New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-07

Jersey City has been altogether too lenient
In the collection Of money owed to 1t for water
by Kearny and Harrison. The aggregate In
debtedness Is In the neighborhood OF S30'ooo'
and the towns well able to pay
When the Paterson Board OF Health com
planned to the East Jersey Water Company OF
pollution in the Passaic River at Little rams
the company offered t. pay the salaries OF an
inspector and counsel, appointed under the au-
thority Of the Board to protect the Paterson
water supply. Now the Board has instructed
these officials to inform the company which
pays them that it must stop the dredging opera
tlons, which are supposed by some to be re-
sponsble for the typhoid outbreak
owners Of meadow property in Newark dont
like Senator Ketchams bill to drain and re-
claim that large tract of swamp. Besides the
cost Of reclamation. the owners would nave 10
pay increased taxes II costs them little OF
nothing now. but in the near future will be vaiu-
able as sites Ior factories or warehouses
Miles Ross the old Middlesex boss. who has been
n Riparian Commissioner from time immemoriaI
has written letter 10 Governor voorhees, PEI
ernptoriiy declining 10 70 on the Commission again
It is the only occasion i'm the long and varied ex
lstcncc OF Ross that he has voluntarily decLmseu
continuance in an Office of honor and emoIuinehht A.
not hitch.-(Wcst Hudson Press
Mr.. Ross was somewhat tardy in mailing his
letter Of decnation Before it reached Trenton
Governor Voorhees, had announced that he did
not intend to reappont the hero Of CheesquaKe
Creek.
Just what is the true inwardness OF the fric-
ton between the contractor for supplies to the
Hudson County institutions and the officials
there is one Of the things that an outsider can
not understand. Storekeeper O'Nelll acting
under orders. has been refusing to accept sup
plies because they did not come up TO the con-
tract requirements and as a consequence the
inmates have been suffering. For years the
business Ct supplying goods to the county inst-
tutions was simply barefaced robbery. The CON
tracts were usually awarded to politicians
whose figures were lower than the market prices
at which merchants could buy the goods. ana
that. Of course shut out legitimate business
men The contractors made their money on
short weight and by supplying the poorest quar-
itv obtainabe Now It is announced that every
contract must be lived up to in letter and spirit
At least. that IS what Bob Davis says and
he IS something Of an authority. Another YER
sion Of the story is that the rejected goods came
from the stores of reputable merchants VINO
happened to get ahead of the political pldcers'
and that the reflections were meant to discour-
age them. and others like them, from further
attempts to get contracts.
The Newark Advertiser Is firing hot shot at
Ueafher Prophet Devoe of Hackensack, and de
handing that the New-York papers cease thelr
gratuitous advertising OF the NewJeTsey net rb
0i0rist" But is not THE Advertiser too harsh
Davoe is one OF our regular sources OF amusemen4L
and we don; w mt 20 lose him JUST yet I!s
prophccies are always diveriing. and they don
do any harm Besides by prophesying b izzaId
or c,-ciona for every other day in the year. DeVoe
stands a good chance OF guessing right some time
New Brunswick Home News
In We olden times. every royal court had It's
lester. who was paid for being funny Devoe
is amusing, and he doesn't cost anything NO
body but himself takes him seriously, and MS
frequent exhibitions OF the large quantity OF
information about the weather that he doesn
possess are mildly entertaining, in the absence
Of more dlNerting smhieCts.