The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-13

do with HIM In the next breath Mr..
Van Reipen urged the Mayor to buy
water from the East Jersey Company.
why that's Senator Hobart's COM
pany," replied the Mayor, much amused.
But Mr.. Van Reipen didn't care about
that and went on to say that running
water was preferable TO pond water,
which he declared was the source of
supply of the Jersey City Water Com
pany He also made an appeal to the
Mayor veto the resolution.
WANTS CLEAR. PURE WATER.
George B. Howell added his views on
the water problem in pathetic speech,
which he prefaced by saying that he
was seventy-seven years of age, and
wanted to have clear and pure water.
George Taylor, of the Fourth district,
and representing Good Government As
socation No 2, succeeded him with the
woeful remark that in an evil hour ne
had invested his little all in real estate
in the city, and now he fears he will
lose it, Water must be had, he said,
and the city is suffering. He advocated
the temporary scheme, and said it should
be procured at once, because the city
badly needed water. Secondly, he ad-
vised delay in adopting the permanent
scheme. That could safely be laid on
one side for time.
DIR. O'Callahan changed the tone of the
speeches by saying that the Passaic
river is good water, healthy and delic-
ious; but it needed filtering. Filtration,
he said, was the best scheme. The peo-
pie were scared because the newspapers
subsidized, politicians and syndicates.
The water was all right, and only need
ed cleaning.
DIR. Ulamor Allen, President of the
Board Of Education, agreed with Dr.
O'Callahan, that the Passaic water is
not injurious to the health of Jersey
City. He thought that there were not
sick people enough in Jersey city TO
please the doctors "a laugh) but pure
water is needed.
A conversation arose at this point be-
tween the Mayor, the speaker. Mr. ray
lor, and Mr.. J. J. Cone, relative to the
increased pressure under the temporary
supply. DR.. Allen said that if the tenn
porary supply was not at an addltlonal
pressure, the people wouldn't have it,
"And if we are to mix it with bad
water we don't want it, either he said.
CONFIDENCE IN THE MAYOR.
1.-THE city wants water and 1t is
question beyond dollars and cents, and
| have confidence in the officials who are
sure to be criticized
Mr.. Cone said, relative to DR.. Allen s
remarks about increased pressure, that II
the new temporary supply was procured
the pressure would be the same as now
unless the East Jerseys main be tapped
at Pequannock, then carried around the
reservoir and the supply connected with
the existing mains, the pressure would
be increased.
Counsellor Joseph Anderson briefly
protested against the new supply and
urged the Mayor to veto the resolution
Mr.. John j. Cone, Fire Commissioner,
began with modest allusion to his
being member of the Mayors official
family and then started in to correct
the mistakes of previous speakers. The
first of these was the remark of Mr.
Heck as to the capacity of the Jersey
City Water Company's watershed. Mr..
Cone riddIed that view and also similar
remarks made by Mr.. Condict, and show
ed that there was plenty of water IN
in the area of the shed.
Going to the question of price, Mr.
Cone argued with great ability and
force that the alleged extravagancy OF
price charged by the Board of Trade in
the Jersey City Water Company's bid
was purely imaginary. The East Jersey
people, he said, had paid millions for
water rights for Newarlks supply and
were out 100000.
eff Newarlz's supply coming six miles
cost six million, should not Jersey City $
water coming thirty miles cost double?
Discussing in detail the cost of pipe
masonry, Mr.. Cone said he could not
see how the Jersey City Water Conn
pany could make 10 per cent. out OF the
| scheme in view of the cost. Turning to
Mr. Coles romance about filtration, Mr.
Cone said that the remarks We're ex-
aggerated.
sI will not sit here and listen to state
ments which schoolboy would laugh
att said Mr.. Cone, in closing his able
speech.
Mr.: Michael Schultz, of Greenville,
said he had confidence in the Mayor and
officials and denounced the insulting re-
marks made by some speakers.
| No one desiring to say any more the
hearing ended.
WANT THE CONTRACT SIGNED.
| Six members of the Bergen Improve
! ment Society met last night and de-
nounced the permanent supply award TO
| the Jersey City Water Company.
| half block from where the above society
met a meeting of twenty property own
ers was held. The water question was
| discussed from every standpoint possi-
! BILE. President Brown of the Street ana
Water Board happened to drop into the
meeting and he was called upon to ex-
plain the question. He-did so. The re-
| suit was that the twenty property own
| ers unanimously voted to approve the
| contract and have Mayor Wanser take
| final action as soon as possible.