1t In fiveIgal3n demi;
other families in this city buy their water. too
The amount OF money laid out In drinking
on $40. 900 debt: and a supply OF, pure
| water could be got for S7,5O0.O00, maybe less"
| The New Yorker was taken home in a car
riaRe and he swears he never will go TO Jersey
| City again. despite the fact that he can buy
$40. 900 lots there for 81. 900 and 900 home
| steads for $4,000 because the water Is filthy.
FELL ON 4 IRON SPIKE.