The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-04

! condition as it is at present. 1t is posi-
| lively detrimental to the best interests
| of the city our present water supply
| 1 am confident that the real estate Of
| the city VIII advance at least twenty
| five per cent. as soon as a contract Is
placed"
| S. Rowland of Emmons & Company
real estate dealers:-'' When people come
| to this office and say that they are go
| ing to leave the city because of bad
water or say that they wouldn't move
into the town for that reason / always
| assure them that, although it will take
some time to obtain a permanent supply
we can get temporary supply TO toe
us over. l believe that this matter
should be settled at the earliest posi-
Bile moment, as there is no objection
to the town so frequently raised as our
bad Passaic water
Nat. E. Smith. real estate at No. SIG
| Newark avenue:-"The water. although
not so bad at present, will be worse this
summer Something must be done to
purify the water or it will damage greatly
greatly the city's interests"
Ex-Coroner James Murrer, No. % Oak
land avenue: There is no doubt but
that we need better water The water
will very likely be as bad this summer
as it was last
John NJ Kelly. of the real estate firm
of Sprintler & Kelly. at No. $50 Palisade
avenue:--'Better water is needed very
much in this city The present condition
of the water will become worse during
the warm summer months.."
William H. Turner, grocer:-sI think
that some system can be devised to
obviate the present difficulty, but it
should be done for less than $1,000, 600.
The water certainly is very bad.''
Emanuel Sands, shoe dealer:-sT have
been away for the past week and do not
know just what has been done in regard
to a new water supply and would rather
not express any opinion on the subject.
will say, however, that our present
supply is very impure and injurious and
would like to see a change of some
kind,
Joseph Shellenberger, harness maker
'4The water seems to be getting
worse and worse all the time The
Passaic water can never, in my opinion,
be made any better and as we will have
to get a new supply some time, the sooner
it is done the better it will be for the
city,
Rev John Kranz Pastor of Trinity NJ.
E.. Church:--"F'or the past two weeks
the water in my house has been too filthy
to even wash in. 1t is a shame that We
have to use such vile stuff. and some
thing should be done at once to obviate
the difficulty
Joseph W. Northwood jeweler:-''We e
certainly should have better water. In
its present condition it is frightful and
totally unfit for use"
John W. Bolen, gentlemen's furnishings
IF We are going to have any such
trouble as we had last summer, the NUM-
cipal authorities cannot act too quickly
in the matter. Even the smell of it is
sometimes enough to knock you down.
1t is vile"
Charles Brush, of the firm of Brush &
Alberts, furniture dealers:-s'The pres
ent condition of Jersey City water great
ly retards progress in all lines of busi-
ness. It affects real estate; people are
moving away, strangers VIII not come
here to live, and in consequence the fur
niture business suffers, as well as all
other lines of business. A remedy should
be found at once or we will all have to
go into bankruptcy"
Charles G. Rochat, jeweler:-'If we
don't get good water pretty soon there
will be no one left in the town. 1t used
to be that only our best people moved
away on account of our bad water, but
now it is driving away the N ddle classes.
Only a few nights ago one Of my Gus
toners, skilled mechanic, told me that
he was compelled to move from Jersey
City as the water was causing consider
able sickness among his children. If all
our customers are to leave we will soon
have to shut up shop
DR.. D. S. Hardenberg, No. 174 Pacific
ayenue:-'I am satisfied the water com
pares well with that of other cities.
use it constantly. I am not posted as
to it's analysis, but am satisfied that
with little filtering it can be remedied
and an improvement made. few
years ago was one of a committee of
twenty-five physicians who reported they
could find nothing in the water to con-
tribute to the number of contagious
diseases among its consumers"
James c. Wittpen, grocer. and a prom
inent property owner, of No. 181 Pacific
ayenue:-sI think we need water at
once. The present supply is filthy and
totally unfit for use. 1 would not al
low my family to use it and at an ex-
pense of over 5000 I have sunk an ar
tesian well in my yard and have one of
the finest supplies of water obtainable
anywhere. Last summer lost two fam
lilies who were tenants of mine, who
moved over to New York rather than
use the water With the water as it
now is, I don't know how people will get
along this summer. In hot weather it
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