New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-27
THE CITY SHOULD OWN III.
THE REV DIR. sCUDDER ADVOCATES THE
MUNICIPAL. SYSTEM OF WATER WORKS.
HE SHOWS THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH ENGLISH
TOWNS HAVE SURROUNDED TO OBTAIN PURE
w,TER-TUE POLITICIANS ARE TO BLAME

HE SHOWS THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH ENGLISH
TOWNS HAVE SURROUNDED TO OBTAIN PURE
wATER-THE POLITICIANS ARE TO BLAME
FOR JERSEY CITYs PREDICAMENT
The water question: which is agitatng Jersey
City people to a considerable extent nowadays was
the theme OF entertaining prelude wh'ch .he
Rev John L. Scudder delivered in the Jersey CITY
Tabernacle, last evening. DR.. Scudder Is wei IN
formed all topics OF public Importance ana ne
has given a great deal of attention to the subject
Of good water and how to obtain It. so his snort
address last night aroused great interest
There Is one subject" DR.. Scudder sad' III
which every man. woman ana child In this Guy
Is interested, and that is good drinking "~'e''
As our bodies are composed two-thlrds OF "atei'
tho question of water supply close to us ALL
and naturally we want the best At present we
seem to be as far away from a permanent supply
as we were ter years ago. but the people are In
de al earnest in this matter and VIII give the poll
t.cians no rest until they grant their reasonable
request.
This question affects the prosperity OF our CITY
IN a most vita, manner. The foul water we nave
been compelled to drink has seriously impeded the
growth OF Jersey City, driving many people out OF
town and preventing others from entering. NO
bodv cares to drink from a sewer. and yet that Is
substantially what we are doing when we drink
the polluted water OF the Passaic. 1t Is an oHence
70 both nostrils and palate. and one feels hunh-
ated every time he puts glass thereof to his lips
Delay In reaching a settlement on this paramount
question continues to injure our city ana adds 10
the discomforts OF its inhabitants.
.Our friends on the IIi!r have a measure OF Keller
in the new temporary supply from Newark out
those OF us who live downtown are doomed 10 puy
our water from private vendors. or drink the "e-
testable stuff that has cursed this city so long
sneak IN behalf OF the poor who live in tenement
6lrIt ttrshl
tlcle from private corporations. | shudder when
think OF the ma.odorous. nauseatlng compound they
and their children will have 10 drink this summer
hut affirm that this eternal diy-dally!ng over 80
momentous a question has become more offensive
than tn, water Itself 1t smells to Heaven
MY unal;crable conviction is that the people shouii
own and operate the waterworks themse;ve. ana ,
not intruet this furnishing OF new supply 10 me
hands OF rapacpus syndicates In inns rrspevt WE s
have shown us that municipal ownership Is great
success that although the initial expense h bTou9ht
from great distances. still such large Investment
GLASGOW Sa' paid snG" socSo to bring its water from
Loeb Katrine hrty-four miles away, ,s
water distance OF nlnety-ive miles Liverpool OBJ.
talned ,s supply from Lake Vyrnwy slxty1Ieigns
m' s, Gs FROM a hd hsn River gsny s dis
tanr. ard paid 4 bin OF s35 10000.
water works. and make the water distribute Itself
by gravity. thus saving all pumping eNpsnsts a,s
enabling the city TO pay IT'S Ndl'I 49,
case and establish a slnkng fund besides. Let Jer
sey city follow the example OF her sensible sisters
water works giving the precious article 10 her
citizens as cheaply as possible.
There Is reason why private corporations
should make exorb.,an: profits by doing FOR the
pc ple what the people are abundantly capable OF
dorg for themselves The best water syndicate Is
the body polite Through Legislative enactment the
water sheds OF Jersey city should be condemned
AT once and made tributary to the growing needs OF
ourc.tes As the Tabernacle believes In the rights OF
people Il will keep up this agitation until ths
ffnp "a. tI.t nd oe.f cd
water and are bound TO get 1t. We desire the city
10 be H., water company. and Do the work as
economically and speedily as possible. Try again
We Water Commissioned and this time 90 to work
IN the proper way