The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-18
WANT GOOD WATER
Greenvil1e Citizens Call Up
on the Authorities to OBJ
tain a New Supply
at Once.
WORSE THAN IN ANY OTHER SECTION
Property Owners Block Important
Improvements Through Their
Own Cupidity.

ment Association awoke from its long
period Of lethargy last evening and held
a rousing meeting at Bamber Hail, the
most prominent citizens n property
owners of the Greenville section belng
present. President S. L.. Harvey pre-
sided. and Mr.. Winfield c. Dunn acted
as Secretary. The members demonstrat-
ed that they had not lost one grain OF
their characteristic enthusiasm during
the long period of inactivity by setting
down to business as soon as the meet
ing was called to order. The first matter
brought before the meeting was the
all absorbing topic of a new water sup
ply. Mr.. Henry Lembeck, who never
misses an opportunity to speak in favor
of pure water. said that the Street n
Water Commissioners should consider
we'll the propositions for a new supply,
and il such propositions can be carried
out in a business like way the work
should be lone without delay and with
out any further advertising for new pro-
posals.
Some citizens said he. 'do not know
what they want. They want to re-
iect all the old bids and get new ones.
This applies also to the Board of Trade.
Although l am a member of that august
body I must say that there are more
cranks in it than in any city in the
Union"
Mr. Lembeck then made a motion that
a committee be appointed to draft ap-
propriate resolutions. and Counsellors
Wallace N. Vreeland and Robert Carey
and Thomas Cogan were appointed mem
bers of the committee
CLEAN THE RESERVOIRS.
While awaiting their report President
Harvey gave his views on the water
question. Among other things he said:
we nave a Board of Finance COM
posed of trustworthy men. n this
scheme for a new water supply should
be pushed to success while We have
such men in that board. l had occasion
recently to visit the water works with
a competent engineer, and I was told
by that gentleman that our water could
be vastly improved. ! claim that we
supply if the reservoirs We're properly
cleaned I claim the reservoir is very
easily it could be cleaned. We could
put a line of pipe around it to provide
for the city's need while. the water IN
give US better water, and it would not
be an expensive plan. 1t may cost
1000. and ! suppose some citizens would
InIOH up ll6lT LII III CIy, OIl, H. :
that's a big sum-. but money is of no
we must have better water. no mat
worth more than the cost of a new sup
ply. Don't nave the water stop the
growth Of the city. Better water is
have better water we must have it now.
The citizens should endeavor to sus-
tain the Street and Water Commission
We got a new, Board Of Street and
Water Commissioners, and they must
t be sef 3 nev by wa she p sY1Bblv in g the etfHrs
sn GRHE m e FssNl Filthy II Sn' wA AsTTRaRe.
Mr.. .Lembeck said that the water fur
than that of the other sections of the
city, because 1t comes direct from Belle
vile, and he offered a resolution re-
nissioners to lay a new pipe line from
the reservoir. to Greenville. So that that
section could secure. water from the
ed, and the Secretary was instructed
Committee on Resolqtioas then present.
tons were adopted
s"To P. Farmer Wanser, Mayor; the
Board of Finance and the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners
AG~entlemen-At a regular meeting of
the Citizens Association of Greenville
held on the nth day Of April. 1895. it
q Ina We, lHt CltlLSllS u
Grcenville, assembled. do urge upon
YOUR attention the pressing necessity of
Immediate action in reference to secur-
ing for our city a new water supply.
tgThat we respectfully suggest and ad-
wise the adoption of a plan of supply
which will not only be practicable and
ly. awaited of and at the same time be
conducive to the future welfare of our
city;
of the various. plans and propositions now
under discussion and if such investiga-
ton should prove the wisdom of the
you entertain any and all new propo-
sitfons that will in any way tend to Sc
cure a pure and wholesome supply"
IMPROVEMENTS RETARDED.
The adoption of these resolutions put
citizens started out for other much need
that the contrary for the m-acadarn.z.ng
Of Old Bergen Road. Bartholdi place and
Jackson place had been awarded over a
signed by the Mayor and asked the as
ISOLATION to appoint a committee to visit
the Mayor and urge upon him the neces-
II am told" said Mr.. Lembeck, that
the Mayor. refuses to sign the CONTRACT
9 assed Tr a. ram0 comp pan. s propo aaas0t to
lay tracks on Old Bergen Road and that
he argues that it would be advisable to
postpone the work until after the tracks
vet. and j for one, intend to fight should
the cempany attempt to lay them. The
courts will have to pass on the matter
before / get through"
President Harvey appointed as mem
bers of the conlmittee:-Michael Schultz,
Sr.. Isaac G~oldenhorn and John Grosk-
laus. Lawyer Robert Carey then paid
his respects to the Traction Company.
He complained Of the dust on Ocean
avenue. saying that the cars swept it
into the eyes of the pedestrians at the
same time covering them with q light
brown layer of dirt.
1.-THE storekeeners on Ocean avenue"
said he, complain that they are unable
to keep their doors open on account of
the dust, and many have had mer-
ehandise ruined by the dust" His reso-
luton that q committee be appointed to
visit the proper authorities and request
that an ordinance be passed compelling
the Traction Company to sprinkle its
tracks at intervals of not more than
four hours daily during the spring, sum-
mer and fall was adopted. and Messrs.
Carey, s. L. Harvey and Theodore e.
Wegman were appointed members of the
committee.
sented the property owners of the West
Side. asked the association to pass an
occasional resolution for the benefit of
the West Side. He directed attention to
new West Sid W saying that
work had been stopI@s on the improve
rnent. He said that ne had ssTpken to
the contractor abo9t the matter, and
that ne had been iulNrmed that the con-