The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-08
RAYINE ROAD W
North Side Citizens Alarm
ed for the Safety of
Their Sewers.
NO INJUNCTION TO BE SOUGHT
Engineer Harrison Shows That the
Work Gives Great Advantages
TO the Grove Street Pipe.

There's a nice little fuss raised by the
action of the contractor of the Risvsne
Road sewer, who is cutting through drove
street and other points which lie between
the beginning and the proposed outlet of
the sewer. The member of the North
Side Improvement Association are very
indignant about the matter and as the
News told its readers yesterday, the
association has instructed it's counsel to
begin a suit in Chancery to restrain the
contractor and make him continue his
work without damaging other sewers in
his path to the sea.
The new Ravirie Road sewer runs down
Fifteenth street, from the Hill to o
street. along which it runs for a few
blocks, and then turns to the river into
which it enters. AT Grove street there is
the Grove street sewer, 1S-inch and this
is crossed by the Ravine, 6e-inch steel
pipe. Where the steel pipe crosses, the
bottom of the steeq pipe is one foot above
the bottom of the 1S-inch pipe. Now the
engineers, it is true have cut through the
lS-ineh pipe. but they have widened out
the sewer at that point giving an area of
section TO passage of water 3 feet;
that is a space , feet wide and one foot
high where the Grove street
passes below the steel pipe, hus giving as
Mr.. Harrison pointed out to the Mayor,
Messrs. Corcoran- Casey and others,
who visited the place yesterday afternoon,
twice as much section as the old pipe had.
Mayor HooS this morning had a consul
tation with Engineer Edlow Harrison over
the telephone respecting the trouble, n
His Honor afterwards said to a News
representative
Il went over the ground yesterday after
noon in company with the engineers and
they inform me. both Messrs. Earle and
there is no better way TO lay the Ravine
Road sewer thar hat now in progress.
When it is finished, they say, there will be
backing up Of the water and flooding
the property owners in that sec
ton of the city. north of the Erie Rail
0 tracks, need have no fear as to any
possibility of danger to their property.
Since the engineers of the city declare
that the work now being carried on is
the best way 10 build the sewer | don't
formed that the city's property is not
Mr.. EIlow Harrison smiled this morn
ing when he was asked about the threat,
ened injunction. He said that none would
granted for the very good reason that
no Injury was being done to the citizens.
hastily criticized the action of the con-
tractor and the method of laying the
sewer. The city, he said, was deriving a
positive benefit from the increased area
of section at that point. Some of the
members. he though. labored under the
impression that the contractor was going
to knock a hole in the 1S-inch pipe and
it, but hat was an error. 1t
cutting off the pipe at the street
and building instead a brick bulBhead
with a space 8 feet by ! foot via for
the passage Of the water. 1t was as if
an ellipse which had stood on it's small
est arc was turned around and rested on
the broader side. There was no loss of
room, but instead an increase, and con-
SeQuently a benefit TO the capacity of the
sewer and the neighborhood.
Mr.. Harrison thought that when the as
thoroughly understood the situa-
ton there % be 20 trouble. The work
was being done in first class style and 1T
had been praised by the engineer of the
city and those competent to know what
good engineering work of that character
was.
Lawyer Linn, of the firm Of Linz &
Speer, retained by the association to look
after its interest, held a consultation with
the engineers this morning, the upshot
Of which was that counsel being shown
maps of the work and having every mat
ter carefully explained to him, will make
a report to the association that no injury
is being lone and consequently an in
junction is not to be thought of.