The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-09-29
IMPR0vERS WAR
Connolly Accuses Casey Of
Bad Faith Over Some
Contract.
SECOND ASSOCIATION IN IT
Mayor Hoos and Col. Smith
Testify on Casey's
Part.

Testify on Casey's
Part.
The Second Ward Improvement Associa-
ton met last night. Thomas T. Carey's
resignation as president, which was hand
ed to Secretary Michael Coakley yester-
day, was accepted with regret The
two communications bearing the printed
business advertisement of Contractor M.
T. Connolly, which the association re-
fused at it's two previous meetings to
open because they were addressed to Mr..
Carey personally and about which there
has been so much speculation in view Of
the Connolly-Casey controversy over a
new sewer system in that section of the
city, were handed over by Mr. Carey and
read at last nights meeting.
1t will be remembered that an indigna-
tion meeting was held some weeks ago
in st. Lucy's Hall by a number of citi-
zens headed by, Mr.. Connolly, who pre-
sided, and who objected to a sewerage
plan favored by Mr.. John Casey.
At this meeting Mr.. Connolly called Mr.
Casey some very hard names. His action
was resented by Mr.. Casey's friends and
much i'll feeling prevailed. At the next
meeting of the Second Ward Improve
ment Association one of the letters re-
ferred to, addressed personally to Presi-
dent Thomas F. Carey, was handed in at
the meeting room of the association in
Andrew j. Corcoran's windmill factory
Mr. Careys absence at the next meet
ing was looked upon by some as a desire
to suppress the contents of this letter.
The association still refused to open the
letters without President Carey's permis-
sion.
The first letter is as follows:-
IN It. Connolly Contracting Co..
Builders and General Contractors,
.23S-44 Seventeenth street.
Jersey City, August, IS, 1900.
Second Ward Improvement Association,
Thos. f. Carey, president
Dear Sir-On the 9Th of August, at
tended a meeting with Mr.. Casey and
others, and in conference with the Assist
ant City Engineer, Mr. Wortendyke, l
pointed out the dangerous part Of the
new sewer plant. 1t was agreed that this
should be cut out. 1 was at the meet-
ing the next day, the 7th and ] was
assured that this plan would not come up
for adoption and not seeing anybody
around that was interested in the matter
I took 1t for granted there would be no.
body down: but I am sorry to learn that
Mr.. Casey had seen fit to attend this meet
ing later on in the day. At 1t looked to
me it was pre-arranged affair. He ask
ed for the adoption of this plan after he
had conceded that 1t was dangerous
one: and he also went to the Mayor with
the chairman of the Board and asked the
Mayor to sign the resolution. The Mayor
did this, not knowing there was any OBJ
| jections.
sIf / can understand it rightly was
appointed. chairman of this committee
Such being the case Mr.. Casey had no
authority and no right to go over my
head and behind my back. The Mayor
said the would not have signed it If he
| had known the real facts. This is "a
matter in which all living in the neigh
| borhood are interested. This sewer, built
cording to his adopted plan would ruin
| the entire neighborhood. We don't have
| to- wait to see how it would act The
Eighth street sewer gives us all the les
| son that we need in the matter. Our only
resource now is to have resolution pass-
| ed by your association denouncing this
plan and asking that resolution be
passed to recall the other resolution.
but as a citizen and a taxpayer, and
being chairman of your committee, am
| getting up a petition and am going to ask
! every man in the neig'hborhood to sign
| it, to have this resolution recalled.
| ''Yours,
IN. T. CONNOLLY"
In the second letter Mr.. Connolly
alluded to the meeting called at st.
Lucy's Hall. He said
| "It strikes me very funny, to say the
| least, to say that when they were drawing
a sewer plan they did not draw one for
| Palisade avenue, which is the only place
that know of that needs sewer.
.'As chairman of your Sewer Committee
would recommend your association to
oppose any connections of sewers to our
low sewers, as they have plenty of facili-
| ties to connect with the Ravine Road
sewer which was built for the Hill sec
tion and would further say, that only two
weeks ago the Board Of Finance set aside
| Sc, 900 for the reconstruction of Fairmount
| avenue sewer, from the base of, the Hill
| to the River. This and Eighth street sew
er are the only examples we need in the
matter, and the sewer plan for Seven
| teenth street showing the branches Of it
and built according to this plan would be
simply useless and never could be con-
| nected.
yours,
IN. T. CONNOLLY
AS soon as these were read John Casey
| submitted these two letters:-
Executive Department, Jersey city, Nj
Sept. 81, 1900
Edward Hoos, Mayor.
Mr.. John Casey, No SIG Grove Street,
Jersey City, N. J.:-