The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-13
WATER THIEVES CAUGHT.
Reputable Firms Who Have
Been Swindling the City
for Years.
HOW THEY EVADED TAXES
Saul & Terhune and the
Hudson County Bottlers'
Association the
Offenders. q


ASSoCla1l cAO
r,ce.5
water Assessor James McGratf has
brought 10 liasht tne fact that for eight
years tl1e city has been systerrzaticaiIy
robbed OF water by a combination Of busi-
ness men on the Heights The men i'm
volved are all reputable merchants and
49,, 7,e, 10 4s,o4,. ,,,,,7 a,t, :, nd ,,,atl,ods
si'o - s-'e''
has caused a genuine sensations
Two months ago Assessor McGrath
discovered that the citv was delivering
s-.'sse E -. 4. ~
more water 10 consumers than u was pc
ing paid for 1t was at first thought pos
sjhle tqnat water. might he escaping from
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!" ie7aA ~ Soinc VI .ne ine'ii@ -
+a fos, Isa,s.,,,Ie, 70 tq,is citv in-
ene iliaiiis irolh DeiieVinae " 1ni1 s..s -,
mos uara made IN all narts of the city
- - - 80 =. -, t,,ola,
DUG no leaks We're louho. ~ was niie,iis
concluded that some of the city's big
r,ains 1,aa ,,aa, +a,naa and that some
i''' 1al go 'SppNu .s4;+s,
one was steahng a conslaefapie quaiitity
tha Assasro,. ,,,aoao5od verv 6iscreetlv
tne Assessor proceeoeu veis osei eesis,
After six weeks OF work ne dlscoVereu
- s t'i's7 =, e,.,,.1,,,a 1,a-
borhood OF St Pauis ana oakiaiiu ase
nues. Soundings We're made at that point
ote ~ eiaNe " q i
The Assessor mad ms suspicious
aroused wheii iie leali'e'' saal 'so1l s ,uor,s
huhe were operating d pi5
without city water. The Hudson County
Rottlers, Assoeia tion next door was get
ting along he Iounu WIN oil.s ono sap, :,
which was used by the employees 70 WASH .
haa a big factory across the way oper-
ated by gasoline power,it was sald ihiS
explanation did not suit the Assessor ana
for =, assis'fance, Roundsman Cummings
and three men were detailed to work up
The rhe ease What they discovered is told
- ~ 5,ll,,,ss,,sy ,,anort made 10 the Chief
hv ~ NJ Rou,sl s,',,n a119 cummings
~ A'oai'>A'
In accordance with your orders Pa
trol1nan kilburn and myself visited
tha saw mill of Saul & Terhune, No.
eS and 70 St. Paurs avenue. to try il
possible to locate where said factory
was srettinp IFS water supply. On Fri
day lime To- our first visit we pro-
cured samples of the water used in
the boiler Of the saw mill and a sam
Die OF the water from an old cistern
in the vard Of the factory represented
by Saul & Terhune to be part OF
their means of water supply; also
IN the ward OF the Hudson County
BofJiers Protective Association, Nos.
IS and "a ST. Pauls avenue, where
Messrs. Saul & Terhune told me they
had 4 pipe connection, and took some
of their water supply from the said
cistern. also a sample of water from
ti,e hydrant in the office of the Hudson
lsounfy Bottlers' Protective Associa-
fion. Said samples were sent by the
Health Inspector to Bacteriologist g.
4 fra,lss 10 be analyzed. Or Satur-
day. June H. we again visited the
premises ~ eDilpas I nv and 1oeafs where
lslraf -lGe1i M at i - ~ seonnected
.,,., sne seheiJ the boiIer of SAM & Terhune. as
Will eme pois9i 9itfiaS - fron1 sn,estions asked
h,,'t where thev RECEIVED the pres
sure to carry the water dy to ad 1ng d9eet ah}ee
tor on the Doller that Trey NAY uiiGte it
connection IN some Wdy, - .iis eily
water main we searcneo me auJolhh.
ing premises i1orous NY any pattlers' ~ re-
cellar Of Tucson, Souiits fns,nd "a
Protective Association we iuutlu ip a.
inch iron pipe tnat connscs.eu WI W., u Lii III
boiler In Saul q Ierhane r e,, tisa 5a straat
into the HUDSON county oolteis ~
tectiye ASSOCIATION pr predilse aileannactef
pipe hao pseh n t.Id f;on, rba marks
upon it. and also from is;hl me Lag iaGt on55 onai
the SAID pipe was ~. Vfo,poe f,p,,,. Veil on
not pc found on oasa oul ~ tbe conne5- ~
ton rllpasf of The as'v said 81 inch ron pipe to
the service q tlle Here was
tiers frolectiNSS t,ra ~, his valve
screw e Vaivsa ,i.s ran az thra,,ph the pne
alio LIZ tue q bad been 5iseonnected
g Wnere m ~, y dis5;ding iaG Inc IN fbe cellar
caose " ~ eIe - - S,,,,sv I2ottlars, profec
q 9.a tne = l1asiation We foliowed m the
eiye ir1s,, ,ine from where If had
- liidii - -, aepteS and raced if direct
peeil lss;1e, n SAIL e TerbI1ne,s saw
70 ene pv p0t,e, a4ified ~ tbe Wafer Regis
1ll mn. a,s,. discnyerv He came m at
@ a. u - ~ ~ ,,,aSe "a f7iarran, of said
u,seu ,,le,,,;snS a,so nd the course Of the pipe
y leaise9 '-.
While the police were at work Assessor
McGrath and his men were also continue
ing their investigation. The Assessor to-
day made the following report to the
Street and Water Board
Having suspected iof ~ Tolle NE lline 1i .lisi
the firm Of saul q Ierhune, seroil
cutters whose fac.oTy ls Iocdts IS ~
block 563, lots ana ~, AZ NOS Nos % anu
ing the city by surreptitiolisly obtain
ing the supply of water to generate
steam power for their scroll works
from the adjoining premises. occupied
by the Bottiers Association, with the
knowledge Of said association, and
without consent of the city, l inyesti-
gated.
With the assistance of Chief of
Police Murphy, on Saturday, June II,
we obtained the most positive proof
Of the method used by Saul & Ter
hIlne 70 wrong the city by avoiding
4l,o -, = - tov The nnnfhad canSisfed