The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-15

least fifteen cracked and about five SO
jamnled with ice that it would cost Inoxe
to clear. them than to buy new ones,
them out would involve.
1t will require it is estimated, al
least thirty-six hours to get al al the the
work of replacing them may be begun.
The repairs which are necessary @lii
be made entirely BY city, employee.
Mayor Wanser was at his office bright
and early this morning prepared to re-
ceive news from the residents of the
Fourth district. who are very much IN
The first gentleman to arrive was ID. J.
King. He said that yesterday there was
This morning he aelSnow ledgea that the
situation was much improved. HE ae-
parted after assuring ss the Mayor that saaIs 2
believed that he was doing everything
in his power to relieve them.
Mayor and made similar statements.
TI4ls MAYOR VISITS THE BREAK.
shortly before noon His Honor went
ming as smoothly as possible he repair
ed to the scene of the break in the main,
where he was assured that i would Only
usual bountitall supply would be rushing
through the pipes. Commissio9ers HOOK
er and Harding went to Bslleville this
work at that point and the big Worthing-
ton pumps are being pushed 70 lneir VT VI
y.
across the meadows are quite free from
ice and it is expected tonight to be ape
to dump sufie.ent quantity OF water 7
into the High Service reservoirs TO per-
nit the pumps at that point being put IN
opera ton on full force tomorrow. EVERY
night the High Service pumps will be
feet in the reservoir well:
This morning on the Hill water was
9sng Fonggt6 9ofhsi datrcS o Many S of the people
are still depending upon the half dozen
watering carts which are making the
rounds of the Hill day and night. The
tent today is west of Central avenue,
where under ordinary circumstances the
flow of water is only light. On Paii-
sade and New York avenues the sflow was
al 'tII GHRisT sHyls HosPI1AL CLOSED.
Last night Christ Hospital was closed
beearse Sufficient water could not be
mossd { he aoSPIts Ssss i is gE9 PSj.
eveni svening. as ali the water needed can
be he'd at the present time.
Pastor + Lghrs sn9 9f about the aeTan tIrsn
property owners. waited on the Mayor
today to kick about the water supply
Last night they were hopping mad, but
found q fair flow they came to the con-
clusion that it was useless to complain
The Mayor welcomed them cordially;
they departed, satisfied that the Officials
are doing sll in their power to remedy
the present condition of affairs;
ing of citizens of the old Fourth dis
trict, held last night, at which there
was some exciting talk on the scarcity
meeting was held in ST. Johns German
Lutheran Church, at Summit avenue
and North street, and was presided over
Johns Jo as Church. Sui The Committee who
summoned the gathering were Julius
Betting, John Rohrs and Martin Rust.
the 0'1ga Water be shut off down town foi
six hours every day and thus allow the
upper portion of the city TO share the
use re- OF what water water there n tbs is eongress
mans talk was on the State Water
Board bill, which he said was the only
means BY which this city city tSa could or,g get ob
lection against the bill at Trenton, he
said, was that Jersey City people had
not asked for it,
named Weasey mounted a chair and
said he had lost eight children recently
and their r.r,s deaths ne attributed from
Isaac Taylor said he could not. get
water in his house for the. last ten days,
and claimed the office holders We're re-
sponsib1e. Again the speaker was dis
turbed and a man in the audience whose
name could not be found, began to shout
in an excited voice that the only way to
get good water was to appoint a COM
nittee of 100 of the best men, and lynch
the officials. The chairman called the
several times before it had any effect,
and after the advocate of lynching was
seated he was cheered with applause.
It did not meet Pastor Luhr's approval
however, and no committee of 1ynchers
was appointed, but a committee ofn $50
was appointed to wait on the Mayor to-
also spoke and it decided to hold another
mass meeting tonight when the citizens
will organize a Good Government Club.
invited.