The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-20

houses. the large barn and the house used
as u school and to place the Wnoie prop-
erty In a proper sanitary ~conditloh' -
Before the vote was taken Mr.. Herr
renewed his request. 10 nave reau ny eTSr
mony that was taken at the vlsis. ~;
| Ulrich chimed in with a remark tnat
the resolution should provide mat y per
son other than Mr.. Hennion shoula pc
selected as caretaker Tor the Giay MAJ 4
Mr.. Hennion was not the proper person
for the position It was explained tnaS
the resolution would cover tnat poine a hau
the skeleton Of the proceedings was tneh
When the motion had been adopted MI.
Hewson laid stress on the fact that the
CITY should take Immediate steps to clear
the Charlotteburg tract. The main Iacts
concerning that property exist Just as
| said Mr.. Hewson, land before the city
calls upon the East Jersey water Coin-
pany to remove outside sources Oh ppoonrr5
ton it would be far better for the poaru
to clarity its own tract.
A second motion offered by the chair
man was to the effect that hereatter Il
neer to prepare a Typographical sketcn q
| the watershed, showing all the possible
| reports must be submitted, based upon
| personal Investigations. Mr.. Van Duyne
went on to say that Mr.. Ball had made
report a month ago that the properly
| was occupied by tenants and that since
then the City Counsel, Engineer ana
himself had been consulting about means
v Il SGlI1fS llQ liz 4
Mr.. Hewson followed by saying that ne
desired to exonerate Mr.. Ball from the
stigma that has been cast upon him from
the direct allegations made that he had
been negligent in his duties. The Commas
sioner added that Mr.. Ball had never
| been charged with the duty of hunting up
that he had had other duties to attend TO.
which duties he had attended to-.
Surprise was expressed by Mr.. Herr at
the remark OF his colleague. He asked
why, if it was not Mr.. Balls duty to re-
port sources of pollution. he should have
made such reports. There is question
| Charlotteburg, added Mr.. Herr. The
health officers stated that in two or three
cases there was no pollution from OUT
houses. but in the majority of cases, he
added, no report was made because it was
so evident that there was pollution. me
present condition of affairs existed TOT
more han a year, Notwithstanding the
fact that the city had paid $50, 900 for the
| property to keep the water pure.
The commissioner went on to say that
there were more people on the city prop
! erty now that when it was first acquired.
Mr.. Herr further said that he could not
| see that Mr.. Hennion was very much TO
blame, as the latter had reported to the
officers of the board what he was DONG,
and was evidently laboring under a sup
position that he had a perfect light to DO
what he has been doing.
Regarding a statement made by Mr..
Van Duyne that until the present year
the board did not have power to order
| nuisances abated in the watershed, Mr.:
Herr said that the commissioners needed
no help from the Legislature to keep the
city property clear.
ibid YOU discover any great pollution
Wednesday, asked Mr.. Stainsby of Mr..
Van Duyne.
NO" returned the chairman.
1--WE discovered ~outhouSeS with courses
that lead directly into the stream, nred
back Mr.. Herr. 1--WE discovered that the
substance from one vault had been wash
-..-- = fha c+ran M a nj
we discovered tina there was a pond on
the city property that was covered with
oil" -
There's no use trying to whitewash our
negligence" chimed in MI. HeWson, fpy
saving that somebody else was just as
bad. What we discovered, 1t is better
not to speak about until we are reaoy
to make a formal report. But the very
houses has been offered is the best PROOF
Of the necessity for removing sources OF
pollution. hope the resolution vii. pc
adopted and the work OF removing the
buildings be taken up at once;
"It ought to have been done a year
ago., commented Mr.. Herr.
be fixxed later, a remarked Mr.. Hewson TO
"oh! wen take the responsibility
p%oAnd somebody else will take the re-
Suits retorted Mr.. Herr.
mo. well take the results, too, was
| the PRESIDENT > aIo nc -
to tell how Mr.. Ball had been engaged TO
keep a record of the water supply lnoe-
pendent of the East Jersey Water Com,
pany's record. He also took up the par
pplayed by Mr.. Hennion, the caretaker;
| and said he did not believe the man mad
acted dishonesty. ~.
Stainsby went on to say, because die
not want the association of the board or
YIN sorry you didn't co. interjected
Mr.. Herr, because if you had gone you
would talk differently
Mr.. Stainsby followed with q statement
that the Major had visited the tract some
I time ago and suggested that 1t would pc .
{ good idea to use the buildings as q sam.
: tarium for the poor OF Newark or ap I9ay
had been carried out, the President asked
II how much pollution would have resulted,
He added that d the ids ca nae d nexer peer O.,
i. getting to the property.
ossMy opinion of this whole thing, de.
!, s slSaedm mr. s s5aain% polKItsie aiS d thaa It j. I I TIT thin 4
/ that way, and ] believe the whole com
: munity thinks that the discussion of th'
/ water pollution is used for political pur-
poses. It the same time. I am willing t.
| | hear whatever reports a committee ma,
!, make. and l want to hear the truth
There's no use trying to %extenuat'
anything or crying buncombe," said Mr.
Hewson. for the resolution before US il
the meat Of the whole ~cocoanut.'
II am surprised at the Senator's talk,
remarked Mr.. Herr, and [ want to sa,
: that il there is any politics in this mat
: fer I know nothing about 1t, nor will
he a party to it. If there is politics II
fris for heavens SAX don't adopt tina
; resolution. If there is no pollution ther.
. il certainly no need for the resolution
: ..Ouestion,' called out Mr.. Stainsby
! ard the resolution was unanimousl,
adopted.
: Mr.. Stainsby then presented a long pre-
amble and resolution calling City Counse
! price to task because he had been quote'
: in 1.-THE News concerning the laws unde
! which pollution of the water supply coul
. be abated. The preamble stated that tn
? CITY Counsel had been asked to give tn
7 Board an opinion on the subject, but tina
the opinion had appeared in the newspa
q per first. If it was as easy. to abat
Z %nuisances as that article said it was, I'm
, der the law. the President declared tina
!, he was in favor of giving Colonel Pric
4 power to order all sources of pollution re
moved from the watershed. In. repl
Colonel Price said that he had uni
. no opinion, but that he had answere
I questions put to him by a reporter tn
, same as any of the Commissioners woul
! have done. The adoption of the resolu
: ton was not pressed by the introduce
and it was laid over.
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