The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-08-16

west side of the road, pack for about 200
feet with a gradual slope to an etevaka9n
of about forty feet. On the cass siue
mock which, at that point, L. not more
than 15o feet from the road. The houses
ca the east side are located on ! q I. yaf w s9H5
the ground, and the front raised Q
| three feet. Directly behind each house
is located a private vault. During the re-
cent heavy rains. one Of the tenants said.
the water came down the hill IN the rear
in such quantities that it flooded the
pnluy haa and a along wsSHe Of the houses,
across the road and down the bank on the
opposite side of the road toward the Pc
across the road in torrents is made appar-
ent by the fact that it tore from its foun-
dation a building on the east side of the
road designated in the cut as a store.
| Further down the road, across the bridge
and south of the -Pequannock where 1t
winds around the village, is located the
said to be LIS feet deep, the other seventy
five feet, and both are filled with water.
During heavy rainfalls, when the water
lows into the upper shaft and washes
through. the mine and out Of the lower
one, finding its way from there into the
P-equannock, which is but a short distance
away At that point there was, until
about a month age, a large pond, formed
by damming the stream a short distance nee
partly torn away and the river now flows
in a shallow stream over part of the bed
of the pond. The. entire bed is covered
Awith old StumpS of trees, that were for
'merly submerged, and they add to the
dirty appearance of the -Pequannock
course at that point.
With the exception of the places noted
the course of the river through the city
property is apparently free from possible
pollution. To view it from the Hamburg
turnpike as it enters Charlotteburg on the
east, and energies on the west, pollution
would seem altogether out of the question.
AS far as the course of the river can pc
I observed on either side,it runs south from
the turnpike, through a wild section, free
from any sign of pollution. From Cnar-
lotteburg, south to the Macopin intake,
the condition is apparently the same Dut
from Charlotteburg west to NeWIouhd-
| land. the river and its tributaries drain
| about two miles of farm land. on when
| there are numerous barns and o~uInouSes.
About midway between ChariottepGi css
drains several farms, flows into the Re-
quannock a short distance south OF slne
Hamburg turnpike and east or the Stano-
! ard Oil pumping station. A short distance
north of the turnpike a barn is located
on the banks of the creek, ana three
Others are within a radius OF ABOUT
quarter of a mile Al the sutLae paaSan-
mock. and where the river crosses tne
Hamburg turnpike a large barn Is 10
Gated within ten feet of its bank. Outslae
| the barn is a manure Pile ana thefe y
nothing to prevent its substance IRON
nozine into the river. That barn is located
1 less thar fifty yards south OF the poln.
where Engineer Sherreru to se o ~ hsataria
| of water which developed 5So,o4o pao'oii'
to the cubic centimeter. -
Mr. Sherrerd took his sample from d
stream which drains al OF me me w prope ths
turnpike and the Pequannock. 9e -
nressed the opinion on Thursday that ne
bacilli coli communls ms R aiseoyep IS Health,
,miobA have had it's origin in that par,
| ticular stream. Four cesspoois are locat ena
in the rear of BroWns noteii Mu Sbs y,
rerd said he was Inclined TO DeHeve zlne
sewage from these cesspools found a way
into the stream sire nnfe or might ieht r par. Il the s stream
through a hidden drain He added inat
if another test of the water showed SINH
lar results ne %o on nave snr th E ' purnose Of
determining whether or not seWass
from that place reached the stream IN the
Mavor Seymour was at Browns Hotel
when a reporter reached there Thursday
on a tour of Inspection. The Mayor mas
been there for a week making a quiet IN
y~estigation of the condition of the water
shed himself. He was. somewhat sur
prised on learning Mr.. Sherrerdss theory
/ of the possible source of pollution near
Browns Hotel, and in that connection
IF Mr.. sherrerd and Mr.. Ball and the
other officials charged with guarding the
purity of the water supply We're more Gill
gent in their Investigations they would
fnd,plenty positive evidence OF polullon'
There is 40 doubt in my mind as to this
stream being polluted, but the CONTAINING
| cesspools in the rear of the hotel, and it
lis not a hidden one, either, as Mr.. Sher--
Ard or Mr.. Ball could have found had
they traced this stream, which is a small
one. to it's source"
With that the Mayor led the way down
to the Hamburg turnpike bridge over the
Peouannock, which is about 300 yards east
Of the hotel. Incidentally ne directed at
tention to the barn which Is referred to
above. and the pointed out the spot where
the stream ma,e enters Ms The sbsr p-eaaa nhasfpsd f tbe
polluted sample, From there the stream
takes a circuitous course westward
through Browns for a distance 2f about
the hotel it is about 300 feet distant from
the cesspools and midway between the
latter and the P~ae.gauannoek at the point
ways unite. The ground between the
stream and the cesspools is almost level.
The bed of the stream is ebout three feet
below the surface, and the bottom of the
cesspools is about ten feet below the sur
face. A little less than two feet of solid
matter. was found in the c~esspools. which
| would leave the top of it about four feet
below. the bed of the stream, allowing
one foot for the difference in elevation.
On that account the Mayor argued. it
ination reached the stream from that
source.
About 500 feet further west the stream
turns. abruptly to the north and runs out
to and across under the turnpike. In the
angle made by the stream, at this point,
and AUDITING On it on both sides Is To-
Gated an Enclosure about 100 feet square,
containing tW~enty-three pigs. The en-
closure slopes at a sharp angl directly
into the corner made by the stream. At
that point, in fact. the stream is fenced
into the pig yard and the pigs run down
and drink and wallow in it. The yard
was amazingly clean, considering the
because the rain conveniently sweeps all
the filth from the yard into the stream at
the corner where the pigs take their
baths.
Mr.. Brown, owner of the place said the
pig yard had never been visited by any
one interested in the water supply be-
fore. He was not aware that It was in
any way injurious, he said, and assured
the Mayor that he would nave the pigs
removed at once if their presence was OBJ
j~ectionable..
Mayor Seymour declared they were de-
cidedly Objectionable and he expressed
surprise that the Board of Works officials
had not requested their removal long ago.
Between the pig yard and the turnpike
two other streams intersect the one which
skirts Browns place and the pig yard.
They are each about 200 feet long, one
open for the entire distance. the other
partly enclosed. The latter runs direct,
apparently, from a privy vault on a farm
adjoining Browns property. The open
one runs within six feet of another privy
vault, which is built on an elevation high