The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-22

sive.
President Furst. however, returned to
his old point. that the committee had not
produced facts about the water sup
Piled, and the only way was to go to the
Board OF Finance, and that the water
from the East Jersey Water Company
should be metred.
Mr. Dear replied that in the short time
at the committees disposal to dive into
the water supply was impossible. The
committee had suspicious Of wrongs in
the matter, but nothing else, and they
could not ventilate-a grievance until they
had facts. If the committee were given
time they would investigate, but 1t would
be costly.
The discussion then travelled into a
comparison of the water used by Bay
onne and Jersey City and Mr.. Mount in
sisted that it did not appear that Jersey
City was using an excessive or extrava-
giant amount of water per capita, but the
committee had no facts and since water
experts differed what were poor Board
of Trade experts to do?
Mr.. Humphrey w. Carr and Mr.. w. 3.
Drake continued the discussion, the latter
of whom said he didn't wish to criticize
the report and then proceeded to COM
plain that certain unpaid warrants were
not included in the deficiency of 1874, 1000 or
whereabouts.
Mr.. Dear frankly said tina he was
conscious of many defects in the report
which he thought ought to hav been
placed therein. 1t would have been un-
fair to the city government if it hadn't
put in what it had. Other things should
have gone in, but what was in the report
was correct.
Mr.. w. E. Drake moved that the report
should be referred back to the special
committee for further action. but Mr..
Mount kicked, because the figures wanted
by Mr.. Drake were contained in the re-
port. The motion was lost. Mr.. Carr
suggested that a supplemental report
should be made.
state what you var the committee 70
do; SO there will be no further confusion
as to its functions" said President Furst
cleyerly shifting the onus on poor Mr..
Carr, who fell into the trap by moving
that the committee ascertain how much
water was washed and paid for by the
city.
That can only be guessed att said Mr..
Dear.
Mr.. w. E. Drake finally moved that the
committee be continued TO report on the
daily amount, as far as possible, of water
used; the method used in aScertaining the
amount; the method of keeping the ac-
counts, and, lastly, any such recommen-
dation bearing on the subject as the in
v~estigation may suggest.
4fWhat will that cost?'' was the court
ious question of the always canny Mr.. ].
E. Banks, for the nonce forgetting the
condensed milk trust of the Merchants
Protective Association.
Mr.. B.. L.. Stowe made a suggestion as
to the form of the motion and the motion
| was carried.
Mr.. Frank Stevens, Treasurer of the
Board, made his -semi-annual report at an
earlier stage of the meeting. It showed
receipts amounting to sl,G11.22, and dis
bursements, $685.. IS; cash balance on hand,
$44S. "a.
Secretary TAFT made his report.
Mr.. B. L. Stowe made a report on the
matter of having a cruiser named Jersey
City. He said that the yice-President,
General Sewell, Congressman McEwan
anu OlIleIS ldd GHuOISSu Lie pSpltlOI, dliu
HI had no doubt that when a cruiser was
purchased Jersey City would be remem-
bered.
President Furst called attention to the
fact that Jersey City, or rather Hudson
county, had not been fairly treated by
the powers that be in regard to "the
matter of troops The county, he said,
had been passed by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| dered, in fact. and the Board of Trade
should. he thought, take some action in
protesting against it.
There are many young men in this
city, continued President Furst, 'anx-
ious and willing to serve their country
by going to the front. They can't go ex-
cept as units, while others have been
taken as a body. We lave in this coun-
ty the finest militia regiment in the State,
who have never had a chance to go to
the front and show their patriotism. ]
think we ought to present this matter TO
the Governor
81 understand" interrupted W. f.
Drake, THAT Col. R. G. Smith will com
mand the new regiment now being re-
cruited at Sea Grit
We'll, we ought to clinch it, exclaim-
ed President Furst. The matter then
dropped.
The Board afterwards adjourned until
the September meeting.