The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-25
AFTER CONNOLLY
Second Ward Improvement
Association Wants His
Scalp.
MR.. CASEY EXPLAINS
Tells the Meeting How He
Stands on the Outlet
Sewer Question

| Second Ward Improvement Association
present at Corcoran's windmill last night.
| A very heavy shower came down just
| about the time the members were sup
| posed to be on their way to the meeting
room. The trouble at the Indignation
meeting at st. Lucy's HAL, on Monday
evening last, the outcome of which
showed plainly that there was a clash OF
interests among property owners over the
| proposition to connect Hoboken avenue
| sewer with an outlet through the Jersey
| avenue sewer as an outlet for the Hill
| section, together with the hard names
/ that were called, led some to believe that
! the fight would be continued at last
nights meeting. They were not entirely.
disappointed. An effort will be made to
oust idr. NJ. T. Connolly. who presided at
the St. Lucy's Hall indignation meeting,
from the membership of the club. AT that
meeting the chairman called Mr.. John
Casey a very hard name. There were
enough of Mr.. Casey's friends at the
Second Ward Improvement Associations s
meeting last night to oust Mr.. Connolly
from the clubs membership, but mo-
ton was simply made by John MeCaf-
! ferry to the effect that Mr.. NJ. T. Con-
|
sociation be asked for. He was declared
out of order by Temporary Chairman
James T. Mackey, and was instructed to
send complaint to the Board of Directors.
In connection with this matter Mr.
Casey endeavored to set himself straight
! before the members of the association
! present as to the charges that were made
i against him at the st. Lucy's Hall meet
! ing. He was practically charged there of
| having interested himself in connection
with the proposed sewer to relieve the aIill
section and abate a nuisance on the
meadow lands in a manner that improved
the value of his own meadow property
| to the detriment of other peoples prop
! erty.
Mr.. Casey said that after having, as a
/ member of the ASSOCIATIONS committee in
company with two doctors. investigated
| the property affected he waited upon the
city's Board of Health and got a very
respectful hearing. 1t was shown that
decayed green matter accumulated over
the surface of water in two wells used
for families for drinking purposes. The
tsurface water ran into the wells and the
owners declared that this water had to
be drawn out before fresh water could
run in.
Mr.. Casey said the meeting took place
on the night of St. Michael's excursion.
| He said he could not get the committee
| together. Mr.. Kehoe accompanied him.
| On the recommendation of the Board of
| Health the Street and Water Board pass
| ed resolution to instruct the Chief
Engineer to draw plans for such sewer as
would abate the nuisance. He drew up
| the Jersey avenue outlet plan. Mr. Casey
| took occasion to say that his belief was
| that the city had a good health board.
a good Street and Water Beard and
! good Engineer. He said that at
| the Street and Water Board meet
/ ing which Mr.. Connolly attended
the latter said he didn't want
1 the sewer to come down Seventeenth
street. Commissioner Sullivan, he said,
did his level best to get at the bottom
of facts. He talked for some time with
| the engineer. The Board passed the
resolution favoring the proposed sewer
That's all we had to do with it,, said
! Mr.. Casey
! The committee was continued.
| The chairman announced that two
sealed letters lay before him. They were
addressed to President Thomas Carey Of
| the association, and were marked per
| sonal.' They bore the printed name,
| business and address of Contractor Con-
nolly's firm. There was much curiosity
| over the contents and Mr.. McCaffery de-
| clared they were the property of the as
| sociatien and should be opened But the
| sense of the meeting was to the effect
that If addressed as personal com
| n bn To,or
not the property Of the association Mr..
| Casey made a speech in opposition to
| the opening of the letters.
| The only other matter of Importance
| transacted was concerning the report of
the committee ON the proposed play and
recreation grounds in the rear of No.
q School. Messrs. Casey, Corcoran and
Michael j. Curry had been appointed as
this committee. Messrs Corcoran and
Curry were absent. The committee has
options on the four lots necessary. A
prlck tenement stands in the way The
committee some weeks ago waited upon
President Mulvaney and the Board of
Education and they expressed themselves
as favorable to the proposition 1t is
argued that both the school children and
1neir mothers need breathing
| spos Al that rhfckiy built up Sec
ton The committee notified the
members that there would be a
hearing before the proper committee Of
the Board of Finance on September 6.
The general impression was that the com
m1ttee would be favorably received.
During the meeting Mr.. John E. Burke.
OF No S13 Fourth street, endeavored to
speak on the subject Of the condition Of
an alleyway that runs from Jersey avenue
to Monmouth street, between Third and
Fourth streets, with Coles street inter-
vening. He was called to order He was
practically given to understand that the
alley was outside the jurisdiction of the
Second Ward Association
Later on he was asked by a News" re-
porter of the condition of the alley. He
said he was only a tenant and therefore
| he didn't consider his words would have
much weight But, said he, Il thought
this association might cause the city au-
thorities to take a look at the alley In
some portions of it tenants throw much Of
their refuse including old mattresses out
of the back windows. To say nothing OF
unwholesonle effects on the health Of
other tenants OF this section. a tramp.
might pass through there amp night, light
his pipe, throw the lighted match into tie
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