The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-20
DEATHlN The 81 WER
Third District Citizens
Want the Second Street
Drain Rebuilt.
DR.. QUlMBY RELATES HISTORY
Says President Scott of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Did Not
Keep His Promise.
DR.. QUlMBY RELATES HISTORY

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There was a meeting of the Third
District Citizens Improvement Associa-
ton last night in Haas Hall. Coles and
Second streets. F. w. Payne presided.
Thu object of the association is to Sc
cure improvements that are much need
ed in the district and more particularly
the reconstruction of the Second street
sewer which is said by physicians to be
responsible for the death of many peo-
pie living in Second street. 1t is choked
up and overfows after every rainstorm
flooding the cellars of houses with vile
smelling sewage. President Payne has
made a personal inspection of the sewer
and has found sediment to the. depth of
three and four feet near many of the
! receiving basins. The lower end of the
sewer which should be open is believed
to be so choked up that only a small
quantity of sewage can escape at a time.
Property owners on Second street charge
that it's condition is running their realty
and declare that it is almost impossible
to keep their houses tenanted. The
association is composed exclusively of
property owners and they are up in arms
over what they term their unjust treat
ment. They intend agitating a recon
1 SlTucIQu Oh the SGWGT uull SOule IGllcI
is given them.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
BY a unanimous vote last night they
decided to present the following resolu-
ton to the Street and Water Board on
Monday next
We, the undersigned members and Off
GERS of the Third District Citizens I'M
provement Association do present this
| petition in behalf of and signed by prop
erty owners of the Third district pray
ing you to take action and grant the
Improvement called for in a resolution
passed June 10, as follows
Resolved, That this association appear
by committee before the Street and
Water Commissioners and present our
| claims as to improvements needed in
our district.
First-The cleaning of the sewers in
| First, Second and Third streets and the
~repaving of First, Second, Third and
| Coles streets, all of which we respect
| fully submit to your consideration and
we trust that you will give our commit
tee the consideration due them, that they
may present a favorable report from you
pf 0gr nest that mee VIII be tou canned tn AMONG 6my
'nose ei pR oufMB sY0 SPEAKS.
st rRs a ass0s Watep Board BOAR 81 IN a q body t oa
Monday. DR.. Quinaby was. present. He
made one Of his characteristic speeches.
Second street sewer in 1871, when the
Board Of Works permitted the Penn nm
f Fyourth street HeelrG sewers eG 'Gii IN WAT shs Se @as t hen
| the cove and connect them with a box
drain hat extended to the river. The
large territory and Dr.. Quimby declared
that they cannot do the work owing to
the fact that the RAILROAD company di-
| verified both. He said that President
Thomas Scott of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road promised him to have both sewers
ensaaesa after the the cove cove had aH been filled in.
The Doctor asked for an agreement in
writing and Mr.. Gillette Of Lafayette;
Works at the time, was offended that
the Doctor, should question President
SCOTS word.
is all. W.. did not get the sewers. ex-
tended to the river and never will; if we
it." continued the Doctor. @The trouble
is we put men in office who either do
not care ABOUT or will not look after our
oaths and trusts and in some instances
there are indications of fraud. i we had
had the righ5t kim Kin Ct 4,I m i in e 9ftisf gh fta
B TaannS X street MeS'' tod dsye But the rail.
roads control everything, and 1 am
I'm the Legislature our track elevation,
cheap ferriage and equal taxation bills
were smothered. Our only hope is get
ting men in Office that the railroads can
not control.
"Our property is being ruined and lives
are being endangered. We must keep at
our officials five wish to n
FAVOR IMPROVEMENTS.
The President of the Good Government
League addressed. the meeting at length.
generally. He was present, however, te
induce the association TO join the GOOD
Government League. He suggested that
the name Ct the association be changed
told Of the PROGRESS the G.. Good l.f Govern re !
short time the city officials would be
compelled to give then, almost every,
changing the name of the a~ssocia tior
will he considered next week. To show
that they were in favor Of improvements
the members passed a resolution joining
the League as an auxiliary body, prom
ising to lend such assistance as POSSIBLE
in procuring improvements and good