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

City wants water The unan-
u which men interested in the
re speak out for water is
the interviews obtained by
IS of 1.-The News" Property
residents talk freely and
great is the number of
lssions of opinions now in the
|The News" that only a portion
ean. be printed in today's install
Il The columns of 1.-The News are
zen to any resident or property owner
bf the city to express his opinion as to
the necessity of a new water supply.
Let every man interested go on record.
Convince the Financiers of the city that
the people want water and want it
quickly
George Morrow. of Morrow & Day,
caterers SIT seems to me that the ques-
tion has been fully considered, and the
municipal authorities ought to be able to
arrive at some conclusion as to which
plan to adopt The matter has been
newspapers have ventilated the various
plans proposed for supplying pure water,
and the various corporations have pre-
scented their propositions in thorough
and practical manner. l believe. how
ever, that this city is perfectly able to
own its own plant and that the water
should be procured from some place far
away from the city. The Passaie water
was all right until it became contamin-
ated because of the numerous factories
built along it's banks, and when a new
water shed is selected it should be one
in a location that will be safe from
future contamination
Adolph Walter. jeweler:-"Our present
water is vile. If you have the faucet
open during the night the wash basin in
the morning is discolored and covered
with a sediment that can hardly be
scrubbed off. In my opinion the State
authorities should take hold of the wa
ter question The State should buy up
\ these water sheds owned by private cor
korations and sell the water to cities,
aking them pay a reasonable rate for
We would then be assured of a suf-
hcient supply of good, wholesome water.
If this cannot be done, let our own au-
thorities make some kind of satisfac-
tory deal. The proposition of the Jersey
City Water Company seems to be fair
one and might be accepted"
William Campbell, druggist:-'I be-
. Heve in getting our water supply from
some plant as far away as possible. In
Liverpool they get their water from the
Welsh Mountains. a distance of ninety
Xix miles from the city, where there is
fear of contamination. The offer
lade by the English syndicate to this
kity seems to be the best one. and
would be in favor of accepting it. We
would then get water from mountain
Gus district and we would be assured of
its purity 1t is essential to the city
that we get new supply as quickly as
possible. We have got new City Hail.
but / think the water question should
have been settled first. We could have
awaited awhile for City Hall. Pure
water is more important to the health
and welfare of the public"
Secretary ]. E. Hulshizer of the New
Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Com
pany said
II am certainly in favor of a new
water supply. We need it badly, and we
need it quickly. Let the city make the
best arrangement possible and then go
ahead
Counsellor George Tenant, property
owner:-'.We will feel the bad condition
of the water as the summer advances,
Z and we will be bowling just as much
as we did last year. In the meantime
we will have to pay our water rents
and also buy pure water for drinking
purposes. am strongly opposed to any
action being taken by the local authors
ties to make a contract with any cor
pcration. The city should own its own
s plant. If it does SO. and If nothing
more is accomplished the city will know
where the money goes and will have
complete control and supervision of the
works.
The Rev. E. L. stoddard. pastor OF
st. Johns Episcopal Church:-"The best
way to remedy the present evil would
be to indiet the men who are response
BILE for it for manslaughter, or, better
STILL make them drink nothing but Pas
sale water until an Improvement is made.
Some people can afford to buy water,
but the poorer people canhot. Talk
about trolley cars The damage they
have done and will do is not an item
to that done by the water. If the re-
sponsible authorities should be convicted
of manslaughter they should be drown
ed in the water instead of hanged
6. S. Haskell, Principal Of Public
School No Most certainly think
We ought to have a new water supply.
am Al property owner and have re-
Gently built d block Of houses in the
~, sod know how difheult 4 IS tor