The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-22

STOP POLLUTION.
Board of Trade Endorses
the Financiers' Resolu-
tions Respecting the
Passaic.
OPPOSED TO ANEW WATER SUPPLY
Convention Of Boards of Trade to
Discuss Equal Taxation
Street Sprinkling.
OPPOSED TO ANEW WATER SUPPLY

The members of the Board OF Trade at
| their meeting last night Rugged theTl-
| selves with joy because the fame of their
| labors in the direction of equal taxation
had gone out even to Camden The Board
| of Trade of that wicked city congratu-
lated the Jersey City Board of Traders
on their action with regard to taxation
and asked them to Join with Camden,
Trenton and other cities in holding a
convention in Trenton on September &c
next tosdiscuss this question of taxation.
Mr.. Myron j. Furst, an ardent equal
taxationist, hailed the invitation with
pleasure and pointed out that the Board
of Trade should cooperate with the
| Boards of Trade. He moved that the
| communication be referred to the special
committee on that subject with power to
| engage counsel and take such steps as
they thought advisable to push equal
taxation. Mr.. Furst's motion was ac-
| cepted.
Al recent meeting of the Board the
filtration scheme was endorsed, and as a
result Secretary w. j. TAFT was deluged
With letters from people anxious to serve
the city with some scheme they had an
interest in. One individual wrote that
when the city put its plant in il would
need fuel to generate steam. He advised
using garbage and the contents of ASH
barrels, and as a proof of the excellence
of the plan he referred the Board to Com-
missioner George Waring of New York
The writer had a machine for the city
and he. OF course, would be glad to fur
nish estimates, etc.. etc.
The filtration stop having been pulled
out, Mr.. Joseph A. Dear, who is wrapt
up in the scheme of fltering the sewage
of the Passaic, reported that the plan
han been presented to the Street and
Water Commissioners, but he woefully
confessed that it didn't make the slight
est impression ON the Board One thing
had been accomplished, he said, and that
was filtration was tackled on the specffi-
cations, and the city was modestly ask
ing for $50, 100000 instead of 100000 900. As
for filtration, Mr.. Dear said It was no
experiment. and those Who doubted it
should so to Europe and witness IT'S ope-
ration there.
Mr. Myron J. Furst said that the re-
cent Democratic victory was due to the
fight for filtration and that the Board 81
works at present is unairerably opposed
70 Hlterlng the water and will not listen
70 any suggestion on tf1at point The
Board OF Trade, he said has 10 face that
op}posiu9n oa},sa On and to him the question re-
Board OF Trade do?'' The citizens, he
continued, had tried to impress on the
lsl1s noaTd Qf Works r1e fact that a new sup
ply is too expensive, but to no purpose
Tney We're bent on launching forth into
new supply.
Mr.. Jacob Ringle thought that the pres
ent temporary supply would do well
enough If it could be kept clean. He "a
vored filtration and was firmly Impressed
Win WIN u the e belief that in the future the
hD fob
OF. An open sewer on the line of the river
ne believed, was good thing because it
fHpnPsl5ed He bad 6Re people to 90 something
tration and its practical working. and he
iersan ferIanf et see why it would not work in
said which mystified ansrf vas h one thing he
some fellow came along with water to
seli SCI s ana m at the same time the water in
queer but it always happened that way
The city. could not afford a new supniy
and II the Board of Works fcist a new
come bankrupt He favored fiitra Mi,I Hon be- be-
cause it was the cheapest and best nlsn
ana ne would urge tnat a mass meeting
s ee = caliea TO hear hear what the people had to
say before the contracts for a new sup
ply We're given out. If the matter were
prought to vote, Mr.. Ringle believed
,naa ,laaa PER cent. OF the people would
President Andrew Corcoran rerna rlxed
amid am 1 general laiagflter that the fact Of
denly become muddy must have some
affinity with the Raines bin. The city
tsp + pee9mlng fbnatgg G, Yndrinnaaose he said to
over to Jersey City on Sunday to drink
the water. - = 80
,Asssmblyman E. Hoos regretted the de-
the water question. He approved the ap-
polntment OF the commission and hoped
It would begin its work at once. He did
not believe in burdening the city with
more taxation. If the water is bad TODAY
he would urge the appointment of a com.
as te the se cass @ the queer
shelved for a time to hear reports of
other committees.
{, MT 81 Dear D. detailed what had been done
annexation bill by the Boards special
committee. with the assistance Of Messrs.
J: F. Mullin, Editor McAveney of the
McEwan. Mayor wansen who did the
bulk of the work, wasn't even mentioned
in the report
Board OF Finance In reference to the pol
luton luton of the Passaje be endorsed, but
bucketful of cold water on that motion
He said that Judges had repeatedly
charged the juries TO indict people who who
polluted the stream, but what had been
Mr.. Dear retorted that it behooves Jer-
sey City to. stand up for its rights and
the Grand Juries and indict those who
pellute the stream. Mr. Dear wasn't
quite sure what the Governor intended
to do, but it was time that he. Mr..
Griggs, should show his hand
Mr.. Furst endorsed Mr.. Dear and in
sisted that the Glasgow plan of compel-
ing people to. return water to the stream
as pure as i was when they took 1t 4
should be enforced.
Mr.. James E. Banks thought that if
proper precaution was taken as on the
Croton. water Shed the water would be
passably pure.
What we want" interposed Mr.. Dear.
lis to have special counsel VINO viii
push these. cases Of pollution and make
life miserable for them
Why mot go before uhe Court of Chan
Gerry ana get an injunction?'' asked Mr.
Ringie
Mr.. NJ L. Stowe took an optimistic view
and said that the water has been excel
lent and the Board instead of decryine
it should publish to the world that Jer-
sey City water was good and was going
to be better. This would benefit the CITY
The motion was unanimously carried
It was also agreed that the filtration
committee be continued Messrs John
Speer, Jr.. and Isaac F. Goldenhorn were
elected to membership.
Secretary TAFT read Communication
from the New York Board of Trade ana
Transportation Urging cooperation In. 4 j
petition to Congress to waste no more
time in jiflgo resolutions but devote their
energies to putting the currency on
sound basis This was endorsed also
letter about waterways and the use of
canals by the Government free from tolls
Before a'djournn1en t Mr.. Banks let loose