The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-04
OUR DIRTY STREETS
Street and Water Board
Will Begin at Once to
Effect Reform.
PLAN TO PURIFY PAssAIc
Potable Water Company Offers to
Build a Plant and Give Water /
in Ninety Days.
PLAN TO PURIFY PASSAIc


Mayor Wanser has not yet returned the
amended water specifications to the Street
and Water Commissioners. He proposes
approving them, but when he will do
SO is a question he declines to discuss.s
1t is said he may approve them On Tues
day, and there is a possibility of the
Street and Water Board meeting on
Wednesday and directing the ADVERTISE
ment for proposals, as authorized by
the concurrent resolution of the Finance
Board. s
THE PURIFYING SCHEME
At this mornings meeting of the Street
and Water Board the following propo-
sition was submitted by the Potable
Water Company of this city
Office of the Potable Water Company, 10
and IL Sackett street, Jersey City,
JERSEY CITY, N. j., March 2, 1895.
To the Honorable the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners of Jersey
Gentlemen, 1T is evident that the city
authorities contemplate a change In the
water supply of jersey City.
is that the city furnish supply of pure
and potable water.
All sources Of water supply for large
they are derived from lakes and rivers.
which are, of necessity. the cess pools
drain.
Neither the Passaic nor the Pequan-
mock nor any other watershed Of this
State Is exempt from this law of ma
ture. Therefore no pure water supply
which is uniformly wholesome at all sea-
sons of the year and under all conditions
can be obtained from natural water.
The best sanitary authorities of Ger
many and of other countries are agreed
upon this fact.
The Passaic River can be made to
furnish as pure a source of public water
supply as can be found anywhere in the
United States: Al that t. Is Is necessary to
publication which can be utilized for
that purpose
In view of this fact, the Potable Water
Company is prepared to erect plant
to purify the entire water supply of Jer-
sey City on the following conditions
: First-The company will erect plant
at it's own expense to purify any amount
of Passaic water which may be required
for the use of Jersey City.
Second-The cost VIII be much lower
than that for which any new supply
can be obtained. whether it be tempo~
rary or permanent.
Third-such purifying plant will not in
of water supply and can be run con-
Jointly with or Independently of it.
Fourth--If, after the plant is, complet-
fed by it, is not superior at all times
to the requirements Of either the Austen
or the Michigan standards, the Potable
Water Company wills remove the plant
Fifth-The pIans will be erected at
Belleville within ninety days after the
reasonable time will be given the city
authorities to determine the efficiency of
the process.
to erect a plant and purify the water
at our own expense, demanding in. re-
turn a certain rate per million gallons
to be agreed upon; This Til rate will, Of
city will contract to utilize the process
We will also agree to construct a plant
and sell it to the city for fixed sum,
through the opinions of reputable and
competent chemists and bacteriologists,
have satisfied themselves that the process
ments.
The Potable Water Company is pre-
pared to make good all the above state
the satisfaction of any reputable and
conlpetent bacteriologtst that the electro
aluminium process exterminaltes the
transmit or accompany zymotic diseases
The process is we'll known to many
public exhibition several months.
pronounced Of The highest degree Of
the Board of Trade of this city,. as well
as by the, chemist employed by your
The Potable Water Company is ready
and willing ga at all all times TO confer with
purifed p water, 1 total m price % for the e Whole
nected with the adoption Of this pro-
cess for Jersey City.
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH NJ MCKENZIE,
Sec. Potable Water Co.
missioner Cone, referred to the Commit
tee of the Whole. 1t is to be given
serious consideration:
OUR DIRTY STREETS. &3
Commissioner Cone called the atten-
tion Of the board to the deplorable con-
sition stat Of the streets He suggested that
to proceed at once and clean them.
President Macarthur replied that Mr.
Breslin had already been advised to pro-
done done on % Or @ Before April viii have have to be be
paid out Of a special appropriation. The
Mayor has consented to this plan. He
wants the streets cleaned d. as quickly and
of the Street Contractor will go to work
this afternoon. s a
The Commissioners appointed Thomas
DIsCfPLINING A CONTRACTOR; !.
The contractor to whom was awarded
the work of building a sewer in Dwight
in IN the opinion Of the Commissiohers. they
directed Clerk Bouton to notify him to
proceed at once. If he refuses, the city
will do the work and hold the bondsmen
responsible.
The contract for the construction of a
sewer in Fulton avenue was awarded TO
Edward O'Neill.
A petition. signed by John Collins and
others, asking for the improvement of
Westerve3t street, was reported upon
fayorably.
e. B. Fowler complained of the condi-
tion of the Claremorlt avenue sidewalks.
The property owners have been notified
to make the necessary repairs.
The Improvement of Lafayette street
is to be pushed to a speedy completion.
No objections have been filed against the
final assessment map.
POORLY-LAID ASPHALT.
Property owners on Bowers street OBJ
ject to the assessment for the improve
nent of Bowers street. They assert that
the asphalt pavement is fun of holes
and that 1t is not laid according to speci-
fications. 1t is frequently flooded with
water, which has no means of escape,
because of an improper grade. The com
plaint was referred for investigation.
There are no objections to the proposed
building of a sewer in Griffith street.
or improvement of Virginia avenue and
Waverly street.
EXTRADTTED FOR MTTRDER.