The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-06

is approved Why plan only SO recent
iy Violently objected to should receive
the votes it is strange, and l wish TO
| tell Mr.. Detwiller, in all reS2ecl, thae az
his friends and neighbors VII -, want y 70
know why he changed his mind
They will hear all have to say in
little while" replied Mr. Detwiller ~.
Are you sure OF your Iaets st tst ana ia apio so
short a tiune?' continued Mr.. Dear.
There is something suspicious ap9,t G;t,l
the hurry of the thing. The Jersey flig tbis
company for years with assiluity anc
some skill. Year after year II .iaS mas
brought propositions to us. Either tney
did not have the money or water rights
in the first instance. or something etse,
or it would not have been necessary '+ do+
them to have made a covered & sireaf a.
| their latest bid by August l, anu Ilhatiy
August Is. The city was under no op, 1oo
appropriated the 100000 accompanying ifl
the bid. The company Simply nnoea n eaient lme
offer told the city to accept OF REJECT
%The m company's proposition said moth
ing of the sort, meant nothing OF the
sort said Corporation Counsel Blair
sYou are quite mistaken Nj !: Dear" s,ar
| interrupted Mr., Detwiller, IN TINS mat MAJ
ter. We have for two months c9hslIepea laeya
worked yvt1 ed for the Interests of the city.
| really do not know where the Board OF
Trade has been It mas gleed4 rd nntii no 'u a
few men find we are going to act. All
your talk cannot change my minq. Inc
pIe demand it. and 1 think you men al
know that nine-tenths of our people
would vote for new water TO-DAY, ana az
Water unless we act We cannot expect
TO do better in the future. We have tried
waiting and have failed every time we
cannot get an expert because IL Is
practicable impossibility.
1--WE have gone into the expert questlon
carefully" said Commissioner simpson.
| "Since you decided that one was neces-
sary'' said Mr. Dear.
awe could not find a man of any re-
liability who was disinterestea9 VlaT WHO
fhis matter without taking at least four
months. We could not find a man nl,o,,Id 81
any reputation or reilablllty VINO woufu " ,ni
make an examination and prepare d re-
port in three days"
This broadside made Joseph A. Dear
shudder,, Who Is Kent Was s -, einploESe1p t5a Se1l
lowing Thursday his report on which he he
based his Reputation was ready for
e9noation ogl5 nrsoara 0g rspcpt Wa9 + tSree fe
da3t1 daYs and eyperts who have regulations
and intelligence should ask for three
months to do the same Werk IsSaC bi,,aC
Joseph A. Dear, and he dropped on hlhl-
seaI sT ihougi1t that this Board had agreed
i to enaage Engineer Herring, sald Mi'
Ds'ii + lad, f'5'5fi' he was told. but Mr.. Her
ing wanted at least four, months II
which e report .5,l1g ans nof nnt' countena se
Other engineers like Mr.. Herring Wailtese !
plenty of time. and the employment ol
one was finally abandoned. -,
'is %rhis Board has always enjoyed the
confdence of the people OF this CITY, anu
1t will be a pity to forfeil " LOT oor,,s oo,e
,,Iics4ed enc and pressure should not
fie11re with ycu gentlemen.
'@The Street and Water Commis ssioners;
-1Jrs ion,
are are renptahie and respected. but they
have no great standing or lnflHe!'ce ~ ~
the city. Not one man of them Is Of
| wide information or large genera, flo3e klowI-
edge. except possibly Captain HOOKER
who knows some things about steam,
seThe idea of a milk dealer 2 painter,
n bartender a candy seller and anot9Sr
nalssine on n question of this klnd VIII
out an experts assistance. Iol, senIle- IIle
men. should be careful and iook AZ ,l,S ,io,7
/ d:iemma ard see how far you hnd Nom ia
are justified in concurring in TINS
award"
| ELoQUENCE AS WAS ELoQuENcE
Congressman McEwan was next heard
He buttoned his Prince Albert about him
closely and sailed in. His talk was
directed to Commissioner Detwiiier. te
had been talking only few minutes
when he was leaning on his elbow nan
way over table four feet wide, giving
Mr. Detwiller the full benefit of his sill
ver-tongued oratory. This is what
heard him say
you he began addressing. President
Jones. "came here, tomght az tne risM s,roi %
vent the making of this necessary con
tract which will lay upon n our on e7tlzens an ~
! unnecessary debt Of 81. .3I5. 600. fou nave
shown splendid business. sagacity. It Is
said that the sentiment of the peopIe
is for water at any cost. 4 protess fsa};r,o 1o
as any man in this city government. Ine e
position taken by two OF the, meInpeas e
Of this board is one that will win foI fo
them the respect of the community 1oi
II. 1T has been said that we are snfferine
to having our city place upon every
piece of property we own and acquired
by hard labor mortgage OF twenty-five
I'VE are not buying. the plant inter.
rupted Commissioner DetWlller, we are
buying the water that is offered to & us
If the people want to buy the plant they
must say so by their votes :.
argument at once 1.-THE members Of
/, this board are trustees of the people. :
protect our interests but we cannot .ex-
pect them to go beyond the danger line
Cities have placed danger i1 limltatloI lsoI
on public debt at from ten to fifteen Pc PEI
, cent. Ours is now eighteen per cent
per cent. i am not thinking of the pres
ent en but of the future when the meeE
now respected. who perform TINS act VII VII,
be i'll thought of. You gentlemen Will
live and probably die here and why, by
one act. do you destroy the respect you
enjoy. ,,
ssNeither Is mine paying and l attrl-
so do l." interrupted McEwan, "and
why don't we have temporary supply
of good water?"
Commissioner Detwiller smiled.
"Please don't go into the temporary
supply question The members Of this
YOU say won't benefit matters. ;.
81 do not wish to obstruct the acqulsl-
tion of new water / want the board to
continue its investigation and find out
among other things If the watershed Of
fered by this company is adequate to give
) Lawyer Joe Anderson addressed the
board briefly. reviewing the statements
Myron Furst spoke and asked for time
and pleaded for the appointment of an
expert on general principles only. He
said better water was necessary but he
wanted it bought in what he considered
the proper manner.
ssYou will have to explain why you
won't employ an expert" put in Mr..
I'VE will attend to that" replied Mr..
Detwiller, tand | want you gentlemen to
bear in mind that an expert of any stand
ing VIII not undertake this work unless
find a man of any standing who would
! do the work in three. or four days. II
we waited five months. nothing more
| would be accomplished. The one propoS-
ition only is before us and we must con-
cur or reject. We believe it our duty to