The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-20
DEAL DENOUNCED.
Mr.. Dear Attacks the East
Jersey Company's Con-
tract With kearDy.
BOARD OF TRADES WATER TALK
Jersey City's Streets Better Than
Those in Big Western
Cities.
BOARD OF TRADES WATER TALK

rseeived a letter from Mr.. Alan L. NC
Dermott. who had at a previous meeting
been engaged to act as counsel Ior .s
board in the proceedings to revle" une
award of the water supply CONTRACT te
the Jersey City Water Company, IN rel
erence to what had been done In tne
certiorari now pending before the Su'
preme Court.
The communication referred to begins
by stating that the contract IS uncoh-
stitutional and the award cannot pc sus-
tanned. He says
.When our citizens speak of an ,aoan-
Comment Of the Passaic ana souree.s il
would seem as though they nag n.y.
| considered the fact that Whatever PtHpo,
| sition is accepted, the city Will Z
sources as at present. In considering the
| future and remedial steps vt must con
| stantly be kept in mind that Jersey lily
| Cannot obtain a new water supply. TIT
water that win be delivered under any
contract will be the. same water that
| therefore, proper that our need should
be termed, not a new water supply,
but a prevention of the pollution o. lne
ture. We are not, unde any presenten
| circumstances, to obtain water from new
| springs or water sheds;
THERE is A M
"All that is proposed is to artlncially
carry the water, to which VIZ are entitled
as absolutely as we are entitled TO- lne
it Is Illegally polluted. There is not an
| other civilized State in the world where
the conditions here existing would oe
tolerated, and yet it seems accepted thai
we are without remedy against those who
pollute the water as it travels from the
lakes to BeIleville. To admit ms Is 10
to protect the lives and health OF her
citizens. This is not SO.
IT It'll Is tS within naIl,, fhe p s} ths p Pas sae se amd
and unlimited supply Of pure water.
Legielature and the courts, and some
day his must be done: Any relief we
now obtain by the making of a contract
either for q temporary or q permanent
sup CAN'T STOP PoLLUTIoN.s
Put the intake where you win. the
above that intake win be polluted. TWEEN
ty years ago. the i~mprobability OF the
pollution of the waters of Lake Hopat-
the opposite opinion prevails. This be
ing so, we are only hugging a delusion
when we speak of a permanent supply
cannot stop the pollution of the Passaic
River by what reasoning shall we con-
clude that we will be able to stop the
ut is now proposed to take water
through pipes and continue the river as
an open sewer. The spirit of our times,
the common interests of humanity, sug-
gest that we use the pipes to take care
of the sewage. This must be done some
day or that river will breed a pestilence
for this and other cities. We cannot vio-
late the laws of nature without paying
the penalty. Whether there is public
spirit enough in Jersey City to demand
Whether a people who have, almost with
out a protest, seen their property mort
gagged by millions of debt. .unwisely II
not dishonesty created who have watch
supply without more. than occasional
growls, who AVE allowed taxation to
Increase to a point where it amounts to
whether such a people have public spirit
and wisdom enough to take the vigorous
steps necessary to obtain relief in the
NAUTICAL n 1t is therefore a pleasure
to note signs that other municipalities
are awakening to the fact that the use
breeding disease and driving desirable
citizens from the State.
DEFENDING THE BOARD.
"There has been an evidently concerted
movement to impress the idea that the
action of your board was taken in a
captious spirit and I submit a few facts
to dissipate this notion. The proposed
contract is for rs years. 1t is difficult to
ascertain just what average of increase
should be used in calculating for these
years. but a fair approximation can be
made
Mr.. McDermott then entered into a cal
culation of the figures of the Jersey City
Water Company's bid of course .prejudf-
cial to that company. He wound up by
saying that the scheme was wrong and
the obtaining of a permanent supply OF
water in any, way not based on the pro-
lection of the Passaic from pollution
should be rejected firmly and finally.
THANKING THE CITIZENS.
MT. McDermott's letter was ordered
ard J. Gordon moved the following reso-
luton, which was carried
Resolved, That the thanks of this BOARD
be rendered sd to the Citizens, COMMITTEES
last, for its efforts on behalf Of our citi-
zens and taxpayers whereby the late at
tempt to prevent an immediate temper
Supreme Court of our State.
to as T sor ajs sesmt IA t Sr be ,1a the prevailing dag
thought, it a good opportunity to talk
about the certiorari OF the Kearny con-
snd it to s the East Is Jersey 5Syt W eaaera Company 20 PA
mince matters. In his customary vigor.
Gus style. he said that the East Jersey
people had been going among the people
taking them on trips to the Pequannoch
giving them sausages and PeQuannocl
them stand on their heads and pass
Ans'p HosT T dSVg 70 :. JE sfa cfFY.
why he said. 'they have given the
East Jersey people the permission tC
lay pipes along Belleville avenue to the
Hackensack and to a point opposite
Bayonne, and all this in a spirit Of
hostility to Jersey City. This city
should defeat the contract and ought tc
go to the Legislature for such Legislation
that this citt shall be entitled to put q
veto OF their proposition to bring pipes
across the city's territory. (Applause.)
eve should bring this East Jersey
Company to its senses for it's peculiarly
d~ishonorab1e and discreditaple conduct
and ] move the resolution
THAT the Board of Trade condemn the
efforts on the part of the Fast JERSEY
Water Company to furnish Harrison AND
Kearny a supply of water in opposition
to the interests of Jersey CITY. and that
we approve of the action of the city off
cials in their efforts to prevent the con.
summation of such a contract
This was carried unanimously, and
water was Dropped for a turn at ths
South Cove lands question. which Mr.
Myron Furst introduced. After a brie1
discussion, President John j.. VOORHEES,
appointed Messrs. j. A.. Dear, A. j.. Cor.
cora1 and B. Van Keuren a committee
10 confer with the Mayor for the nur,
nlrpose of taking action towards a fina'
Eeff1ement. Each member tried tc
s6iIeeze out Of the duty, but Mr.. Voor-
hees was inexorable, and ordered them
y g N rs BAD AFTER ALI.
Mr.. Dear having recently returned
from a trip throughout the. West, gayt
4 few ufmpressfonss Of his Inspection d
~cprfafn cities. and Loyalty held up Jer'