The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-15
WILL THEY CONCUR?
Board Of Finance Meeting
Tonight Will be a
Very Lively One.
COMMISSIONER BAILEY's VIEWS.
Vigorous Demands That the Water
Award Should Be Ratified
at Once.

The meeting of the Finance Commits
sioners tonight promises to be a lively
one. Commissioner Bailey will be on
hand and will do all in his power to Sn4
duce his colleagues to concur in the reso-
buttons of the Street and Water Board,
awarding contracts for permanent and
temporary supply. Mr. Bailey has said
that it is his duty and also that of the
other members of the board to concur
in the contract awarded by the Street
and Water Board He has inspected the
plans of the competing companies and
was present at all of the hearings. Like
the Street and Water Commissioners he
arrived at the conclusion that the onaY
safe company to award contract 10
was the Jersey City Water Company.
"We all know" said an official this
morning, ''that the cost of the Jersey
City Water Company's plant is more than
the Rockaway and Hudson Company's:
but we also know that the price pen
million gallon IS lower.
EMINENTLY BETTER PLANT.
''The plant of the company to whom
the contract was awarded is superior to-
the others in every particular An en-
gineer who is disinterested will acknowl-
edge that fact. The company also offers
us at a reasonable figure pure water
taken from lakes that are at such an
elevation as to be absolutely free from
even the slightest pollution, not for a
short time. but forever. That is the
kind of water we want. We don't want
a cheap plant. It will be a source CT
constant expense to us.
1.-THE proposition is advanced to build
an intercepting sewer. That scheme is
all nonsense. These towns will not go ia
the expense of sewering all the streets.
and there can be only one end and that
is the same terrible pollution of the
Rockaway as we experienced with the
Passaic. cannot see why any of our
officials should entertain such a propo-
sition. If we are to have water let US
have the purest and best to be found.
The expense may seem great at this
time. but a. perfect plant acquired will
remove possibilities of polluted water.
AYE. AND PUZZLES OTHERS.
.syvlhy an official should be afraid TO do
his duty puzzles me. Why an official
should hesitate to act because outside IN
dividuals are fighting the city's inter-
ests for personal reasons cannot UNDER
stand. There is, in my opinion, only one
course for the Finance Commissioners
to pursue and that is to concur in ths
awards before them and then let the
courts decrde whether or not they have
done their duty"
THE water problem is difficult one
to handle, but our officials should eer-'
tainly show that they are at least earns
est in their endeavors to acquire new
water. This constant killing of awards
can only result dfsastrously to the city.
Bankers will not tolerate this fooifngs
and the end will be that some water
syndicate will get its clutches on the
city and squeeze everybody. Regrets
will not be in order then The people
demand pure water. and the sooner it ia
procured the better it will be for everN
property owner and resident of the city,
MR.. SIMPSONS POSITION
President Jones was at the Board on
Finance office this morning. He declin-
ed to discuss the probable action of tina
Finance Board tonight.
Commissioner Simpson says he has noE
changed his mind about the Rockaway
and Hudson Company's bid being lows
but he declined to say how ne would
vote on the resolutions of award. Mr.
Simpson, it is said, has been urged by ths
property owners of Greenville to concur
in the awards. They claim that the
| welfare of Greenville is almost wholly de-
pendent upon new water.
People in all parts of the city are de-
| manding water and many have conImu-
nicated with Mayor Wanser urging HIM
to try and induce the Finance Com-
missioners to concur.
They declare that they are sick ana
tired of drinking the ilthy Passaic, and
they declare further that they do not
propose paying the city for water they
cannot use, and also private companies
who sell palatable water by the gallon
The situation is growing interestings
and it is probable that indignation meet
ings will be called this week to urge
the Finance Commissioners to remove
their opposition and give the city new
water. -