The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-10
POLITICS And WATER.
Good Government Association
No. 1 Criticizes the
Water Supply.

AT the regular meeting of the Executive
Committee of Good Government Asso-
ciation No. held in Arcanun Hall last
night a communication was received
from Governor Griggs' private secretary
stating that the protest made by the as
,sociation in regard to the sidewalk on
the Boulevard had been received and
would receive prompt attention
Mr.. Myron Furst rendered his resig-
nation as delegate to the Good Govern
merlt convention which is to be held in
Philadelphia on May 6, and s.
Dr Quimby made a speech ON the wa
Ter question. He said that the people cam
not get relief from the East JERSEY Wa
ter Company, which has not the water
10 supply the city, nor will it have any
three years, and the supply which they
offer should be abolished until they do
have the water.
we are not getting pure water now =
ne continued, "but simply slight i'm
provement on the old. When the East
Jersey Water Company contracts for Ia
IVY, ,o00 gallons of pure water a day and
then gives us only five or six million GAL
IONS day it is easily seen they are in
capable to supply us with the proper
qualfty4 l think 1T would be a good bust
ness principle for the city to nullify the
present proposed contract This city is
not able to bear this burden, and the fill
tratlon OF the Passaic River will give us
pure drinking water. If we get a new
supply from the sources these gentle
men li nave advertised. it will have to be
iilleTeo, Ior no large river where people
uWeil on IT'S banks can be properly 20
Iced. 1t win become polluted Even rhe
leaves washed down by transforms will
poliute the water. This is a most impor-
tan tant crisis in our city Let us know that
the city shall not be immersed in this
dept, which it cannot stand The East
sefffS;ey ss,ff; ey Water. Company did not have
.fore pas,, a from some other river than the
Pequannock, when Jersey City most
neers T1 pure pure water it will not have it,
sty oi the Pequannock River, and he le'iis is
positive the river is not sufficiently iarpa
% provide this city with a pure water
IT would be well for us to suggest
that the Board of Works suspend the
water contract until the East JERSEY Com
pany [s m mas procured pipes. When we feel
to s,nn .nsy ina haye oe o the eoo water or the pipes
nave contracted for, then consider it.
otherwise We will have debt of several
ln4usand inc So l dollars day, which we can
to filtration. The members of the Street
ana water Board are opposed to filtra
tlon Messrs. Hooker and Patterson, car
dldates for reelection, are also opposei
70 hltration. and, gentlemen. I am NOT
the least afraid to state that i tbev ,tUs
monkeyed with a contract which if ac-
cspted. would have swamped us In debt
ihey recklessly refused to have an i'm
partial expert, but procured one who was
interested. Are these the kind Of men
who SHOULD represent us? No. / am
most bitterly opposed to them, and every
man Wlun honest principle in his heart
snould east his ballot for Messrs. HeiIltze
and Boltwood, who I personally know
are IN favor of filtration.
Look at our Legislature last winter,
was there man among them? They
were all there for what they could gef
representing railroad corporations and
capital syndicates, and a citizen could NOT
get hearing - 80
Mr.. Myron Furst said: ST am afraid
the East Jersey Water Company moi
satisfied with getting a finger. wants 4
whole hand. In cities where pure water
was used the percentage of typhoid fever
was considerably greater than in cities
where filtered water was used. I do NOT
believe in any government buying water
6y the gallon. In almost every city IN
Europe the water is controlled by the
heafth boards You are not allowed ia
poison the air, neither should Won he
allowed to poison water,
The committee adjourned to 1naat.
ThurSday evening April 23