The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-10

| and Rockaway scheme, Who, OF course
pleasant about the Jersey City Water
/ Company. 1t was he who conceived the
brilliant idea of going to Greenyille ano
! and Simpson out of their nests and fore
| ing them to turn from the error OF theii
ways.
4 he wanted water. THE price,, he SAID
lis insignificant" a remark which dis
concerted the economical brethren pres
| ent.
Delay. delay. delay was the motto of
Gustav Biau. who objected to ,piling
up the city,s debt. and gave Mayor
| Wanser's administration a rub for add
| ing Sl2, 100000 to the debt.
IRRESPONSIBLE FRIVOLITY."
In similar view were the remarks OF
DR.. Quimby, who denounced not only the
expense. but these dreadfully wicked
syndicates and the city officials suffer-
ing from what he was pleased to term
''senile paresis and gelatilizati-- OF the
back bone" The doctor being now
wound up. hit right and left. The later
Commissioners he accused of permitting
to be lead.
.sThe action" he cried poundEg the
Chairman's, desk, '.of Finance Comnlis-
sioners Simpson and Detwiller was aA
least suspicious. 1t indicated fraud and
corruption. What prompted these men
to change their minds so suddenl9Ff he
ssWanserY' exclaimed ex-Assemhlyman
And what prompted wanser?" asked
Money! shouted the irrepressible
To make the contract with the Jersey
city Company. DR.. Quimby said, would
be ruineus to the city. He CRITICIZED
the citys law officers in regard : the
making of the contract. and said their
conduct was at least suspicious.
Hang up the water contract for five
years and still Jersey City would be
LAWYER John w. Heck cautiously
avoided impugmng the characters OF the
officials. and naTrowea aanda tne charge naW
supply could be procured Tor lower
IS RIDDLING THE EXPERTS.
Mr. John j. Cone, formerly a member
of the Street and Water Board, after
repeated calls, made the most interest
ing. speech of the evening H:mseT a e
equipped with figures, dana ard knowl-
edge of the watersheds, and quickly
brushed aside the yapor1nes of some, OF
the speakers. He showed clearly that
Newark's supply was not so cheap as
many people believed. Mr.. Cone made
mincemeat of the ridiculous pretensions
and the Board of Trades expert. that
water could be bought for Az millions
1t cost the Newark people for water
rights and other expenses in addition to
East Jersey people were 700,000 on the
wrong side of the ledger.
POLLUTION lMtOSSiB1E.
what do you think of the Jersey
City Water. Goanpany's supply" asked
Mr.. NJ. L. Stowe.
mo where IN the United States,
e gef purer water than that offered by
the Jersey City Water Company Their
shed is absolutely pure. have no
ones integrity: but I would like you to
be practical about the matter"
What sources of pollution are there
in the Jersey City water shed?" asked
Mature has set up insuperable bar
riers which will prevent any pollution to
water from that company cannot be
equalled by the Croton."
Judge w. P. Douglass did not believe
in any contract at all with private syn
dicates. Steps, he said. should be taken
to prevent river pollution. It could be
done.
the statement that the Passaic was
drinkable. ut stinks." he said. 'and is
not fit for man or beast" He was @ op-
pany's contract and certainly disliked
the Hudson and Rockaway scheme. with
its Intervening sewers. The East Jer-
preferred that the city should go and
take it's own water. Dropping this part
of the subject % IT, pr aed G9rdor 5rv aqded of 70
he was foreman and the effect of it's
presentment on the Street and Water
Board. But mere ne prODeu hornets
nest, for Mr. Cone. when his turn came,
sswent for the doctor and showed that
the board awarded contract in def
Mr.. Robert A. Simpson said something
about the change of the boards specifi-
cations after the Grand Jury's work; /;
hut he, like the doctor, came to grief.
Mr.. Cone had the immeasurable advan--
tage over all in the meeting He had
been there before and knew precisely
| what he was talking about.
Mr. NJ. J.. Stowe drew together the
scattered threads of debate in a brief.
but sensible speech, moved that the
porary supply of water from the East
Jersey Company and request Mayor
current resolutions relative to the tenn
norary supply This was carried and the
bic resolution and the meeting then dis
persed -