The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-15

of supply for your city. I have taken
occasion at various times to call atten-
ton to this point, and, consequently am
not surprised that it should nave been
selected. I find the available supply
above the falls is 80, 200, 900 gallons daily.
Along the main stream above Boonton
we have Rockaway, Dove and Port
Oran, all growing villages of which
Dover. at least, must soon be severed.
Excepting these places the population of
the watershed IS very small and scat
tering and is decreasing about Is per
cent. each ten years. In view of these
facts the city officials have decided to
accept the supply including only the less
populous portions of the watershed"
Very infinitely and in an interesting
manner Mr.. Vermeule dealt with the
question Of conserving the purity of the
would have to be located as if i Awere
one great city, divided into high andSlow
service districts. to be SUPPLIED from high
or low portions of the gathering grounds
most convenient and accessible to the
demand
He concluded a highly instructive ad-
Now. gentlemen" said President
Walker, when the applause for Mr., Yer
meuie subsidized, you may ask ques-
Mr.. vERMEULE ON THE RACK.
Rev: 3. c.. butcher opened the cross
examination by asking if the sewage on
,unls side" OF the intake could be taken
care Of? Mr.. Vermuele gravely replied
fetal.
Then Rev. Mr.. Wick wanted to know
70 prevent pollution of the stream. and
Rev., DR.. Brett asked If the red mud
m the water of ~certains stream was
ton Mr.. vermeule said mo. ques-
Counsellor Hartshorne wished enlighh-
m9nehn e e on lntercepting sewers. and Mr..
wisdom of a limited area of supply.
Mr. Heicke probed a hornets nest by in
curing INTO THE right of corporations to
Il. Corbin. on being asked to reply. was
about to do so when Mr.. H. v. Gondic4
7 rose Csc TO set Mr.. Heicke on dry ground
little bow to Mr.. Corbin, which caa1sed
Major Pangborn to say
Come, Brother Condict, don't be too
iiluo u a sally which evoked a roar of
WHEN GREEK, ETC.
INF. Condict cited what he said was
water. which made Those eea ast1lte lee. al
gentleman, Messrs. Collins and CorRin
6rothers smile; Then he uttered a
G2lenah 9ere mix S abo TG~ expense, evidently
shrugged his shoulders superciliouslv
ana cusged at has moustacne. FINALLY
~ eoueneu oI d Suate water Board,
Immediately he did that he let down
the slulce gates. and a stream of watery
argaanenosmpeg Sardon, arguments on
Cole, Gustave Blau, L. H.. Arnes, ct
hoe genus omne Goo Goo.
THESE estinable gentlemen didn't want
clean water. FILTERED sewage was good
enotlgh Tor them. and consequently for
the city.
IN VAIN Mr. vermeule pointed out that
t1Nt rat1Or 6AnnndS 10 rpa1xv N, .v~..-
fallability. is expensive and uncertain.
supply.
"Exactlv." fnterposed Major Pangborn
.clean water is preferable to cleaning
the water Messrs. Cole and Compan
shook their heads. They heard but
A CLEAN DEFINITION.
Mr.. William H. Corbin at last got a
chance to correct errors in fact and in
lay concerning conc wster cited by Mr.. ccn-
body feel that they knew something
about water. 1t was as easy as rolling
off a log. For filtration Mr.. Corbin
he said. of the French engineers re,
mark on THAT subject, who preferred
~.Innocence 'tp Repentance" Much
Mr.. Louis ". Booraem closed the de-
bate in a forcible telling speech. in
which he PORTED out the danger of get
the plateau above the Passaic spreads
over acres of marsh land filed with
dead vegetation. It were better. he
of Paterson Is medstating a new suppiv
and the longer Jersey City waits t6e
worse off SHE will be.
others will get IN ahead.
A vote of t0hanks was accorded to Mr..
Vermeule, and Cosmos member went
home with a bad attack Of water on