The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-04
to find with it now. say, get new

to find with it now. say, get new
supply
George C. Fountain. druggist, Com
munipaw and Pacific avenues" don't
care to be quoted, but / think some
thing should be done to remedy the poor
condition of the water. l am not in
favor of paying the amount of money
asked by the new company. l am fa-
miliar with all the territory to be drawn
from, and the price is too great. News
paper agitation, in my estimation, has
pictured the matter worse than it really
is, and has helped drive people away
from the city. Today | counted no less
than fourteen vacant houses on one
street, which is something unusual for
Lafayette"
Rev. ]. Little. of the Lafayette NJ E.
Church:-.I have never used water as
foul as that supplied by the present ser
vice. It is remarkable to me that the
city retains its population. If ] were a
property owner I should feel alarmed
lest an epidemic of some kind break
out. I am inclined to believe the water
was in such a horrible condition last
summer that microbes were unable to
exist in it. We ought to better the
supply at once. no mater how we do it,
DIR. Brcderick. of No 174 Pacific ave-
nue:-'Is think the least said about the
water the better, as 1 am satisfied all of
this newspaper talk IS detrimental to the
prosperity of our city. The condition of
the water is not, in my estimation, re-
sponsible for the prevalence of contagi-
Gus diseases. The increase n typhoid
fever cases this winter was among the
poorer classes who fail to observe the
laws of hygiene. The city, however. is
very badly off for pure water, and
should devise some means of getting it
or purifying the present supply"
DR.. Mortimer Lampson:-"M views on
the water question are the same as those
expressed in the presentment to the
Grand Jury last fall. believe the
lower Passaic could be purified so that
the water could be used for years 10
come, and 1 am satisfied the work could
be done at a cost far less than the ex-
pense of new supply above the falls.
This publicity has been damaging to
the town, and the property owners have
suffered largely by it. The state of 1af-
fairs should have been remedied, and
when consistent a new supply could
have been procured In water it is like
everything else. the demand adds to
the cost. There are three things I would
do TO improve the water system. First,
l would make provision for temporary
publication, as it would be impossible TO
get q new system in working order in
less than two years. Second, I should
determine projects for a lateral inter
cepting sewer to carry the, output from
Paterson to the waters of Newark Bay.
This ] imagine could be done at fair
cost. # this should mot prove feasible.
then l would purchase a new supply,
but in this case a plant should be ar
ranged to purify the present supply,
which would increase the storage at
Belleville and on the Hill, but the cost
would not, 1 am told, exceed $4,000, and
the job could be accomplished in three
months, which would bring us to our
worst period Something surely must
be done by the authorities or the in
jury will go On and the people sand the
city will suffer by it.'s
John Morrell, property owner, Green
vile. said LAS a property owner am
decidedly in favor OF a new water sup
ply. The Greenville end of Jersey City
will be ruined if we don't get it. There
are more vacant houses in town at pres
ent than at any other time within my
recollection. The bad water is certainly
to blame"
William C. Collins, real estate dealer
of Greenv:lle. said:-'I am in favor of a
new water supply and I believe we
should get it as quickly as possible The
city officials should stop kicking and get
down to business. We need a new supply
badly There is not thes lightest doubt
but that It would help real estate inn
mensely."
Mr. Charles Mitzenius, druggist, of
Ocean and Danforth avenues, Greenyille:
Il think we should have a new supply
Our present supply IS rotten. l never
drink it because it has foul taste. I
favor new supply because 1 am com
PEELED to buy the water which / drink"
DIR. Leonard j. Gordon I'VE undoubt-
edly should have a new water supply
Jersey City drinking water is simply
abominable." !"
Frederick D. Linn, of the Hotel Wash
ington, and law publisher:-'I thoroughly
believe in a new water supply. We do
indeed need one. and that as soon as
possible
Garret Van Horne:-sThe water sup
ply of Jersey City is excessively bad
we need certainly new one. and that
right speedily